Yeovil School

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Yeovil School was a boys' grammar school in the Somerset town of Yeovil, in existence from 1845 to 1975.

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Established by John Aldridge in Clarence Place, Yeovil, in 1851 the school moved to a street named Kingston and was renamed as Kingston School. [1] On 22 July 1851, Aldridge announced in the Sherborne Mercury that his school was about to re-open as "Kingston, Yeovil, Select Establishment for Young Gentlemen". For instruction in English and the classics, day boys would pay eight guineas a year, boarders between 22 and 25 guineas, reduced for weekly boarders. For a small extra charge, French was taught by a native of Paris, and drawing and music by "eminent Professors". In addition, "the higher branches of Mathematics, &c." would be taught to those preparing for "the Sea, the Military, or other Public Colleges". [2]

From 1858 to 1907, the school was in competition for boys with the new Yeovil Grammar School of Henry Monk, which charged similar fees and also had a Frenchman to teach French. [3]

In 1905, following the Education Act 1902, the school was enlarged and renamed Yeovil County School. In 1925 it was renamed again to Yeovil School. [1]

In 1932, the school adopted rugby union as its main winter term sport, replacing soccer. [4] In 1938 Yeovil School moved into new buildings in Mudford Road, Yeovil. [1] [5]

In 1948, there were three houses, Kingston, Ivel, and School House. [6] There was a school magazine, The Yeovilian, an Army Cadet Force, and an active Archaeological Society. This was led by the senior history master, L. C. Hayward, who later founded the Yeovil Archaeological and Local History Society. [7]

In 1975, Somerset County Council was in the process of bringing in comprehensive schools, closing the county's selective grammar schools and the secondary modern schools which ran alongside them. Yeovil School, which by then was a grammar school for boys, together with Yeovil High School, the equivalent school for girls, and Summerleaze Secondary Modern School, were all closed. Two new schools were created, with effect from September 1975: Westfield Comprehensive School, which took in the children and many of the staff of the former Yeovil schools and was later renamed Westfield Academy; and a new Yeovil College, which took in the sixth form pupils of the old grammar schools. The college's science and business department were housed on the former Yeovil School site, providing some continuity.

Former pupils

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Sir John Hannam

Those educated at the school are known as Old Yeovilians and include:

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "JOHN ALDRIDGE Founder of Kingston School", yeovilhistory.info, accessed 19 September 2022
  2. ↑ "Kingston, Yeovil, Select Establishment for Young Gentlemen", Sherborne Mercury, 22 July 1851, public notice.
  3. ↑ George Phillips Bevan, The Teacher's List (1873), p. 144
  4. ↑ Jack W. Sweet,Yeovil's Years (2010), p. 37
  5. ↑ page 2, Old Yeovilians, oldyeovilians.co.uk
  6. ↑ Jack W. Sweet, Yeovil Memories (2012), p. 93
  7. ↑ "Jack Sweet, Our Local Historian, Writes about the Activities of the Yeovil School Archaeological Society in 1948/9", yalhs.org.uk, April 2014, accessed 18 September 2022

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