Holgate School, Barnsley
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| Holgate School Sports College | |
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| Address | |
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Shaw Lane ,, S70 6EP England | |
| Coordinates | 53°33′01″N1°29′41″W/ 53.55035°N 1.49463°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Voluntary controlled school |
| Motto | Fortiter Occupa Portam (Bravely hold the gate)[nb 1] |
| Established | 1546 |
| Founder | Robert Holgate,Archbishop of York |
| Closed | 2012 |
| Local authority | Barnsley |
| Specialist | Sports |
| Department for EducationURN | 106657Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Chair of Governors | Kay Thompson |
| Head Teacher | Mr Manderson and Mr Haynes |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Age | 11 to 16 |
| Enrolment | 952 |
| Colour(s) | Black, green, silver |
| Former name | Holgate Grammar School |
| Website | holgatessc |
Holgate Schoolwas astate schoolinBarnsley, South Yorkshire,England. It was closed in 2012, when it was merged withThe Kingstone Schoolto formHorizon Community College.After Holgate closed, it was demolished and the site was turned into a car park forHorizon Community College.
Admissions
[edit]The school was awarded the status of Sports College in 2005 for its attention to sporting achievements.
History
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Holgate School was founded in 1546 in Hemsworth byRobert Holgate,the Archbishop of York. In 1888 it was re-organised and moved to Barnsley, South Yorkshire.[1]Thegrammar schoolhad around 850 boys and moved to its present site in 1912. The school has now closed due to the conjoining of the two Barnsley schools Holgate and Kingstone, coming together to form Horizon Community College.
In January 1981,Michael Parkinsonsaid thatBarnsley Grammar School was to his education whatmyxomatosiswas to rabbits.[2]
Comprehensive
[edit]In 1978 it became a fully co-educational comprehensive school, having first admitted its first comprehensive first year intake in 1973. The sixth form went soon after, in 1980.
Academic performance
[edit]It got GCSE results under the England average but about average for Barnsley. Like all schools in Barnsley, except theBarnsley Academy,it had no sixth form, with A levels taken atBarnsley College.
Notable alumni
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- Sam Nixon- a UK pop singer andtelevision presenter
- Azeem Rafiq,cricketer
Barnsley and District Holgate Grammar School
[edit]- Frank AtkinsonCBE, Director from 1970 to 1987 ofBeamish Museum,President from 1974 to 1975 of theMuseums Association
- Denis Barker, former BP executive
- Frederick Woodward Branson,X-ray pioneer
- SirStuart BurgessCBE, Chairman from 1995 to 2004 ofFinsbury Worldwide Pharmaceutical
- Dave Burland,folk singer
- Donald Chapman, Baron Northfield,Labour MP from 1951 to 1970 forBirmingham Northfield
- Prof Norman Chapman, G. F. Grant Professor of Chemistry from 1956 to 1992 at theUniversity of Hull
- Prof Gordon Cherry, Professor of Urban and Regional Planning from 1976 to 1991 at theUniversity of Birmingham
- Prof John Coyne CBE, Vice Chancellor from 2004 to 2015 of theUniversity of Derby,Chairman since 2017 ofBritish Canoeing
- ProfDonald Davie,poet
- Brian Fieldhouse, Chief Executive from 1990 to 1995 ofWest SussexCounty Council
- Brian Glover,actor
- Michael Green,Controller from 1986 to 1996 ofBBC Radio 4,and Chairman from 1990 to 1995 of theRadio Academy
- Jimmy Greenhoff,and his brotherBrian,footballers
- ProfAlan HallFRS, Director of Cell Biology from 2006 to 2015 at theMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- Harry Hill,Chief Executive from 1998 to 2007 ofCountrywideplc, and foundedRightmovein 2000
- SirRonald HolroydFRS, former ICI executive, President in 1965 of theSociety of Chemical Industry
- Flight SergeantDavid Horsfall (16 April 1920 - 17 May 1943), who flew on theDambusters Raidas a Flight Engineer inLancasterAJ-A with pilotSquadron LeaderDinghy YoungDFC; the aircraft was the fourth to bomb theMöhne Dam,but was hit by flak when returning near the Dutch coast atCastricum aan Zee;he is buried atBergenGeneral Cemetery
- Eric Illsley,LabourMPfrom 1987 to 2011 forBarnsley Central,
- Tom Johnson,footballer
- John Malcolm,actor
- Martyn Moxon,Director of Pro Cricket at Yorkshire CCC,Yorkshireand England cricketer
- SirMichael Parkinson,broadcasterand journalist
- Jack Pickering,footballer
- William Prior CBE, Chairman from 1979 to 1984 of theYorkshire Electricity Board
- Paul Quinn, lead guitarist ofSaxon
- William Rayner,novelist
- Neil Rhodes,Chief Constable from 2012 to 2017 ofLincolnshire Police
- Stan Richards,actor best known for playing the role ofSeth Armstrongin the soap operaEmmerdalefrom 1978 to 2004
- Denis Roberts, former Managing Director at theGPO,and Chairman from 1981 to 1985 of theBritish Philatelic Trust
- Dave Rollitt,rugby union player
- Prof Harry Rothwell, Professor of History from 1945 to 1968 at theUniversity of Southampton
- Rev Canon Geoffrey Shaw, Principal from 1979 to 1989 atWycliffe Hall, Oxford
- William TaylorCBE, Conservative MP from 1950 to 1964 forBradford North
- Howard Thackstone, Chief General Manager from 1962 to 1966 ofMidland Bank
- Norman West,Labour MEP from 1984 to 1998 forYorkshire South
- David Woodhall CBE, Chief Executive from 1982 to 1992 of the Commission for New Towns (becameEnglish Partnerships)
- George Wright (bishop),Anglican Bishop of Sierra Leone
Former teachers
[edit]- Peter Dews (director),theatre director (taught 1952-3)
- Joseph Soar MBE, Organist and Master of the Choristers from 1952 to 1954 atSt David's Cathedral(taught Music from 1904 to 1915)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Notes
- ^A pun referring to the founder, Robert Holgate.
- Footnotes
- ^"Holgate School Sports College Barnsley: General Information", Schools Net
- ^Michael Parkinson (14 May 2009).Parky - My Autobiography: My Autobiography.Hodder & Stoughton. pp. 45–.ISBN978-1-84456-900-7.