Lymm High School
Motto	Olim Meminisse Juvabit ("One Day, It will be a Joy to Remember")
Established	c.1514
Type	Voluntary aided Comprehensive
Headteacher	Rodger Lounds
Chairman of Governors	Geoff Hawley
Specialism	Language College
Location	Oughtrington Lane Warrington Cheshire WA13 0RB England
LEA	Warrington Borough Council
Students	c.1900 students
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	11 to 18
Houses	Arley, Tatton, Walton, Moreton and Dunham
School colours	Green, White and Navy Blue                In Voluntary Aided schools (many of which are church schools) the governing body, as opposed to the Local Education Authority, employs the staff, and decide admission arrangements. ... A comprehensive school is a secondary school that does not select children on the basis of academic attainment or aptitude. ... Language Colleges were introduced in 1995 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the UK. The system enables secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, modern foreign languages. ... This article is about the Borough in the north-west of England. ... For other uses, see Cheshire (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... A Local Education Authority (LEA) is the part of a council in England or Wales that is responsible for education within that councils jurisdiction. ... Alternate uses: see Warrington (disambiguation). ... Coeducation is the integrated education of males and females at the same school facilities. ... For other uses, see Green (disambiguation). ... This article is about the color. ... Navy blue is an especially dark shade of the color blue. ...
Former Pupils	Old Lymmians
Website	http://www.lymmhigh.co.uk/

Lymm High School (properly Lymm High School (Voluntary Controlled)) is an English State School, located in Lymm, Warrington, Cheshire, and with a history stretching back to the late 16th century. The current Head Master is Roger Lounds, who will be replaced in September 2008 by Miss Angela Walsh. For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... State school is an expression used in Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom to distinguish schools provided by the government from privately run schools. ... , Lymm (pronounced Lim) is a large village and civil parish in Warrington, Cheshire, in North West England. ... This article is about the Borough in the north-west of England. ... For other uses, see Cheshire (disambiguation). ... (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ...

History

There is no clear date for the foundation of the school, but the earliest known reference to its existence dates from a Church Document in 1514, mentioning the 'Master of Lymm School'. What is clear, is that it was a well established single sex school in its Damside site when it was reconstituted as 'Lymm Grammar School' and granted a royal charter in 1601. It remained in this location for several hundred years, occupying some of the buildings which now make up St Mary's Church, until it was forced to sell its land in 1881 after a series of financial difficulties. The land was split into 11 lots, with 5 of them being purchased by G C Dewhurst, who was a member of the board of governors. In February 1882 he informed the board that he would give a different site near Higher Lane for a school and school house and would also pay for a road to be made to the site - Grammar School Road. An appeal was launched to raise the necessary funds for the construction of the buildings and a committee formed to co-ordinate the collection. Despite problems with the construction firm, the new buildings opened on the 12th July 1885.

In 1900, a motion was made before the governors council to enable co-education. This was introduced in June 1902, with the first students starting in the September.

The School remained unchanged on its Grammar School Lane site until, in 1945, Headteacher J. R. Canney, advised Cheshire County Council to purchase Oughtrington Hall to be used as an annexe. Thus, from 1945 the hall was used by junior forms until 1957, when the whole school was transferred to the site, with the buildings in Grammar School Road becoming the site of the newly formed Lymm Secondary Modern School. The two institutions remained separate until their amalgamation under the Comprehensive system in the early 1980's. In 1994 the Grammar School Road buildings were sold and demolished to make way for housing.

The 1990s were characterised by a rapid development programme, with much of the surrounding farmland being bought for playingfields, and many of the existing playing fields being built on. This programme reached its zenith in 2002, with the opening of the new Sixth Form Building.

Location

Oughtrington Hall, Junior Yard, and the Humanities Building

The school is located on Oughtrington Lane, towards the eastern side of Lymm village, adjacent to the village Cricket Club in the grounds of Oughtrington Hall, which houses the school library. In addition to the old hall and stables, there are 5 newer buildings (Blocks A, E, D, L, and S) which house the majority of the classrooms and specialist facilities. The Sixth Form Block (Block S) contains a large central room known as the hexagon, where the sixth form students gather in their study periods, break and lunch, but can double up as a formal gathering area when required, for both school and non-school purposes. Image File history File links LHS2. ... Image File history File links LHS2. ... , Lymm (pronounced Lim) is a large village and civil parish in Warrington, Cheshire, in North West England. ...

