Haberdashers' Adams is a

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for boys aged 11–18 and girls aged 16–18, located in

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, offering day and boarding education. Current (2021) boarding fees are £12,144 per year and £13,644 per year for overseas students It was founded in 1656 by William Adams, a wealthy member of the

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(one of the Great Twelve Livery Companies of the

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). In January 2018, the school changed its name to Haberdashers’ Adams, replacing the previous name, Adams' Grammar School (AGS).

History

Adams was founded in 1656 by

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William Adams, a wealthy

merchant and haberdasher, who was born in Newport and whose younger brother Sir Thomas Adams became

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. Adams had no children and never married, so therefore decided to leave a bequest for the foundation of the school, which was first opened on 25 March 1656, during the politically unstable and volatile period of the English Interregnum. Having received permission from

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to found the school, Adams sought to further ensure the school's continued existence by appointing the Master and Wardens of the

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in perpetuity. As one of the few schools founded during the Interregnum period, the school's articles of foundation were reconfirmed by

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in 1660, upon the Restoration of the Monarchy; a copy of which is held in the school archives. Adams endowed the school with a large agricultural estate at Knighton in Staffordshire, providing income for future generations; as a result of this, Knighton was exempt from all land taxes until 1990. The school was endowed with 1,400 books soon after its foundation, which at the time represented one of the largest school

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in England. A typical Oxford or Cambridge college then only had about 1,000 books. Only seven of these 1,400 books are still in the school's ownership, with the rest having been sold at various times when the school has suffered financial hardship. In the 18th century, the young Samuel Johnson, who was later to be a pre-eminent

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, applied unsuccessfully for the headmastership, which went to Samuel Lea. The Knighton estate was eventually sold off in several portions over the course of the twentieth century, and the proceeds of the final sale were used by the Haberdashers' Company to purchase

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as a boarding house for the school. Adams developed slowly, and did not expand beyond its original building, now known as ''Big School'', until the turn of the last century, when ''Main School'' (also known as the ''S-Block'') was built in the 1920s. Over the course of the next 90 years Adams' expanded rapidly, acquiring a number of buildings on Lower Bar in Newport for use as boarding houses; this in turn greatly expanded the school's town centre site. In the 1960s a new science block, connected to Main School was built, whilst a senior boarding master's house was created on land adjacent to Big School. During this period the school also acquired a new

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nasium, which was subsequently converted into a

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in the mid-2000s. During the

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, 362 Old Novaportans (former pupils) served in the Armed Forces of whom 45 died and 77 survived wounded. After the War a memorial fund was set up to assist the sons of the deceased, and an appeal raised £1,000. A tablet listing those who died was unveiled in the Main School building in 1921. In 1948, the Old Boys' Club erected another tablet alongside this to those who died in the

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. Both memorials are now displayed in the School Library. In the modern era, the school's status has been expressed in a number of statutory arrangements. In 1950 the school became a

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then after a brief spell as a

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in the 1980s, Adams again faced threat of closure or conversion to co-educational comprehensive status in the early 1990s; this was avoided by a successful campaign, organised by parents and governors, against the wishes of

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. In the late 1990s and 2000s Adams again enjoyed voluntary-aided status; throughout its history the

has been key in supporting the school's vision and offering financial support for some of the more ambitious construction projects. In 1993, girls were admitted to the

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for the first time, bringing to an end Adams' long tradition of educating boys only. The 1990s also saw the construction of the Wood and Taylor Centres for the study of design technology and

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, reflecting the school's status in the later 1990s as a

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. In the early 2000s, the school began to raise funds for he construction of a new state-of-the-art

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and fitness suite to replace dilapidated facilities. In 2002 a

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of the school by former

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David Taylor and his wife, Ruth, was published. Longford Hall, Shropshire

The late 2000s saw the school celebrate its 350th anniversary (in 2006), completion of a new science block and conversion of the former gymnasium into a performing arts centre (this, in turn, was converted into a Sixth Form Centre, which opened in 2013). The music department was condemned in 2006; The Coach House, on Salters Lane, which backs onto the school grounds, was acquired by the Haberdashers' Company and converted into a new music department, which opened in 2013 alongside the new Sixth Form Centre. In June 2008, a new funding agreement was signed, which provided that monies would be provided to Telford & Wrekin Council to build a new school on the Abraham Darby site under the Building Schools for the Future scheme. The Governors were heavily involved in the approval of the plans and selection of the builders and architects. Following the passing of the Academies Act in 2010, the directors of the Adams' Federation, in conjunction with the Haberdashers’ Company, agreed to apply to the Department for Education for Adams’ Grammar School to be converted into a “new style” academy and to amend the Federation so that the two schools became combined into the ownership of the Haberdashers' Adams Federation Trust. In 2011 Adams became an academy in the Federation with another Haberdashers' school Haberdashers' Abraham Darby Academy. As of 2018 the school changed its name from Adams' Grammar School to Haberdashers' Adams. This was reportedly done in order to reflect the school's historic links with the

