Hymers College
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| Motto | High Merit, High Reward |
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| Established | 1893 |
| Type |
Co-educational independent day school Public School |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Headmaster | Mr David C. Elstone |
| Deputy Headmaster (Management) | Mr A. N. Holman |
| Deputy Headmaster (Pastoral) | Mrs H. Jackson |
| Headmaster (Junior School) | Mr P. C. Doyle |
| Chairman of Governors | Mr M. de V. Roberts |
| Founder | The Revd John Hymers JP DD FRS |
| Location |
Hymers Avenue Kingston upon Hull East Riding of Yorkshire HU3 1LW England Coordinates: 53°44′54″N 0°21′54″W / 53.748401°N 0.365094°W |
| Local authority | Hull City Council |
| DfE number | 810/6001 |
| DfE URN | 118131 Tables |
| Staff | 105 teaching, 20 support |
| Students | ~950 |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Ages | 8–18 |
| Houses | Brandesburton, Gore, Holderness and Trinity |
| Colours | Junior School Senior School Old Hymerian |
| Publication | The Hymerian |
| Former pupils | Old Hymerians |
| Endowed | 1887 |
| Affiliations |
HMC Hessle Mount School Froebel House School |
| Website | Hymers College Official Website |
Hymers College is a co-educational independent school day school in Kingston upon Hull, located on the site of the old Botanical Gardens. It is one of the leading schools in East Yorkshire and is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference.
The school was founded following the death of The Revd John Hymers in 1887, who left a substantial sum in his will for the founding of a boys' school "for the training of intelligence in whatever social rank of life it may be found among the vast and varied population of the town and port of Hull". Construction of the buildings was completed in 1893, and the first pupils arrived in September of that year. The school expanded to include girls incrementally from the 1970s, becoming fully co-educational in 1989.
Presently, Hymers educates about 950 pupils of ages 8 to 18 across the Junior and Senior Schools, with about 100 members of teaching staff. The two major intakes of pupils are at age 8, into Year 4, and age 11, into Year 7. Additionally, some pupils enter at 14, into Year 10, and some at 16, into the Sixth Form. Admissions to the school are based on an examination and interview, or a system of academic tracking from ages 5 to 8 in its associated preparatory school, Hessle Mount in East Yorkshire.
Old Hymerians include several prominent sportspeople, diplomats, and academics, including the physicist Dr Edward Milne MBE FRS, who worked on the problem of the expanding universe, alongside Albert Einstein.
Hymers College was founded by the mathematician, John Hymers, left some of his property to the mayor and corporation of Hull in his will of 24 August 1885. The property was to provide for the foundation of a grammar school, "for the training of intelligence in whatever social rank of life it may be found among the vast and varied population of the Town." Although an obscurity in the wording of the will rendered the bequest invalid, his brother and heir, Robert Hymers, voluntarily granted the sum of £50,000 to establish the school.
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