Old Swinford Hospital
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Old Swinford Hospital is a selective voluntary aided boys' boarding school
in Oldswinford
, Stourbridge
, West Midlands
, England
that has been in continuous operation since the 17th century.
, an ironmaster
and prominent local landowner, whose main estate was at Great Witley
, west of Stourport in Worcestershire
, but with strong Stourbridge connections. It was to educate 60 boys from “poor but honest” families nominated by specified parishes in Worcestershire, Staffordshire
and Warwickshire
. The school was sometimes named as Foley's blue coat school or hospital, or Oldswinford Hospital Endowed School. The school had run to 70 boys by 1868.
Due to the style of the clock tower, the school's oldest buildings are claimed to have been designed by Sir Christopher Wren, although it is unlikely that proof of this possibility will be forthcoming.
The shield comes from the Foley family arms. The motto is in two parts: Ut Prosim ("That I may serve" or "That I may be useful"), and the second or lower motto is Vince Malum Bono
("Overcome evil with good") is a partial quotation from Romans 12:21 "Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good." this passage is read by the head boy at the beginning of every academic year
When Foley died in 1677 he left the manor of Pedmore
and a considerable sum of money in trust for the maintenance of the School. The fifteen trustees of this bequest were called Feoffees and included amongst them Thomas' three sons, Thomas, Philip and Paul. By 1872 the endowment was around £2000. Today there are still fifteen Feoffees who are the trustees of the original foundation. Three of the Feoffees are still direct male descendants of the Founder.
In 1950 the School ceased to be independent and became a Voluntary aided school
under an arrangement with Worcestershire County Council. Numbers in the School began to increase and a Sixth Form was started in the mid 1950s. New buildings, including a gymnasium and Lyttleton block were built to accommodate the enlarged School.
By the late 1970s day boys outnumbered boarders and an ambitious building programme commenced to enhance and extend the boarding provision. This included the construction of Foley House (1982), Witley House (1983), Dudley House (1984) and Baxter House (1990) in line with the existing house system
. Facilities have been further improved in more recent years by the construction of a new classroom block and a large sports centre.
In September 1989 Old Swinford Hospital became one of Margaret Thatcher's Conservative Government's first Grant-maintained school
, independent of the Local Education Authority
. With the ending of that status in September 1999 by Tony Blair's Labour Government, the School reverted to being a Voluntary Aided school. The Governors and Headmaster retain considerable autonomy, however, and the Feoffees, as Foundation Trustees, continue to appoint a majority of the Governors.
Some two thirds of the current (approximately 600, up from 300 in the 1960s) pupils are boarders from the immediate surrounding area and further afield in the UK. There is also a significant contingent of pupils from overseas, as all those with a full UK or EU passport are entitled to apply for admission.
Old Swinford Hospital is a member of the State Boarding Schools Association (formerly STABIS).
There is one junior boarding house: Prospect House named after its location on Prospect Hill in Stourbridge.
Before the houses were associated with buildings, there was also a Lyttelton house, named after the Lyttelton family who built nearby Hagley Hall
. Katherine Lady Lyttelton and her son Sir Henry Lyttelton, sold the manor of Old Swinford to Thomas Foley in 1661.
is offered as Mechanics, Statistics, Pure, Core and Further. All 3 Sciences are offered, and for English
you can take Language, Literature or both. History is split between standard History and Classical Civilisation. The School also still offers Greek
and Latin to Senior students.
Old Swinford Hospital is a specialist Business and Enterprise School, a Specialist Science School and has recently been awarded with a Artsmark and Sportsmark.
Foreign Language lessons are also compulsory and are offered as options to sixth form students as Spanish
, French
and German
. Old Swinford Hospital benefits from foreign language assistants, who come as native speakers of the language to teach and help at the school. In return they get to live in one of the boarding houses, and also get the opportunity to better their own English language skills. In the past foreign language assistants have come from as far away as Argentina
.
