Pate's Grammar School
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Pate's Grammar School is a voluntary aided
, selective grammar school in the Hesters Way
area of Cheltenham
, Gloucestershire
, England
catering for pupils aged 11 to 18. It was granted Language College
status in 2001, is a Beacon school
, and in February 2006 was one of the first in the country to be awarded "extra special status" — that is, both Language College
and Science College
status. The school was founded with a fund bestowed to Corpus Christi College
, Oxford
by Richard Pate
in 1574. The school became co-educational in 1986, when Pate's Grammar School for Girls merged with Cheltenham Grammar School for Boys. In fact, the first female pupils came to the (Boys) Grammar School in 1971 or 72 to take their A-levels in the 6th Form, and vice versa.
In 2009, The Sunday Times
ranked Pate's as the 9th best state secondary school in the UK.
level in 2004, 100% of pupils entered earned five A* to C grades and the school came twelfth in the BBC
table of performance in A-/AS-Level
. Again in 2005 100% of pupils earned five A* to C grades at GCSE, and in 2006, 100% of pupils passed in at least seven subjects with grades A* to C. In 2008, more A* grades were achieved collectively than any other grade put together at GCSE level.
The Physics Department at Pate's was also recognised as the best Physics department in the country in a survey published by The Observer
in May 2006.
Peter Kingston.
In 2007 Pate's senior rugby teams completed a season unbeaten for the first time in 21 years captained by Tim Wells.
The school is currently near the end of the process of raising funds in order to complete new fitness facilities. The new £50,000 fitness suite, officially opened by Geoff Hurst, has been fully installed, and has been used to a great extent.
ers from across the school is intended to help the students enjoy their time at Pate's more beneficially and give them a voice in school affairs. The council has so far been quite successful and fairly popular, and was voted the best in the South West
by the Headteachers' Association in the academic year
2005–06.
The school is also known for its consistently good performance in the Young Enterprise
competition held amongst schools nationwide. In 2007, it reached the national finals for the Make Your Mark Enterprise Challenge held in London. On one occasion in the 1970s, the school became the champion of the BBC Radio quiz programme Top of the Form. The school was also named as one of the four winners of the annual BBC School's Question Time competition in 2009.
Pate's is also heavily involved with charity work and has a very successful Charity Committee elected each year; in 2007–08, over £16,000 was raised. The school is situated in a deprived area of Cheltenham and under the headmaster Richard Kemp was well known for encouraging many deprived students to apply and hence making the school very mixed in its intake. The current headmaster is Shaun Fenton.
The headmaster, Shaun Fenton, can also claim celebrity links; his father being the singer and actor Alvin Stardust
. His brother is the renowned musician Adam F
.
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...
, selective grammar school in the Hesters Way
Hesters Way
Hesters Way is an area in the western part of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. It is home to Gloucestershire College's Cheltenham campus and Pate's Grammar School....
area of Cheltenham
Cheltenham
Cheltenham , also known as Cheltenham Spa, is a large spa town and borough in Gloucestershire, on the edge of the Cotswolds in the South-West region of England. It is the home of the flagship race of British steeplechase horse racing, the Gold Cup, the main event of the Cheltenham Festival held...
, Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean....
, 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...
catering for pupils aged 11 to 18. It was granted Language College
Language College
Language Colleges were introduced in 1995 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enables secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, modern foreign languages...
status in 2001, is a Beacon school
Beacon School
Beacon School was a government designation awarded to outstanding primary and secondary schools in England and Wales from 1998 to August 2005. The Beacon Schools programme identified schools that were examples of good practice and funded those schools to enable them to build partnerships with each...
, and in February 2006 was one of the first in the country to be awarded "extra special status" — that is, both Language College
Language College
Language Colleges were introduced in 1995 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enables secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, modern foreign languages...
and Science College
Science College
Science Colleges were introduced in 2002 as part of the now defunct Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enabled secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, science and mathematics...
status. The school was founded with a fund bestowed to Corpus Christi College
Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Corpus Christi College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom...
