Boston Grammar School
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The Boston Grammar School is a selective grammar school
and sixth form college
for boys aged 11 to 18 and girls attending the sixth form aged 16–18 located in Boston, Lincolnshire
, England
.
Since 2007 there have been plans to amalgamate the school with its sister school Boston High School for Girls
and some steps have been taken in this direction as a 'Federation' arrangement.
and Mary
in 1555. The oldest sections of the school were built in 1567, formerly referred to as the "big school" and is now used as the school library. South End Site became the model for Boston Latin School
which was the first school in what was to become the United States of America. The school still retains the Latin motto 'Floreat Bostona' (May Boston Flourish). This motto also forms the title of the official school song, written by Dr G.E. Pattenden, headmaster from 1850–1887, which he referred to as 'my school hymn'. The song is still sung at official school occasions such as Prizegiving, Charter Day and Beastmart, and is generally fondly remembered by Old Boys of the school.
In the 1960s when under Holland County Council
Education Committee, it was a voluntary controlled school
with around 500 boys, 550 by the 1970s, and 600 by the 1990s. The school had a CCF
.
In recent years girls have been admitted to the sixth form for the first time. There were 597 pupils on roll as at April 2008, including 170 in the sixth form. The school has been awarded Technology College
and Sports specialist status.
Laughton - (yellow), a donor who helped start the school. Head of House: Miss. Amanda Cook;
Muston - (blue), the first headmaster. Head of House: Mr. Alan Mountford;
Gannock - (red), the Mayor of Boston at the time the school was founded. Head of House: Miss. Christine Abrams;
Parry - (green), a benefactor who gave a gold medal to the scholar of the year. This medal is still awarded to the student who attains the best A level results each year. Head of House: Miss Louise Brown
) reads the declaration of the Beast Mart and the Mayor requests that the headmaster give the school a half-day holiday. The head of school then leads three cheers.
, Barry Spikings
and Mark Simmonds
MP.
as a coeducational school
under a single roof with effect from September 2009. Detailed plans were proposed by the executive head and approved by the Local Authority. In preparation for the hard federation in 2007 the two schools were to be jointly headed by a single executive head teacher.
Following the redundancy and retirement of the former headmaster, John Neal, at the end of the 2007 school year, the school was placed under the executive headship of Helen McEvoy, who was also head of Boston High School
. With the executive head's resignation in April 2010, the Federation continues with two largely separately staffed schools under one governing body and under two school 'acting Heads' [Paul Marsh] and [Jackie Thornalley] for the time being.'
In January 2009, it was announced, following receipt of a feasibility study in Autumn 2008 (almost 2 years late) and a governing body decision, that a new purpose-built school would be built on the Boston Grammar School site subject to the acquisition of substantial funding through the Labour government's 'Building Schools for the Future' programme. That funding, although promised by the local authority since 2006, had never materialised. Since the spring of 2009, the staff redeployment and restructuring plans that were introduced by the executive head for amalgamating the school staff to work across two separate sites became unworkable. Many staff left. Year 6 boys passing the 11+ entered the Boston High School illegally in September 2009 due to the school being declared co-educational before the appropriate prescribed change had been obtained from the DCSF. Attempts were made by the then chair and the executive head to ratify the co-ed intake retrospectively but the governing body realised what had been happening due to the exposure of information obtained under Freedom of Information and decided to call a halt to the move to co-ed status at the Boston High School. The local authority is alleged to have overturned both the governing body decision to withdraw the co-ed status application and the governing body's subsequent appeal against the Local Authority's actions. The matter is ongoing. Mrs McEvoy resigned from the combined headship effective 1 May 2010.
Governing body minutes are now posted on the school website. Failed attempts were made to defederate the two schools. The chair and vice-chair of governors both resigned in March 2010. Plans to close Boston Grammar School were exposed by some governors of the federation. The closure plan approved by the Local Authority has been stopped by the current governing body. To introduce stability for staff and pupils governors have put into place plans to keep the two two schools substantially running as two schools with some joint staffing according to revised curriculum timetabling needs - ready for September 2010. The two schools will not 'amalgamate' onto one site. The two schools may co-exist, with Boston High School relocating to a 70% rebuilt/redeveloped Boston Grammar School site at South End with both schools retaining their separate DCSF school numbers and PAN but only if there is written confirmation of substantial funding provided through Lincolnshire County Council, as had been announced in March 2010 under the outgoing Labour government's BSF Building Schools for the Future
programme.