Examination wise, GCSE's are taken in Year 11. Lower Sixth take AS Levels, and Upper Sixth take A-Levels. Most Lower Sixth take 4-5 courses, and Upper Sixth take 3-4 Courses. For Upper Sixth students General Studies is an optional extra course, with untaught lessons, as well as many open university and finance courses open to the whole of the sixth form.
Old Swinford Hospital is placed in the top 5% of all schools at GCSE and with a strong record at A level. In October 2006, OFSTED
rated the school as "outstanding" in each of the 39 inspection judgements.
Upon publication of the 2007/2008 academic year results tables, Old Swinford Hospital were the best school in the Dudley local area for pass and success rates in GCSE's with 89% of pupils gaining 5 or more A*-C grades. A Level students also performed well with 99% of examinations taken passed, and an average point score per pupil of 805.8; significantly higher than the Dudley local average of 733.1 For 2010, it remained the highest performing school in the Dudley borough with 94% of GCSE students gaining 5 or more GCSE's at grade C or above.
Sport is compulsory, during the Wednesday Afternoon sessions for the Senior Students, in line with the time university sports fixtures are played.
The main school sport is Rugby, and it has been highly successful reaching the Semi-Finals in the U15 and U18 Daily Mail Cup
, and winning many other cups. From Michaelmas term the sport is played, with Sevens being played late in the Lent term. Other top level sports include Hockey
and Cross Country
. Cross Country had a successful 2007/2008 season, winning trophies in both 1st and 2nd team categories. The school runs 3 senior football teams which are coached by former professional footballer Dale Rudge
.
In Summer the main school sport is Cricket. This is played on front field cricket pitch, with Founders as the backdrop. The 1st team are usually very successful, in 2008 hardly losing a match. Teams throughout all of the year groups compete. A highlight of the season is the Senior teams match against the Old Foleyans played in the summer. David Banks
, the former Worcestershire, Warwickshire and Staffordshire cricketer is one notable member of the teams coaching staff.
Basketball is fast becoming the schools second most popular sport. In season 08-09, the team was second in the six-way tournament held by Bromsgrove school, and its win-loss ratio was 5-2. The juniors are coached by former England basketball guru Barrie Mann.
Other sports include Golf (Old Swinford Hospital owns Stourbridge Golf Club), Squash, Tennis, Rounders, Athletics, Volleyball, hockey and Mountain Biking.
Shooting is a sport also enjoyed at the school, with it more recently being involved in competitions. It is one of the most successful sports in the school with the shooting team coming 3rd in the nationals in 2010.
Ties
Badges
Boarding school
A boarding school is a school where some or all pupils study and live during the school year with their fellow students and possibly teachers and/or administrators. The word 'boarding' is used in the sense of "bed and board," i.e., lodging and meals...
in Oldswinford
Oldswinford
The name Oldswinford is now used for a small area of Stourbridge, close to the parish church.-History:Originally, it was an extensive ancient parish, covering the whole of the former Municipal Borough of Stourbridge, except Pedmore...
, Stourbridge
Stourbridge
Stourbridge is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, in the West Midlands of England. Historically part of Worcestershire, Stourbridge was a centre of glass making, and today includes the suburbs of Amblecote, Lye, Norton, Oldswinford, Pedmore, Wollaston, Wollescote and Wordsley The...
, West Midlands
West Midlands (county)
The West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a 2009 estimated population of 2,638,700. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, formed from parts of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire. The...
, 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...
that has been in continuous operation since the 17th century.
History
Old Swinford Hospital opened in the late summer of 1667. It was founded by Thomas FoleyThomas Foley (1616-1677)
Thomas Foley was the eldest son of the second marriage of Richard Foley , a prominent Midlands ironmaster. He took over his father's business and made great profits from it in the 1650s and 1660s, which he used to buy estates. He then handed his business over to his sons, another Thomas Foley,...
