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Penistone Grammar School | |
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Address | |
Huddersfield Road , , S36 7BX England | |
Coordinates | 53°31′58″N1°38′10″W / 53.5327°N 1.6361°W |
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Type | Community school Comprehensive school |
Mottoes | Disce aut discede (Translation: Learn or Depart) "Learning and Achieving together" "Never Stop Flying" |
Established | 1392 |
Founder | Thomas Clarel |
Local authority | Barnsley |
Department for Education URN | 106653 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Headteacher | Paul Crook |
Gender | Co-educational |
Age | 11to 18 |
Enrolment | 1,828 |
Capacity | 1,826 |
Sixth form students | 224 |
Colour(s) | Green, Light Blue, Cyan, Orange, Purple; Black and Red |
Website | www |
Penistone Grammar School (PGS [1] ) is a co-educational comprehensive secondary school and sixth form located in Penistone, South Yorkshire, England. [2]
Founded in 1392, it is the 45th oldest extant school in England with its most notable alumnus being Nicholas Saunderson, the probable inventor of Bayes theorem, in the 18th century. [3] The school has undergone many expansions, requiring the erection of several buildings, and now houses over 1,700 pupils from age 11 to 18. [4] PGS' Ofsted overall rating is grade 2 ('Good'), following an inspection in February 2023. [5]
The school was founded as the Free Grammar School of Penistone ('Penistone' often spelt 'Peniston') in 1392, when it is recorded that a gift of land was made by Thomas Clarel, Lord of the Manor at Penistone, to John Del Rodes "and others". The land was situated in the town centre on a site opposite St. John the Baptist Church and across the road from the old Cloth Hall (built much later). [6]
Penistone Grammar School's foundation deed: Thomas Clarel, Dominus (that is Lord) de Peniston in 1392, granted to John del Rodes and others a piece of land in the Kirk-flatt, sicut se extendit et jacet inter quinque lapides per manus predicti Thomas Clarel pro metis positos, with license to grave turf on the Moors of Penistone. [6]
In 1443 the Free Grammar School of Penistone received further bequests and in 1547, after the dissolution of the chantries, the school continued as the free school for the children of Penistone. Following further endowments, the school was rebuilt in 1714. In 1893, the school withdrew from its town centre site to a position about half a mile north-west of the town centre, at Weirfield House. [7] The school remains on this site.
The school was originally an all-boys grammar school with a boarding provision. Girls were admitted for the first time in 1907 (though mixed-sex classes were not until 1911). Fulford was the last headmaster to see boarders, with PGS becoming a day school in 1921. [7]
On 28 October 1911, under the tenure of Mr Fulford, the Fulford building opened (though not called that at the time), at a cost of £8,000 (plus £780 for furnishings and equipment). [8] Several other buildings were erected, and in 1974, PGS purchased the former Penistone Union Workhouse, later named 'Netherfields', which became the school's sixth form. [9]
It became fully comprehensive in 1969, with partial selection (for more distant pupils) from 1957. The comprehensive school initially retained its grammar school name and traditions such as the house system and speech night. These traditions were gradually scaled back. In 2011, the school restored its traditional house system and uniform, and entirely demolished all buildings but Weirfield and the adjacent Stables, which was converted into flats. A new building opened that same year.[ citation needed ]
The school motto was traditionally "Disce Aut Discede" ("Learn or leave"), with the school colours traditionally being red and black. It used the coat of arms of the founding family, the Clarels, which shows six martlets, as its logo. In 2003 the school changed its motto to "Learning and Achieving Together". It rebranded again in 2010 with the motto "Never Stop Flying", a reference to martlets having no legs so always being in flight, changing the logo and school ties to show a single stylised martlet in flight.[ citation needed ]
A £35 million 'state-of-the-art' school building opened on 2 May 2011, with a complete demolition of the old buildings, except for Fulford, the Stables, and Weirfield. Fulford, erected in 1909, was ultimately demolished in early 2014 after much protest from past students and locals.
After taking over from Glynis Gower, headteacher of 5 years, in 2007, Joanne Higgins stood down in November 2017 with Paul Crook taking her place as headteacher. He was formerly a teacher of PE and a deputy head.
The sixth form at Penistone currently has 300 students in attendance. [4] Penistone Grammar School is the only school in the Local Education Authority of Barnsley to have a sixth form alongside its secondary provision.
In 2017, Penistone Grammar School's then headteacher, Jo Higgins, introduced a controversial, zero tolerance style 'Values Driven Expectations' behaviour management scheme, under which a pupil could be reprimanded for forgetting a pen or leaving their shirt untucked. [10]
After internal remodelling in 2018, work started on a £4.3 million two-storey extension in 2019, providing an additional 250 places at the school. The building was opened to students in September 2020, and is linked to the main school by a walkway through the science department. [11] The block is home to the modern foreign languages department and several science classrooms.