, Oxford
Oxford
The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...
by Richard Pate
Richard Pate
Richard Pate, was an English landowner and Member of Parliament for Gloucester in the Parliament of 1559 and 1563-1567.Pate was born in Cheltenham and was a nephew of Richard Pate, Bishop of Worcester...
in 1574. The school became co-educational in 1986, when Pate's Grammar School for Girls merged with Cheltenham Grammar School for Boys. In fact, the first female pupils came to the (Boys) Grammar School in 1971 or 72 to take their A-levels in the 6th Form, and vice versa.
In 2009, The Sunday Times
The Sunday Times
The Sunday Times is a British Sunday newspaper.The Sunday Times may also refer to:*The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times...
ranked Pate's as the 9th best state secondary school in the UK.
Academic achievements
At GCSEGeneral Certificate of Secondary Education
The General Certificate of Secondary Education is an academic qualification awarded in a specified subject, generally taken in a number of subjects by students aged 14–16 in secondary education in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and is equivalent to a Level 2 and Level 1 in Key Skills...
level in 2004, 100% of pupils entered earned five A* to C grades and the school came twelfth in the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
table of performance in A-/AS-Level
GCE Advanced Level
The Advanced Level General Certificate of Education, commonly referred to as an A-level, is a qualification offered by education institutions in England, Northern Ireland, Wales, Cameroon, and the Cayman Islands...
. Again in 2005 100% of pupils earned five A* to C grades at GCSE, and in 2006, 100% of pupils passed in at least seven subjects with grades A* to C. In 2008, more A* grades were achieved collectively than any other grade put together at GCSE level.
The Physics Department at Pate's was also recognised as the best Physics department in the country in a survey published by The Observer
The Observer
The Observer is a British newspaper, published on Sundays. In the same place on the political spectrum as its daily sister paper The Guardian, which acquired it in 1993, it takes a liberal or social democratic line on most issues. It is the world's oldest Sunday newspaper.-Origins:The first issue,...
in May 2006.
Sporting achievements
Pate's also has a strong sporting heritage, and this was continued in 2006, with the First XV Rugby squad achieving previously unparalleled successes on the pitch, under the guidance of ex-England scrum-halfRugby union positions
In the game rugby union, there are fifteen players on each team, comprising eight forwards and seven backs . Depending upon the competition, there may be up to eight replacement players. Early games consisted primarily of forwards that attacked plus a handful of "tends" that played back in defence...
Peter Kingston.
In 2007 Pate's senior rugby teams completed a season unbeaten for the first time in 21 years captained by Tim Wells.
The school is currently near the end of the process of raising funds in order to complete new fitness facilities. The new £50,000 fitness suite, officially opened by Geoff Hurst, has been fully installed, and has been used to a great extent.
Community
The school has a school council; the team of pupils and sixth formSixth form
In the education systems of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, and of Commonwealth West Indian countries such as Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Belize, Jamaica and Malta, the sixth form is the final two years of secondary education, where students, usually sixteen to eighteen years of age,...
ers from across the school is intended to help the students enjoy their time at Pate's more beneficially and give them a voice in school affairs. The council has so far been quite successful and fairly popular, and was voted the best in the South West
South West England
South West England is one of the regions of England defined by the Government of the United Kingdom for statistical and other purposes. It is the largest such region in area, covering and comprising Bristol, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire, Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. ...
by the Headteachers' Association in the academic year
Academic term
An academic term is a division of an academic year, the time during which a school, college or university holds classes. These divisions may be called terms...
2005–06.
The school is also known for its consistently good performance in the Young Enterprise
Young Enterprise
Young Enterprise is a not-for-profit business and enterprise education charity in the United Kingdom. It is made up of 12 regional organisations, each operating individually under a license agreement...
competition held amongst schools nationwide. In 2007, it reached the national finals for the Make Your Mark Enterprise Challenge held in London. On one occasion in the 1970s, the school became the champion of the BBC Radio quiz programme Top of the Form. The school was also named as one of the four winners of the annual BBC School's Question Time competition in 2009.
