Adams' Grammar School is a state grammar school in Newport, Shropshire. Its name is sometimes abbreviated to AGS. A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom. ... A boarding school is an educational institution where some or all pupils not only study, but they also live, amongst their peers. ... The Church of England is the officially established Christian church[1] in England, and acts as the mother and senior branch of the worldwide Anglican Communion, as well as a founding member of the Porvoo Communion. ... // Events Mehmed Köprülü becomes Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire. ... Map sources for Newport at grid reference SJ7419 Newport is a market town in Shropshire, England, some 6 miles north of Telford. ... Shropshire (alternatively Salop or abbreviated Shrops) is a county in the West Midlands of England. ... Telford and Wrekin is a unitary district with borough status in the West Midlands region of England. ... A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom. ... Map sources for Newport at grid reference SJ7419 Newport is a market town in Shropshire, England, some 6 miles north of Telford. ... Shropshire (alternatively Salop or abbreviated Shrops) is a county in the West Midlands of England. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Background

Adams' is a selective state school which admits both boarding and day pupils, and is a specialist technology college. The school, including the sixth form, has approximately 800 pupils (750 boys, 50 girls). The school educates only boys in Years 7 to 11 (ages 11 to 16), while the Sixth Form (ages 16 to 18) is mixed. The Haberdashers are still important in the running of the school: they provide some of the school's funding and have representatives in its governing body. This influence was significant in warding off a number of closure attempts by a largely hostile local authority in the 1980s, which ceased when the school moved to Voluntary Aided status. A boarding school is an educational institution where some or all pupils not only study, but they also live, amongst their peers. ... England, Wales, Northern Ireland The sixth form, in the English, Welsh and Northern Irish education systems, is the term used to refer to the final two years of secondary schooling (when students are about sixteen to eighteen years of age), during which students normally prepare for their GCE A-level... Coeducation is the integrated education of men and women at the same school facilities. ... The Worshipful Company of Haberdashers is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London. ...

School life

Front of Adams' Grammar School

The school is divided into four houses for competitive and pastoral purposes. These are named after notable Salopians: The front of the oldest building of Adams Grammar School as seen from Newport High Street. ... The front of the oldest building of Adams Grammar School as seen from Newport High Street. ... The House System is a traditional feature of British schools, similar to the collegiate system of a university. ... Shropshire (abbreviated Salop or Salops) is a county in the West Midlands of England, bordering Cheshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire, and the Welsh preserved counties of Powys and Clwyd. ...

Clive House is named after Clive of India. Its colour is red, and it is represented by an elephant. Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive Another Robert Clive was formerly British ambassador to Japan. ...

Darwin House takes its name from Charles Darwin. Its unofficial coat-of-arms has depicted variously a lion and Darwin's head, and its colour is royal blue. For other people of the same surname, and places and things named after Charles Darwin, see Darwin. ...

Talbot House is named for John Talbot. It is represented by black and white, and its coat of arms, though it has varied, generally includes a dog (although not always a Talbot Hound). The Talbot House motto is forte et fidele, translating to 'strength and faithfulness'. John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (1384/90 – 17 July 1453) was an important English military commander during the Hundred Years War. ...

Webb House, the youngest of the houses, comes from Captain Matthew Webb. It is given an emerald green. Captain Matthew Webb (19 January 1848 – 24 July 1883) was the first person to swim the English Channel without the use of artificial aids. ...

Highlights of the school year include the Smedley and Dixon (rugby and drama) Cups: the inter-house rugby and interhouse drama competitions respectively. The school also has a number of clubs and societies. Examples are Army, Royal Navy and RAF CCF sections. Notable sports include rugby, hockey and cross country, whilst other societies include biology, drama, Further Mathematics and chess clubs as well as the Christian Union and The Adams Grammar School Arts and Debating Society. A rugby union scrum. ... The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore the Senior Service). ... The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. ... The Combined Cadet Force (CCF) is a Ministry of Defence sponsored youth organisation in the United Kingdom. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... Further Mathematics is the title given to a number of advanced secondary mathematics courses. ... Chess is a recreational and competitive game for two players. ...

Since 1993, the Headmaster has been Mr J.M. Richardson. His deputies are headmasters are Mr M. Warren-Smith (who was formerly head of Darwin House and Religious Studies) and Mr M.J. Barratt.

The school is known for producing people who have problems fitting in everywhere they go, these losers lack all social skills and possess very little interests

History

Adams' was founded in 1656 by William Adams, a wealthy citizen of the City of London and a haberdasher who was born in the town. It was opened on March 25, 1657. // Events Mehmed Köprülü becomes Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire. ... William Adams was a 17th Century London Haberdasher born in Newport, Shropshire, who founded Adams Grammar School in 1656. ... The City of London is a geographically-small city within Greater London, England. ... is the 84th day of the year (85th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events January 8 - Miles Sindercombe, would-be-assassin of Oliver Cromwell, and his group are captured in London February - Admiral Robert Blake defeats the Spanish West Indian Fleet in a battle over the seizure of Jamaica. ...