Admissions and performance

Adams is a

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which admits both boarding and

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s, with ever-increasing numbers of foreign students, especially from

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Academic performance

Adams was rated by Ofsted as a Grade 1 outstanding school during 2013. More recently, the school has been scored as average with a Progress 8 score of −0.02 by the

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School life

As of November 2016 the

is Gary Hickey, who was previously deputy head of the school.

House system

Adams operates an extra-curricular house system and is the basis of inter-house sports competitions, traditionally a source of pride for pupils of their respective houses (all named after Shropshire-born notables): * ''Owen House'', named after

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, one of the leading poets of the

(born near Oswestry) sports scarlet as its colours. This house was called Clive House after Robert Clive of India until 2021 when it was renamed after criticism arose of Robert Clive in light of the

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. * ''Darwin House'', traditionally sports

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and is named after Shrewsbury-born

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, the celebrated 19th-century naturalist. * ''Talbot House'', the last of the three original "Salopian" houses, traditionally displays black and white (arranged in hoops, ''e.g.'' on rugby jerseys) as its sporting colours; it is named after Whitchurch-born "Old Talbot" (Sir John Talbot, ''later'' Earl of Shrewsbury) of the famous local

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and one of the foremost English

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s of the French medieval wars. * ''Webb House'', was founded in 1994 and assumed emerald green as its distinguishing colours; it is named after

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-born merchant naval officer and accomplished swimmer,

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. * ''Sa'adu House'', the newest house being announced in 2020 and being formed in the school year starting 2021, named after NHS worker and Old Novaportan who died during the

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, Alfa Sa'adu, assuming

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as its house colour. Throughout the academic year there are many house events, revolving around the arts, sports or academic subjects. These include the House Music Competition; Dixon Cup, which covers drama and public speaking; Smedley Cup and House 7s, which are both rugby competitions; and other sports competitions such as House Cross Country and House Swimming. Intra-house geography, history, poetry and languages competitions also take place. The newest house event is House

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Boarding houses and student leadership

The school owns a number of dedicated boarding houses. The present junior hall (Longford Hall) is located by the school's playing fields about a mile away. In 2017 the Haberdashers' enabled the school to purchase and re-furbish Beaumaris Court, a former care home, to become the school's new senior boarding house, Beaumaris Hall. This new facility replaced the three senior boys' boarding houses which were situated in large Georgian townhouses facing the High Street.

was built in 1785 for Colonel Ralph Leeke, political agent to the

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; the

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was designed by Joseph Bonomi, who was an associate of

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and James Adam. Adams Grammar Sr Board

The hall is located on top of a low rise and overlooks farmland towards the

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. As with many such buildings, the first 100 feet in front of the hall comprises manicured grass, bordered by a

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to prevent animals from entering; today the ha-ha is best known amongst pupils for forming a part of the school's annual house cross-country course. There are a small series of formal gardens, including a "Quad". Behind the hall is a selection of buildings around a central square including a

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, once part of the estate's home farm. Upon entry into the school in year 7, boarders are assigned to dormitories; upon moving to Beaumaris Court boys are often assigned to double or, in some cases, single rooms. In every upper sixth year there is a dedicated boarding captain (in addition to the four house captains, two school captains and a varying number of deputy school captains); collectively the school's captains are referred to as ''the front bench'' as they often sit in a line facing the rest of the student body at full school assemblies.

Combined Cadet Force

The school's CCF is available to year 8 students and above, a result of which the school sends many officer candidate students to Sandhurst,

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and the

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. The CCF also plays a role in Newport civic life, parading every year on

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. The CCF recruits each January from the Second Form and with cadets passing out in May of the same year. The Corps has its own building where its stores are housed and NCO meetings and some lessons take place. The Corps frequently holds Overnight Exercises where battle drills and fieldcraft are practised; these are held either at

, Nesscliffe Training Area or

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. Until 2017, when the Sixth Form went on study leave, the CCF prepared for the Annual House CCF Competition, known as ''The Thompstone Trophy'', after Lt-Col Brian Thompstone; this entailed a Drill Competition, Shooting, Command Tasks, Memory Games, Forces-related Quizzes, Section Attacks, CQB and an OBS course. The Corps is inspected every two years (the Biennial Inspection) by a senior

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officer. Both the Army and RAF sections of the CCF hold Summer Camps every year, visiting working military bases such as

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and

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. Cadets can also attend Adventure Training Camps held annually at

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and

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, Easter Camps at

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, Summer Camps at Ramstein Air Base and Leadership Courses at

, Nesscliffe Training Area or at Frimley Park. Additionally, cadets also have the opportunity of attending special events such as the 65th D-Day Landing Commemorations and the Cadet 150 Celebrations.

