Northampton School For Boys
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Northampton School for Boys (NSB) is a secondary school
in Northampton
, England
.
. In 1557, the school moved to St. Gregory's church, which was adapted for its use. The School remained on this site until 1864, when it moved to the Corn Exchange in the Market Square. In 1870, additional premises were opened in Abington Square to educate a further 200 pupils. Due to its popularity, the school moved again in 1911, to new buildings constructed on the present site at Billing Road.
During this period the school was known as the Northampton Town and County Grammar School. In 1974, the school was demonised in the local press when the Northants Post dubbed it the "School for Scoundrels" - a reference to the perception that sections of the school population were causing mayhem across the Abington area of the town.
In 1992, the school became Grant Maintained, later becoming a Foundation school
. Under the leadership of Sir Bruce Liddington, followed by Michael Griffiths, it prospered as a prominent and over-subscribed school. From 1994, the school's GCSE results improved year upon year, and it has since become the only school nationally to have achieved an 11-year period of continual improvement.
During the 1990s, the school allowed the admission of girls into the Sixth Form
. Currently up to a quarter of the Sixth Form can be girls.
In the summer of 1999 the school completed a new complex, Cripps Hall, named in honour of Sir Humphrey Cripps
, philanthropist and Cambridge-educated former pupil of the school. It includes a theatre used for school productions and concerts as well as public performances. The building is home to the School's Expressive Arts and Modern Foreign Languages departments, as well as the theatre, drama workshop and Lounge.
During 2004, Northampton switched back to the two-tier system, once again making Northampton School for Boys a secondary school
- consequently, the school had to admit pupils from the age of eleven. To cope with the increased numbers, the school for two years occupied a second site ("Northampton School for Boys West") at the former Cliftonville Middle School - separated from the main site by St Andrew's Hospital
- for the new year sevens and eights. With the completion of the RIBA
award winning new building, all pupils are now located back on one site.
In 2010, Northampton School for Boys became an academy, the first to do so in the county. This meant that the school received more freedom in terms of curriculum and examinations.
Northampton School for Boys operates a House system; its main purposes are to provide opportunities for leadership and to break down the barriers between the year groups. Each House consists of one class from the former East Wing and another from the West. The houses are named Brightwell (Yellow), Chipsey (Light Blue), Manley (Green) and Washington (White), after the school's founders, Thomas Chipsey, Laurence Manley, Edward Manley, William Brightwell, and Laurence Washington,. There is a thriving programme of inter-House activities.
Each year, elections are held to choose a team of Senior Prefects who represent the students of the school both internally and externally. From among them one Head Prefect and one or two Deputies are chosen by the Headmaster.
. Out of these, the Jazz Big Band won the tournament, and two other groups finished as runners-up in their categories. In December 2005 NSB was named Daily Telegraph 'State School of the Year' for its achievements in sport.
due to its excellent gifted and talented programme, which was hailed as a model system by DfES.
NSB Year 9 Rugby Team Into Final of Midlands State Schools cup winning semi-final 61-0. Captain-Josh Paul, Vice captain-Sam Pamment (injured) Coach-Norman Barker.
Team:1.Harley Holland 2.Jake O'Doherty 3.Daniel Briggs 4.Tom Anderson 5.Brett Robertson 6.Jake Popperwell 7.Toby Marsh 8.James smith 9.Niall Lawrence 10. Josh Paul(Capt) 11. Milo Franchi 12. Rotimi Segun 13.Tynan Byrne 14.George London 15. Danny Taylor
Subs:16.Charlie Elder 17.Patrick Coleman 18.Tom Wade 19.Dan Prendergast 20.Aidan Marshall 21.Ollie Taite 22.Joe Elliott 23.Will Evans
The year 10 football team of 2011 reached the final of the National Cup, unfortunately losing 1-0 but this is the schools closest success to a National Cup victory in any sport.
In the summer of 1999 the school completed the Cripps Hall, named in honour of Sir Humphrey Cripps, a former pupil of the school. It includes a theatre used for school productions and concerts as well as public performances. The building is home to the School's Expressive Arts and Modern Foreign Languages departments.
Beginning in 2005, the school has had a refurbishment and building programme, called Project 465 (the school was to be 465 years old when finished, but because of building delays it was 466), which was finished in early 2007. One of the purposes of the programme was to accommodate the newly added years sevens and eights. Constructed in a post-modern style, the building features new English and mathematics classrooms, alongside two new ICT
suites, a sixth form lounge (known colloquially as "The Pod") a 'restaurant/bistro' and a concourse for indoor recreation at breaktimes.
