Lancaster Royal Grammar School (LRGS)

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Lancaster Royal Grammar School

East Road, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 3EF
Tel: 01524 580600

TYPE: Voluntary aided, selective, boys, technology, languages, mathematics and computing

AGES: 11-18

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Lancaster Royal Grammar School (LRGS) is a voluntary aided, selective grammar school(day and boarding) for boys in Lancaster, England. The school has been awarded specialistTechnology College and Language College status. Old boys belong to The Old Lancastrians.

Contents [hide] 1 History 2 Academic 3 Distinguished Old Lancastrians 4 Sport 4.1 Boat Club 5 Combined Cadet Force 6 References 7 Lancashire Schools

The school was in existence by 1235.^[1]

The first definite mention of the old grammar school is found in a deed dated 4 August 1469, when the Abbess of Syon granted to John Gardyner, of Bailrigg (near Lancaster), a lease of a water-mill on the River Lune and some land nearby for two hundred years to maintain a chaplain to celebrate worship in the Church of St. Mary, Lancaster, and to instruct boys in grammar freely, "unless perchance something shall be voluntarily offered by their friends".

In 1472, John Gardyner's will made further provisions for the endowment of the school, and also for William Baxstonden to keep the school so long as he could teach the boys. In 1682, the school was rebuilt and in 1852 was removed from the old site on the slopes by the priory to the outskirts of the city, where it now stands (though the city has expanded around it, so they are no longer the outskirts). The title "Royal" was granted by Queen Victoria in 1851.

In 1969, the school celebrated its quincentenary and was visited by Her Majesty the Queen. In 1995, the school received a visit from the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Rt Hon Roger Freeman MP.

In 2001, to mark the 150th anniversary of becoming the Royal Grammar School, the school welcomed The Princess Royal.

[edit]Academic

The 2006 Ofsted report stated that Teaching and learning are outstanding throughout the school..^[2]

In 2005 just under three-quarters of A level entries resulted in grades A or B (excluding General Studies) whilst at GCSE three-quarters of all grades were A* or A, with nearly all pupils gaining 10 passes and five pupils gaining a clean sweep of A* grades.^[3] Over 90% of students go on to further education and a number gain places at Oxford and Cambridge Universities.

[edit]Distinguished Old Lancastrians

These include:

• Prof. Roger Ainsworth, Master of St Catherine's College, Oxford and Professor of Engineering Science from 1998;
• Robert Ascroft, Conservative MP for Oldham from 1895-9;
• Brian Ashton, England rugby union team former Head Coach;
• John Bateson, Chief Executive of AMEC from 1988–95;
• Roger Bradley, President of the Institute of Chartered Foresters from 1996-8;
• Prof. Harold Burrow, Professor of Veterinary Medicine at the Royal Veterinary College from 1944–63;
• Phil Christophers, England rugby international;
• Sean Cox, plays for Sale Sharks Rugby Union team;
• Sir James Crosby, former chief executive of the HBOS Group and former Deputy Chairman of the FSA;
• Prof. David Dernie, Head of the Manchester School of Architecture since 2005;
• Prof. Peter Dornan, Professor of Physics at Imperial College London since 1991;
• Most Rev. Edward Dunn, Archbishop of the West Indies from 1936–43;
• Don Foster, Liberal Democrat MP;
• Sir Edward Frankland (1825–1899), chemist;
• Robert Guymer CBE, Leader of Surrey County Council from 1977–81;
• Air Vice-Marshal George Lamb CB CBE, Station Commander of RAF Lyneham from 1969–71;
• Magnus Lund, England rugby international;
• Matthew Redmayne, England rugby international;
• Erik Lund, Norwegian rugby international captain;
• Nigel Morris, co-Founder and former COO of Capital One;
• Sir Richard Owen (1804–1892), naturalist;
• Lord Parkinson, former Conservative Party Chairman and Cabinet Minister;
• Prof. Hugh Pennington Eminent biologist, head of the 1996 Pennington Enquiry, Professor of Bacteriology at the University of Aberdeenfrom 1979–2003;
• Colin Povey, chief executive of Warwickshire County Cricket Club and former chief executive of Carlsberg;
• Jason Queally, gold medal-winning cyclist at the 2000 Summer Olympics;
• Prof. Peter Ratcliffe, Nuffield Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of Oxford since 2004;
• Jon Richardson, one of the countries top comedians; Appeared on Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow and Have I Got News For You - 2009 Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee;
• Kevin Roberts, CEO Worldwide Saatchi & Saatchi;
• Sir John Rutherford, 1st Baronet, Conservative MP for Darwen from 1895–1922;
• David Roy Shackleton Bailey (1917–2005), Latin Scholar;
• Prof. Richard Shaw CBE, Principal of the University of Paisley from 1992–2001;
• Bob Shennan, BBC radio executive and Controller of BBC Radio 2;
• Douglas Smallwood, Chairman of Diabetes UK since 2004;
• Prof. Paul Wellings, Vice-Chancellor of University of Lancaster since 2002;
• William Whewell (1794–1866), scientist;
• John Wrathall (1913–1978), President of Rhodesia;