Steyning Grammar School

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name = Steyning Grammar School


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religion = Church of England
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head = Dr John Peat (February 2008)
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street = Shooting Field
city = Steyning
county = West Sussex
country = England
postcode = BN44 3RX
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Steyning Grammar School is a state comprehensive school in Steyning, West Sussex, England. It is the only state school in West Sussex which caters for boarders. The school teaches students in Years 7 to 11, with students from the Rydon catchment area joining in Year 9 with a sixth form catering for Years 12 and 13.

History

Steyning Grammar School was founded and endowed as a grammar school in 1614 by William Holland, an Alderman of Chichester. In 1968, it merged with Steyning Secondary Modern School to form the current comprehensive school. The combined school shares two sites in Steyning.

Notable alumni

*Greg Barker, Conservative MP for Bexhill and Battle
*Professor Sir Tom Blundell, head of biochemistry at the University of Cambridge. [http://www.freepink.com]
*Brigadier General John R Durance, NATO HQ Skopje Commander and NATO Senior Military Representative to the fYR of Macedonia. [http://www.nhqs.nato.int/bios/durance/durance.htm]
*Peter Marshall author and anarchist
*Dr John Pell, 1611-1685, originator of Pell's equation.
*Ted Walker, 1934-2004, English poet, author and dramatist. [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/news/obituary/0,12723,1184253,00.html]
*Dr Lancelot Ware, 1915–2000, co-founder of Mensa.

External links

* [http://www.steyning.w-sussex.sch.uk/ Official Steyning Grammar School website]
* [http://www.sgsob.co.uk/ Steyning Grammar School Old Boys website]
*cite web | year = 1980 | url = http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=18262 | title = Steyning: Education | work = A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 6 Part 1: Bramber Rape (Southern Part) | pages = 245-46 | accessdate = 2006-05-24