Read School, Drax
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| Motto |
Mundana Gloria Vana (Latin for "Earthly glory is in vain") |
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| Established | 1667 |
| Type | Independent school |
| Head | Dr John Sweetman |
| Founder | Charles Reade |
| Location |
Selby North Yorkshire YO8 8NL England 53°43′56″N 0°58′31″W / 53.732308°N 0.975181°WCoordinates: 53°43′56″N 0°58′31″W / 53.732308°N 0.975181°W |
| Ages | 3–18 |
| Houses | Dragon, Phoenix and Unicorn |
| Colours | Green and Gold |
| Website | The Read School, Drax |
The Read School is a boarding, day, and independent school, based in the rural village of Drax, near Selby, North Yorkshire. Formerly a boys' school, it became co-educational in 1996. As of 2010 it hosts approximately 350 boys and girls between the ages of 3-18, comprising a senior school of approximately 280 and a junior school of around 70 children.
Drax grammar school was founded in 1667 by Charles Reade, who wanted boys from poor families to be able to "read, write and cast accounts" and to teach them "Latin, Greek and Hebrew and other languages as occasion should require".
With the national move to non-selective comprehensive education in the 1960s, the then-voluntary aided grammar school converted to full independence in 1967.
Reade was a shipping magnate based in the nearby port city of Kingston upon Hull. Originally from Darlton in Nottinghamshire, Reade's will also endowed grammar schools at Tuxford, Notts and Corby Glen, Lincolnshire. Only the school at Drax survives into the present day, however the comprehensive school in Corby Glen has carried the name Charles Read High School since 1999.
The school prayer asks students to remember Charles Reade 'and all other our benefactors'.
Since the demolition of Adamson House at the west end of the village, which has previously served as the junior school and since becoming co-educational the girls boarding facilities, all facilities are located on the one remaining campus at the east end of the village.
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