[source: BGSF GB minutes]
Grammar school
A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and some other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching classical languages but more recently an academically-oriented secondary school.The original purpose of mediaeval...
and sixth form college
Sixth form college
A sixth form college is an educational institution in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Belize, Hong Kong or Malta where students aged 16 to 18 typically study for advanced school-level qualifications, such as A-levels, or school-level qualifications such as GCSEs. In Singapore and India, this is...
for boys aged 11 to 18 and girls attending the sixth form aged 16–18 located in Boston, Lincolnshire
Boston, Lincolnshire
Boston is a town and small port in Lincolnshire, on the east coast of England. It is the largest town of the wider Borough of Boston local government district and had a total population of 55,750 at the 2001 census...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
Since 2007 there have been plans to amalgamate the school with its sister school Boston High School for Girls
Boston High School
Boston High School, also known as Boston High School for Girls, is a selective grammar school and sixth form college for girls aged between 11-18 in Boston, Lincolnshire, England...
and some steps have been taken in this direction as a 'Federation' arrangement.
History
The school was founded by charter of PhilipPhilip II of Spain
Philip II was King of Spain, Portugal, Naples, Sicily, and, while married to Mary I, King of England and Ireland. He was lord of the Seventeen Provinces from 1556 until 1581, holding various titles for the individual territories such as duke or count....
and Mary
Mary I of England
Mary I was queen regnant of England and Ireland from July 1553 until her death.She was the only surviving child born of the ill-fated marriage of Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon. Her younger half-brother, Edward VI, succeeded Henry in 1547...
in 1555. The oldest sections of the school were built in 1567, formerly referred to as the "big school" and is now used as the school library. South End Site became the model for Boston Latin School
Boston Latin School
The Boston Latin School is a public exam school founded on April 23, 1635, in Boston, Massachusetts. It is both the first public school and oldest existing school in the United States....
which was the first school in what was to become the United States of America. The school still retains the Latin motto 'Floreat Bostona' (May Boston Flourish). This motto also forms the title of the official school song, written by Dr G.E. Pattenden, headmaster from 1850–1887, which he referred to as 'my school hymn'. The song is still sung at official school occasions such as Prizegiving, Charter Day and Beastmart, and is generally fondly remembered by Old Boys of the school.
In the 1960s when under Holland County Council
Holland, Lincolnshire
Holland is an area of south-east Lincolnshire, England. The name is still recognised locally and survives in the district of South Holland.-Administration:...
Education Committee, it was a voluntary controlled school
Voluntary controlled school
A voluntary controlled school is a state-funded school in England, Wales and Northern Ireland in which a foundation or trust has some formal influence in the running of the school...
with around 500 boys, 550 by the 1970s, and 600 by the 1990s. The school had a CCF
Combined Cadet Force
The Combined Cadet Force is a Ministry of Defence sponsored youth organisation in the United Kingdom. Its aim is to "provide a disciplined organisation in a school so that pupils may develop powers of leadership by means of training to promote the qualities of responsibility, self reliance,...
.
In recent years girls have been admitted to the sixth form for the first time. There were 597 pupils on roll as at April 2008, including 170 in the sixth form. The school has been awarded Technology College
Technology College
Technology College is a term used in the United Kingdom for a secondary specialist school that focuses on design and technology, mathematics and science. These were the first type of specialist schools, beginning in 1994. In 2008 there were 598 Technology Colleges in England, of which 12 also...
and Sports specialist status.
