Arnold School is a public school located in Blackpool, Lancashire, England on the Fylde coast, and a member of HMC. An independent school or private school in the United Kingdom is a school relying for all of its funding upon private sources. ... It has been suggested that South Shore, Blackpool be merged into this article or section. ... Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto)1 Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Monarch Queen Elizabeth II... The Headmasters and Headmistresses Conference (HMC) is an association of the headmasters or headmistressess of 242 leading day and boarding independent boys and coeducational schools in the United Kingdom, Crown dependencies and the Republic of Ireland. ...

History

Arnold School was founded by Frank Truswell Pennington on 4 May 1896. Known initially as South Shore Collegiate School, the school moved to its present site in Lytham Road when Pennington took over and gradually, expanded the buildings of an earlier Victorian School. He then adopted the former school's name of Arnold House School, named after Dr Thomas Arnold, Headmaster of Rugby School. The name was later amended to Arnold School.^[1] is the 124th day of the year (125th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar). ... Thomas Arnold, 1840 Thomas Arnold (June 13, 1795 – June 12, 1842) was a famous schoolmaster and historian, head of Rugby School from 1828 to 1841. ... A view of Rugby School from The Close, the playing field where according to legend Rugby was invented Rugby School, located in the town of Rugby, Warwickshire, is one of the oldest public schools in England and is one of the major co-educational boarding schools in the country. ...

Headmasters

• 1896 - 1932 F T Pennington
• 1932 - 1933 H C Cooksey MA
• 1933 - 1938 F T Pennington
• 1938 - 1966 F W Holdgate MA
• 1966 - 1973 O C Wigmore MA
• 1973 - 1979 A J C Cochrane MA
• 1979 - 1987 R D W Rhodes JP.,B.A.
• 1987 - 1993 J A B Kelsall MA
• 1993 - 2003 W Gillen MA
• 2003 - B M Hughes BSc

House System

After entry into the Arnold education system, each pupil is assigned to a house which will form the basis for his allegiances during sporting events. Houses are headed by House Captains, whose duties include the formation of teams for Sports Days and inter-house academic debates and challenges. The houses are:

• Howarths
• Listons- the best...
• Penningtons
• School

Notable Old Arnoldians

• Sir Ernest Woodhouse Smith (1884–1960), fuel technologist
• John Schofield (1892–1918), World War I Victoria Cross
• Sir Harold Grime (1896–1984), Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of the West Lancashire Evening Gazette
• Sir William Lyons (1901–1985), co-founder of Jaguar
• Sir Walter Clegg (1920–1994), politician
• Tom Graveney (born 1927), cricketer
• Geoffrey Marshall (1929–2003), constitutional expert
• Sir Martin Holdgate, environmental scientist and zoologist
• Michael Smith (1932–2000), Nobel Laureate for chemistry
• Peter Beighton (born 1934), geneticist
• Jimmy Armfield (born 1935), footballer
• David Wilde (born 1935), pianist and composer
• George Eastham (born 1936), footballer
• Peter Purves (born 1939), actor and presenter of Blue Peter
• Harold Fox, pathologist
• Arthur Firth, Editor of the Daily Express
• Michael Austin (born 1941), organist
• Paul Helm, theologian, historian and philosopher
• Bob Hesford, rugby union player
• Dave Ball (born 1959), member of Soft Cell
• Chris Lowe (born 1959), member of the Pet Shop Boys
• Terence Charleston, harpsichordist and organist
• Barrie-Jon Mather (born 1973), rugby league player
• Michelle Walton, mezzo-soprano
• Benjamin Hayes , Professional Golfer [1]
• Jonas Armstrong, actor
• Malcolm Phillips, rugby union player and President of the Rugby Football Union
• David Stephenson, rugby league player
• Jenna-Louise Coleman, actress in Emmerdale

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Footnotes

External links

• Official website
• 6th Form Class of 2006 Leavers' Site

Lancashire Schools