Boston Grammar School

Infobox UK school
name = The Boston Grammar School


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head = Helen MacEvoy
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street = South End
city = Boston
county = Lincolnshire
country = England
postcode = PE21 6JY
LEA = Lincolnshire
ofsted = 120720
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enrollment = 647
gender = Boys
lower_age = 11
upper_age = 18
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publication = The Grammar Gazette
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website = http://www.bostongrammar.lincs.sch.uk
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Boston Grammar School is a selective school for boys aged 11 to 18, recently admitting girls aged 16 to 18, in Boston, Lincolnshire. The school was founded by charter of Philip and Mary in 1555. The oldest part of the school was, built in 1567 and formerly referred to as the "big school", is now used as the school library. Boston Grammar School was the model for Boston Latin School, the first school in what was to become the United States of America.

Following the retirement of the former headmaster, John Neal, at the end of the 2007 school year, the school is now under the executive headship of Helen McEvoy, who is also head of Boston High School. The two schools will operate as separate entities for the time being, though the eventual plan is for them to be the subject of "hard federation".

Notable alumni

* George Bass — surgeon and explorer
* [http://www.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/PLAYERS/ENG/B/BLAND_CHG_01028311/ Cyril Bland] — first-class cricketer who still holds the Sussex record for best bowling figures in an innings.
* Richard Budge — head of RJB Mining
* Danny Butterfield — footballer (Crystal Palace F.C.)
* [http://www.bluepig.plus.com/BGS/Boys/B/burchnall_j_l.htm Joseph Langley Birchnall] — mathematician
* [http://www.cbi.org.uk/8025670600015c2e/e2b9fe92bde5d0058025673a003bbf46/d585ad30e423a4588025672b0037af9a?OpenDocument John Cridland CBE] — deputy Director General of the Confederation of British Industry
* Victor Emery - physicist
* Simon Garner — footballer (Blackburn Rovers F.C., etc.)
* Richard Hurst — writer and director
* Peter J. King — poet and humanist philosopher
* John Leverett — governor of Massachusetts
* Dr John Newton — former president of the Methodist Conference
* Simon Patrick — Bishop of Ely
* [http://www.bluepig.plus.com/BGS/Boys/P/pinner_m_j.htm Michael John Pinner] — footballer (Manchester United F.C., etc.)
* [http://www.bluepig.plus.com/BGS/Boys/P/priestley_p_j.htm Philip John Priestley] — former High Commissioner to Belize
* [http://www.bluepig.plus.com/BGS/Boys/S/sargeant_f.htm Frank Sargeant] — Bishop of Lambeth
* [http://www.bluepig.plus.com/BGS/Boys/S/sheehan_r_m.htm Robert Sheehan] — bridge player and columnist for "The Times"
* [http://www.bluepig.plus.com/BGS/Boys/S/smith_g_c.htm Graham C Smith] — physicist
* Barry Spikings — Hollywood producer ("The Deer Hunter", etc.)

External links

* [http://www.bostongrammar.lincs.sch.uk/ Boston Grammar School official website]
* [http://www.bostonian.org.uk Old Bostonian Association] — including much historical information
* [http://www.bgsplattler.cjb.net/ Boston Grammar School Schuhplattler Gruppe] —