Houses
There are four houses in the school named after important figures in the school's history. Each is associated with a different colour which is reflected in PE shirts, and boys are assigned to a house when they join the school on an arbitrary basis in order to create different groups for school activities, including Sports Day.Laughton - (yellow), a donor who helped start the school. Head of House: Miss. Amanda Cook;
Muston - (blue), the first headmaster. Head of House: Mr. Alan Mountford;
Gannock - (red), the Mayor of Boston at the time the school was founded. Head of House: Miss. Christine Abrams;
Parry - (green), a benefactor who gave a gold medal to the scholar of the year. This medal is still awarded to the student who attains the best A level results each year. Head of House: Miss Louise Brown
Beast Mart
Beast Mart is an annual half-day holiday, awarded to boys to commemorate the annual cattle market that took place traditionally in the school yard (the Beast Yard). The Beast Mart declaration takes place one day in December each year. The town clerk (in place of the historical Town CrierTown crier
A town crier, or bellman, is an officer of the court who makes public pronouncements as required by the court . The crier can also be used to make public announcements in the streets...
) reads the declaration of the Beast Mart and the Mayor requests that the headmaster give the school a half-day holiday. The head of school then leads three cheers.
Charter Day
A celebration of the granting of the school charter takes place annually at St Botolph's Church, Boston, (known locally as Boston Stump). During this celebration the school song is traditionally sung.Prizegiving
An annual prizegiving ceremony is held in December of each year. During this event a number of awards recognising achievement in academic disciplines, sport and other areas are awarded. Old boys are often in attendance, including the previous year's A-level students who return to receive their A-level certificates. The prestigious Parry Gold Medal is awarded to the student who achieved the best A-level Results. A guest speaker is always invited, and notable guests of honour have included Helen SharmanHelen Sharman
Helen Patricia Sharman, OBE PhD , is a British chemist. She was the first Briton in space, visiting the Mir space station aboard Soyuz TM-12 in 1991....
, Barry Spikings
Barry Spikings
Barry Spikings is a British film producer who worked in Hollywood. Spikings is best known as the producer of the 1978 film, The Deer Hunter, which won five Academy Awards....
and Mark Simmonds
Mark Simmonds
Mark Jonathon Mortlock Simmonds is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He is the Member of Parliament for Boston and Skegness in Lincolnshire, and was first elected in 2001, succeeding Sir Richard Body...
MP.
Federation plans
Following a falling rolls argument in 2006 by the Local Education Authority, figures that have since been cast into doubt, plans were put into place to amalgamate Boston Grammar School with its sister establishment Boston High School for GirlsBoston High School
Boston High School, also known as Boston High School for Girls, is a selective grammar school and sixth form college for girls aged between 11-18 in Boston, Lincolnshire, England...
as a coeducational school
Coeducation
Mixed-sex education, also known as coeducation or co-education, is the integrated education of male and female persons in the same institution. It is the opposite of single-sex education...
under a single roof with effect from September 2009. Detailed plans were proposed by the executive head and approved by the Local Authority. In preparation for the hard federation in 2007 the two schools were to be jointly headed by a single executive head teacher.
Following the redundancy and retirement of the former headmaster, John Neal, at the end of the 2007 school year, the school was placed under the executive headship of Helen McEvoy, who was also head of Boston High School
Boston High School
Boston High School, also known as Boston High School for Girls, is a selective grammar school and sixth form college for girls aged between 11-18 in Boston, Lincolnshire, England...
. With the executive head's resignation in April 2010, the Federation continues with two largely separately staffed schools under one governing body and under two school 'acting Heads' [Paul Marsh] and [Jackie Thornalley] for the time being.'