One of the innovations brought with the new building is a system of cashless catering, where students pay for any meals bought by having their fingerprint scanned; the money is then deducted from an account which can be topped-up either by credit card from home, or through a machine in the concourse. The school hopes to extend the cashless system in future to pay for school trips, music lessons, the school shop and the library. In practice, many of the scanners read pupils' fingerprints quickly and consistency, reducing queuing times.
have commended them. In the words of the headteacher, Mr. Michael Griffiths:
Most pupils usually study ten subjects for GCSE, alongside Physical Education
and Citizenship & Guidance. All pupils must take English
, English Literature, Mathematics, at least Double Science
, Product Design
, a foreign language (either French
or Spanish
), a humanity (either history or geography), an expressive art (either Art, Music, Photography, Drama or Ceramics) and another subject of their own choice - either another foreign language, another humanity, separate sciences, business studies
, religious studies
or ICT
.
With the exception of ceramics and dance (which are studied within art and drama respectively) and religious studies, all of these subjects may be continued at A-Level, in addition to the Social sciences
(economics, psychology, philosophy, politics and sociology), further mathematics and music technology.
German
used to be offered as a modern foreign language, but has recently been removed from the curriculum. In response to criticism from Ofsted
, the school has introduced Religious Studies as a choice at GCSE level and Philosophy at A-Level. After the A-level results in 2011, Spanish was the most successful subject.
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
in Northampton
Northampton
Northampton is a large market town and local government district in the East Midlands region of England. Situated about north-west of London and around south-east of Birmingham, Northampton lies on the River Nene and is the county town of Northamptonshire. The demonym of Northampton is...
, 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...
.
Foundation and History
The school was originally founded in 1541 by mayor Thomas Chipsey, as the town's free 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...
. In 1557, the school moved to St. Gregory's church, which was adapted for its use. The School remained on this site until 1864, when it moved to the Corn Exchange in the Market Square. In 1870, additional premises were opened in Abington Square to educate a further 200 pupils. Due to its popularity, the school moved again in 1911, to new buildings constructed on the present site at Billing Road.
During this period the school was known as the Northampton Town and County Grammar School. In 1974, the school was demonised in the local press when the Northants Post dubbed it the "School for Scoundrels" - a reference to the perception that sections of the school population were causing mayhem across the Abington area of the town.
In 1992, the school became Grant Maintained, later becoming a Foundation school
Foundation school
In England and Wales, a foundation school is a state-funded school in which the governing body has greater freedom in the running of the school than in community schools....
. Under the leadership of Sir Bruce Liddington, followed by Michael Griffiths, it prospered as a prominent and over-subscribed school. From 1994, the school's GCSE results improved year upon year, and it has since become the only school nationally to have achieved an 11-year period of continual improvement.
During the 1990s, the school allowed the admission of girls into the Sixth Form
Sixth form
In the education systems of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, and of Commonwealth West Indian countries such as Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Belize, Jamaica and Malta, the sixth form is the final two years of secondary education, where students, usually sixteen to eighteen years of age,...
. Currently up to a quarter of the Sixth Form can be girls.
In the summer of 1999 the school completed a new complex, Cripps Hall, named in honour of Sir Humphrey Cripps
Humphrey Cripps
Sir Cyril Humphrey Cripps was an English businessman and a philanthropist.Humphrey Cripps was educated at Northampton School For Boys and went up to St John's College, Cambridge to read Natural Sciences...
, philanthropist and Cambridge-educated former pupil of the school. It includes a theatre used for school productions and concerts as well as public performances. The building is home to the School's Expressive Arts and Modern Foreign Languages departments, as well as the theatre, drama workshop and Lounge.
During 2004, Northampton switched back to the two-tier system, once again making Northampton School for Boys a secondary school
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
- consequently, the school had to admit pupils from the age of eleven. To cope with the increased numbers, the school for two years occupied a second site ("Northampton School for Boys West") at the former Cliftonville Middle School - separated from the main site by St Andrew's Hospital
St Andrew's Hospital
St Andrew's Hospital in Northampton, England is a psychiatric hospital run by a non-profit-making, charitable trust. It is by far the largest mental health facility in UK, providing national specialist services for adolescents, men, women and older people with mental illness, learning disability,...
- for the new year sevens and eights. With the completion of the RIBA
Royal Institute of British Architects
The Royal Institute of British Architects is a professional body for architects primarily in the United Kingdom, but also internationally.-History:...
award winning new building, all pupils are now located back on one site.
In 2010, Northampton School for Boys became an academy, the first to do so in the county. This meant that the school received more freedom in terms of curriculum and examinations.
Traditions
The school has built its reputation on an ethos that engages boys in the school by providing a huge range of extra-curricular sports, music, drama and many other clubs and societies. There is also a massive commitment to residential education programmes - almost all taking place during school holidays. These are sporting and music tours as well as a range of language and cultural exchanges and leisure trips.Northampton School for Boys operates a House system; its main purposes are to provide opportunities for leadership and to break down the barriers between the year groups. Each House consists of one class from the former East Wing and another from the West. The houses are named Brightwell (Yellow), Chipsey (Light Blue), Manley (Green) and Washington (White), after the school's founders, Thomas Chipsey, Laurence Manley, Edward Manley, William Brightwell, and Laurence Washington,. There is a thriving programme of inter-House activities.
