Millthorpe School
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It comprises five blocks lettered A-E, and has over 1,100 pupils and 200 staff. It teaches a wide range of subjects from information technology
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...

 to manufacturing
Manufacturing
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.

It is situated in South Bank, York
South Bank, York
South Bank is an area to the south of the River Ouse in York. The area is dominated by the disused Terry's chocolate factory and the numerous streets of terraced housing that surround it. Terry's Chocolate Factory opened in 1926, where over the years it manufactured Terry's Chocolate Orange,...

, between Scarcroft
Scarcroft
Scarcroft is an upmarket village and civil parish north east of Leeds city centre in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, West Yorkshire, England. The village lies on the main A58 road between Leeds and Wetherby. Scarcroft has a LS14 postcode and two of the most expenisve streets in Yorkshire...

 and Nunthorpe, and can be accessed via the A59
A59 road
The A59 is a major road in the United Kingdom that runs from Liverpool in Merseyside, to York in North Yorkshire.-Merseyside:The A59 begins in the centre of Liverpool at the mouth of the Birkenhead Tunnel, and heads north out of the city, first as Scotland Road in Vauxhall, then Kirkdale Road,...

 Scarcroft Road. It is close to Scarcroft Primary School, and the former Terry's
Terry's
Terry's was a chocolate and confectionery maker in York, England. Its history stretched back to 1823, but in 1993 it was taken over by Kraft Foods. The York factory closed in 2005 and Terry's products are now produced in other Kraft facilities in Poland, Sweden, Belgium, and...

 chocolate factory.

History

It is the successor to Nunthorpe Grammar School, one of two single sex male state grammar schools in the City of York, which opened in 1920, and Mill Mount Grammar School for girls, whose pupils moved to the Nunthorpe site.

Nunthorpe Grammar School

Nunthorpe Grammar School was centred on Nunthorpe Court, a large Victorian house built in 1856. The house was adapted to meet its new role as a school in 1920.

At first the school was entirely contained within the mansion. Now the house is used purely for offices and staff rooms, the Headteacher’s office being situated in what was the main bedroom. The school was added to at various stages as it grew in popularity. In 1927 a new wing was opened, containing four new classrooms, an art room, two storerooms and a cloakroom. The stableboys’ sleeping quarters from the old house were converted into a new school library. The stables themselves were converted into two laboratories. Even the stable yard was pressed into service. It was roofed over and became the assembly hall, and later still the school’s dining room as it still is to this day. The current hall and the completion of the quadrangle classrooms came in 1937. In 1959 the gym was added as well as what was for the next 25 years to be known as the “new block”, the building containing laboratories and classrooms. A Sixth Form block was added in 1974, although this block is now used for science laboratories and languages classrooms. In 1984 a new sports hall was built.

Mill Mount Grammar School for Girls

This was a girls' 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...

 on Mill Mount Lane, also known as Mill Mount Girls' Grammar School. Until 1974 it was administered by the City of York Education Committee, then North Yorkshire County Council until 1985. In 1965 there was a plan to turn York comprehensive by 1970, with Nunthorpe and Mill Mount joining to become a sixth form college
Sixth form college
A sixth form college is an educational institution in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Belize, Hong Kong or Malta where students aged 16 to 18 typically study for advanced school-level qualifications, such as A-levels, or school-level qualifications such as GCSEs. In Singapore and India, this is...

, and the two other grammar schools becoming a comprehensive. In 1985, this school site became All Saints RC School.

Millthorpe Comprehensive

Millthorpe Comprehensive School opened in 1985 when the city changed over to a comprehensive
Comprehensive school
A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...

 system.

Notable alumni

  • Julian Fell
    Julian Fell
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    , winner of the 48th edition of Channel 4
    Channel 4
    Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...

     TV show Countdown (game show)
    Countdown (game show)
    Countdown is a British game show involving word and number puzzles. It is produced by ITV Studios and broadcast on Channel 4. It is presented by Jeff Stelling, assisted by Rachel Riley, with regular lexicographer Susie Dent. It was the first programme to be aired on Channel 4, and over sixty-five...



Nunthorpe Grammar School for Boys

  • Prof David Bulmer, Professor of Human Morphology
    Morphology (biology)
    In biology, morphology is a branch of bioscience dealing with the study of the form and structure of organisms and their specific structural features....

     from 1970-84 at the University of Southampton
    University of Southampton
    The 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...

     Medical School
    Southampton Medical School
    University of Southampton School of Medicine is a medical school in England. It is part of the University of Southampton and it offers three different undergraduate medical programmes, all leading to the award of a medical degree, styled B.M....

     (1930s)
  • Dr Gerald Bulmer, Rector from 1970-85 of Liverpool Polytechnic
    Liverpool John Moores University
    Liverpool John Moores University is a British 'modern' university located in the city of Liverpool, England. The university is named after John Moores and was previously called Liverpool Mechanics' School of Arts and later Liverpool Polytechnic before gaining university status in 1992, thus...

