Hele's School, Exeter
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| Motto |
Tentando Superabimus ("By braving, we shall overcome") |
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| Established | 1850 |
| Type | Grammar School Comprehensive School |
| Founder | from a bequest of Elize Hele |
| Location |
Hele Road (1850 to 1959) Quarry Lane (1959 to 1983) Quarry Lane (as St Peters 1983-) Exeter Devon EX2 5AP England  Coordinates: 50°43′41″N 3°32′17″W / 50.728°N 3.538°W |
| Local authority |
Exeter City Council to 1973 Devon County Council from 1973 |
| Gender | Boys |
| Ages | 11–18 (until 1973) 16 (from 1973) |
| Houses | Christie, Drake, Reynolds, Scott, Weston |
Hele's School was a boys' grammar school, and latterly a comprehensive school, in the city of Exeter, Devon, England.
Elize Hele was born in 1560 at Winston Manor near Plympton, Devon. He was a lawyer of the Inner Temple in London, had been treasurer to James I and was a major property owner in South and West Devon. Following the death of his only child, Walter, at the age of 11, Hele decided to bequeath a number of his estates for “some godly purposes and charitable uses”. He died in 1635 and was buried in Exeter Cathedral.
In 1656 his trustees, Sir John Maynard and Elize Stert apportioned money for the foundation of the Blue Maid's Hospital (later renamed The Maynard School) and, in 1658 for the establishment of Hele's School in Plympton.
For nearly 200 years, the immediate descendants of Sir J. Maynard received the remaining income from the bequest and distributed it to private charities as they thought fit Legal proceedings resulted in depriving the descendant of Sir J. Maynard (the surviving trustee) of all control over the funds, which were thereupon vested in the Crown.
The Government made to the inhabitants of Exeter a grant of £1500 for the building of a boys' school, with a further £300 a year for its continual maintenance.
Hele’s Endowed School opened on 15 January 1850 in Hele Road, St David’s Exeter with a capacity for 88 boys who received instruction in reading, writing, arithmetic, mathematics, English grammar and history. Those under 10 years old paid 21s, and those over 42s per year.
The school buildings were extended in 1909 and in 1921 it came under the control of Exeter City Council. In 1931, further new buildings were added, designed by the City Architect. In 1938 plans were mooted to relocate the school to Quarry Lane in Heavitree, but these were put in abeyance due to the Second World War.
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