Handsworth Grammar School

Handsworth Grammar School

Motto	'Haec olim meminisse iuvabit'
Established	1862
Type	Grammar school voluntary aided school
Headteacher	Mr Simon Bird
Founder	Rev. James Merrick Guest M.A.
Location	Grove Lane Handsworth Birmingham West Midlands B21 9ET England
Local authority	Birmingham
DfE number	330/5402
DfE URN	103549 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Students	936
Gender	Boys (and Girls in sixth form)
Ages	11–18
Website	Handsworth Grammar School

Handsworth Grammar School is voluntary aided grammar school that admits boys from the age of eleven and boys (as well as girls in the sixth form, since September 1997). The school was founded in 1862 and is located in Handsworth, Birmingham, England. it is situated just off the A41, near the junction with the A4040. Handsworth Grammar School is sometimes abbreviated as HGS.

Notable former pupils

See also: Category:People educated at Handsworth Grammar School

• Kadeer Ali (born 1983), English cricketer
• Ian Bateman (born 1961), British academic and Professor of Environmental Economics at the University of East Anglia
• Nigel Fortune (1924-2009), British scholar of music
• Denis Howell, Baron Howell (1923-1998), British Labour Party politician, Member of Parliament (MP), and life peer
• Mark Rowley, senior British police officer
• Siôn Simon (born 1968), British Labour Party politician, Member of Parliament (MP) from 2001 to 2010, Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2014
• Robert Weir (born 1961), English discus and hammer thrower
• Harry B. Whittington (1916-2010), British palaeontologist and academic, Woodwardian Professor of Geology at the University of Cambridge from 1966 to 1983
• Joe Wilson (1861-1952), English footballer

External links

• Official website
• EduBase
• Ofsted inspection report February 2002
• Ofsted inspection report October 2009