Federation progress
During 2009 and 2010 the school has been the subject of mounting criticism and debate by parents and local politicians over the proposed hard federation with the girl's high school. A significant number of stakeholders in the school have voiced concerns over the substantial proposed changes. It was perceived that the joint head appeared to favour the high school, her original school, as the preferred location for the combined establishment. The grammar school proponents argued that the grammar school was the older establishment, carrying more history and traditions and that these aspects of the school would be swept away and replaced. However, supporters of the Boston High School claimed that it offered a more modern environment, which would provide additional benefits to the newly combined schools.In January 2009, it was announced, following receipt of a feasibility study in Autumn 2008 (almost 2 years late) and a governing body decision, that a new purpose-built school would be built on the Boston Grammar School site subject to the acquisition of substantial funding through the Labour government's 'Building Schools for the Future' programme. That funding, although promised by the local authority since 2006, had never materialised. Since the spring of 2009, the staff redeployment and restructuring plans that were introduced by the executive head for amalgamating the school staff to work across two separate sites became unworkable. Many staff left. Year 6 boys passing the 11+ entered the Boston High School illegally in September 2009 due to the school being declared co-educational before the appropriate prescribed change had been obtained from the DCSF. Attempts were made by the then chair and the executive head to ratify the co-ed intake retrospectively but the governing body realised what had been happening due to the exposure of information obtained under Freedom of Information and decided to call a halt to the move to co-ed status at the Boston High School. The local authority is alleged to have overturned both the governing body decision to withdraw the co-ed status application and the governing body's subsequent appeal against the Local Authority's actions. The matter is ongoing. Mrs McEvoy resigned from the combined headship effective 1 May 2010.
Governing body minutes are now posted on the school website. Failed attempts were made to defederate the two schools. The chair and vice-chair of governors both resigned in March 2010. Plans to close Boston Grammar School were exposed by some governors of the federation. The closure plan approved by the Local Authority has been stopped by the current governing body. To introduce stability for staff and pupils governors have put into place plans to keep the two two schools substantially running as two schools with some joint staffing according to revised curriculum timetabling needs - ready for September 2010. The two schools will not 'amalgamate' onto one site. The two schools may co-exist, with Boston High School relocating to a 70% rebuilt/redeveloped Boston Grammar School site at South End with both schools retaining their separate DCSF school numbers and PAN but only if there is written confirmation of substantial funding provided through Lincolnshire County Council, as had been announced in March 2010 under the outgoing Labour government's BSF Building Schools for the Future
Building Schools for the Future
Building Schools for the Future is the name of the previous UK Government's investment programme in secondary school buildings in England. The program is very ambitious in its costs, timescales and objectives, with politicians from all English political parties supportive of the principle but...
programme.
[source: BGSF GB minutes]
Notable former pupils
- George BassGeorge BassGeorge Bass was a British naval surgeon and explorer of Australia.-Early years:He was born on 30 January 1771 at Aswarby, a hamlet near Sleaford, Lincolnshire, the son of a tenant farmer, George Bass, and a local beauty named Sarah Nee Newman. His father died in 1777 when Bass was 6...
— surgeon and explorer - Cyril Bland — first-class cricketer who still holds the Sussex record for best bowling figures in an innings.
- Richard BudgeRichard BudgeRichard John Budge is the Chairman of The Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisations.-Early life:He went to Boston Grammar School in Lincolnshire. He entered the coal mining industry when he joined the company of Retford-based AF Budge, owned by his brother Tony, which ran opencast mines...
— head of RJB Mining - Danny ButterfieldDanny ButterfieldDaniel Paul "Danny" Butterfield is an English professional footballer who plays for Southampton. He has previously played for Grimsby Town, Crystal Palace and Charlton Athletic in The Championship. He has also represented Palace in the Premier League. He is primarily utilised as a right back...
— footballer (Crystal Palace F.C.Crystal Palace F.C.Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in...
) - Joseph Langley Birchnall — mathematician
- John Cridland CBE — deputy Director General of the Confederation of British IndustryConfederation of British IndustryThe Confederation of British Industry is a British not for profit organisation incorporated by Royal charter which promotes the interests of its members, some 200,000 British businesses, a figure which includes some 80% of FTSE 100 companies and around 50% of FTSE 350 companies.-Role:The CBI works...
- Victor EmeryVictor EmeryVictor John Emery was a British specialist on superconductors and superfluidity. His model for the electronic structure of the copper-oxide planes is the starting point for many analyses of high-temperature superconductors and is commonly known as the Emery model.-Early life:Emery was born in...
, physicist - Hale Enderby, anaesthetist, who developed Hypotensive anaesthesia using an Oscillotonometer to measure low blood pressureBlood pressureBlood pressure is the pressure exerted by circulating blood upon the walls of blood vessels, and is one of the principal vital signs. When used without further specification, "blood pressure" usually refers to the arterial pressure of the systemic circulation. During each heartbeat, BP varies...
