Holgate School, Barnsley
| Motto | Fortiter Occupa Portam (Bravely hold the gate)[nb 1] |
|---|---|
| Established | 1546 |
| Closed | 2012 |
| Type | Voluntary controlled school |
| Head Teacher | Mr Manderson and Mr Haynes |
| Chair of Governors | Kay Thompson |
| Founder | Robert Holgate, Archbishop of York |
| Location | Shaw Lane Barnsley South Yorkshire S70 6EP England  Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Local authority | Barnsley |
| DfE number | ???/4500 |
| DfE URN | 106657 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 952 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 11–16 |
| Colours | black, green, silver |
| Former name | Holgate Grammar School |
| Website | School Website |
Holgate School was a state school in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. It was closed in 2012, when it was merged with The Kingstone School to form Horizon Community College.
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Admissions
It was awarded the status of Sports College in 2005 for its attention to sporting achievements.
History
Holgate School was originally founded in 1546 in Hemsworth by Robert Holgate, the Archbishop of York. In 1888 it was re-organised and moved to Barnsley, South Yorkshire.[1] The grammar school had 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 Parkinson said that Barnsley Grammar School was to his education what myxomatosis was to rabbits. But he actually owes everything he ever achieved to having attended the school. As a Cudworth lad he would never have got a job on the Barnsley Chronicle or South Yorkshire Times but for being a Holgate boy.
Comprehensive
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
It got GCSE results under the England average but about average for Barnsley. Like all schools in Barnsley, except the Barnsley Academy, it had no sixth form, with A levels taken at Barnsley College.
Notable alumni
- Sam Nixon - a UK pop singer and television presenter
- Azeem Rafiq, cricketer
Barnsley and District Holgate Grammar School
- Frank Atkinson CBE, Director from 1970-87 of Beamish Museum, President from 1974-5 of the Museums Association
- Denis Barker, former BP executive
- Sir Stuart Burgess CBE, Chairman from 1995-2004 of Finsbury Worldwide Pharmaceutical
- Donald Chapman, Baron Northfield, Labour MP from 1951-70 for Birmingham Northfield
- Prof Norman Chapman, G. F. Grant Professor of Chemistry from 1956-92 at the University of Hull
- Prof Gordon Cherry, Professor of Urban and Regional Planning from 1976-91 at the University of Birmingham
- Prof Donald Davie, poet
- Brian Fieldhouse, Chief Executive from 1990-5 of West Sussex County Council
- Brian Glover - actor
- Michael Green, Controller from 1986-96 of BBC Radio 4, and Chairman from 1990-5 of the Radio Academy
- Jimmy Greenhoff, and his brother Brian, footabllers
- Harry Hill, Chief Executive from 1998-2007 of Countrywide plc, and founded Rightmove in 2000
- Sir Ronald Holroyd, former ICI executive
- Eric Illsley, former Labour MP from 1987-2011 for Barnsley Central, sentenced to 12 months in February 2011
- Tom Johnson (footballer)
- John Malcolm, actor
- Martyn Moxon - Director of Pro Cricket at Yorkshire CCC
- Sir Michael Parkinson - an English broadcaster and journalist
- Jack Pickering, footballer
- William Prior CBE, Chairman from 1979-84 of the Yorkshire Electricity Board
- Paul Quinn - lead guitarist of Saxon
- Neil Rhodes, Chief Constable since 2012 of Lincolnshire Police
- Stan Richards, actor best known for playing the role of Seth Armstrong in the soap opera Emmerdale from 1978-2004
- Denis Roberts, former Managing Director at the GPO, and Chairman from 1981-85 of the British Philatelic Trust
- Dave Rollitt, rugby union player
- Prof Harry Rothwell, Professor of History from 1945-68 at the University of Southampton
- Rev Canon Geoffrey Shaw, Principal from 1979-89 at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford
- William Taylor CBE, Conservative MP from 1950-64 for Bradford North
- Howard Thackstone, Chief General Manager from 1962-6 of Midland Bank
- Norman West, Labour MEP from 1984-98 for Yorkshire South
- David Woodhall CBE, Chief Executive from 1982-92 of the Commission for New Towns (became English Partnerships)
- George Wright (bishop),
Former teachers
- Peter Dews (director), theatre director (taught 1952-3)
- Joseph Soar MBE, Organist and Master of the Choristers from 1952-54 at St David's Cathedral (taught Music from 1904-15)
See also
References
- Notes
- ↑ A pun referring to the founder, Robert Holgate.
- Footnotes
