Graham School
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Graham School is a comprehensive school in the west of Scarborough in North Yorkshire
for ages 11-16.
After 16 pupils can attend the Scarborough Sixth Form College
as the school has no sixth form.
. The present building was built by the North Riding Education Committee in the late 1950s, around the same time of Scarborough Technical College (now called Yorkshire Coast College
). It had around 700 boys in the early 1970s.
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.
It gained specialist science
status in 2004. In 2009 it entered a federation with Raincliffe School
, another nearby secondary school.
North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan or shire county located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial county primarily in that region but partly in North East England. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 it covers an area of , making it the largest...
for ages 11-16.
Admissions
It is situated to the west of the town on twenty two acre grounds, next to the hospital and Yorkshire Coast College near Throxenby.After 16 pupils can attend the Scarborough Sixth Form College
Scarborough Sixth Form College
Scarborough Sixth Form College is located on the outskirts of Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England.-Background:The Sixth Form college offers a variety of study courses to around 1,000 mostly 16–19 year olds. Courses range from level 2 to level 3...
as the school has no sixth form.
Grammar school
Previous to 1973, the buildings were used by Scarborough High School for Boys, a boys' grammar schoolGrammar 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...
. The present building was built by the North Riding Education Committee in the late 1950s, around the same time of Scarborough Technical College (now called Yorkshire Coast College
Yorkshire Coast College
Yorkshire Coast College is a further education college located over three sites in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, and was formerly known as Scarborough Technical College...
). It had around 700 boys in the early 1970s.
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.
It gained specialist science
Science College
Science Colleges were introduced in 2002 as part of the now defunct Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enabled secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, science and mathematics...
status in 2004. In 2009 it entered a federation with Raincliffe School
Raincliffe School
Raincliffe School is a 'business and enterprise college' and comprehensive secondary school in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England.In September 2009, the school entered into a 'federation' with nearby Graham School....
, another nearby secondary school.
Former teachers
- Joan Appleyard, wife of Sir Leonard AppleyardSir Leonard AppleyardSir Leonard Appleyard KCMG is a former British diplomat. He has a degree in Classical Chinese from Queens' College, Cambridge and speaks Chinese, Russian, Hungarian and French. He served as the British Ambassador to the People's Republic of China between 1966 and 1968...
, President from 1992-3 of the Girls' Schools AssociationGirls' Schools AssociationThe Girls' Schools Association is the professional association of the heads of independent girls' schools in the UK and overseas and is a constituent member of the Independent Schools Council .-History:...
, and Headmistress from 1986-94 of St Swithun's School, WinchesterSt Swithun's School, WinchesterSt Swithun's School is an independent school for girls in Winchester, Hampshire. The school consists of St Swithun's Junior School and St Swithun's Senior School...
(head of humanities from 1973-5, and taught from 1968 at the former Scarborough Girls' High School) - Jack Ellis (rugby player)Jack Ellis (rugby player)Jack Ellis was an England international rugby union player. At the time of his death it was reported that he was the oldest living England international rugby player, although it was later discovered this was incorrect .-Rugby career:...
(boys' high school) - Jimmy JohnsonJames Johnson (UK politician)James Johnson was a British Labour Party politician and Member of Parliament .He was born to the family of a Northumberland miner and was educated at Duke's School, Alnwick, and Leeds University. He played football for the English Universities XI and the Corinthians...
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, and from 1964-83 for Hull WestHull West (UK Parliament constituency)Hull West was a borough constituency in Kingston upon Hull which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until it was abolished for the 1918 general election....
(taught geography from 1934-44 at the boys' high school)
Scarborough High School for Boys
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- John Dyde CBE, Chairman from 1959-69 of Eastern Gas Board, and President from 1951-2 of the Institution of Gas Engineers
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Convent of Our Ladies of Mary High School for Girls
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, ballet dancer
Scarborough Girls' High School
- Jane Harrison (GC), died in April 1968 on board BOAC Flight 712BOAC Flight 712BOAC Flight 712 for Monday 8 April 1968 was a British Overseas Airways Corporation service operated by a Boeing 707-465 from London Heathrow Airport bound for Sydney via Kloten, Zürich and Singapore, which suffered an engine failure at takeoff that quickly led to a major fire. The engine fell...
Graham School Science College
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at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre