An engineering specialism within a grammar school
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| On Broadway Production 03.02.12 |
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| North Yorkshire Hockey Representation 24.01.12 |
| Ripon Grammar School Parents' Association Future Events 19.12.11 |
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| STUDY LEAVE DATES 2012 14.11.11 |
| Term Dates 2012/2013 01.11.11 |
| Have you heard of The RGS 200 Club? 31.10.11 |
| School Officers and Prefects 2011-12 06.05.11 |
| Girls Uniform List 01.04.11 |
| Uniform and Regulations 28.04.10 |
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| NEW CINEMA COMPLEX IN RIPON 03.02.12 |
| Information for fifth form parents regarding GCSE examinations 27.01.12 |
| NON-UNIFORM DAY THURSDAY, 23 FEBRUARY 2012 24.01.12 |
| L6th Higher Education and Career Planning 2012 23.01.12 |
| SPRING TERM NEWSLETTER 2012 11.01.12 |
| Head Lice 05.12.11 |
| Privacy Notice - Data Protection Act 1998 01.12.11 |
| End of Autumn Newsletter 11.11.11 |
| WE4 contract sixth form work experience July 2012 31.10.11 |
| Sixth Form Work Experience 05.10.11 |
| Work Experience 26.07.11 |
| Bewerley Park Outdoor Education Centre (26-30 March 2012) 11.07.11 |
| Extra Curricular School Sport 14.06.11 |
| NOTIFICATION OF ABSENCE FROM SCHOOL 19.05.11 |
| Communication with parents 05.05.11 |
| Summer Uniform for Girls 23.03.11 |
| Holiday/Term dates 2011-2012 13.01.11 |
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| 3rd Form Information Evening, 5.30pm 07.02.12 |
| Rugby, U14 XV (A) v Rossett, Harrogate 07.02.12 |
| 1st XV (A) v Queen Elizabeth 6th Form College, Darlington 08.02.12 |
| Hockey, U15 XI (A) v Rossett, Harrogate 09.02.12 |
| "On Broadway", musical theatre cabaret 09.02.12 |
| "On Broadway", musical theatre cabaret 10.02.12 |
| Ski Trip 10.02.12 |
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General Information
A short history of Ripon Grammar School
There has been a grammar school in Ripon since Anglo-Saxon times, when a school was attached to the Collegiate Church of St Wilfrid. The first recorded reference to the school dates from the Middle Ages and thereafter the history is well-documented. The current foundation dates from 1555 when Queen Mary and King Philip signed its charter. The school was required to provide a free education for the boys of Ripon, although the master also took in paying boarders. By the nineteenth century the school had outgrown its town centre buildings and so moved to its current location, to the west of Ripon.
The Marquess of Ripon provided the land with the main school building. Since then the buildings have gradually been extended, a process that still continues today. In the late nineteenth century the school was taken under local authority control and in the 1960s amalgamated with Ripon Girls’ High School. Notable former pupils include the theologian Bishop Beilby Porteus and the historian Bishop W. Stubbs. More recent pupils include the dress designer Bruce Oldfield, TV presenter Richard Hammond and journalist Katharine Viner.