Pate's is also heavily involved with charity work and has a very successful Charity Committee elected each year; in 2007–08, over £16,000 was raised. The school is situated in a deprived area of Cheltenham and under the headmaster Richard Kemp was well known for encouraging many deprived students to apply and hence making the school very mixed in its intake. The current headmaster is Shaun Fenton.
Pate's Grammar School
- 2006–present: Shaun Fenton
- 2000–2006: Richard Kemp
- 1986–1999: David J. Barnes
Cheltenham Grammar School for Boys
- 1983–1986: P.J.Bamford
- 1971–1983: Bernard Wilkinson
- 1952–1971: Dr Arthur E.Bell
- 1937–1952: Geoffrey Heawood
- 1918–1937: R.R.Dobson
- H.M.Jeffery
- Henry Hayman
- 1852–1859: Dr E.R.Humphreys
Pate's Grammar School for Girls
- 1982–1986: J.Whiting (Acting Head)
- 1971–1982: M.M.Moon
- 1952–1971: M.E.Lambrick
- 1946–1952: Margaret Miles
- 1934–1946: Muriel Jennings
- 1911–1934: Anita N.Miles
- 1905–1911: Helen Headley
Notable former and present pupils
- Siân BerrySiân BerrySiân Berry is an English politician and member of the Green Party of England and Wales. From 2006 to 2007, she was one of the Green Party's Principal Speakers...
, the 2008 Green PartyGreen Party of England and WalesThe Green Party of England and Wales is a political party in England and Wales which follows the traditions of Green politics and maintains a strong commitment to social progressivism. It is the largest Green party in the United Kingdom, containing within it various regional divisions including...
candidate for London Mayor, and a former female Principal Speaker of the Green Party.
Cheltenham Grammar School for Boys
- Tony AllcockTony AllcockTony Allcock MBE is a British bowls player. Born in Leicestershire, England, he is twice world outdoor singles champion , and world indoor singles champion . He was also world indoor pairs champion with David Bryant six times . He has won fourteen world titles in total...
, bowls player - Adrian BaileyAdrian BaileyAdrian Edward Bailey is a British Labour Co-operative politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for West Bromwich West since winning the seat at a by-election in 2000...
, Labour MP since 2000 for West Bromwich West - Sir Benjamin Baker, co-designer of the Forth BridgeForth Bridge (railway)The Forth Bridge is a cantilever railway bridge over the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland, to the east of the Forth Road Bridge, and 14 kilometres west of central Edinburgh. It was opened on 4 March 1890, and spans a total length of...
and other major engineering projects - Jack Barrett CBE, President from 1971-2 of the Institution of Chemical EngineersInstitution of Chemical EngineersThe Institution of Chemical Engineers is a global professional engineering institution with over 33,000 members in over 120 countries worldwide, founded in 1922, and awarded a Royal Charter in 1957.-Structure:...
- Rt Rev Ernest BlackieErnest BlackieErnest Morell Blackie was an Anglican bishop in the first half of the 20th century. He was born in Leamington Spa on 19 August 1867 and educated at Cheltenham Grammar School and the University of London. Ordained in 1891 he began his career with a curacy at St Mark's, Gloucester and was then a...
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, botanist and mycologist - Prof John Butler, Professor of Physical Chemistry from 1952-6 at the Chester Beatty Research Institute, South Kensington
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Geoffrey Cloutman CB, Director of Dental Services of the RAF from 1977–80 - Prof William Henry Corfield who revolutionised hygiene and household sanitation in Victorian England.
- Timothy Duffy, Chief Executive since 2004 of M&C SaatchiM&C SaatchiM&C Saatchi is an international advertising agency network formed in January 1995 by the brothers Maurice Saatchi and Charles Saatchi after they were ousted from the advertising agency group Saatchi & Saatchi which they had founded in 1970...
UK - Kit FineKit FineKit Fine is Silver Professor of Philosophy and Mathematics at New York University. He previously taught for several years at UCLA...
, philosopher - Robert Stephen HawkerRobert Stephen HawkerRobert Stephen Hawker was an Anglican priest, poet, antiquarian of Cornwall and reputed eccentric. He is best known as the writer of The Song of the Western Men with its chorus line of And shall Trelawny die? / Here's twenty thousand Cornish men / will know the reason why!, which he published...