Sport

Adams has traditionally been a rugby school, and as such requires all boys play rugby through years seven and eight during the autumn and spring terms. Upon entry into year nine, pupils are presented with the option of continuing to play rugby, or switching to

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and

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are the main sports disciplines undertaken during the shorter summer term. In year 11 and the sixth form, boys are often presented with the opportunity to take part in any sport of their choice, provided they can receive permission for such an activity. With the exception of those activities not provided by the school, all sporting events, and training therefore takes place at the school's Longford Hall playing fields; for this reason, few visiting sports teams ever see the Main School site. Adams operates a system of games afternoons, a system by which each individual year group is assigned a specific day of the week to attend afternoon physical activity sessions at Longford (for this purpose the sixth Form is combined with year 11). In the early 21st century, football was reintroduced to the school after an absence of almost 100 years. As with many private and grammar schools, Adams organises biennial summer tours abroad for its senior rugby, hockey and girls

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teams. Recent tours have included rugby tours to South Africa, South America, Australia and Singapore, and a hockey and netball tour to Barbados.

International links

Adams' currently runs student exchange programmes with the following schools in

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and

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: AGS also corresponds with

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in Melbourne, Australia.

Old Novaportans

The School supports the ''Old Novaportans' Club'' which organises reunions, dinners and sporting events throughout the year to which its members are invited. Former pupils are known as "Old Novaportans" (initialised as "ON").

Academia

Piers Corbyn Piers Richard Corbyn (born 10 March 1947) is an English weather forecaster, businessman, anti-vaxxer and conspiracy theorist. Born in Wiltshire, Corbyn was raised in Shropshire where he attended Adams' Grammar School. He was awarded a firs ...

(born 1947) — weather forecaster, businessman, activist, anti-vaxxer and conspiracy theorist *

Donald Court Seymour Donald Mayneord Court, CBE, FRCSLT, FRCP, Hon FRCGP (born 4 January 1912 in Wem, died 9 September 1994 in Newcastle upon Tyne) was a deeply religious British paediatrician who was known for his achievements in the fields of respirato ...

(1912–1994) – James Spence Professor of Child Health at Newcastle University (1955–72) and former President of the

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* William Cureton (1808–1864) – orientalist *

Dave Goulson Dave Goulson (born 30 July 1965) is Professor of Biology (Evolution, Behaviour and Environment) at the University of Sussex. Specializing in the ecology and conservation of insects, particularly bumblebees, Goulson is the author of several bo ...

(born 1965) – professor of biology (evolution, behaviour and environment) at the

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, expert on bumblebees and founder of the

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* Thomas Hollis (1720–1774) – benefactor of

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, political propagandist, patron of

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among other artists * Helmut Koenigsberger (1918–2014) – professor of history,

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, 1973–84, later emeritus. * Sir

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(1851–1940)– inventor & first principal of

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* Stuart Meeson (born 1972 in Newport) – physicist in

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and Mammography * James E. Quibell (1867–1935) – archaeologist and leading British Egyptologist *

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(1907–94) – worked alongside Sir

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to artificially synthesize vitamin C

Clergy

Robert Charnock Robert Charnock (or Chernock) (''c''. 1663 – 18 March 1696) was an English academic and Jacobite conspirator. Life Charnock belonged to a Warwickshire family, and was educated at Adams' Grammar School and Magdalen College, Oxford, becoming a ...

(1663–1696) – Dean of Magdalen College, Oxford, conspirator who planned to kill

King William III William III (William Henry; ; 4 November 16508 March 1702), also widely known as William of Orange, was the sovereign Prince of Orange from birth, Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel in the Dutch Republic from the ...

* Silvester Horne (1865–1914) – MP for

Ipswich Ipswich () is a port town and borough in Suffolk, England, of which it is the county town. The town is located in East Anglia about away from the mouth of the River Orwell and the North Sea. Ipswich is both on the Great Eastern Main Line ...