Entry

Entry is non-selective, and available to all those residing in the catchment area. This currently covers all southern east parts of Warrington including Lymm, Thelwall, High Legh and Statham, as well as parts of Grappenhall, Dunham Town, and areas of Stockton Heath. In recent years, this area has been dramatically reduced in size in response to the growing number of pupils, leading to an increase in the catchment area for nearby Bridgewater High School. In human geography: a catchment area is the area and population from which a city or individual service attracts visitors or customers. ... This article is about the Borough in the north-west of England. ... , Lymm (pronounced Lim) is a large village and civil parish in Warrington, Cheshire, in North West England. ... Thelwall is a small close-knit village in Warrington, North Cheshire, England, several miles from the Lymm junction of the M6. ... High Legh is a village in Cheshire, England, lying 6 miles west of Knutsford, and seven miles east of Warrington. ... a city in the U.S. state of Georgia, see Statham, Georgia a hamlet near Lymm, England This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Thelwall. ... Dunham Town is a village in the civil parish of Dunham Massey in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. ... Stockton Heath is a district in Warrington, Cheshire, neighbouring Appleton, Grappenhall and Walton. ...

Houses

All students are members of a hall as well as of the school, 2-3 forms per yeargroup from year 7-13 go into each hall. The halls system was established in September 2002, with the original four houses (named after key local families) being supplemented by a further five new ones (named after local stately homes). The original houses were Domville, Ridgeway, Warbuton and Watkin; the new halls are Arley, Dunham, Moreton, Tatton and Walton. Each hall has an associated colour. The House System is a traditional feature of British schools, similar to the collegiate system of a university. ... Arley Hall Arley Hall is a country house in Arley, Cheshire, England and is situated adjacent to the town of Northwich. ... Dunham Massey is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. ... Little Moreton Hall is a manor house in Congleton, Cheshire. ... The Mansion, Tatton Park. ...

A 'school colours' tie is awarded to pupils demonstrate achievement, whether in studies or sport. The tie is silver, with a strip of colour across the middle in the colour of the pupil's hall. The 'hall colours' tie is also awarded to pupils who have shown achievement for their hall. The tie is the same colour as the pupil's hall and has a silver strip across it.

Sport

Lymm has a proud sporting history, primarily in rowing and rugby union, but with marked success in football, tennis, and hockey. In rugby, the school has won the Daily Mail Vase a number of times along with the Under 15's Daily Mail Cup in 2007. In rowing, the school regularly wins head of the river at a number of different regattas. A coxless pair which is a sweep-oar boat. ... For other uses, see Rugby (disambiguation). ... Soccer redirects here. ... For other uses, see Tennis (disambiguation). ... Hockey is any of a family of sports in which two teams compete by trying to maneuver a ball, or a hard, round disc called a puck, into the opponents net or goal, using a hockey stick. ... The Daily Mail Cup is the English schools rugby union cup competition. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...

In addition, the school is a local 'sports hub' with on-site leisure facilities available for use by the general public. It is continually expanding the number of sports it offers - the last notable addition was sabre fencing in 2003. A sabre fencer. ...

Old Students Association

Old students of the school are known as 'Old Lymmians', with the 'Lymm Old Students Association' acting as their co-ordinating body. As of 2005, its primary tasks are communicating school related news through its thriving local and international membership, organising local events (Such as its regular rambling trips), raising money for the school, orchestrating reunions, and providing networking events. Not to be confused with social network services such as MySpace, etc. ...

The Old Students Association tie is composed of alternate inch wide diagonal stripes of dark green, dark blue, and white. The Old Students Association blazer is dark green, edged with an inch wide border of white cotton.

Famous Old Lymmians

Notable Alumni of the School Include:

• Phillip Snow - Artist
• Sir John Littler - General in the Indian Army During the Sikh Wars
• Steven Czarnecki - Horse whisperer
• Tim Curry - Singer and Actor
• Neil Fairbrother - Cricketer
• Steven Hough - Concert Pianist
• Terry Waite - Author
• Peter Postlethwaite - Actor
• John Smith - Singer
• David Strettle - England Rugby Player
• Adam Priest - Commander and Chief
• D. J. Finney, Professor of Statistics, University of Edinburgh
• Ruth Lea, Conservative public policy researcher

Timothy James Curry (born April 19, 1946) is an Emmy Award-winning English actor, singer, and composer, perhaps best known for his role as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show and as Pennywise the Dancing Clown in Stephen Kings It. ... Neil Fairbrother is a former cricket player. ... Terry Waite at April 1993 Allentown College speech Terry Waite CBE (born May 31, 1939 in Styal, Cheshire, England) is a British humanitarian and author. ... David Strettle is an English Rugby Union player who plays on the Wing for Harlequins and the England Sevens team. ... Ruth Jane Lea works in conservative British public policy research bodies. ...

External links

• Lymm High School - Official website.
• Old Students Association webpage
• Lymm High Virtual Learning Environment website