, an ironmaster
Ironmaster
An ironmaster is the manager – and usually owner – of a forge or blast furnace for the processing of iron. It is a term mainly associated with the period of the Industrial Revolution, especially in Great Britain....
and prominent local landowner, whose main estate was at Great Witley
Great Witley
Great Witley is a village and civil parish in the Malvern Hills District in the northwest of the county of Worcestershire, England...
, west of Stourport in Worcestershire
Worcestershire
Worcestershire is a non-metropolitan county, established in antiquity, located in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire" NUTS 2 region...
, but with strong Stourbridge connections. It was to educate 60 boys from “poor but honest” families nominated by specified parishes in Worcestershire, Staffordshire
Staffordshire
Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...
and Warwickshire
Warwickshire
Warwickshire is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, although the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare...
. The school was sometimes named as Foley's blue coat school or hospital, or Oldswinford Hospital Endowed School. The school had run to 70 boys by 1868.
Due to the style of the clock tower, the school's oldest buildings are claimed to have been designed by Sir Christopher Wren, although it is unlikely that proof of this possibility will be forthcoming.
The shield comes from the Foley family arms. The motto is in two parts: Ut Prosim ("That I may serve" or "That I may be useful"), and the second or lower motto is Vince Malum Bono
Vince malum bono
Vince malum bono or Vince in bono malum is a Latin phrase meaning Overcome evil with good or Defeat Evil with Good.The motto comes from partial quotation from the Bible, Saint Paul's Epistle to the Romans, : "Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good" .The phrase is used as a motto at...
("Overcome evil with good") is a partial quotation from Romans 12:21 "Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good." this passage is read by the head boy at the beginning of every academic year
When Foley died in 1677 he left the manor of Pedmore
Pedmore
Pedmore is a residential suburb of Stourbridge in the West Midlands of England. It was originally a village in the Worcestershire countryside until extensive housebuilding during the interwar years saw it gradually merged into Stourbridge.- Amenities :...
and a considerable sum of money in trust for the maintenance of the School. The fifteen trustees of this bequest were called Feoffees and included amongst them Thomas' three sons, Thomas, Philip and Paul. By 1872 the endowment was around £2000. Today there are still fifteen Feoffees who are the trustees of the original foundation. Three of the Feoffees are still direct male descendants of the Founder.
In 1950 the School ceased to be independent and became a Voluntary aided school
Voluntary aided school
A voluntary aided school is a state-funded school in England and Wales in which a foundation or trust owns the school buildings, contributes to building costs and has a substantial influence in the running of the school...
under an arrangement with Worcestershire County Council. Numbers in the School began to increase and a Sixth Form was started in the mid 1950s. New buildings, including a gymnasium and Lyttleton block were built to accommodate the enlarged School.
By the late 1970s day boys outnumbered boarders and an ambitious building programme commenced to enhance and extend the boarding provision. This included the construction of Foley House (1982), Witley House (1983), Dudley House (1984) and Baxter House (1990) in line with the existing house system
House system
The house system is a traditional feature of British schools, and schools in the Commonwealth. Historically, it was associated with established public schools, where a 'house' refers to a boarding house or dormitory of a boarding school...
. Facilities have been further improved in more recent years by the construction of a new classroom block and a large sports centre.
In September 1989 Old Swinford Hospital became one of Margaret Thatcher's Conservative Government's first Grant-maintained school
Grant-maintained school
Grant-maintained schools were state schools in England and Wales between 1988 and 1998 that had opted out of local government control, being funded directly by a grant from central government...
, independent of the Local Education Authority
Local Education Authority
A local education authority is a local authority in England and Wales that has responsibility for education within its jurisdiction...
. With the ending of that status in September 1999 by Tony Blair's Labour Government, the School reverted to being a Voluntary Aided school. The Governors and Headmaster retain considerable autonomy, however, and the Feoffees, as Foundation Trustees, continue to appoint a majority of the Governors.
