The Crossley Heath School
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| Motto | Omne Bonum Ab Alto (All good things come from above) |
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| Established | 1985 (in current form) Heath Grammar School (1585) Crossley and Porter School (1887) |
| Type | Grammar academy |
| Headteacher | Wendy Moffat |
| Chair of Governors | S. Whitson |
| Location |
Savile Park Halifax West Yorkshire HX3 0HG England 53°42′42″N 1°52′41″W / 53.7116°N 1.878°WCoordinates: 53°42′42″N 1°52′41″W / 53.7116°N 1.878°W |
| Local authority | Calderdale Borough Council |
| DfE number | 381/5401 |
| DfE URN | 139182 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 1044 |
| Gender | Co-educational (Mixed) |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses | Porter Savile Kings Queens |
| Colours | Black and Gold |
| Website | The Crossley Heath School |
The Crossley Heath School is a mixed selective grammar school with academy status located on Skircoat Moor Road, Savile Park, Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, with 984 pupils aged from 11 to 18, and 214 students in its sixth form.
The Crossley Heath School was founded in 1985 as an amalgamation of the Crossley and Porter School and Heath Grammar School.
Heath Grammar School, Free School Lane, Halifax, West Yorkshire was founded in 1585 by Dr John Favour. Its full title was The Free Grammar School of Queen Elizabeth. Henry Farror and his brother gave 2 acres (8,100 m2) of land in Skircoat Green and personally obtained the school charter from Elizabeth I of England at his own expense. Dr Favour became the Vicar of Halifax in 1593.
In 1857 Frank (later Sir Francis Crossley, 1st Baronet) and John Crossley, of Dean Clough Mills, founded an orphanage through capital of £56,000 and a further endowment of £50,000. In 1887, after a gift of £50,000 from Thomas Porter, a Manchester yarn merchant, the orphanage was extended to include schooling. Over time, the need for an orphanage decreased and the school became a grammar school. The building was designed by John Hogg, a local architect.
At the time of the 1881 census, Head master William Cambridge Barber, assisted by a Matron, Head mistress, and 8 assistant masters and mistresses, presided over a population of 216 "scholar orphans." They included 84 girls and 132 boys, ranging in age from 7 to 16. They were mostly English born, but included a few Irish as well as children from as far away as Australia.
A Royal Charter of 31 January 1887, named the institution The Crossley and Porter Orphan Home and School. In 1919 the school was given royal permission to admit day pupils.
There were two sections - the Crossley and Porter Boys' School, with around 300 boys, and the Crossley and Porter Girls' School, with around 450 girls, administered by the County Borough of Halifax. In 1967, it became the co-educational Crossley and Porter School with around 800 girls and boys.
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