The school, under the headmastership of Reverend Samuel Lea MA, turned down the services of Dr. Samuel Johnson, later to be the pre-eminent scholar of the 18th century, who wrote one of the first English dictionaries. For other persons named Samuel Johnson, see Samuel Johnson (disambiguation). ...

Charles Dickens (1812- 1870) stayed at the Bear Hotel, now called Beaumaris House, that forms part of the school's Boarding House. Chetwynd House was formerly the home of Elizabeth Parker, the recluse after whom Dickens modelled Miss Havisham in Great Expectations (1861). Dickens redirects here. ... For other uses, see Great Expectations (disambiguation). ...

Previous Heads

A notable former headmaster is Alec Peterson, who created the International Baccalaureate, headed the Education Studies Department at Oxford University and also ran military intelligence in southeast Asia following World War two. Alec Peterson (1908 - 1988) was a British teacher and headmaster of Dover College, greatly responsible for the birth of the International Baccalaureate educational system. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into International Baccalaureate Organization. ...

Another former headmaster is David Taylor, who wrote a history of the school (listed below as a reference).

Tom Collins MA, was a victorian Headmaster noted for his scholarship in the field of Classics and was the author of a number of books on the subject.

Rev. Samuel Lea MA is noted in the various biographies of Dr.Samuel Johnson for refusing to employ the then young scholar. Johnson was later "immensely pleased" that Lea said it was his greatest claim to fame that he almost taught Johnson. For other persons named Samuel Johnson, see Samuel Johnson (disambiguation). ...

Rev. Charles Saxton, DD headmaster from 1846 - 1870 was also a theological scholar and published several times in that field.

Previous Houses

Prior to the adoption of house names based on celebrated Salopians referred to in the section above, various houses have been in use at Adams. The last form before the present took the names of the areas to the north and south of the town, Chetwynd and Aston respectively, for 'dayboys', and School for the boarders (in the centre), merging two separate boarding houses as the number of boarders declined in the 1980s. This system was abandoned because it was thought that the houses should mix day and boarding pupils.

Notable alumni

Former pupils are known as "Old Novaportans" (initiated as "ON").

• Simon Bates (born 1947) – Radio disc jockey
• Michael J. Bassett Film Director and scriptwriter
• Barrington J. Bayley (born 1937) – Science fiction author
• Tom Brown (1662-1704) – Satirist
• Robert Charnock (1663-1696) – Conspirator who planned to kill King William III
• Jeremy Corbyn (born 1949) – Labour Party MP
• William Cureton (1808-1864) – Orientalist
• Ben Day – Radio DJ on 106.5/107.1 The Severn
• Ewen Henderson (1934-2000) – Sculptor
• Thomas Hollis (1720-1774) – Benefactor of Harvard and political propagandist
• Keith Jones – Dean of York since 2004
• General Sir George Colt Langley KCB (1810-1896)
• Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge (1851-1940) – Invented the electrical spark ignition for the internal combustion engine and was the first principal of Birmingham University.
• Thomas Parker (1666-1732) Lord Chancellor from 1714 to 1725 & the last non-royal to act as Sovereign in British political history (11 years later he was impeached for corruption).
• Thomas Percy (1729-1811) – Bishop of Dromore, poet, editor of Tatler and Spectator, author of the Reliques of Ancient English Poetry
• Peter Price (politician), Conservative MEP from 1979-1994
• James E. Quibell (1867 - 1935) – leading British Egyptologist
• Matthew Smith – 17th-century spy, intriguer and writer
• Professor Maurice Stacey (1907-1994) – Worked alongside Sir Norman Haworth to artificially synthesize Vitamin C

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See also

• Longford Hall - junior boarding house and sports fields owned by the school, about one mile away from the main school site, in the village of Longford.
• Ryan Palmer - Maths teacher and chess champion.

Longford Hall is a large country house in Longford, a village in Shropshire near the town of Newport, built in 1785 for Ralph Leeke, designed by Joseph Bonomi (1739-1808), who had worked with Robert and James Adam. ... Shropshire has two villages called Longford - one is near the town of Market Drayton and the other is near the town of Newport. ... Ryan Palmer is a chess player of Jamaican origin; he was the Jamaican National Champion in 1992 [1]. He now teaches mathematics at Adams Grammar School in Newport, Shropshire. ...

External links

• Adams' Grammar School website
• Adams' Grammar School's most recent OFSTED report

References

• Taylor D, Taylor R (2002) Mr. Adams' Free Grammar School. Philimore: London. (ISBN 1-86077-221-8)

Note, Taylor D is a former headmaster of AGS.