Each year, elections are held to choose a team of Senior Prefects who represent the students of the school both internally and externally. From among them one Head Prefect and one or two Deputies are chosen by the Headmaster.
Achievements
The school has achieved recognition for its success, particularly in the areas of sport and music. Six music groups from the school achieved places in the 2009 finals of the National Festival of Music for YouthMusic for Youth
Music for Youth is a British charity which provides free access to educational and performance opportunities for groups of young musicians and audiences through a series of festivals and concerts throughout the UK. 2 million children have taken part in Music for Youth events since 1971...
. Out of these, the Jazz Big Band won the tournament, and two other groups finished as runners-up in their categories. In December 2005 NSB was named Daily Telegraph 'State School of the Year' for its achievements in sport.
Gifted pupils
The school was selected to be an ambassador school for the NAGTYNational Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth
The National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth was based at the University of Warwick in Britain and was founded in 2002 by a government initiative for high-achieving secondary students in England. It closed in August 2007, after Warwick University decided not to apply for the new contract...
due to its excellent gifted and talented programme, which was hailed as a model system by DfES.
Sport
In terms of sport, the school has had a number of its former students go into professional rugby, but many have achieved international recognition in a range of sports. Particular strengths are rugby, football, cricket, basketball, cross country, athletics and rowing, but there are also competitive fixtures in hockey, swimming, badminton and netball. A notable feature is that Saturday fixtures are still a part of NSB life, unlike most state schools. An unofficial report stated: "The PE staff at the school are of the highest quality, and the general enthusiasm is immense throughout lessons."NSB Year 9 Rugby Team Into Final of Midlands State Schools cup winning semi-final 61-0. Captain-Josh Paul, Vice captain-Sam Pamment (injured) Coach-Norman Barker.
Team:1.Harley Holland 2.Jake O'Doherty 3.Daniel Briggs 4.Tom Anderson 5.Brett Robertson 6.Jake Popperwell 7.Toby Marsh 8.James smith 9.Niall Lawrence 10. Josh Paul(Capt) 11. Milo Franchi 12. Rotimi Segun 13.Tynan Byrne 14.George London 15. Danny Taylor
Subs:16.Charlie Elder 17.Patrick Coleman 18.Tom Wade 19.Dan Prendergast 20.Aidan Marshall 21.Ollie Taite 22.Joe Elliott 23.Will Evans
The year 10 football team of 2011 reached the final of the National Cup, unfortunately losing 1-0 but this is the schools closest success to a National Cup victory in any sport.
Buildings
Because of the generosity of its benefactors, the school has a number of excellent buildings which are continually refurbished. The centre of the school is occupied by the 1911 Building, which over the years has been extended to include an extension to the library and which is now attached to the science and technology blocks and the new (2006) building.In the summer of 1999 the school completed the Cripps Hall, named in honour of Sir Humphrey Cripps, a former pupil of the school. It includes a theatre used for school productions and concerts as well as public performances. The building is home to the School's Expressive Arts and Modern Foreign Languages departments.
Beginning in 2005, the school has had a refurbishment and building programme, called Project 465 (the school was to be 465 years old when finished, but because of building delays it was 466), which was finished in early 2007. One of the purposes of the programme was to accommodate the newly added years sevens and eights. Constructed in a post-modern style, the building features new English and mathematics classrooms, alongside two new ICT
Information and communication technologies
Information and communications technology or information and communication technology, usually abbreviated as ICT, is often used as an extended synonym for information technology , but is usually a more general term that stresses the role of unified communications and the integration of...
suites, a sixth form lounge (known colloquially as "The Pod") a 'restaurant/bistro' and a concourse for indoor recreation at breaktimes.
One of the innovations brought with the new building is a system of cashless catering, where students pay for any meals bought by having their fingerprint scanned; the money is then deducted from an account which can be topped-up either by credit card from home, or through a machine in the concourse. The school hopes to extend the cashless system in future to pay for school trips, music lessons, the school shop and the library. In practice, many of the scanners read pupils' fingerprints quickly and consistency, reducing queuing times.
Education
Northampton School for Boys' motto is "a tradition of excellence" and to this effect the school aims to stretch every pupil as much as possible, something for which OfstedOfsted
The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills is the non-ministerial government department of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools In England ....
have commended them. In the words of the headteacher, Mr. Michael Griffiths:
Our philosophy of education is a simple one. We believe that children are at their best when they know where they stand; when those around them expect high standards and when they are fully restrained. We believe that our way of striving towards varied and demanding lessons which really stretch pupils to the utmost, whatever their abilities, is the right one.
