Hulme Grammar School

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name = Hulme Grammar School


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type = Grammar school, Independent, selective, | religion = Secular
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head = Dr Paul Neeson BSc PhD
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street = Chamber Road
city = Oldham
county = Greater Manchester
country = England
postcode = OL1 4BX
LEA = Metropolitan Borough of Oldham
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enrollment = 1,200 (approx.)
gender = Separate (11-16)
Co-educational (16+)
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upper_age = 18
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website = http://www.hulme-grammar.oldham.sch.uk
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Hulme Grammar School is an independent grammar school situated on and around Chamber Road, about three-quarters of a mile south of the centre of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, between Frederick Street and Windsor Road.

History

The school was founded in the 19th century under the Endowed Schools Act 1869. The foundation of the school followed some time after an earlier Oldham Grammar school, dating from 1611, became defunct. Hulme Grammar School sometimes claims to have been founded in 1611, though the claim to be a continuation of this earlier school is contentious. When the school was founded it obtained some money from a charitable trust created in 1691 by a bequest from William Hulme, after whom the school is named. The school was a Direct Grant Grammar school until 1976. It reverted to independence with the phasing-out of the Direct Grant scheme, and is now an independent school which selects its students by a competitive entrance examination and interview. The main buildings were erected in 1895 by the Hulme Trust.

Features

The Principal of the Hulme Grammar Schools is Dr. Paul G Neeson. Previously the boys' and girls' schools had separate heads. The girls' head retired and the governors of the schools decided it was more appropriate to appoint a new head of both schools rather than to keep the last head of the boys' school, Mr Kenneth Jones, who left in 2006.

Tuition fees are around £7,500 per year for the main school, and £4,500 for the preparatory schools, although bursaries are available for pupils who perform well in the entrance examination as well as means-tested bursaries for those who would otherwise be unable to afford the full fees.

Boys and girls are taught separately from the ages of 11 to 16, but there is a joint sixth form. The combined number of pupils is around 1,200.

Both the boys' and girls' schools have associated preparatory schools (in the British sense) for pupils aged 7 to 11 - "Hulme Court" for the boys, and "Hulme Estcourt" for the girls. There is also a mixed kindergarten.

In recent years the number of admissions to the school has been reduced. Thus up to the mid 1990s the school was admitting 120 boys per year [Hulme Grammar Schools Year books, 1990-1995] ; in recent years the number admitted has been in the 90s [Hulme Grammar Schools Year books, 2000-2007] .

Curriculum

The school has an extracurricular programme which includes:
*Clubs
*Comprehensive sports coverage
*A Combined Cadet Force Contingent with an RAF Section and an Army Section (The Girls school were recently admitted to the CCF)
*The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme

Notable alumni

*Walter Winterbottom (First England Football Manager)
*Shobna Gulati (actress)
*John Stapleton (GMTV presenter)
*Sarah Lancashire (actress)
*Phillip Schofield (television presenter)
*Nedum Onuoha (footballer)
*Andy Kershaw (Radio 3 DJ)
*Chris Hewitt (Rock Festival Organiser and Record Company Owner)
*Andrew Driver (Heart of Midlothian FC footballer)
*Brian Cox (physicist) physicist, keyboard player and TV presenter
*Ivan Hirst British Officer, and saviour of Volkswagen AG after WWII

References

ee also

* William Hulme's Grammar School

External links

* [http://www.hulme-grammar.oldham.sch.uk Hulme Grammar School]