Graham School

Graham School is a comprehensive school in the west of Scarborough in North Yorkshire, England. It is situated to the west of the town within 22 acres (8.9 ha) of grounds. The school is on Woodlands Drive. The lower site on Lady Edith's Drive closed on 23 June 2017.

For other uses, see Graham School (disambiguation).

Graham School Science College
Address
Woodlands Drive

Scarborough
,
North Yorkshire
,
YO12 6QW

England
Coordinates54°16′46″N 0°26′29″W
Information
TypeCommunity school
Established1973
Local authorityNorth Yorkshire
Department for Education URN121675 Tables
OfstedReports
Head teacherEmma Robins
GenderMixed
Age11 to 16
Enrolment1,292 pupils
Former nameScarborough High School for Boys
Websitehttp://www.grahamschool.co.uk

Graham School provides for pupils aged 11 to 16 (year 7 to year 11)

History

The school is named after Mr C C Graham, Mayor of Scarborough between 1913 and 1919.

Grammar school

Prior to 1973, the buildings were used by Scarborough High School for Boys, a boys' grammar school. The present building designed by Keith Scott of Building Design Partnership's Preston office, was built by the North Riding Education Committee in the late 1950s, around the same time as Scarborough Technical College (now called Yorkshire Coast College). It had around 700 boys in the early 1970s.

Current state and well being of the school

the school became an academy in 2018, joining the hope learning trust

Comprehensive

Only the first year was all-ability when it opened. Gradually over four years from 1973 it became a comprehensive. The former site of the Scarborough Girls' High School on Sandybed Lane, further to the south, became Scarborough Sixth Form College, although the girls aged under 16 from the school joined the Graham School, with boys from the other grammar school. For the first three years, it was mostly a mixed grammar school than a comprehensive.

In 1975 it took over the former Convent of Our Ladies of Mary High School for Girls, and these buildings became the lower school until 1984. The school at this time had specialist nautical studies courses, which were aimed at pupils wishing to pursue a career at sea.

It gained specialist Science College status in 2004.[1] In 2009 it entered into a federation with Raincliffe School, a nearby secondary school. The Raincliffe School site, (now lower) Graham School, closed on 23 June 2017.

Notable former teachers
  • Jack Ellis, Rugby Union player (boys' high school)
  • Jimmy Johnson Labour MP from 1950 to 1959 for Rugby, and from 1964 to 1983 for Kingston upon Hull West (taught geography from 1934 to 1944 at the boys' high school)

Notable former pupils

Scarborough High School for Boys

Convent of Our Ladies of Mary High School for Girls

Note that the Graham School took over some of the buildings of the Scarborough Convent School but was not its successor

Scarborough Girls' High School

Graham School Science College
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References
  1. "Graham School bid for special status". The Scarborough News. 29 January 2003. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  2. George Smith (2 April 2001). "Jack Christian". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  3. Moore, Charles (6 October 2015). Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography, Volume Two: Everything She Wants. Penguin UK – via Google Books.
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