Derby Grammar School
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| Motto |
Vita sine litteris mors Latin Life without learning is death |
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| Established | 1160 (reformed 1995) |
| Type | Independent |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Headmaster | Mr Richard Paine |
| Location |
Littleover, Derby Derbyshire DE23 4BX England |
| Staff | 45 (approx.) |
| Students | 300 (approx.) |
| Gender | Boys; Coeducational Sixth Form |
| Ages | 7–18 |
| Houses | Atkinson, Bemrose, Blackton, Derby |
| Colours | Green & navy blue |
| Chairman of Governors | Sir Nigel Rudd FCA DL |
| Visitors | The Bishop of Derby, The Duke of Devonshire |
| Former pupils | Old Derbeians |
| Website | derbygrammar |
Derby Grammar School is a selective independent school in Littleover near the city of Derby, England. Refounded as a reincarnation of Derby School in 1995, it takes boys aged 7–18 and girls aged 16–18; it currently has around three hundred pupils. The Sixth Form has been co-educational since September 2007. Although only recently formed, Derby Grammar School aims to continue the ethos, tradition and spirit of Derby School.
The school is an affiliate member of the Woodard Corporation and is academically selective, admitting those within the top twenty-five percent of the ability range.
The school occupies Rykneld Hall, a Grade II listed 18th century country house at Littleover, built as a private residence in 1780 and used as a hospital through the later 20th Century. After conversion, the school was opened by Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester, in 1995.
Teaching buildings for Humanities, Sciences, Design and Technology, and Arts have been added to the site, along with the main school hall, which is linked with the old quadrangle and contains a stage and an organ, with an attached kitchen. The new block, called the Bagshaw Building, was opened by the Duke of Devonshire in the year 2000. A new cricket pavilion has also recently been built.
The woodland, mature trees, grassland, and water areas in the school's grounds are designated as Wildlife Site 38 and safeguarded in the City of Derby's Local Plan, Policy E4 (Nature Conservation). Such sites are "considered irreplaceable".
New school playing fields, located a short distance away from the main site, were officially opened in September 2006 by the England and British and Irish Lions rugby player Sir Clive Woodward.
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