Most pupils usually study ten subjects for GCSE, alongside Physical Education
Physical education
Physical education or gymnastics is a course taken during primary and secondary education that encourages psychomotor learning in a play or movement exploration setting....
and Citizenship & Guidance. All pupils must take English
English studies
English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language , English linguistics English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language (including literatures from the U.K., U.S.,...
, English Literature, Mathematics, at least Double Science
Double Science
Double Science is a British sitcom on BBC Radio 4. It follows Colin Jackson and Kenneth Farley-Pittman, two chemistry teachers existing in a work-life balance haven at the fictional Forresters Sixth Form College...
, Product Design
Product design
-Introduction:Product design is the process of creating a new product to be sold by a business or enterprise to its customers. It is concerned with the efficient and effective generation and development of ideas through a process that leads to new products.Product designers conceptualize and...
, a foreign language (either French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
or Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
), a humanity (either history or geography), an expressive art (either Art, Music, Photography, Drama or Ceramics) and another subject of their own choice - either another foreign language, another humanity, separate sciences, business studies
Business studies
Business studies is an academic subject taught at higher level in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe and the United Kingdom, as well as at university level in many countries...
, religious studies
Religious studies
Religious studies is the academic field of multi-disciplinary, secular study of religious beliefs, behaviors, and institutions. It describes, compares, interprets, and explains religion, emphasizing systematic, historically based, and cross-cultural perspectives.While theology attempts to...
or ICT
Information and communication technologies
Information and communications technology or information and communication technology, usually abbreviated as ICT, is often used as an extended synonym for information technology , but is usually a more general term that stresses the role of unified communications and the integration of...
.
With the exception of ceramics and dance (which are studied within art and drama respectively) and religious studies, all of these subjects may be continued at A-Level, in addition to the Social sciences
Social sciences
Social science is the field of study concerned with society. "Social science" is commonly used as an umbrella term to refer to a plurality of fields outside of the natural sciences usually exclusive of the administrative or managerial sciences...
(economics, psychology, philosophy, politics and sociology), further mathematics and music technology.
German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
used to be offered as a modern foreign language, but has recently been removed from the curriculum. In response to criticism from Ofsted
Ofsted
The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills is the non-ministerial government department of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools In England ....
, the school has introduced Religious Studies as a choice at GCSE level and Philosophy at A-Level. After the A-level results in 2011, Spanish was the most successful subject.
Admissions
Northampton School for Boys is heavily oversubscribed at both age 11 and age 16 and selection criteria for admission are applied. Boys at age 11 were formerly admitted on the basis of an application form, in which parents were encouraged to make the most of their child's interests and achievements. The school now uses 3 criteria to admit pupils: a sibling link, an aptitude for music or technology, and finally a fair allocation system using banding to create an equal spread of abilities. The sixth form is open to students from all schools and has an admissions number for external students of 60. Places are allocated by sitting a test, the top 60 being admitted. Each year there are approximately 550 first choice applications to join Y7 and 300 applications from students currently at other schools. Girls are admitted to the 6th form.Notable alumni
Known as Old Northamptonians, many have gone on to achieve great things.- Prof Martin Bennett, British Heart FoundationBritish Heart FoundationThe British Heart Foundation is a charity organisation in Britain that funds research, education, care and awareness campaigns aimed to prevent heart diseases in humans.-Foundation:...
Professor of Cardiovascular Sciences since 2000 at the University of CambridgeUniversity of CambridgeThe University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally... - Stewart FaulknerStewart FaulknerStewart St. Ledger Faulkner is a retired British athlete who competed in the men's long jump event during his career. Although his career was plagued by severe tarsal tunnel syndrome , he achieved relative success early in his track life...
, Olympic athlete, holder of the UK junior and under-23 indoor long jump records. Merit ranked 6th in the world by Track and Field News in 1989. - James HerveyJames HerveyJames Hervey was an English clergyman and writer.-Life:He was born at Hardingstone, near Northampton, and was educated at the grammar school of Northampton, and at Lincoln College, Oxford. Here he came under the influence of John Wesley and the Oxford Methodists, especially since he was a member...
, an 18th century theologian. - Billy Knight, tennisTennisTennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
player, quarter finalist in French Open in 1959, Head of Men's Training at the LTA - Courtney LawesCourtney LawesCourtney Lawes is a professional rugby player for Northampton Saints, who play in the Aviva Premiership. Lawes is a versatile player, equally at home in the second and back rows. Indeed, he is the very epitome of the modern rugby forward, more akin to a basketball player thanks to an athletic...
