Beverley Grammar School
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| Beverley Grammar School | |
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Queensgate , , HU17 8NF | |
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| Type | Academy |
| Motto | Adolescentiam alunt senectutem oblectant |
| Established | 700 AD |
| Founder | St John of Beverley |
| Specialist | Engineering |
| Department for Education URN | 136995 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Head teacher | Grahame Hodgson |
| Gender | Boys |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrollment | 868 |
| Houses | 5 (Burden, Connington, Fisher, Minster, School) |
| Publication | Beverlonian |
| Website | http://www.beverleygrammar.co.uk/ |
Beverley Grammar School is a boys' secondary academy school in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire. It was founded in about 700 AD/CE and is the oldest state school in England and the sixth oldest school overall in England. The school is a specialist Engineering College and shares a mixed Sixth form with Beverley High School. The School has received an 'Outstanding' in Ofsted inspections in 2006,[1] 2008,[2] and in 2010.
The current headmaster is Grahame Hodson. Portraits of all the past headmasters since 1890 can be seen in the school's library.
Motto
The school motto, Adolescentiam alunt, senectutem oblectant, is taken from the Roman statesman and writer Cicero's Pro Archia Poeta, a defence of the poet Aulus Licinius Archias against a charge of not being a Roman citizen. The full quote is Haec studia adolescentiam alunt, senectutem oblectant, secundas res ornant, adversis perfugium ac solacium praebent, delectant domi, non impediunt foris, pernoctant nobiscum, peregrinantur, rusticantur ("These studies sustain youth and entertain old age, they enhance prosperity, and offer a refuge and solace in adversity, they delight us when we are at home without hindering us in the wider world, and are with us at night, when we travel and when we visit the countryside.")[3]
Notable alumni
- John Alcock (1430–1500), Lord Chancellor of England
- John Andrew (b. 1931), Anglican clergyman in New York City
- Ken Annakin (1914-2009), film director
- John Conington (1825–1869), English classical scholar
- Colonel Sir William Howe DeLancey (1778–1815), the Duke of Wellington's Chief of Staff at the Battle of Waterloo
- Saint John Fisher (c 1469-1535), Catholic bishop
- Thomas Percy (1560–1605)
- Neil Mallender (b1961) England Cricketer and International Umpire
- Paul Robinson (b. 1979), goalkeeper
- Smithson Tennant (1761–1815), chemist
See also
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