Some two thirds of the current (approximately 600, up from 300 in the 1960s) pupils are boarders from the immediate surrounding area and further afield in the UK. There is also a significant contingent of pupils from overseas, as all those with a full UK or EU passport are entitled to apply for admission.
Old Swinford Hospital is a member of the State Boarding Schools Association (formerly STABIS).
Houses
The school consists of seven senior boarding houses:| House | Colour | Built | Namesake |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter | Grey | 1990 | Richard Baxter Richard Baxter Richard Baxter was an English Puritan church leader, poet, hymn-writer, theologian, and controversialist. Dean Stanley called him "the chief of English Protestant Schoolmen". After some false starts, he made his reputation by his ministry at Kidderminster, and at around the same time began a long... , a 17th Century Puritan Minister |
| Dudley | Purple | 1984 | the Earls of Dudley Earl of Dudley Earl of Dudley, of Dudley Castle in the County of Stafford, is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, both times for members of the Ward family. This family descends from Sir Humble Ward, the son of a wealthy goldsmith and jeweller to King Charles I... , the family who bought the Foley's estate of Witley Court Witley Court Witley Court in Worcestershire, England is a Grade 1 listed building and was once one of the great houses of the Midlands, but today it is a spectacular ruin after being devastated by fire in 1937. It was built by Thomas Foley in 1655 on the site of a former manor house near Great Witley... |
| Foley | Green | 1982 | Thomas Foley, the founder of the School |
| Foster | Red | A prominent local family (see James Foster James Foster (ironmaster) James Foster was a prominent Worcestershire ironmaster and senior partner in the important iron company of John Bradley & Co., Stourbridge, taking its name from his elder half-brother. As well as the Stourbridge ironworks, the business owned a number of coal and ironstone mines, furnaces, forges... ) |
|
| Maybury | Royal Blue | William Maybury, headmaster from 1883–1928 | |
| Potter | Sky Blue | 2009 | Chris Potter, headmaster from 1978 until 2001 |
| Witley | Yellow | 1983 | Witley Court, the Foley family mansion |
There is one junior boarding house: Prospect House named after its location on Prospect Hill in Stourbridge.
Before the houses were associated with buildings, there was also a Lyttelton house, named after the Lyttelton family who built nearby Hagley Hall
Hagley Hall
Hagley Hall is an 18th century house in Hagley, Worcestershire. It was the creation of George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton , secretary to Frederick, Prince of Wales, poet and man of letters and briefly Chancellor of the Exchequer...
. Katherine Lady Lyttelton and her son Sir Henry Lyttelton, sold the manor of Old Swinford to Thomas Foley in 1661.
Admissions
OSH is a selective school. To gain Year 7 day student entry, boys can sit an entrance exam into the school. There are very few places, making day student spots highly competitive indeed. Boarding places are gained via a selection interview but no exam is required. For Year 9 entry, some boarding places are made available so students from middle schools can enter. For Lower Sixth entry, boys and girls are open to take an exam to enter the school. This is the first opportunity girls have to enter, what was until only a few years ago an all Boys school. Some boarding places are also offered at this stage, mainly to international students.Academics
The school subject choices remain largely traditional, with many courses being offered as minor specifics to senior students. MathematicsMathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
is offered as Mechanics, Statistics, Pure, Core and Further. All 3 Sciences are offered, and for English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
you can take Language, Literature or both. History is split between standard History and Classical Civilisation. The School also still offers Greek
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek is the stage of the Greek language in the periods spanning the times c. 9th–6th centuries BC, , c. 5th–4th centuries BC , and the c. 3rd century BC – 6th century AD of ancient Greece and the ancient world; being predated in the 2nd millennium BC by Mycenaean Greek...
and Latin to Senior students.
