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Hipperholme Grammar School

Hipperholme Grammar School
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Motto Doctrina Fortior Armis
(Latin: The pen is mightier than the sword)
Established 1648
Type Independent school
Religion Church of England
Headmaster J. D. Williams
Chair of Governors Chris Redfearn
Location Bramley Lane
Hipperholme
Halifax

West Yorkshire
HX3 8JE
England
Coordinates: 53°43′43″N 1°48′48″W / 53.728489°N 1.813201°W / 53.728489; -1.813201
DfE URN 107585 Tables
Staff 51
Students 371
Gender Mixed
Ages 3–18
Houses Sunderland, Lister and Broadley
Colours Red and blue
Publication The Broadelian
Website www.hgsf.org.uk

Hipperholme Grammar School is an independent grammar school in Hipperholme (near Halifax), West Yorkshire, England. It educates pupils between the ages of 3 and 18.

The Hipperholme Grammar Junior School was formerly known as Lightcliffe Preparatory School

The school has it origins in 1529 within the chantry chapel of the nearby village of Coley. In 1648 (the date the school classes as its founding year) Matthew Broadley, paymaster to Charles I, endowed a large sum of money to build a school on land donated by Samuel Sunderland of Coley Hall; the school opened its doors on its current site in 1661. Two of the current school houses, Broadley and Sunderland, are named after the founders.

In 1783 a new school hall was constructed, designed by Longbottom. Originally an all-boys school, it became independent (ISA, AGBIS) in the 1980s and began admitting girls at the same time.



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