- Air Vice-MarshalAir Vice-MarshalAir vice-marshal is a two-star air-officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force. The rank is also used by the air forces of many countries which have historical British influence and it is sometimes used as the English translation of an equivalent rank in...
Graham Forman CBOrder of the BathThe Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...
(1942-9), Director of Legal ServicesRAF Legal BranchThe Royal Air Force Legal Branch or Directorate Legal Services - as it is better known - is the uniformed legal service provider for the Royal Air Force. It consists of solicitors and barristers qualified in a Commonwealth jurisdiction. DLS is headquartered at Air Command RAF High Wycombe...
, RAFRoyal Air ForceThe Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...
, 1982-9 - Simon GarnerSimon GarnerSimon Garner is an English former professional footballer. He is the record goal scorer for the English club Blackburn Rovers....
— footballer (Blackburn Rovers F.C.Blackburn Rovers F.C.Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....
, etc.) - Arthur James GrantArthur James GrantArthur James Grant was an English historian.Arthur James Grant was the son of Samuel Grant. He was educated at Boston Grammar School and King's College, Cambridge where he graduated BA in Classics in 1884. He became a University Extension lecturer. From 1897 to 1927 he was Professor of History at...
, historian - Henry HallamHenry HallamHenry Hallam was an English historian.-Life:The only son of John Hallam, canon of Windsor and dean of Bristol, Henry Hallam was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, graduating in 1799...
(briefly), historian - Luke HansardLuke HansardLuke Hansard was an English printer, born in St Mary's parish, Norwich, who gave his name to Hansard, the record of Parliamentary debate, which he printed.-Early life:He was the son of a Norwich manufacturer...
(c.1762-7), who gave his name to the HansardHansardHansard is the name of the printed transcripts of parliamentary debates in the Westminster system of government. It is named after Thomas Curson Hansard, an early printer and publisher of these transcripts.-Origins:...
British parliamentary record - Wyn HarnessWyn HarnessWyn Harness was a journalist at The Independent from the newspaper's creation in 1986.-Life:Harness was born in 1960 in Boston, where he attended Boston Grammar School...
(1971-8) Assistant editor, and a founder of The IndependentThe IndependentThe Independent is a British national morning newspaper published in London by Independent Print Limited, owned by Alexander Lebedev since 2010. It is nicknamed the Indy, while the Sunday edition, The Independent on Sunday, is the Sindy. Launched in 1986, it is one of the youngest UK national daily... - Frank Harrison Hill, Editor from 1869-96 of the Daily NewsDaily News (UK)The Daily News was a national daily newspaper in the United Kingdom.The News was founded in 1846 by Charles Dickens, who also served as the newspaper's first editor. It was conceived as a radical rival to the right-wing Morning Chronicle. The paper was not at first a commercial success...
- Prof Michael Horne OBE (1933–40), Professor of Civil Engineering, University of ManchesterUniversity of ManchesterThe University of Manchester is a public research university located in Manchester, United Kingdom. It is a "red brick" university and a member of the Russell Group of research-intensive British universities and the N8 Group...
, 1960–83, and President IStructEInstitution of Structural EngineersThe Institution of Structural Engineers is a professional body for structural engineering based in the United Kingdom. It has 27,000 members in 105 countries. The Institution provides professional accreditation for structural engineers...
1980-1 - Richard HurstRichard HurstRichard Hurst is a British writer and director of comedy, theatre and television.Born in Surrey, he attended Boston Grammar School and Oakham School before studying at St Hugh's College, Oxford, and training as a director at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and the Royal National Theatre...
— writer and director - John LeverettJohn LeverettJohn Leverett was an English colonial magistrate, merchant, soldier and governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Born in England, he came to Massachusetts as a teenager. He was a leading merchant in the colony, and served in its military...
— governor of MassachusettsMassachusettsThe Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010... - Rev Dr John NewtonJohn A. NewtonRev Dr John A Newton CBE is a prominent Methodist minister, author, historian and former President of the Methodist Conference. Dr Newton is the current president of the Wesley Historical Society. Dr Newton was educated at Boston Grammar School in Lincolnshire....
