Holgate School (Barnsley)
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It was recently awarded the status of Sports College in 2005 for its attention to sporting achievements.History
Holgate School was originally founded in 1546 in Hemsworth by Robert HolgateRobert Holgate
Robert Holgate was Bishop of Llandaff and then Archbishop of York . He recognised Henry VIII as leader of the Church of England....
, the Archbishop of York. In 1888 it was re-organised and moved to Barnsley, South Yorkshire."Holgate School Sports College Barnsley: General Information", Schools Net The grammar school
Grammar school
A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and some other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching classical languages but more recently an academically-oriented secondary school.The original purpose of mediaeval...
had around 850 boys and moved to its present site in 1912.
In 1981, Michael Parkinson
Michael Parkinson
Sir Michael Parkinson, CBE is an English broadcaster, journalist and author. He presented his interview programme, Parkinson, from 1971 to 1982 and from 1998 to 2007.- Early life :...
would say Barnsley Grammar School was to education what myxomatosis
Myxomatosis
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was to rabbits.
Comprehensive
In 1978 it became a fully co-educational comprehensive school, having first admitted its first comprehensive first year intake in 1973. The sixth form went soon after, in 1980.Academic performance
It gets GCSE results under the England average but about average for Barnsley. Like all schools in Barnsley, except the Barnsley Academy, it has no sixth form, with A levels taken at Barnsley CollegeBarnsley College
Barnsley College is a further education college just outside the town centre of Barnsley, England. It has several campuses: Eastgate House, the Falcon Centre, the SciTech Centre, Old Mill Lane Site, Construction Centre Site, Bell Vue and the Honeywell Centre...
.
Notable alumni
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- Pro Footballer - Brian GreenhoffBrian GreenhoffBrian Greenhoff was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Manchester United, Leeds United and Rochdale. He was capped 18 times for England....
- Pro Footballer - Sam NixonSam NixonSam Nixon is an English singer and television presenter. He came third on the Pop Idol television series in 2003 and is now one half of the duo Sam & Mark, with the other being Mark Rhodes.-Early life:...
- a UK pop singer and television presenter - Azeem RafiqAzeem RafiqAzeem Rafiq is an English cricketer. A right arm off-spin bowler with a scholarship to Yorkshire, Azeem he current loan short-term signing of Derbyshire season 2011. Azeem was also captain of the England Under-15s and Under-19s, and the first Yorkshire cricket player of an Asian background to...
, cricketer - Michael ParkinsonMichael ParkinsonSir Michael Parkinson, CBE is an English broadcaster, journalist and author. He presented his interview programme, Parkinson, from 1971 to 1982 and from 1998 to 2007.- Early life :...
- Television Personality - Martyn MoxonMartyn MoxonMartyn Douglas Moxon is a former English cricketer, who played ten Tests and eight One Day Internationals for England and appeared for Yorkshire for 17 seasons from 1981 to 1997...
, cricketer
Barnsley and District Holgate Grammar School
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- Donald Chapman, Baron NorthfieldDonald Chapman, Baron NorthfieldWilliam Donald Chapman, Baron Northfield known as Donald Chapman, is a British Labour politician.-Career:Chapman was educated at the Barnsley Grammar School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge where he graduated with a Master of Arts in economics in 1948. He was Member of Parliament for Birmingham...
, Labour MP from 1951-70 for Birmingham Northfield - Prof Norman Chapman, G. F. Grant Professor of Chemistry from 1956-92 at the University of HullUniversity of HullThe University of Hull, known informally as Hull University, is an English university, founded in 1927, located in Hull, a city in the East Riding of Yorkshire...
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- Prof Donald DavieDonald DavieDonald Alfred Davie was an English Movement poet, and literary critic. His poems in general are philosophical and abstract, but often evoke various landscapes.-Biography:...
, poet - Brian Fieldhouse, Chief Executive from 1990-5 of West SussexWest SussexWest Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex , Hampshire and Surrey. The county of Sussex has been divided into East and West since the 12th century, and obtained separate county councils in 1888, but it remained a single ceremonial county until 1974 and the coming...
County Council - Brian GloverBrian GloverBrian Glover was an English character actor, writer and wrestler. Glover was a professional wrestler, teacher, and finally a film, television and stage actor. He once said, "You play to your strengths in this game. My strength is as a bald-headed, rough-looking Yorkshireman".-Early life:Glover was...
- actor - Michael Green, Controller from 1986-96 of BBC Radio 4BBC Radio 4BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...
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- Sir Ronald Holroyd, former ICI executive
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, actor - Martyn MoxonMartyn MoxonMartyn Douglas Moxon is a former English cricketer, who played ten Tests and eight One Day Internationals for England and appeared for Yorkshire for 17 seasons from 1981 to 1997...
- Director of Pro Cricket at Yorkshire CCC - Sir Michael ParkinsonMichael ParkinsonSir Michael Parkinson, CBE is an English broadcaster, journalist and author. He presented his interview programme, Parkinson, from 1971 to 1982 and from 1998 to 2007.- Early life :...
- an EnglishEnglish peopleThe English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
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and journalist - Stan RichardsStan RichardsFor the Wales international footballer see Stan Richards Stanley "Stan" Richards was an English television actor, best known for his portrayal of the lovable rogue and ex-poacher turned gamekeeper, Seth Armstrong, in ITV soap operaEmmerdale .-Career:He played the role of Seth Armstrong from May...
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from 1978-2004 - Prof Harry Rothwell, Professor of History from 1945-68 at the University of SouthamptonUniversity of SouthamptonThe University of Southampton is a British public university located in the city of Southampton, England, a member of the Russell Group. The origins of the university can be dated back to the founding of the Hartley Institution in 1862 by Henry Robertson Hartley. In 1902, the Institution developed...
- Rev Canon Geoffrey Shaw, Principal from 1979-89 at Wycliffe Hall, OxfordWycliffe Hall, OxfordWycliffe Hall is a Church of England theological college and a Permanent Private Hall of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It is located on the Banbury Road in central North Oxford, between Norham Gardens and Norham Road.-Overview:...
- William TaylorWilliam Taylor (UK politician)Sir William Johnson Taylor, 1st Baronet was a Conservative and National Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom....
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