As of 2022, Penistone Grammar School is the only secondary school in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley to not have academy status, remaining under the control of the Local Authority.
The school maintains expansive playing fields, with a martlet-covered bridge over Huddersfield Road connecting the building and fields.
Penistone Grammar School's secondary results are the best of any school in the Barnsley local authority, achieving an above average Progress 8 score of 0.46. [12] In 2023, 83% of pupils passed English and maths, with 66% of pupils achieved a grade 5 (strong pass) or higher. [13]
The sixth form has been within the top 10% of providers nationally for over five consecutive years. The majority (55%) of grades secured are A* or A, and in 2022, the average result was an A-, with over half of students progressing to elite Russell Group universities. [14]
The Penistone Grammar School Foundation is a charity (number 529458) established in January 1957, but registered in 1965. [15] It owns much of the school's old site and its current estate, and generates income for the school.
The school introduced a four house system from the late 1950s until the mid 1970s, with each being named after locally significant people. [16]
House | Colour | Named after |
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Armitage | Yellow | Heather Armitage - British sprinter and former student (1933–) |
Bosville | Blue | Bosville family of Gunthwaite - Local land owners |
Clarel | Red | Thomas Clarel - Founder |
Dransfield | Green | John Ness Dransfield - Local historian and author of A History of the Parish of Penistone (1906) |
The school revived the traditional house system which continues to this day.
House | Colour | Named after |
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Bowman | Purple | Eric Fisher Bowman - Headmaster 1928–1958 |
Fulford | Orange | Joseph Woodward Fulford - Headmaster 1893–1921 |
Netherfield | Green | Netherfield Union Workhouse - Former home to the sixth form college |
Saunderson | Light blue | Nicholas Saunderson - Mathematician and former student (1682–1739) |
Weirfield | Cyan | Weirfield House - Former schoolhouse and staff area from 1893 until c.2011 |
Years | Name | Education | Notes |
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c.1392–1433 | Rev. John Del Rodes | Custos of Saint John's Chapel | |
c.1433–1450 | Rev. John Smyth | Chaplain | |
1450–1472 | Rev. William Wordsworth | Chantry Priest at St Mary's | |
1472–1477 | Rev. William Walker | Chantry Priest at St Mary's | |
1477–1534 | Rev. William Addy Snr | Chantry Priest at St Mary's | |
1534–1556 | Rev. William Addy Jnr | Chantry Priest at St Mary's | |
1556–1613 | John Hyde, MA (Cantab) | St John's College, Cambridge | |
1613–1630 | Richard Hey | Died 28 May 1630 | |
1630–1644 | John Coatehill | Died 8 May 1644 | |
1644–1666 | Rev. George Didsbury, BA | Clare College, Cambridge | Died 24 April 1666 |
1666–1668 | Rev. John Revel, BA | Christ's College, Cambridge | Resigned |
1668–1702 | Nathan Staniforth, MA (Cantab) | Christ's College, Cambridge | Died 24 November 1702 |
1702–1726 | John Ramsden | Died 12 March 1726 | |
1726–1751 | Rev. Jonathan Perkin | Christ's College, Cambridge | Died 3 May 1751 |
1751–1776 | Rev. Francis Haigh, BA | Christ's College, Cambridge | Died 15 November 1776 |
1776–1786 | Rev. Joseph Horsfall | Resigned | |
1786–1836 | Jonathan Wood | Died 22 April 1836 | |
1836–1855 | Rev. Samuel Sunderland, BA | Vicar of Penistone. Died 18 July 1855 | |
1855–1867 | Rev. John Wesley Aldom, MA (Dubl) | Trinity College, Dublin | Resigned |
1867 | Rev. Alfred Steane, BA | Resigned after three months [7] | |
1867 | George Curtis Price, BA | Appointed but declined | |
1867–1868 | Walter Mooney Hatch, BA | New College, Oxford | Resigned after a few months |
1868–1884 | Theophilus Jackson | Resigned | |
1884–1885 | Othman Blakey | Resigned | |
1885–1888 | Harry Hardy | Resigned and became assistant 1888 | |
1888–1892 | Lionel Ernest Adams, BA | Resigned | |
1893–1921 | Joseph Woodward Fulford, MA (Dubl) | Trinity College, Dublin | |
1921–1928 | Guy Wilfred Morris, MA (Oxon) | St John's College, Oxford | Resigned, became Master at Colfe's Grammar School. [18] |
1928–1958 | Eric Fisher Bowman, CBE, MA (Oxon) | ||
1958–1976 | Wilfrid Burgess Simms, MA (Oxon) | Merton College, Oxford [19] | |
1976–1997 | Martin Antony (Tony) Bould, BA | ||
1997–1999 | Andrew ('Andy') White, BSc, MEd | ||
1999–2002 | Pamela Caunt | ||
2002–2007 | Glynis Gower, BSc, MSc | ||
2007–2017 | Joanne Higgins, BA | ||
2017– | Paul Crook, BEd |
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