Old Swinford Hospital is a specialist Business and Enterprise School, a Specialist Science School and has recently been awarded with a Artsmark and Sportsmark.
Foreign Language lessons are also compulsory and are offered as options to sixth form students as Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
, French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
and German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
. Old Swinford Hospital benefits from foreign language assistants, who come as native speakers of the language to teach and help at the school. In return they get to live in one of the boarding houses, and also get the opportunity to better their own English language skills. In the past foreign language assistants have come from as far away as Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
.
Examination wise, GCSE's are taken in Year 11. Lower Sixth take AS Levels, and Upper Sixth take A-Levels. Most Lower Sixth take 4-5 courses, and Upper Sixth take 3-4 Courses. For Upper Sixth students General Studies is an optional extra course, with untaught lessons, as well as many open university and finance courses open to the whole of the sixth form.
Old Swinford Hospital is placed in the top 5% of all schools at GCSE and with a strong record at A level. In October 2006, OFSTED
Ofsted
The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills is the non-ministerial government department of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools In England ....
rated the school as "outstanding" in each of the 39 inspection judgements.
Upon publication of the 2007/2008 academic year results tables, Old Swinford Hospital were the best school in the Dudley local area for pass and success rates in GCSE's with 89% of pupils gaining 5 or more A*-C grades. A Level students also performed well with 99% of examinations taken passed, and an average point score per pupil of 805.8; significantly higher than the Dudley local average of 733.1 For 2010, it remained the highest performing school in the Dudley borough with 94% of GCSE students gaining 5 or more GCSE's at grade C or above.
Sport
Old Swinford Hospital has a large history of high level sporting achievement. Some Old Foleyans have gone on to play top level and international games in their sporting fields.Sport is compulsory, during the Wednesday Afternoon sessions for the Senior Students, in line with the time university sports fixtures are played.
The main school sport is Rugby, and it has been highly successful reaching the Semi-Finals in the U15 and U18 Daily Mail Cup
Daily Mail Cup
The Daily Mail RBS Cup is the annual English schools' rugby union cup competition. The semi-finals are now held at Broadstreet Rugby Club. The final is held at Twickenham Stadium. Competitions are held at the U18 and U15 age group levels...
, and winning many other cups. From Michaelmas term the sport is played, with Sevens being played late in the Lent term. Other top level sports include Hockey
Hockey
Hockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.-Etymology:...
and Cross Country
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
. Cross Country had a successful 2007/2008 season, winning trophies in both 1st and 2nd team categories. The school runs 3 senior football teams which are coached by former professional footballer Dale Rudge
Dale Rudge
Dale Anthony Rudge is an English former professional footballer. Playing as a midfielder, he represented his hometown club Wolverhampton Wanderers in the 1980s before moving on to Preston North End, Norwegian club Djerv 1919, and Hednesford Town.Rudge, a Wolves apprentice, made his league debut on...
.
In Summer the main school sport is Cricket. This is played on front field cricket pitch, with Founders as the backdrop. The 1st team are usually very successful, in 2008 hardly losing a match. Teams throughout all of the year groups compete. A highlight of the season is the Senior teams match against the Old Foleyans played in the summer. David Banks
David Banks (cricketer)
David Andrew Banks is a former English cricketer who played first-class and List A cricket for Worcestershire and Warwickshire...
, the former Worcestershire, Warwickshire and Staffordshire cricketer is one notable member of the teams coaching staff.
Basketball is fast becoming the schools second most popular sport. In season 08-09, the team was second in the six-way tournament held by Bromsgrove school, and its win-loss ratio was 5-2. The juniors are coached by former England basketball guru Barrie Mann.
Other sports include Golf (Old Swinford Hospital owns Stourbridge Golf Club), Squash, Tennis, Rounders, Athletics, Volleyball, hockey and Mountain Biking.
Shooting is a sport also enjoyed at the school, with it more recently being involved in competitions. It is one of the most successful sports in the school with the shooting team coming 3rd in the nationals in 2010.
