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The school was founded as Archbishop Holgate's Grammar School in 1546 by Robert Holgate, the then Archbishop of York.The link between the school and successive Archbishops of York has been continuous throughout the school's history, [1] and as recently as 2004, the Archbishop of York held the post of Chair of Governors for the school.
Robert Holgate (1481/1482 – 1555) was Bishop of Llandaff from 1537 and then Archbishop of York (from 1545 to 1554). He recognised Henry VIII as head of the Church of England . Holgate was a canon of the Gilbertine Order , and was probably educated at the Gilbertine house ( St Edmund's Priory ) at Cambridge .
Archbishop Holgate's School, York (1546) Colyton Grammar School (1546) King James's School, Almondbury (1547) Malton School (1547) Queen Elizabeth's School, Crediton founded as 'The Kyng's Newe Gramer Scole of Credyton' (1547) Bradford Grammar School (1548) Magdalen College School, Brackley (1548) Maidstone Grammar School (1549) Kirkham Grammar ...
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Holgate School was 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 ...
The school was awarded specialist science status in 2004, with four new science laboratories built as part of the status. A £2.4 million community sports hall was opened on the school site by the Archbishop of York, John Sentamu, in February 2011. Usage is shared between the school during the day and the community in the evening.
Summer Term runs from Easter to mid-July (half term ends in late May/early June). At the end of each half-term a holiday lasts about one week (usually nine full days, including two weekends), although in the autumn term, some schools give students two week long holidays (16 full days, including 3 weekends) to account for the term being longer ...
The school, under the name Trinity Lane (or York) Quaker Girls' School, was founded in 1785 by Yorkshire Quaker, Esther Tuke, wife of William Tuke. [4] [5]In 1831, Esther and William's grandson Samuel Tuke, along with William Alexander, Thomas Backhouse and Joseph Rowntree, moved the school to Castlegate House with Hannah Brady registered as the superintendent (1831–42). [4]