Penistone Grammar School
| Penistone Grammar School | ||
|---|---|---|
| Learning and Achieving Together | ||
| Founded: 1392 | ||
| Type: Comprehensive | ||
| Location: Penistone, South Yorkshire, England | ||
| LEA: Barnsley | ||
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| School Category: Community | ||
| Specialist Status: Business and Enterprise College | ||
| Headteacher: Mrs C G Gower BSc. M.Sc | ||
| Staff: | ||
| Students: 1600 roughly | ||
| Age Range: 11-18 | ||
| Gender: Co-educational | ||
| Website: Penistone Grammar School | ||
Penistone Grammar School was a grammar school in Sheffield, England, founded in 1392 with it recorded a gift of land was given by John Clarel, Lord of the Manor at Penistone, for the purpose of a school. Later, the school was situated in the town centre on a site opposite St. John the Baptist Church and across the road from the old Cloth Hall. However in 1892 the school moved from its town centre site to a position about half a mile north-west of the town centre. The school remains on this site, adjacent to Huddersfield road. During the history on this site the school has undergone many expansions, and now houses nearly 1600 pupils from age 11 to 18.
The school was originally an all boys grammar school. Girls were admitted for the first time in 1907. In the mid twentieth century the school ceased to be a grammar school, becoming one of the first neighbourhood comprehensive schools in the country. In September 2003 the school obtained specialist status to become a 'Business and Enterprise College'. It is the only maintained school in the Local Education Authority of Barnsley to have a Sixth Form.
The Future
The process is currently underway to rebuild the whole of the school as part of the national Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme. The current plan is for the rebuild to start in March 2008 and have the school reopen in new building in September 2009. The same site will be used, but the building will most likely be in different places on the site as the old buildings will continue to be used during the construction time.
As well as a complete rebuilding of the school, other changes are also being looked in to such as the structure within the school, the possibility of a vertical school system of schools within school, rather than the present year structure, variable times at school within the day, extending learning opportunities within the wider community and increases opportunities of learning away from school and increased use of technology.
Both parental and pupil consultation is currently taking place on these issues.
Notable alumni
- [[Absolute Genius|Josh Greaves}} - Simply the best, duh duh dah duh, better than all the rest...
- Joe Hooper - Notable quantum physicist rapidly becoming known due to his work in nuclear fusion. Also plays banjo and accordion in various bands, and known for an odd eccentricness. Recently found guilty of stealing Josh Cooke's idea of putting himself as a notable Alumni.
- Josh Cooke - Average student with above average mathematical intelligence. After graduating he acheived 12 A-Levels in various areas of mathematical phenomena and became a professor at the University of California. He retired after 3 months teaching because no-one could keep up with him. He now resides in a very nice penthouse in Hawaii. He wishes to say hi to all his friends in Year 10!
- Nicholas Saunderson mathematician - a close friend of Isaac Newton and Lucasian Professor at Cambridge University from 1711 to 1739.
- Anne Campbell - MP for Cambridge from 1992 to 2005.
- Roland Boyes - Born 1937 Died 2006. Left-wing MP for Durham from 1979 to 84 and Houghton & Washington 1983-97. Front bench spokesman for environment and defence. Book of photographs "People in Parliament" 1990. Strong supporter of Alzheimers's Research Trust.