Ties and Pins
The school has a wide range of ties and pins for houses and awards.Ties
- Full School Prefect - Red with thin gold stripe and blue OSH logo
- School Tie - Navy Blue and Sky Blue stripe
- 6th Form - Navy Blue with thin Sky Blue stripe (white strip within Sky Blue)
- Foley House - Black with thin gold stripes
- Baxter House - Black with thin silver/grey stripes
- Dudley House - Purple with stripe
- Witley House - Blue with thin yellow/gold stripe
- Foster House - Red with black blue stripe
- Prospect House - Grey with rainbow stripes(representing each house)
- Junior Sports Colours - Grey with coloured stripes
- Senior Sports Colours - Blue with thin silver stripes, OSH badge
- Senior Music Colours - Dark with thin stripes and OSH logo with instrument
- Junior Music Colours - Sky Blue with OSH logo with instrument
- 1st Team - Burgundy with grey stripe, OSH logo and XV (Rugby) or XI (Football, Hockey)
- Cross Country - As above with XC instead of XI
- Scholars' - Black with gold stripes with OSH logo
Badges
- Standard - Blue with Gold OSH pin badge. Awarded to all students of the school
- White - White with Gold OSH. Awarded for outstanding achievement, senior students decided by Headmaster
- Prefect - Red with Gold OSH. Awarded to prefects
- Music - Blue with Gold Music Note. Awarded alongside music colours
- Scholars' - Black with Gold OSH pin badge. Awarded to Lord Foley Scholars and Exhibitioners
International links
Old Swinford Hospital has international links with schools and educational establishments abroad. The three most notable are in the table below. Old Swinford has a history of raising money, and assisting in many ways with St. John's Secondary School in Nandere, Uganda through various charitable events and days and through the Uganda Link society. When the school had power issues in 2007, Old Swinford managed to raise the money needed to get power supplies back within one day.| School | City |
|---|---|
 St. John's Secondary Senior School |
Nandere |
 St. George's College North |
Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent... |
 St. Joseph's Nudgee CollegeSt. Joseph's Nudgee College St Joseph's Nudgee College is a private, Roman Catholic, day and boarding school for boys, located in Boondall, a northern suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.... |
Brisbane Brisbane Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of... |
Famous Old Foleyans
Former students of the school are called Old Foleyans after the founder of the school, Thomas Foley.Arts
- Nicholas BaileyNicholas BaileyNicholas R. Bailey is a British actor, best known for his role as Anthony Trueman in the British soap opera EastEnders. He was also a contestant on ITV's Soapstar Superstar in January 2006...
- Actor - performed in Coronation StreetCoronation StreetCoronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...
, CasualtyCasualty (TV series)Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The...
, EastendersEastEndersEastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End...
. - Charles McKeownCharles McKeownCharles McKeown is a British actor and writer, perhaps best known for his collaborations with Terry Gilliam. The two met while shooting Monty Python's Life of Brian, while McKeown was doing bit parts in the film.-Screenwriting career:...
- Academy award nominated actor and writer. Films include, BrazilBrazil (film)Brazil is a 1985 British science fiction fantasy/black comedy film directed by Terry Gilliam. It was written by Gilliam, Charles McKeown, and Tom Stoppard and stars Jonathan Pryce. The film also features Robert De Niro, Kim Greist, Michael Palin, Katherine Helmond, Bob Hoskins, and Ian Holm...
(1985), Spies Like Us, Time Bandits, The Missionary and Life Of Brian. - Tim Harris - Actor - performed in DangerfieldDangerfieldDangerfield may mean*Dangerfield , a British television series*Rover Dangerfield, an animated feature film*Dangerfield Newby, an American former slave who followed John BrownDangerfield is a surname and may refer to:...
, Peak PracticePeak PracticePeak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District — and the doctors who worked there. It ran on ITV from 10 May 1993 to 30 January 2002 and was one of their most successful series at the time...