, rugby unionRugby unionRugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
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, Rugby UnionRugby unionRugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
player for Northampton SaintsNorthampton SaintsNorthampton Saints are a professional rugby union club from Northampton, England. The Northampton Saints were formed in 1880. They play in green, black and gold colours. They play their home games at Franklin's Gardens, which has a capacity of 13,591.... - Ian Vass, Rugby UnionRugby unionRugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
player for Northampton SaintsNorthampton SaintsNorthampton Saints are a professional rugby union club from Northampton, England. The Northampton Saints were formed in 1880. They play in green, black and gold colours. They play their home games at Franklin's Gardens, which has a capacity of 13,591....
, Bedford BluesBedford BluesBedford Blues is a rugby union club in the town of Bedford, England, currently playing in The RFU Championship. Bedford is one of the largest towns in England without a league football club, and one of the few towns in England where the rugby club is better supported than the football team. The...
(current), Stade Francais and Harlequin F.C.Harlequin F.C.The Harlequin Football Club is an English rugby union team who play in the top level of English rugby, the Aviva Premiership. Their ground in London is Twickenham Stoop... - Alan MooreAlan MooreAlan Oswald Moore is an English writer primarily known for his work in comic books, a medium where he has produced a number of critically acclaimed and popular series, including Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and From Hell...
, writer of graphic novels (expelled at 17). - Matt SmithMatt Smith (British actor)Matthew Robert Smith is an English stage and television actor. He is known for his role as the eleventh incarnation of the Doctor in the British television series Doctor Who, for which he received a BAFTA Award nomination in 2011....
, the eleventh Doctor in Doctor WhoDoctor WhoDoctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
. - Steve Thompson, rugby unionRugby unionRugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
player for EnglandEngland national rugby union teamThe England national rugby union team represents England in rugby union. They compete in the annual Six Nations Championship with France, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, and Wales. They have won this championship on 26 occasions, 12 times winning the Grand Slam, making them the most successful team in...
. Several other pupils also went on to become part of the Northampton SaintsNorthampton SaintsNorthampton Saints are a professional rugby union club from Northampton, England. The Northampton Saints were formed in 1880. They play in green, black and gold colours. They play their home games at Franklin's Gardens, which has a capacity of 13,591....
' first team.
Northampton Town and County Grammar School
- Jonathan Adams (British actor)
- William AlwynWilliam AlwynWilliam Alwyn, CBE, born William Alwyn Smith was an English composer, conductor, and music teacher.-Life and music:...
CBE, composer - Malcolm ArnoldMalcolm ArnoldSir Malcolm Henry Arnold, CBE was an English composer and symphonist.Malcolm Arnold began his career playing trumpet professionally, but by age thirty his life was devoted to composition. He was ranked with Benjamin Britten as one of the most sought-after composers in Britain...
CBE, composer who spent a year at the school - John Henry Brookes (attended 1902-5), after whom Oxford Brookes UniversityOxford Brookes UniversityOxford Brookes University is a new university in Oxford, England. It was named to honour the school's founding principal, John Brookes. It has been ranked as the best new university by the Sunday Times University Guide 10 years in a row...
is named, being the first principal of the original college in the mid-1950s - Lewis Cannell, rugby player
- Thomas Cartwright (bishop)Thomas Cartwright (bishop)Thomas Cartwright was an English bishop and diarist, known as a supporter of James II.-Life:He was born and went to school in Northampton, and studied at the University of Oxford. He was first at Magdalen Hall, and then at Queen's College where he was tutored by Thomas Tully. He was ordained by...
, a 17th century bishop. - Tony ChaterTony ChaterAnthony P J "Tony" Chater is a former British newspaper editor and communist activist.Born in Northampton, Chater attended Northampton Town and County Grammar School, and joined the Communist Party of Great Britain whilst in the sixth form. Chater then studied at Queen Mary and Westfield College...
, Editor from 1974-95 of the Morning Star - Michael CreethMichael CreethJames Michael Creeth was an English biochemist whose experiments on DNA viscosity confirming the existence of hydrogen bonds between the purine and pyrimidine bases of DNA were crucial to Watson and Crick's discovery of the double helix structure of DNA.He was educated at Northampton Town and...
, biochemistBiochemistBiochemists are scientists who are trained in biochemistry. Typical biochemists study chemical processes and chemical transformations in living organisms. The prefix of "bio" in "biochemist" can be understood as a fusion of "biological chemist."-Role:...
whose experiments were crucial to Watson and CrickWatson and CrickJames D. Watson and Francis Crick were the two co-discoverers of the structure of DNA in 1953. They used x-ray diffraction data collected by Rosalind Franklin and proposed the double helix or spiral staircase structure of the DNA molecule...
's discovery of the double helix structure of DNADNADeoxyribonucleic acid is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms . The DNA segments that carry this genetic information are called genes, but other DNA sequences have structural purposes, or are involved in...
