Batley Grammar School

Batley Grammar School is a co-educational free school located on Carlinghow Hill in Upper Batley, West Yorkshire, England. The school was founded in 1612 by the Rev. William Lee.

"Priestley House" redirects here. For theologian and natural philosopher Joseph Priestley's house in Northumberland, Pennsylvania, see Joseph Priestley House.

Batley Grammar School
Address
Carlinghow Hill Batley , West Yorkshire , WF17 0AD England
Coordinates	53.72200°N 1.64073°W / 53.72200; -1.64073
Information
Type	Free School
Mottoes	Forte non Ignave (Bravely not cowardly)
Established	1612 (1612)
Founder	Rev William Lee
Department for Education URN	137487 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Chair	David Peel
Principal	B.P Tullie
Headmaster	G. Kibble
Age range	4-16
Enrolment	820
Houses	Akroyd, Benstead, Lee, Talbot
Colour(s)	Blue & Gold
Nobel laureates	Sir Owen Willians Richardson
Former pupils	Old Batelians
Website	http://www.batleygrammar.co.uk/

An annual founder's day service is held in his memory at Batley Parish Church, as he requested in his will, although it is not held on the date originally specified. In 1878 the school moved to its current site at Carlinghow Hill, Upper Batley. The school selected boys on their performance in the eleven-plus exams, regardless of family background. Following the comprehensivisation of secondary education, the school became an independent public school in 1978 and entry became restricted to boys whose parents could afford its fees.

It was originally a boys' grammar school but introduced girls into the sixth form in 1988 and became co-educational in 1996. More recently, the school has returned to the maintained sector and was one of the first free schools to open in the country and the first of its kind in Yorkshire.[1] In 2012 the school celebrated its quatercentenary. Batley Grammar School is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference.[2] A Junior school, named Priestley House (after Joseph Priestley, an old Batelian, see below) is set in the grounds and is also part of the Free School. The school has had several Royal visits and its playing fields are a site where the family land when the visiting the local area. Prince Andrew visited the school , as well as Princess Anne.

Notable Old Batelians

Former pupils of the school are referred to as Old Batelians.

• Ismail Dawood, former English county cricketer
• Richard Dawson, former English county cricketer[3]
• Andrew Firth, Michael Brooke and Ben Davies, members of indie-pop band The Dandys
• Tim Fountain, Writer
• Lee Goddard, former English County Cricketer[4]
• Cecil Grayson (1920–1998), Serena Professor of Italian, University of Oxford, 1958–1988
• Sir Herbert Holdsworth, 1890–1949, Liberal and later Liberal National MP[5]
• Benjamin Ingham (1712–1772), Methodist and Moravian evangelist and preacher[6]
• Godfrey Lienhardt (1921–1993), anthropologist
• Andrew Milner, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Monash University
• Sir Mark Oldroyd (1843–1927), woollen manufacturer, politician and philanthropist[7]
• David Peace, Author[8]
• Richard Pearson, former English county cricketer
• Joseph Priestley (1733–1804), theologian, natural philosopher, and discoverer of oxygen[9]
• Richard Reed, co-founder of innocent Drinks[10]
• Sir Owen Willans Richardson (1879–1959), Professor of Physics, Princeton University, 1906–1914, Wheatstone Professor of Physics, King's College London, 1914–1924, and Yarrow Research Professor, Royal Society, 1924–1959, Nobel Prize in Physics (1928)[11]
• Sir Titus Salt (1803–1876), textile manufacturer and politician[12]
• David Stiff, professional cricketer[13]
• Samuel Sugden (1892–1950), Professor of Physical Chemistry, Birkbeck College, London, 1932–1937, and Professor of Chemistry, University College London, 1937–1950[14]
• Theodore Cooke Taylor (1850–1952), Businessman, Liberal politician, Profit-sharing pioneer[15]
• Lawrence Tomlinson, businessman and philanthropist[16]
• Paul Trepte, Organist of Ely Cathedral
• Horace Waller VC (1896–1917), First World War Victoria Cross recipient[17]
• Lukas Wooller, keyboardist with the band Maxïmo Park
• Thomas Wormald (1802–1873), surgeon[18]

See also

• List of English and Welsh endowed schools (19th century)

References

1. "Batley Grammar School". The Department for Education. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
2. "HMC Schools: Additional Members". Archived from the original on 6 February 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
3. Hodgson, Derek (22 August 2001). "Dawson's turn to make an impact". The Independent. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
4. "Lee Goddard". Cricket Derbyshire Foundation. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
5. "Holdsworth, Sir Herbert". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U226934. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
6. Lee, Sidney, ed. (1891). "Ingham, Benjamin" . Dictionary of National Biography. 28. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
7. Tony Hannan, Being Eddie Waring The Life and Times of a Sporting Icon, 2008, p. 24, Mainstream Publishing Company (Edinburgh) Ltd, ISBN 978-1-84596-300-2
8. "Damned United author David Peace nominated for short story award". Batley & Birstall News. 4 February 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
9. "Priestley, Joseph" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
10. Glover, Chloe (19 October 2016). "CBE for Innocent Smoothies co-founder Richard Reed". The Huddersfield Daily Examiner. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
11. "Richardson, Owen Willans (RCRT897OW)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
12. James, David. "Salt, Sir Titus, first baronet (1803–1876)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. Retrieved 23 May 2008. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
13. "Tykes deal for Easingwold boy". The Press. York. 8 June 2000. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
14. Sutton, L. E. (1951). "Samuel Sugden. 1892-1950". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 7 (20): 492. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1951.0015.
15. Jenkins, D. T. "Taylor, Theodore Cooke (1850–1952)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. Retrieved 13 August 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
16. "Lawrence Tomlinson named Entrepreneur of the Year". Yorkshire Live. 6 May 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
17. "Horace Waller VC". victoriacross. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
18. Power, D'Arcy (1900). "Wormald, Thomas" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. 63. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

External links

• Official website of Batley Grammar School