Hele's School

Infobox UK school
name = Hele's School, Plympton


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type = Comprehensive community school
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head = Mr Andrew Birkett BSc
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street = Plympton
city = Plymouth
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LEA = Plymouth City Council
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enrollment = c. 1,350
gender = Co-educational
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website = http://www.heles.plymouth.sch.uk/
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Hele's School, formerly Plympton Grammar School, is a state secondary school in the Plympton district of Plymouth. Hele’s is a community school funded by the Local Education Authority (LEA), which is Plymouth City Council.

Admissions

In September 2000 the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) designated the school as a specialist Language College. The school has also been designated as a Mathematics and Computing College and has also taken on a vocational specialism. [cite web | title=Specialist Schools Home | publisher=Department for Children, Schools and Families | url=http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/specialistschools/ | accessdate=2007-09-13] Despite its huge size the school has no plans to extend sixth form options to include either the International Baccalaureate or the Pre-U.

History

Hele's School was founded in 1658 with a bequest made by Elize Hele after whom the school is named. Hele's bequest which was overseen by Sir John Maynard also led to the founding of The Maynard School and Hele's School, Exeter. In 1715, the Reverend Samuel Reynolds was appointed as head master and his son, Joshua, the painter, attended the school. [cite web | title=Plympton Grammar School | publisher=Plymouth Data- The Encyclopaedia of Plymouth History | url=http://www.plymouthdata.info/Schools-Plympton%20Grammar%20PTN.htm | accessdate=2007-09-13] It was previously located at Castle Barbican in Plympton St. Maurice, but moved to its present position on Seymour Road in 1937. [cite web | title=Hele's School | publisher=Royal Navy | url=http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.9119 | accessdate=2007-09-13]

Academic Performance

It gets reasonable results for a comprehensive at GCSE, but at A level is where it performs, getting the third best results in Plymouth, better than the Plymouth High School for Girls.

Notable alumni

Plympton Grammar School

* Charles Eastlake, painter
* Benjamin Haydon, painter and writercite encyclopedia |encyclopedia=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |accessdate=2007-09-13|year=2004 |publisher=Oxford University Press ]
* Patricia Hollis, politiciancite book |title=Who's Who 2007 |accessdate=2007-09-27 | publisher=A & C Black | isbn=978-0-7136-7527-6 ]
* James Northcote, painter
* Charles Morice Pole, naval officer and politician
* Joshua Reynolds, painter
* Samuel Rowe, topographer
* John "Jack" Russell, clergyman, sportsman and dog breeder
* Harry Trelawny, dissenting minister, Church of England clergyman, and Roman Catholic priest

References

External links

* [http://www.heles.plymouth.sch.uk School website]
* [http://www.oldplymptonians.co.uk Old Plymptonians Association]
* [http://www.edubase.gov.uk/establishment/summary.xhtml?urn=113536 EduBase]