Bury Grammar School
Sanctas Clavis Fores Aperit
Location
Bury, Lancashire, England
Information
Headmaster	The Reverend Steven Harvey MA
Headmistress	Roberta Georghiou
Type	Private Grammar School
Established	1570
Pupils	1600 (approx.)

Bury Grammar School is an independent grammar school in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury to the north of Manchester in Greater Manchester, that has existed since c.1570. The current boys' head master is the Reverend Steven hawkings MA. The previous headmaster, Keith Richards MA, retired after sixteen years of headmastership on April 7, 2006. The girls' head mistress is Roberta "Bobby" Georghiou. The crest of Bury Grammar School, showing the swan, the key, and the school motto Sanctas Clavis Fores Aperit. ... This article is about the town of Bury in North West England. ... Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... A grammar school is a school that may, depending on regional usage as exemplified below, provide either secondary education or, a much less common usage, primary education (also known as elementary). Grammar schools trace their origins back to medieval Europe, as schools in which university preparatory subjects, such as Latin... The Metropolitan borough of Bury is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in the northwest of England. ... Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England which has a population of 2. ... Events January 23 - The assassination of regent James Stewart, Earl of Moray throws Scotland into civil war February 25 - Pope Pius V excommunicates Queen Elizabeth I of England with the bull Regnans in Excelsis May 20 - Abraham Ortelius issues the first modern atlas. ... April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Bury Grammar School celebrates its Founders' Day on the first Friday after May 6. On the Friday after this date, a procession leads through the streets of Bury to the Parish Church, led by the CCF. After a service, the students are then given a half-day holiday. It is often said that the purpose of Founders' day is to cause the most disruption to the people of Bury but in reality the day is very important to staff and students and crowds of workers and shoppers line the route of the procession. Rain is an almost unheard of phenomenon on Founders' day. Recently there has been some hostility to the traffic disruption caused from local authorities, however as the CCF is affiliated to the Lancashire Fusiliers who have the freedom of Bury, the tradition is protected. is the 126th day of the year (127th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Combined Cadet Force (CCF) is a Ministry of Defence sponsored youth organisation in the United Kingdom. ...

Although originally just a boys' school, a new building for the boys was built opposite the old building and, once complete, the old building was re-opened as a girls' school. The schools recently announced their intention to build a joint sixth form centre, and certain subjects in the sixth form are taught jointly between the two schools.

The crest

The school's crest dates from c.1840, and depicts a swan holding a key in its beak, under which is the motto: Sanctas Clavis Fores Aperit (Latin for "the key opens the sacred doors"). Both are largely considered to have been created by Rev. Henry Crewe Boutflower, a former headmaster. The swan is from the device of John, Duke of Berry, who may have been an ancestor of one of the founders, Henry Bury (but was more likely chosen due to the similar names). The key is considered to be a pun on the name of Roger Kay, another founder. However, there is an illumination from the Très Riches Heures, commissioned by the Duke, in which he is standing near a swan at the gates of heaven, and receiving the key from St. Peter, and this may have provided inspiration. This would also serve to explain the somewhat cryptic motto, which has also been interpreted as referring to doors leading to knowledge. 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... For other uses, see Latin (disambiguation). ... John of Valois, the Magnificent, (November 30, 1340 – March 15, 1416) was Duke of Berry and Auvergne and Count of Poitiers and Montpensier. ... An illuminated page from the Très Riches Heures showing the day for exchanging gifts from the month of January The Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry (or simply the Très Riches Heures) is probably the most important illuminated manuscript of the 15th century, le roi des... According to tradition, Peter was crucified upside-down, as shown in this painting by Caravaggio. ...

A new logo for the Boys' School was launched in October 2006, to be used in conjunction with the crest. This new logo, which is un-coincidently very similar to that of the green bottle producing company 'bottle green' has not been well appreciated by the pupils and staff of the school.

Houses

The boys' school has four houses, whose colours are reflected in the colour of the badge and the stripes of the tie on the school uniforms. Three were originally created in 1905 to try and introduce some of the camaraderie of boarding school into the sports of a day school. The three houses were: For other uses, see 1905 (disambiguation). ...

• Hulme (pronounced hyoom), named after William Hulme, architect of Manchester. Colour: sky blue.
• Kay, named after the Reverend Roger Kay, founder of Bury Grammar School, after whom the hall (now in the girls school) is named. Colour: green.
• Derby, named after the Earl of Derby. Colour: yellow.

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• Howlett, named after a former headmaster. Colour: red.

House selection is random; however, a boy's family can request that he be placed into a certain house before he starts the school. Often, families will all be in the same house. House does not affect classes; the only time any house distinction is made is during either one of the various House competitions, in many areas such as sport and music.

In the 1960s, there were six houses in the girls' school, named after famous women: Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, Frances Mary Buss, Edith Cavell, Elizabeth Fry, Octavia Hill and Florence Nightingale. The girls' uniforms resemble those of boys in Hulme in terms of colour, but different coloured badges denote house membership (Anderson: red; Buss: green; Cavell: blue; Fry: orange; Hill: purple; Nightingale: yellow).

The girls school uses four letters for forms; L, K, P and N; which indicate the initials of the first four headmistresses. Membership of different forms does not change the blazer badge colour.

The school was used for the TV film Magnificent 7, staring Helena Bonham-Carter.

Notable teachers

Henry Dunster (1609-1659), first president of Harvard College, a native of Bury, was master of the school prior to his emigration to Massachusetts in 1640. Henry Dunster(c. ... Harvard Yard Harvard College is the undergraduate section and oldest school of Harvard University, founded in 1636 by the Massachusetts Legislature. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ...

Famous old Clavians

Former pupils of Bury Grammar School are known as "Old Clavians ".

• David Green, (b.1948) Film Director
• Donald Jack (1924–2003), Canadian novelist and playwright
• Henry Pendlebury (1626–1695), Presbyterian minister
• Richard Wroe (1641–1718), Warden of Manchester College, 1684–1718
• Sir Robert Peel (1788–1850), Prime Minister, 1834–1835, 1841–1846 (although he more famously attended Harrow, he is now believed to have briefly attended Bury)
• Sir John Holker (1828–1882), Attorney-General, 1875–1880
• Cecil Cronshaw (1889–1961), industrial chemist and dye expert
• Sir Malcolm Knox (1900–1980), philosopher and Vice-Chancellor of the University of St Andrews, 1953–1966
• Sir John Charnley (1911–1982), orthopaedic surgeon
• Paul Rose (born 1935), Labour MP, barrister and writer
• Sir David Trippier (born 1946), politician
• David Chaytor (born 1949), politician
• Victoria Wood (born 1953), comedienne
• Alistair Burt (born 1955), politician
• Simon Kelner (born 1957), editor-in-chief of The Independent
• Paul Kenyon (born c.1967), broadcaster
• Victoria Derbyshire (born 1968), broadcaster
• Amy Nuttall (born 1982), actress and singer
• Rowetta Satchell (born 1966), Singer
• Brigadier Alasdair Wilson, OBE, Brigadier in the British army and the BGS CCF's honorary colonel

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References

• Fallows, I.B., Bury Grammar School: A History

External links

• Bury Grammar Schools' Development Agency
• Bury Grammar School (Boys)
• Bury Grammar School (Girls)