, The BillThe BillThe Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...
, Get Real (Film)
Politics
- Philip DaviesPhilip DaviesPhilip Andrew Davies is a British Conservative Party politician. He is the Member of Parliament for Shipley in West Yorkshire.-Early life:...
- ConservativeConservative Party (UK)The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
MPMember of ParliamentA Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Shipley
Sport
- James CollinsJames Collins (rugby player)James Collins is an English rugby union player. He currently plays as a flanker for Worcester Warriors in the Guinness Premiership....
- Rugby player for Worcester Warriors - Dean HeadleyDean HeadleyDean Warren Headley is an English cricketer.He comes from a famous cricketing family, being the son of Ron Headley and grandson of George Headley. He was the first Test cricketer to be both the son and grandson of Test cricketers...
- Former England cricketer - Chris PennellChris PennellChris Pennell is an English rugby union player. He currently plays for Worcester Warriors in the Aviva Premiership. He plays as a fullback....
- Rugby player for Worcester Warriors - George RobsonGeorge Robson (rugby player)George Robson is an English rugby union player. He currently plays for Harlequins in the Aviva Premiership. He plays as a Lock.Robson was a student at Bromsgrove School but started his rugby career at Old Swinford Hospital....
- Rugby player for HarlequinsHarlequin F.C.The Harlequin Football Club is an English rugby union team who play in the top level of English rugby, the Aviva Premiership. Their ground in London is Twickenham Stoop... - Joe ShawJoe Shaw (rugby player)Joe Shaw born 20 February 1980 in Birmingham, West Midlands, England is a rugby union player for Newcastle Falcons in the Guinness Premiership.Shaw joined the Falcons from Northampton Saints in the summer of 2002....
- Rugby player for Newcastle FalconsNewcastle FalconsThe Newcastle Falcons is an English rugby union team currently playing in the Aviva Premiership. The club was established in 1877 and played under the name of Gosforth Football Club until 1990. The name was then changed to Newcastle Gosforth and the club began to play at Kingston Park stadium in... - Richard WestRichard West (rugby player)Richard West is a former English rugby union footballer. He played as a lock.He was educated at Old Swinford Hospital and the University of the West of England in Bristol....
- Former England Rugby PlayerEngland national rugby union teamThe England national rugby union team represents England in rugby union. They compete in the annual Six Nations Championship with France, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, and Wales. They have won this championship on 26 occasions, 12 times winning the Grand Slam, making them the most successful team in... - Paul Doran-JonesPaul Doran-JonesPaul Doran-Jones is a rugby union footballer, currently playing in the Aviva Premiership for Northampton Saints. He plays as a prop.-Club career:...
- Rugby player for EnglandEnglandEngland 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...
and Northampton SaintsNorthampton SaintsNorthampton Saints are a professional rugby union club from Northampton, England. The Northampton Saints were formed in 1880. They play in green, black and gold colours. They play their home games at Franklin's Gardens, which has a capacity of 13,591.... - Rhys CraneRhys CraneRhys Crane is a rugby union player for Sale Sharks, who plays as a wing. He joined Bath after completing a degree in sports and exercise science at Cardiff University....
- Rugby player for England 7's and Sale SharksSale SharksSale Sharks are a professional rugby union club who play in England in the Aviva Premiership.The club is an offshoot of Sale FC, which is based at Heywood Road in Sale, Greater Manchester, but Sharks currently play in Stockport at Edgeley Park, ground sharing with Stockport County F.C.Part of the...
Headmasters since 1883
- Mr WJ Maybury (1883–1928)
- Mr HC Stone (1928–1951)
- Mr Lionel Sheppard MBE (1951–1978)
- Mr Christopher Potter OBE (1978–2001)
- Mr Melvyn Roffe (2001–2007)
- Mr Peter Jones (2007– )