CBE — former president of the Methodist Conference, President of The Wesley Historical Society - Oliver RyanOliver RyanOliver Paul "Ollie" Ryan is an English footballer. He played professionally with Lincoln City as a forward and currently is playing for Frickley Athletic.-Early career:...
, footballer (ex Lincoln CityLincoln City F.C.Lincoln City Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Lincoln, Lincolnshire. The club are currently members of the Conference National in 2011–12 following relegation from the Football League....
footballer) - Simon PatrickSimon PatrickSimon Patrick was an English theologian and bishop.-Life:He was born at Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, on 8 September 1626, and attended Boston Grammar School. He entered Queens College, Cambridge, in 1644, and after taking orders in 1651 became successively chaplain to Sir Walter St. John and vicar...
— Bishop of ElyEly CathedralEly Cathedral is the principal church of the Diocese of Ely, in Cambridgeshire, England, and is the seat of the Bishop of Ely and a suffragan bishop, the Bishop of Huntingdon...
from 1691–1707 - Michael John Pinner — footballer (Manchester United F.C.Manchester United F.C.Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...
, etc.) - Philip PriestleyPhilip PriestleyPhilip John Priestley CBE FRSA is a former British diplomat.He was educated at Boston Grammar School and at the University of East Anglia . He served as British Ambassador to Gabon from 1990-1991, and as British High Commissioner to Belize from 2001-2004...
(1957–64) — former High Commissioner to Belize (2001-4) - Ernest Stewart Roberts, Vice Chancellor of the University of Cambridge from 1906-8
- Rt Rev Frank Pilkington SargeantFrank Pilkington SargeantFrank Pilkington Sargeant is a former Anglican Bishop. Educated at the University of Durham and Cranmer Hall, he was ordained in 1961 and began his ministry with a curacy at Gainsborough...
— Bishop at LambethBishop at LambethThe Bishop at Lambeth is a position within the hierarchy of the Church of England. It is a non-diocesan appointment in which an experienced bishop acts as head of staff to the Archbishop of Canterbury.-Past and present bishops:-References:...
from 1994-9 and Bishop of StockportBishop of StockportThe Bishop of Stockport is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Chester, in the Province of York, England. The title takes its name after the town of Stockport in Greater Manchester....
from 1984–94 - Robert Sheehan — bridge player and columnist for The TimesThe TimesThe Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
- Graham C Smith — physicist
- Barry SpikingsBarry SpikingsBarry Spikings is a British film producer who worked in Hollywood. Spikings is best known as the producer of the 1978 film, The Deer Hunter, which won five Academy Awards....
— Hollywood producer (The Deer HunterThe Deer HunterThe Deer Hunter is a 1978 drama film co-written and directed by Michael Cimino about a trio of Russian American steel worker friends and their infantry service in the Vietnam War. The film stars Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, Meryl Streep, John Savage, John Cazale, and George Dzundza...
, etc.) - Carl HudsonCarl HudsonCarl Hudson is a British pianist and keyboardist who has performed with numerous acts including Professor Green and Mornington Lockett....
— Musician (Keyboard player for Professor GreenProfessor GreenProfessor Green , better known by his stage name Professor Green, is a British rapper. He was signed to The Beats, a record label run by Mike Skinner and Ted Mayhem, until 12 February 2008, as the label went under. He won the inaugural JumpOff MySpace £50,000 battle rap tournament in July 2008...
) - David WardDavid Ward (politician)David Ward is a British Liberal Democrat politician, who was elected at the 2010 general election as the Member of Parliament for Bradford East.-Early life:He attended Boston Grammar School in Boston, Lincolnshire...
, Lib Dem MP for Bradford EastBradford East (UK Parliament constituency)Bradford East is the name of a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The constituency originally existed from 1885 to 1974 and was recreated for the 2010 general election, electing one Member of Parliament by the first past the post...
since 2010
External links
- Boston Grammar Schools Federation
- Boston Grammar School Sports Leaders
- Boston High School
- Old Bostonian Association — including much historical information
- History of the school