Arnold School
Encyclopedia
Arnold School is an independent school
located in Blackpool
, Lancashire
, England
on the Fylde
coast. It is in the United Church Schools Trust
group of schools and is a member of HMC
.
, Headmaster of Rugby School
. The name was later amended to Arnold School. Arnold Girls was split from the main school by the local council in the 1940s and moved to the Greenlands area of Blackpool. It later became Claremont, then Greenlands High, before finally becoming Bispham High School Arts College
.
In September 2011 Arnold announced that it would be merging with King Edward VII & Queen Mary School
(KEQMS) in September 2012. The new school will be called Arnold KEQMS School or, for short, "AKS". A KEQMS parent group opposed to the takeover submitted objections to the Charity Commission which prompted a review prior to allowing the merger to proceed. The Charity Commission completed their report and announced on 11th November 2011 that they had approved the new scheme. The parent group have announced their intention to appeal against the Charity Commission decision.
Independent school
An independent school is a school that is independent in its finances and governance; it is not dependent upon national or local government for financing its operations, nor reliant on taxpayer contributions, and is instead funded by a combination of tuition charges, gifts, and in some cases the...
located in Blackpool
Blackpool
Blackpool is a borough, seaside town, and unitary authority area of Lancashire, in North West England. It is situated along England's west coast by the Irish Sea, between the Ribble and Wyre estuaries, northwest of Preston, north of Liverpool, and northwest of Manchester...
, Lancashire
Lancashire
Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
on the Fylde
The Fylde
The Fylde ; Scandinavian: "field") is a coastal plain in western Lancashire, England. It is roughly a 13-mile square-shaped peninsula, bounded by Morecambe Bay to the north, the Ribble estuary to the south, the Irish Sea to the west, and the Bowland hills to the east...
coast. It is in the United Church Schools Trust
United Church Schools Trust
The United Church Schools Trust is a large education charity in the United Kingdom which owns and operates a group of 11 independent schools.-History:...
group of schools and is a member of HMC
Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference
The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference is an association of the headmasters or headmistressess of 243 leading day and boarding independent schools in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and the Republic of Ireland...
.
History
Arnold School was founded by Frank Truswell Pennington on 4 May 1896. Known initially as South Shore Collegiate School, the school moved to its present site in Lytham Road when Pennington took over and gradually expanded the buildings of an earlier Victorian School. He then adopted the former school's name of Arnold House School, named after Dr Thomas ArnoldThomas Arnold
Dr Thomas Arnold was a British educator and historian. Arnold was an early supporter of the Broad Church Anglican movement...
, Headmaster of Rugby School
Rugby School
Rugby School is a co-educational day and boarding school located in the town of Rugby, Warwickshire, England. It is one of the oldest independent schools in Britain.-History:...
. The name was later amended to Arnold School. Arnold Girls was split from the main school by the local council in the 1940s and moved to the Greenlands area of Blackpool. It later became Claremont, then Greenlands High, before finally becoming Bispham High School Arts College
Bispham High School Arts College
Bispham High School Arts College is a secondary school situated in Bispham, Lancashire, England, with a mixed intake of both boys and girls aged 11–16.-History:Bispham High School was formerly an all girls school, founded in the 1950s....
.
In September 2011 Arnold announced that it would be merging with King Edward VII & Queen Mary School
King Edward VII and Queen Mary School
King Edward VII and Queen Mary School is an HMC Independent Co-educational school in Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire, England.The Lytham Schools Foundation was established in 1719 after a flood disaster in the town. In 1908, one hundred and eighty-nine years after the Foundation's initial formation,...
(KEQMS) in September 2012. The new school will be called Arnold KEQMS School or, for short, "AKS". A KEQMS parent group opposed to the takeover submitted objections to the Charity Commission which prompted a review prior to allowing the merger to proceed. The Charity Commission completed their report and announced on 11th November 2011 that they had approved the new scheme. The parent group have announced their intention to appeal against the Charity Commission decision.
Headmasters
- 1896–1932 F T Pennington
- 1932–1933 H C Cooksey MA
- 1933–1938 F T Pennington
- 1938–1966 F W Holdgate MA
- 1966–1973 O C Wigmore MA
- 1973–1979 A J C Cochrane MA
- 1979–1987 R D W Rhodes JP.,B.A. (Later headmaster of Rossall SchoolRossall SchoolRossall School is a British, co-educational, independent school, between Cleveleys and Fleetwood, Lancashire. Rossall was founded in 1844 by St. Vincent Beechey as a sister school to Marlborough College which had been founded the previous year...
) - 1987–1993 J A B Kelsall MA
- 1993–2003 W T Gillen MA (Previously headmaster at The Kings School TynemouthThe King's School, TynemouthThe King's School is a co-educational, independent day school in Tynemouth, Tyne and Wear, England with over 800 pupils aged between 4 and 18. The current headmaster is Mr Edward Wesson . The school is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference...
) - 2003–2010 B M Hughes BSc
- 2010- J E Keefe BA
House system
After entry into the Arnold education system, each pupil is assigned to a house which will form the basis for his allegiances during sporting events. Houses are headed by House Captains, whose duties include the formation of teams for Sports Days and inter-house academic debates and challenges. The houses are:- Howarths
- Listons
- Penningtons
- School
Notable Old Arnoldians
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(1920–1994), politician - Tom GraveneyTom GraveneyThomas William Graveney in Riding Mill, Northumberland, is a former English cricketer and was the President of the Marylebone Cricket Club for 2004/5. He went to Bristol Grammar School...
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er - Sir Martin HoldgateMartin HoldgateSir Martin Wyatt Holdgate CB is an English biologist and environmental scientist.-Early life:Holdgate was born in Horsham, England on 14 January 1931, and was educated at Arnold School...
(born 1931), environmental scientist and zoologistZoologyZoology |zoölogy]]), is the branch of biology that relates to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct... - Michael SmithMichael Smith (chemist)Michael Smith, CC, OBC, FRS was a British-born Canadian biochemist who won the 1993 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.-Biography:...
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for chemistryChemistryChemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds.... - Peter BeightonPeter BeightonPeter Herbert Beighton, a medical geneticist, was born in Lancashire in England in 1934 and qualified in medicine in 1957 at the University of London's St Mary's Hospital. After several internships, Beighton served as a Medical Officer in the Parachute Regiment and with the United Nations forces...
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(born 1935), footballer - David WildeDavid WildeDavid Wilde is an English pianist and composer. As a boy he studied with Solomon and his pupil Franz Reizenstein, who had also studied composition with Hindemith and Vaughan Williams...
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(born 1936), footballer - Peter PurvesPeter PurvesPeter Purves is an English television presenter and actor.Purves was born in New Longton, near Preston, Lancashire, and was educated at the independent Arnold School in Blackpool, he had originally planned to go into teaching, training at Alsager College of Education, but began to act with the...
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, actress in EmmerdaleEmmerdaleEmmerdale, is a long-running British soap opera set in Emmerdale , a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, Emmerdale was first broadcast on 16 October 1972... - Malcolm PhillipsMalcolm PhillipsMalcolm Phillips is a former rugby union international who represented England from 1958 to 1964.-Early life:Malcolm Phillips was born on 3 March 1935 in Prestbury...
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International, Senior England Cricket Team, Appointed 2009