Richard Hale School
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| Motto |
Doctrina cvm virtvte (Learnedness with virtue) |
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| Established | 16 April 1617 |
| Type | Academy |
| Religion | All |
| Headteacher | Mr Stephen Neate |
| Chair of Governors | Mr S Goodair |
| Founder | Richard Hale |
| Location |
Hale Road Hertford SG13 8EN England Coordinates: 51°47′33″N 0°04′40″W / 51.79246°N 0.07769°W |
| DfE number | 919/4006 |
| DfE URN | 139873 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports Pre-academy reports |
| Students | 995 |
| Gender | Male (and Coeducational 6th form) |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses | Cowper, Croft, Hale, Kinman, Page, Wallace |
| Publication | Hale News |
| Website | www |
Richard Hale School is a boys' secondary school with academy status, located in Hertford in the south east of England. In the 2014 – 2015 academic year the school had over 1,000 pupils, including students attending the optional sixth form, which is also open to girls.
The school was founded as "Richard Hale's School" on April 16, 1617 by the affluent merchant Richard Hale, who wished to "erect a grammar school for the instruction of children in the Latin tongue and other literature in the town of Hertford". The original school building was in use for 313 years from 1617 to 1930, and still stands near to All Saints' Church. For most of its life the school was known as the "Hertford Grammar School" until 1967, when it was renamed to coincide with the 350th anniversary.
It began the transition to a comprehensive school in 1975, a process completed when the last grammar intake left in 1981. New buildings, including the gym, were built in 1982 and the Sixth form centre from 2009-11. It became a science college in 2003, a foundation school in 2008, and converted to academy status on 1 July 2013.
Hale gave his name to one of the five original houses of the school. The remaining four were named after the school benefactors Francis Earl Cowper KG and Richard Benyon Croft; and former pupils Lieutenant-Colonel Frank Page, DSO and bar, and the evolutionary biologist Alfred Russel Wallace. These five houses remained for several decades until a sixth house called "Kinman" was added to the growing school, named after the headteacher Major George Kinman who organised the school's move in 1930. This house was for the boys who were previously in an overflow form, and not grouped together with their other house mates. House competition is an integral part of school life at Richard Hale, with competitions taking place not only on the sports fields, but on the stage in both music and drama.
The school is a science academy and has an interest in the scientific development of its pupils. On 26 April, the school successfully sent a balloon up to the edge of space.
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