Bolton Grammar School
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| Established | ante 1516 |
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| Type | Independent school |
| Headmaster (Boys' Division) | Philip Britton |
| Headmistress (Girls' Division) | Sue Hincks |
| Chair of Governors | Michael Griffiths |
| Founder | Viscount Leverhulme |
| Location |
Chorley New Road Bolton BL1 4PA England 53°34′48″N 2°27′18″W / 53.579868°N 2.454865°WCoordinates: 53°34′48″N 2°27′18″W / 53.579868°N 2.454865°W |
| Students | 2400 (approx.) |
| Gender | Co-educational Nursery and Infant School, single sex Junior and Senior Schools |
| Ages | 0–18 |
| Former pupils | Old Girls' Association and Old Boltonians' Association |
| Boys' Division Motto |
Mutare Vel Timere Sperno (I scorn to change or to fear) |
| Girls' Division Motto | None |
| Website | www.boltonschool.org |
Bolton School is an independent day school in Bolton, Greater Manchester. It comprises a co-educational nursery, co-educational infant school (ages 5–7), single sex junior schools (ages 7–11) and single sex senior schools including sixth forms (ages 11–18). With almost 2,400 pupils, it is one of the largest independent day schools in the country.
Established as Bolton Grammar School, it is not known exactly when the boys' school was founded although it is recorded in 1516. In 1524, William Haigh of Wigan left land worth 33s 4d towards the maintenance of a schoolmaster to teach grammar in Bolton. In 1644, it was endowed by Robert Lever the start of a long relationship with the Lever name. During the 17th Century, the school moved from its original Tudor building to new premises beside the Parish Church in Bolton.
Bolton Girls' Day School was established on 1 October 1877 as one of the earliest public day schools for girls in the country. The schoolroom was in the Mechanics' Institute, and the first intake was 22 girls. The school was renamed Bolton High School for Girls and moved to the Park Road site in 1891. Its new building was opened by the suffragist Mrs Millicent Fawcett and the school had 67 girls on roll.
In 1899 Bolton Grammar School for Boys moved to its current location on Chorley New Road shortly after its amalgamation with Bolton High School for Boys. The move was made possible by Sir William Hesketh Lever. He had agreed to put up £5,000 and to be co-opted as a governor of the school in 1898 and a year later bought the freehold at Westbourne and offered it the school. He also financed the necessary building alternations. The school remained in these premises at Westbourne until 1932.
In 1906, Bolton High School for Girls and its headmistress, Olivia Dymond, were congratulated by inspectors for "exercising a good influence on the girlhood of Bolton, not only intellectually but in other ways, not less important in the formation of their characters." School uniform and compulsory games were introduced during Miss Drymond's tenure as headmistress.
In 1913, Sir William Hesketh Lever jointly endowed the Bolton Grammar School and the Bolton High School for Girls, on condition that they should be equal partners known as Bolton School (Girls' and Boys' Divisions). On 1 April 1915, the Bolton School Foundation formally came into existence.
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