     (1932-9)
  • Robert King, Chairman from 1987-98 of the Social Security Appeal Tribunal
    Social security appeal tribunal
    The Social Security Appeal Tribunal was a tribunal in the United Kingdom which heard appeals from decisions made by the Department for Work and Pensions, HM Revenue and Customs and local authorities regarding entitlement to various forms of social security benefits.The Tribunal was abolished in...

     (1938–45)
  • Charles Whiting
    Charles Whiting
    Charles Whiting , was a British writer and military historian and with some 350 books of fiction and non-fiction to his credit, under his own name and a variety of pseudonyms including Duncan Harding, John Kerrigan, Klaus Konrad and Leo Kessler.Born in the Bootham area of York, England, he was a...

    , author who also published under the pseudonyms Leo Kessler, Duncan Harding and John Kerrigan. (1938–45)
  • David Reeder, historian of education and town planning (1942-9)
  • Roy Forman, Managing Director and Chief Executive from 1985-94 of the Private Patients Plan (now owned by AXA
    AXA
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    ) (1943–50)
  • Christopher David, documentary film-maker (1971–76)
  • Peter Fowler CMG, High Commissioner to Bangladesh from 1993-6 (1947–54)
  • Vincent Cable
    Vincent Cable
    Dr. John Vincent "Vince" Cable is a British Liberal Democrat politician and economist who is currently the Business Secretary in the coalition cabinet of David Cameron. He has been Member of Parliament for Twickenham since 1997....

    , Liberal Democrat MP since 1997 for Twickenham
    Twickenham (UK Parliament constituency)
    Twickenham is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...

     (1954–63, and head boy from 1962-3)
  • Ian Goodall, archaeologist (1959–66)
  • David Kennedy, Chief Executive since 2007 of Northampton Borough Council (c. 1973-8)
  • Steve McClaren
    Steve McClaren
    Stephen "Steve" McClaren is an English football manager and former player.McClaren was previously manager of VfL Wolfsburg in Germany between May 2010 and February 2011, having left his post at Dutch side FC Twente, with whom he won the club's first Eredivisie championship in the 2009–10 season...

    , former England football manager (1972-7)
  • Mark Addy
    Mark Addy
    Mark Addy Johnson is an English actor, best known for his roles as Detective Constable Gary Boyle in the UK sitcom The Thin Blue Line, Dave in the British film The Full Monty, father Bill Miller in the U.S...

    , actor (1975–80)
  • Marco Gabbiadini
    Marco Gabbiadini
    Marco Gabbiadini is an English former footballer whose career lasted 18 years from 1985 to 2003. He totalled nearly £3 million in transfer fees and played for 12 different clubs, scoring a total of 226 league goals.-York City:...

    , ex-professional footballer (1979–84)
  • Nicholas and Jonathan Peacock (barristers), sons of former Conservative MP Elizabeth Peacock
    Elizabeth Peacock
    Elizabeth Peacock is a British Conservative politician and former Member of Parliament for the West Yorkshire constituency of Batley and Spen....

     (1970s/80s)
  • Nick Miller
    Nick Miller (weather forecaster)
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    , BBC weather forecaster
  • Doug Cline, leading nuclear physicist
  • Liam D'Arcy Brown
    Liam D'Arcy Brown
    Liam James D'Arcy-Brown is a British sinologist and travel writer. Born in Lewisham, London in 1970, he lives in Kenilworth, Warwickshire with his wife Becky. He studied Chinese at Oxford University and Chinese History at Fudan University, Shanghai. His first full-length book, Green Dragon, Sombre...

    , travel-writer


Mill Mount Grammar School for Girls

  • Margaret Hayman (née Crann), President from 1982-3 of the Mathematical Association
    Mathematical Association
    The Mathematical Association is a professional society concerned with mathematics education in the UK.-History:It was founded in 1871 as the Association for the Improvement of Geometrical Teaching and renamed to the Mathematical Association in 1897. It was the first teachers' subject organisation...

     (1934–41)
  • Sue Doughty
    Sue Doughty
    Susan Kathleen Doughty, known as Sue Doughty, is a politician in the United Kingdom. She was Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Guildford .-Early life:...

     (née Powell), former Liberal Democrat MP for Guildford
    Guildford (UK Parliament constituency)
    Guildford is a county constituency in Surrey which returns one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system....

     (1959–66)
  • Karen Jones CBE, founder of the Café Rouge
    Café Rouge
    Café Rouge is a French-styled restaurant chain in the UK, offering an all-day serving of main course meals, lighter snacks and salads as well as an extensive wine list. It is part of a bigger restaurant network owned by Tragus Ltd.-History:...

     restaurant chain, and Chief Executive of Spirit Pubs (part of Punch Taverns
    Punch Taverns
    Punch Taverns plc is the largest pub and bar operator in the United Kingdom, with around 6,800 leased, tenanted and managed pubs. It is headquartered in the traditional brewing centre of Burton upon Trent in Staffordshire...

    since 2006) from 2002-6, and now owner of Food and Fuel pubs (1967–74)
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