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Wisbech Grammar School

Wisbech Grammar School
View from across the River Nene
Address
Map
47 North Brink

Wisbech
,
Cambridgeshire
,
PE13 1JX

England
Coordinates52°39′52″N 0°09′10″E / 52.664552°N 0.152735°E / 52.664552; 0.152735
Information
TypePrivate day school[1]
Grammar school
Religious affiliation(s)Church of England, Inter-denominational[1]
Established1379 (1379)
FounderGuild of the Holy Trinity
Local authorityCambridgeshire County Council
Department for Education URN110926 Tables
HeadmasterBarney Rimmer[2]
GenderMixed
Age range11–18
Enrolment519 (2018)[3]
Capacity890[3]
Houses
  •   Clarkson
  •   Holmes
  •   Peckover
  •   Sparks
Colour(s)Red and Blue   [4]
PublicationRiverline, The Wisbechian[5]
AlumniOld Grammarians, formerly Wisbech Old Grammarians
School SealLatin: SCHOLA SANCTAE TRINITATIS DE WYSBECH 1379
Holy Trinity School of Wisbech 1379
Websitewww.wisbechgrammar.com
"Wisbech Grammar School, registered charity no. 1087799". Charity Commission for England and Wales.

Wisbech Grammar School is an 11–18 co-educational, Church of England, private day school and sixth form in Wisbech, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England.[1] Founded by the Guild of the Holy Trinity in 1379, it is one of the oldest schools in the country.[6]

Chartered by Edward VI in 1549 as a grammar school for boys, for much of its history it offered a largely classical curriculum of Greek, Latin and arithmetic under the governance of the Wisbech Corporation. The school has moved premises several times since its foundation, being based in St Peter's Church, the old guildhall in Hill Street and on South Brink before merging with the Wisbech High School for Girls in 1970 at the present site on North Brink.[7]

For much of the 20th century, it was a non-fee paying voluntary-aided school, but following LEA plans to remove this status and merge the Grammar School with two nearby secondary modern schools, the governors decided to become fully independent in 1983.[8] Now a fee-paying day school, pupils aged 4 to 18 attend from the three counties of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Lincolnshire.[1] Following the closure of the nearby St Audrey's Convent School, a significant feeder for the senior school, a new junior and infant preparatory school was opened in 1997, now known as Magdalene House.[9]

Entry to the senior school at age 11 is based on a competitive examination. Pupils are also admitted at later stages, including sixth form.[10] Pupils generally take nine General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) examinations in Year Eleven (aged 15–16), and they have a choice of three, four or five A-levels in the sixth form.[11] The majority of students go on to higher education following the completion of their A-levels at the end of Year Thirteen (aged 17–18).

  1. ^ a b c d "Wisbech Grammar School". Independent Schools Council. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
  2. ^ "Staff". Wisbech Grammar School. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Wisbech Grammar School". Get information about schools. GOV.UK. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference uniform was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference inspectionreport12 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Schools". Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies. Cambridgeshire County Council. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
  7. ^ Weedon, Robert, "Turning Pages of the Past" in Riverline 2004 (ed. Peter King), Wisbech Grammar School.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference history was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference junior was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference admission was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ Cite error: The named reference curriculum2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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