. - Francis CrickFrancis CrickFrancis Harry Compton Crick OM FRS was an English molecular biologist, biophysicist, and neuroscientist, and most noted for being one of two co-discoverers of the structure of the DNA molecule in 1953, together with James D. Watson...
, co-discoverer of the structure of DNADNADeoxyribonucleic acid is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms . The DNA segments that carry this genetic information are called genes, but other DNA sequences have structural purposes, or are involved in...
. - Sir Sir Humphrey CrippsHumphrey CrippsSir Cyril Humphrey Cripps was an English businessman and a philanthropist.Humphrey Cripps was educated at Northampton School For Boys and went up to St John's College, Cambridge to read Natural Sciences...
, philanthropist. - John DerbyshireJohn DerbyshireJohn Derbyshire is a British-American writer. His columns in National Review and cover a broad range of political-cultural topics, including immigration, China, history, mathematics, and race. Derbyshire's 1996 novel, Seeing Calvin Coolidge in a Dream, was a New York Times "Notable Book of the...
, writer. - Frank Dickens, biochemist and known for the pentose phosphate pathwayPentose phosphate pathwayThe pentose phosphate pathway is a process that generates NADPH and pentoses . There are two distinct phases in the pathway. The first is the oxidative phase, in which NADPH is generated, and the second is the non-oxidative synthesis of 5-carbon sugars...
that generates NADPHNicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphateNicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate, abbreviated NADP or TPN in older notation , is a coenzyme used in anabolic reactions, such as lipid and nucleic acid synthesis, which require NADPH as a reducing agent.... - Bernard Donoughue, Baron DonoughueBernard Donoughue, Baron DonoughueBernard Donoughue, Baron Donoughue is a British politician, businessman and author.The son of Thomas Joseph Donoughue was educated at Campbell Secondary Modern School and Northampton Grammar School, Lincoln College, Oxford, where he read History and obtained the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1957,...
, Lord Aston, Advisor to Harold WilsonHarold WilsonJames Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, FSS, PC was a British Labour Member of Parliament, Leader of the Labour Party. He was twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the 1960s and 1970s, winning four general elections, including a minority government after the...
, Farm Minister in first Blair Government, and Director from 1992-7 of Towcester Racecourse - Prof Sir Hugh Ford (engineer)Hugh Ford (engineer)Sir Hugh Ford FREng FRS was a British engineer. He was Professor of Applied Mechanics at Imperial College London from 1951 to 1978....
, invented cold strip millStrip millThe strip mill was a major innovation, with the first being erected at Ashland, Kentucky in 1923. This provided a continuous process, cutting out the need to pass the plates over the rolls and to double them, as in a pack mill. At the end the strip was cut with a guillotine shear or rolled into a...
s for rolling steel - useful for mass producing cars, former Professor of Applied Mechanics from 1951-69 at Imperial College LondonImperial College LondonImperial College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom, specialising in science, engineering, business and medicine...
(head of Mechanical Engineering from 1965–78), and President from 1977-8 of the Institution of Mechanical EngineersInstitution of Mechanical EngineersThe Institution of Mechanical Engineers is the British engineering society based in central London, representing mechanical engineering. It is licensed by the Engineering Council UK to assess candidates for inclusion on ECUK's Register of professional Engineers... - Prof Gerald FowlerGerald FowlerGerald Teasdale Fowler was a British Labour Party politician.Fowler was educated at Northampton Grammar School where he was a friend of Bernard later Lord Donoughue, Lincoln College, Oxford and Frankfurt University...
, Labour MP from 1966–70 and 1974-9 for The Wrekin, and Rector from 1982-92 of North East London PolytechnicUniversity of East LondonThe University of East London is a university located in the London Borough of Newham, East London, England, based at two campuses in Stratford and Docklands areas... - Rt Rev Richard GarrardRichard GarrardRichard Garrard was the seventh Suffragan Bishop of Penrith in the modern era. He was born on 24 May 1937 and educated at Northampton Grammar School and King's College London.Ordained in 1962 he began his career with a Curacy in Woolwich and was then successively a Chaplain at Keswick Hall College...
, Bishop of PenrithBishop of PenrithThe Bishop of Penrith is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Carlisle, in the Province of York, England. The title takes its name from the town of Penrith in Cumbria and was first created under the Suffragan Bishops Act 1534.-List of the Bishops of...
from 1994–2001 - Ray GoslingRay GoslingRay Gosling is an English journalist, author, broadcaster and gay rights activist. In February 2010, he claimed during a local BBC television programme to have killed a lover, in an act of euthanasia. He was arrested and released on police bail...
, journalist - Maj-GenMajor-General (United Kingdom)Major general is a senior rank in the British Army. Since 1996 the highest position within the Royal Marines is the Commandant General Royal Marines who holds the rank of major general...