, Congregationalist Minister, and father of

Kenneth Horne Charles Kenneth Horne, generally known as Kenneth Horne, (27 February 1907 – 14 February 1969) was an English comedian and businessman. He is perhaps best remembered for his work on three BBC Radio series: ''Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh ...

* Gerald Lander (1861–1934) – Bishop of Victoria, Hong Kong * Thomas Percy (1729–1811) – became

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, wrote ''

Reliques of Ancient English Poetry The ''Reliques of Ancient English Poetry'' (sometimes known as ''Reliques of Ancient Poetry'' or simply Percy's ''Reliques'') is a collection of ballads and popular songs collected by Bishop Thomas Percy and published in 1765. Sources The basis ...

'' in 1765

Media and arts

* M. J. Bassett – film director and scriptwriter *

Simon Bates Simon Philip Bates (born 17 December 1946) is an English disc jockey and radio presenter. Between 1976 and 1993 he worked at BBC Radio 1, presenting the station's weekday mid-morning show for most of this period. He later became a regular pres ...

(born 1946) – radio disc jockey * Barrington J. Bayley (1937–2008) – science fiction writer * Tom Brown (1662–1704)– satirist *

Radzi Chinyanganya Munyaradzi Thomas Kingsley "Radzi" Chinyanganya (born 12 September 1986) is a British presenter and broadcaster. He co-presented the BBC children's TV programme ''Blue Peter'' from 2013 until 2019, and the ITV game show ''Cannonball'' in 2017 ...

(born 1987) – TV presenter * Ewen Henderson (1934–2000) – sculptor * Norman Jones (1932–2013) *

Eliot Higgins Eliot Ward Higgins (born January 1979), who previously wrote under the pseudonym Brown Moses, is a British citizen journalist and former blogger, known for using open sources and social media for investigations. He is the founder of Bellingcat, ...

(born 1979) – investigative journalist, founder of

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Politics & business

* Peter Butler (born 1951) – former Conservative MP for North East Milton Keynes from 1992 to 1997, and current chief executive of Flying Scotsman plc *

Jeremy Corbyn Jeremy Bernard Corbyn (; born 26 May 1949) is a British politician who served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party from 2015 to 2020. On the political left of the Labour Party, Corbyn describes himself as a socialist ...

(born 1949) – Labour MP for

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since 1983, Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party from 2015 to 2020 * Nick Jenkins (born 1967) – chief executive of moonpig.com, former Glencore commodities trader. *

John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower, PC (10 August 1694 – 25 December 1754), was an English Tory politician and peer who twice served as Lord Privy Seal from 1742 to 1743 and 1744 to 1754. Leveson-Gower is best known for his political caree ...

(1694–1754) – Lord Privy Seal 1742–54, and first senior Tory member of government since

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's coronation in 1714 * Thomas Parker, Earl of Macclesfield (1666–1732) –

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and Acting

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of Great Britain

Military

* Captain

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(1855–1924) – 6th Earl of Ashburnham * General

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(1810–96) –

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, Royal Marines * Matthew Smith (ca.1665-ca.1723) – 17th-century spy, intriguer and writer * Sir Charles Buckworth-Herne-Soame Bt (1864–1931) 10th Baronet * Major-General Francis Ventris (1857–1929) – General Officer Commanding British Forces in China

Sports

* Cedric Boyns (born 1954) - cricket player for

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and

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s. * Peter Ranells (born 1954) - cricket player for Shropshire. * Graham Kitchener (born 1989) – rugby player for

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and

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

* Dan Redfern (born 1990) – cricket player for Shropshire,

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and Leicestershire County Cricket Clubswww.bbc.co.uk
/ref> * Peter Short (born 1979) – rugby player for Bath Rugby and

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Former staff

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(born 1974) – maths teacher and ex-Jamaican national chess champion *

Agnes Miller Parker Agnes Miller Parker (1895–1980) was an engraver, illustrator and painter in oil and tempera. Born in Ayrshire, she spent most of her career in London and southern Britain. She is especially known as a twentieth century wood-engraver thanks to ...

(1895–1980) – former art teacher, engraver and illustrator * Alec Peterson (1908–1988) – former headmaster, founder of the

International Baccalaureate The International Baccalaureate (IB), formerly known as the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO), is a nonprofit foundation headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and founded in 1968. It offers four educational programmes: the IB D ...

* Donald Fear – history and government and politics teacher, the sixth person ever to win £1,000,000 on ''

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'' in 2020

References

External links

Official website
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