King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys

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Grammar school voluntary aided school in Handsworth, Birmingham, West Midlands, England

King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School For Boys

Address

Grove Lane Handsworth Birmingham, West Midlands, B21 9ET England
Coordinates	52°30′17″N 1°56′00″W / 52.5046°N 1.9334°W / 52.5046; -1.9334
Information
Type	Grammar school voluntary aided school
Motto	'Haec olim meminisse luvabit'
Established	1862
Founder	Rev. James Merrick Guest M.A.
Local authority	Birmingham
Specialist	Maths & Computing
Department for Education URN	103549 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Head teacher	Dr Simon Bird
Gender	Boys (and girls in sixth form)
Age	11 to 18
Enrolment	936
Website	www.handsworth.bham.sch.uk

King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys, formerly and commonly Handsworth Grammar School, is an academy grammar school that admits boys from the age of eleven (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. King Edward Handsworth Grammar School is sometimes abbreviated as HGS. The headmaster is Dr Simon Bird.

In September 2017, the school was admitted into the Foundation of the Schools of King Edward VI, where it was renamed King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys.

The school has five houses: Henry, William, Nelson, Galahad and Alfred

The school has an illustrious history dating back to The Bridge Trust in the late 16th Century. In 1857 the trust gave permission to purchase land and establish a grammar school. In 1862 Mr Guest, the new headmaster opened the Bridge Trust School.

Notable former pupils

William McKay Aitken (born 1934), Scottish-born Indian writer and explorer, resident in the Himalayas since 1960
Kadeer Ali (born 1983), English cricketer
Ian Bateman (born 1961), British academic and Professor of Environmental Economics at the University of East Anglia
Sir David Cox (born 1924), British statistician
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
Eddie Hughes, Conservative Member of Parliament
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
John Tooze (born 1938), scientist
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
Adil Ray (born 1974), comedian
Corey Blackett-Taylor (born 1997), footballer for Aston Villa F.C.

References

"New Headteacher - King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School". King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School. 2012-09-10. Retrieved 2018-11-08.
Whinyates, David (2017-09-21). "See latest addition to King Edward VI Foundation". birminghammail. Retrieved 2017-10-22.
"House System - King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School". King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School. Retrieved 2018-11-02.
"Surrey Police Museum". Surrey Police. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2014.

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