, Anglican clergyman, poet, antiquarian of Cornwall, and reputed eccentric. Introduced the first ever Harvest Festival. - Prof Jack Hawkes, botanist, world expert on the genetics of the potato
- The composer Gustav HolstGustav HolstGustav Theodore Holst was an English composer. He is most famous for his orchestral suite The Planets....
- Sir Robert Hunt CBE, hydraulic and aeronautical engineer
- Gilbert JessopGilbert JessopGilbert Laird Jessop was an English cricket player, often reckoned to have been the fastest run-scorer cricket has ever known, he was Wisden Cricketer of the Year for 1898.Relations...
, the famous cricketer - Prof Martin Johnson, Professor of Reproductive Sciences since 1992 at the University of CambridgeUniversity of CambridgeThe University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
- Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones
- Geoff Dyer (author and journalist), author of But Beautiful winner of the 1992 Somerset Maugham Prize, amongst others
- Philip Jones OBE, TV Producer, and Head of Light Entertainment at Thames TelevisionThames TelevisionThames Television was a licensee of the British ITV television network, covering London and parts of the surrounding counties on weekdays from 30 July 1968 until 31 December 1992....
(his father was a language teacher at the school) - Prof Gerald A. KerkutGerald A. KerkutGerald Allan Kerkut or G. A. Kerkut was a noted British zoologist and physiologist. He attended the University of Cambridge from 1945 to 1952 and earned a doctorate in zoology. He went on to establish the Department of Physiology and Biochemistry at University of Southampton where he remained...
, neuroscientist - Sir Peter LamplPeter LamplSir Peter Lampl, OBE is a British philanthropist and Chairman of the Sutton Trust.- Personal life :His father was a Czech refugee who came to Britain in 1938. Lampl was born in Wakefield and as the family later moved he was educated at Reigate Grammar School and Pate's Grammar School...
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- Gordon Lewis (engineer)Gordon Lewis (engineer)Gordon Manns Lewis CBE, FREng, was a British aeronautical engineer who made significant contributions to the arts and sciences of turbine engine design. He was born in Cheltenham in 1924, the son of a clerk on the Great Western Railway. He won a scholarship to Pembroke College, Oxford and...
, designed the Olympus engineRolls-Royce OlympusThe Rolls-Royce Olympus was one of the world's first two-spool axial-flow turbojet aircraft engines, originally developed and produced by Bristol Aero Engines. First running in 1950, its initial use was as the powerplant of the Avro Vulcan V Bomber...
, and the Pegasus engineRolls-Royce PegasusThe Rolls-Royce Pegasus is a turbofan engine originally designed by Bristol Siddeley, and now manufactured by Rolls-Royce plc. This engine is able to direct thrust downwards which can then be swivelled to power a jet aircraft forward. Lightly loaded, it can also manoeuvre like a helicopter,...
for the Hawker Siddeley P.1127 - Rev Peter Millam
- James ParrackJames ParrackJames Parrack is an English sports journalist and former competitive swimmer.As a breaststroke swimmer, he represented Great Britain at the 1988 Olympic Games on Seoul and England at the 1990 and 1994 Commonwealth Games, picking up silver at the 1990 games.Parrack currently commentates on swimming...
, sports journalist and former competitive swimmer - General Robert Paterson OBE, Colonel Commandant from 1926-8 of the Royal Marines
- Malcolm Pinchin CVO, County Education Officer from 1982-93 of SurreySurreySurrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of...
- Sir Brian Pitman, Chief Executive of Lloyds TSBLloyds TSBLloyds TSB Bank Plc is a retail bank in the United Kingdom. It was established in 1995 by the merger of Lloyds Bank, established in Birmingham, England in 1765 and traditionally considered one of the Big Four clearing banks, with the TSB Group which traces its origins to 1810...
from 1983–97, and Chairman of Next plc from 1998–2002 - Prof Peter Posnette CBE, botanist, Director from 1972-9 of East Malling Research StationEast Malling Research StationEast Malling Research is a now private company located in East Malling, Kent in England.-History:A research station was established on the East Malling site in 1913 on the impetus of local fruit growers. The original buildings are still in use today...
