Hipperholme Grammar School

It is believed the school was founded in 1530 within the chantry chapel of the nearby village of Coley. In 1648 (the date the school classes as its founding year) Matthew Broadley, paymaster to Charles I, endowed a large sum of money to build a school on land donated by Samuel Sunderland of Coley Hall and thus the school opened its doors on its current site in 1661.

1783 saw the construction of a new school hall as designed by Longbottom. Originally a boys school, it became independent (SHMIS, AGBIS) in the 1980s and began admitting girls at the same time. The headmaster, Dr J. Scarth, B.Ed., Ph.D. was appointed in September 2005.

Notable Alumni

• Sir Robert Peel, the Victorian era Prime Minister and creator of the British police force
• Laurence Sterne, 18th century author and satirist
• Professor C.S. Kenny, late Cambridge professor of English jurisdiction
• Sir Donald Thompson, a former Conservative MP
• Paddy Tipping, Labour MP for Nottingham
• Gary Cady, actor, restaurateur
• Danny and Richard McNamara of the band Embrace
• Richard Alexander, TV presenter & producer

External links

• School website
• ISIS North