Stuart GreevesStuart GreevesMajor-General Sir Stuart Greeves KBE CB DSO and Bar MC and Bar was a British Indian Army officer.Born in 1897, Stuart Greeves was educated at Northampton School....
CBE - David Hawker, Director General since 2008 of the Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and SkillsDepartment for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and SkillsThe Department for Education and Skills is a department of the Welsh Government.It is responsible for education, training and children's services in Wales under powers devolved from the Department for Children, Schools and Families of the UK government under Schedule 5 of the Government of Wales...
of the Welsh Assembly - Thomas Maxwell HarrisThomas Maxwell HarrisThomas Maxwell Harris FRS was a British botanist. He received his doctorate from the University of Cambridge and was a Fellow of the Royal Society...
(briefly), botanist - Sir Harwood HarrisonHarwood HarrisonSir Harwood Harrison, 1st Baronet was a British Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Eye in Suffolk from 1951 to 1979, having first contested it in 1950....
, Conservative MP from 1951-79 for EyeEye (UK Parliament constituency)Eye was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected two Members of Parliament by the bloc vote system of election... - Trevor Hold, composer
- Prof Sydney Ewart HollingworthSydney Ewart HollingworthSydney Ewart Hollingworth was a British geologist....
, Yates-Goldsmid Professor of Geology from 1946-66 at University College LondonUniversity College LondonUniversity College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and the oldest and largest constituent college of the federal University of London... - Rt Rev Graham Richard James, Bishop of NorwichBishop of NorwichThe Bishop of Norwich is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Norwich in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers most of the County of Norfolk and part of Suffolk. The see is in the City of Norwich where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided...
since 1999 - Prof Brian F. G. JohnsonBrian F. G. JohnsonBrian Frederick Gilbert Johnson is a British scientist and former professor of chemistry at Cambridge University. He was also a Master of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge from 1999 to 2005....
, Professor of Inorganic Chemistry from 1995-2005 at the University of CambridgeUniversity of CambridgeThe University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
and Master from 1999-2005 of Fitzwilliam College, CambridgeFitzwilliam College, CambridgeFitzwilliam College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England.The college traces its origins back to 1869 and the foundation of the Non-Collegiate Students Board, a venture intended to offer students from less financially privileged backgrounds a chance to study... - Prof Peter Jones, Professor of Psychiatry since 2000 at the University of Cambridge
- David Lennan, Director General from 2001-2 of the British Chambers of CommerceBritish Chambers of CommerceThe British Chambers of Commerce is the national body for a powerful and influential network of 52 accredited Chambers of Commerce across the UK, representing 92,000 businesses that together employ 4,800,000 employees...
- Rt Rev William Thomas ManningWilliam Thomas ManningWilliam Thomas Manning was an U.S. Episcopal bishop of New York.-Biography:...
- Air CommodoreAir CommodoreAir commodore is an air-officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force...
Richard Miller OBE, Station Commander from 1976-8 of RAF BensonRAF BensonRAF Benson is a Royal Air Force station near Benson in South Oxfordshire, England. It is home to the Royal Air Force's support helicopters, the Aérospatiale Puma and the EH-101 Merlin, known as the Puma HC.Mk 1 and the Merlin HC.Mk 3 and Mk 3a.... - Sir James Alan ParkJames Alan ParkSir James Alan Park KC was a British judge. He was the son of James Park, a surgeon from Edinburgh, and was brought up in Edinburgh until his fathers practice moved to Surrey. He was educated first at Northampton Grammar School and then at Lincoln's Inn...
, judge - Samuel Parker (English bishop), Bishop of Oxford
- Prof Ronald Peel MBE, Professor of Geography from 1957-77 at the University of BristolUniversity of BristolThe University of Bristol is a public research university located in Bristol, United Kingdom. One of the so-called "red brick" universities, it received its Royal Charter in 1909, although its predecessor institution, University College, Bristol, had been in existence since 1876.The University is...
- John Preston (clergyman)John Preston (clergyman)John Preston D.D. was an English puritan minister of the church, and master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.-Upbringing:John Preston was the son of Thomas Preston, a farmer, was born at Upper Heyford in the parish of Bugbrook, Northamptonshire, and was baptised at Bugbrook church on 27 October...
- Flight LieutenantFlight LieutenantFlight lieutenant is a junior commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force and the air forces of many Commonwealth countries. It ranks above flying officer and immediately below squadron leader. The name of the rank is the complete phrase; it is never shortened to "lieutenant"...
Jim Rosser DFC, wartime pilot - Arthur RubbraArthur RubbraArthur Alexander Cecil Rubbra CBE was an English engineer who designed many of Rolls-Royce's successful aero engines.-Early life:...