- Robert Procter, Chief Executive from 1983–95 of Lincolnshire County Council
- John RinghamJohn RinghamJohn Henry Ringham was a British character actor of both television and stage who appeared in over a hundred screen appearances in a wide variety of roles....
, well-known TV actor in the 1970s and 80s - John RobertsJohn Bryn RobertsJohn Bryn Roberts was a Welsh lawyer, later a judge and Liberal politician.-Family and education:Roberts was born the eldest son of Daniel Roberts from Llanddeilionen, near Bangor, a Caernarfonshire tenant farmer on the Vaynol estate and Anne Jones of Plas Gwanas, Merionethshire. The family were...
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, TV director - Sir Edgar VaughanEdgar VaughanSir Edgar Vaughan KBE FRHistS was a British diplomat.Vaughan was educated at Cheltenham Grammar School and then at Jesus College, Oxford, where he obtained first-class degrees in Modern History and in PPE . He was a Laming Travelling Fellow of The Queen's College, Oxford from 1929 to 1931...
CBE, Ambassador to Panama from 1960-3, and Colombia from 1964–66 - Desmond WilcoxDesmond WilcoxDesmond John Wilcox was a British documentary maker at the BBC and ITV. He was producer of This Week, Man Alive and That's Life!.- Early life :...
, TV presenter
Pate's Grammar School for Girls
- Prof Margaret Buck OBE, Head from 1991-2006 of Central Saint Martins College of Art and DesignCentral Saint Martins College of Art and DesignCentral Saint Martins College of Art and Design is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London. The school has an outstanding international reputation, and is considered one of the world's leading art and design institutions...
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since 2000 - Sue LimbSue LimbSue Limb is a British writer and broadcaster. She studied Elizabethan lyric poetry at Cambridge and then trained in education. She lives on an organic farm near Nailsworth, Gloucestershire....
, writer, novelist, humourist - Dame Felicity LottFelicity LottDame Felicity Ann Emwhyla Lott, DBE, FRCM is an English soprano.-Education:From her earliest years she was musical, having started studying piano at age 5. She also played violin and began singing lessons at 12. She is an alumna of Royal Holloway, University of London, obtaining a BA in French and...
CBE, a famous opera sopranoSopranoA soprano is a voice type with a vocal range from approximately middle C to "high A" in choral music, or to "soprano C" or higher in operatic music. In four-part chorale style harmony, the soprano takes the highest part, which usually encompasses the melody... - Prof Dame Lesley Rees, Professor of Chemical Endocrinology at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry
- Sarah Walker, opera mezzo-sopranoMezzo-sopranoA mezzo-soprano is a type of classical female singing voice whose range lies between the soprano and the contralto singing voices, usually extending from the A below middle C to the A two octaves above...
- Prof Anne Warner, Professor of Developmental Biology since 1986 at University College LondonUniversity College LondonUniversity College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and the oldest and largest constituent college of the federal University of London...
- Dr Gill Aitken (née Parker), Director General, Legal Group, DWP
The headmaster, Shaun Fenton, can also claim celebrity links; his father being the singer and actor Alvin Stardust
Alvin Stardust
Alvin Stardust is an English pop singer and stage actor.-Career:...
. His brother is the renowned musician Adam F
Adam F
Adam F is an English jungle and drum and bass DJ, and film actor.-Career:An early album was the techstep effort, Metropolis/Mother Earth, released in 1997 on the Metalheadz record label. His other early successes were the tracks "F-Jam" and "Circles"...
.
External links
- Pate's Grammar School, official site
- pgsccf.org.uk, official Pate's Combined Cadet ForceCombined Cadet ForceThe Combined Cadet Force is a Ministry of Defence sponsored youth organisation in the United Kingdom. Its aim is to "provide a disciplined organisation in a school so that pupils may develop powers of leadership by means of training to promote the qualities of responsibility, self reliance,...
(CCF) site - Pate's History, official site of the History and Politics Department