Yeovil School
Yeovil School was a boys' Grammar School that existed from 1845 to 1975.[1]
History
In 1975 the school joined with Yeovil High School (a girls' grammar school) and Summerleaze Secondary Modern School to form Westfield Comprehensive School, now Westfield Academy, Yeovil. The grammar school sixth forms moved to Yeovil College, and the former Yeovil School site became a science and business department for Yeovil College.
Notable alumni
Sir John Hannam
- David Banfield (priest), Archdeacon of Bristol from 1990–98
- Frank Bentley (priest), Archdeacon of Worcester from 1984–99
- Sir John Hannam, Conservative MP from 1980-97 for Exeter
- T. E. R. Phillips, astronomer, President from 1927-29 of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Alfred Pippard MBE FRS, President from 1958-59 of the Institution of Civil Engineers, and Professor of Civil Engineering from 1933–56 at Imperial College London
- Edwin Seward, architect
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gollark: I assume you mean interpersonal? School is really bad for that as it stands because you're artificially segmented into people of ~exactly the same age in a really weird environment.
gollark: *Ideally*, at least, school works as a place to learn things from those who know them well and discuss it with interested peers.
gollark: Unfortunately, this is implemented poorly.
gollark: I don't really agree. It is not practical to guess what directly applicable skills will be needed in the future. It should teach general skills like learning independently fast, mathematical modelling, useful writing, languages, and that sort of thing.
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