CBE, engineer who designed Rolls Royce aero engines, including the MerlinRolls-Royce MerlinThe Rolls-Royce Merlin is a British liquid-cooled, V-12, piston aero engine, of 27-litre capacity. Rolls-Royce Limited designed and built the engine which was initially known as the PV-12: the PV-12 became known as the Merlin following the company convention of naming its piston aero engines after...
and GriffonRolls-Royce GriffonThe Rolls-Royce Griffon is a British 37-litre capacity, 60-degree V-12, liquid-cooled aero engine designed and built by Rolls-Royce Limited... - Dick Saunders, oldest jockey to win the Grand NationalGrand NationalThe Grand National is a world-famous National Hunt horse race which is held annually at Aintree Racecourse, near Liverpool, England. It is a handicap chase run over a distance of four miles and 856 yards , with horses jumping thirty fences over two circuits of Aintree's National Course...
at age 48 in 1982 on Grittar - Prof Robert ServiceRobert Service (historian)Robert John Service is a British historian, academic, and author who has written extensively on the history of Soviet Russia, particularly the era from the October Revolution to Stalin's death...
, Professor of Russian History since 2002 at the University of OxfordUniversity of OxfordThe University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096... - Eric Sharman MC
- Rear-AdmRear AdmiralRear admiral is a naval commissioned officer rank above that of a commodore and captain, and below that of a vice admiral. It is generally regarded as the lowest of the "admiral" ranks, which are also sometimes referred to as "flag officers" or "flag ranks"...
Philip Sharp CB DSC, commanded HMS Centaur (R06)HMS Centaur (R06)HMS Centaur was the first of the four Centaur-class light fleet carriers of the Royal Navy. She was the only ship of her class to retain the original configuration with a straight axial flight deck rather than the angled flight decks of her three sister ships...
from 1962-3 - Sir Alec SkemptonAlec SkemptonSir Alec Skempton FRS was a leader in and founding father of Soil Mechanics. As a founding member of the Institution of Civil Engineers' Soil Mechanics and Foundations committees he studied at City and Guilds College London and established the Soil Mechanics course at Imperial College London,...
, Professor of Civil Engineering from 1957-81 at Imperial College LondonImperial College LondonImperial College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom, specialising in science, engineering, business and medicine...
, and President from 1957-61 of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering - Prof Harry Smith CBE, Professor of Microbiology from 1965-88 at the University of BirminghamUniversity of BirminghamThe University of Birmingham is a British Redbrick university located in the city of Birmingham, England. It received its royal charter in 1900 as a successor to Birmingham Medical School and Mason Science College . Birmingham was the first Redbrick university to gain a charter and thus...
- Rev Prof Michael Taylor OBE, Professor of Social Theology from 1999-2004 at the University of BirminghamUniversity of BirminghamThe University of Birmingham is a British Redbrick university located in the city of Birmingham, England. It received its royal charter in 1900 as a successor to Birmingham Medical School and Mason Science College . Birmingham was the first Redbrick university to gain a charter and thus...
, and Director from 1985-97 of Christian AidChristian AidChristian Aid is the official relief and development agency of 40 British and Irish churches and works to support sustainable development, alleviate poverty, support civil society and provide disaster relief in South America, the Caribbean, the Middle East, Africa and Asia... - Rt Rev David Wilcox, Bishop of DorkingBishop of DorkingThe Bishop of Dorking is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Guildford, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after the county town of Guildford in Surrey. Until 1927, the suffragan bishops had been appointed for the Diocese...
from 1986–95 - Frank Williamson, Chief Constable from 1963-7 of Cumbria ConstabularyCumbria ConstabularyCumbria Constabulary is the territorial police force in England covering Cumbria. It is currently the fifth-largest force in England and Wales in terms of geographic area but one of the smallest in terms of officer numbers. Given the force area's size and population of just under 500,000, it is...
See also
- Northampton High SchoolNorthampton High SchoolNorthampton High School is a private selective day school for girls in Hardingstone, Northampton, England.- Location :The school is about from Northampton town centre along the Newport Pagnell road which separates the school from Wootton.- History :The school was founded in 1878 by a committee of...
, independent school which was established to educate the town's girls. - Northampton School for GirlsNorthampton School For GirlsNorthampton School for Girls is a girls-only comprehensive secondary school in Northampton, England.In 2004, the school gained specialist Music College status, the first school in England to do so, and as a result provides a wide range of musical opportunities for both its students and the local...
, the state girls school.
External links
- Northampton School For Boys - official site
- Cripps Hall listing in The StageThe StageThe Stage is a weekly British newspaper founded in 1880, available nationally and published on Thursdays. Covering all areas of the entertainment industry but focused primarily on theatre, it contains news, reviews, opinion, features and other items of interest, mainly to those who work within the...
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