The Portsmouth Grammar School is a co-educational, selective, independent school located in Portsmouth, England. Events February 23 - First performance of Handels Orlando, in London June 9 - James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of Georgia. ... For other places with the same name, see Portsmouth (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Hampshire (disambiguation). ... For other places with the same name, see Portsmouth (disambiguation). ...

History

In 1732 William Smith former Mayor of Portsmouth and Physician to its Garrison, died and left his estate to Christ Church, Oxford. This came with instructions to build a new school in Portsmouth - The Portsmouth Grammar School (PGS) was founded. Events February 23 - First performance of Handels Orlando, in London June 9 - James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of Georgia. ... For other places with the same name, see Portsmouth (disambiguation). ... and of the Christ Church College name Christ Church Latin name Ædes Christi Named after Jesus Christ Established 1546 Sister college Trinity College, Cambridge Dean The Very Revd Christopher Andrew Lewis JCR president Laura Ellis Undergraduates 426 GCR president Tim Benjamin Graduates 154 Location of Christ Church within central Oxford...

Since then it has undergone a series of changes - including slight alterations to its location, some of which were due to bombing in World War II, its conversion to co-education, and the abolition of boarding. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...

At the moment the Upper Junior School (Years 5-6) is situated in a Victorian building (which once contained the whole Grammar School) close to part of the University of Portsmouth. The Nursery, Lower Junior School (Reception to Year 4), Middle School and Upper School are located across the road on the High Street. The majority of that area used to be the Cambridge Barracks: a building used by the army which was ravaged by fire after bombing by the Luftwaffe. The University of Portsmouth is the only university in the city of Portsmouth, Hampshire. ... The Deutsche Luftwaffe or   (German: air force, literally Air Weapon, pronounced lufft-va-fa, IPA: ) is the commonly used term for the German air force. ...

The school colours are red, black and gold, and the school motto is Praemia Virtutis Honores. The current Headmaster is Dr. T.R. Hands.

Internal Structure

Houses

In each section of PGS there are four houses, each represented by a colour. Although these colours remain the same, the names change in each section of the School:

Junior School

• Hudson (Blue)
• Jerrard (Yellow)
• Nicol (Red)
• Privett (Green)

Middle School

• Barton (Blue)
• Eastwood (Yellow)
• Hawkey (Red)
• Summers (Green)

Upper School

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Uniform

Any aspects of uniform not specified are the same as any generic uniform - black socks and shoes etc. The uniform remains the same throughout the school, except for what is listed.

Boys

• Black trousers (Black shorts for those in Junior School Years R to 4 with the optional trousers for pupils in Years 5 and 6)
• White shirt
• Black blazer with red piping and the PGS golden lion embossed on the left-breast pocket

In the sixth form the red piping is lost from the blazer.

Girls

• Black skirt with red stripe (Red Tartan Kilt is worn in the Junior School for Girls in Years R to 6, with a white and red striped Summer Dress in the Summer Term)
• White blouse
• Black blazer with red piping and the PGS golden lion embossed on the left-breast pocket

In the sixth form the girls are given more freedom, and their uniform is based around a black skirt and jacket suit.

Ties

These are black, with red diagonal stripes across them. A third stripe, alternated with the red, corresponds with the house of the pupil. In the sixth form, the optional ties of black with the PGS emblem dotted across them can be worn. Special ties for school colours can also be awarded to show outstanding achievement in the school, normally either in music or sport.

Prefects

Chosen in Year 12 by a combination of discussions between teachers and the Headmaster and a student vote, around forty-five pupils are awarded with diagonally-striped red and gold ties and silver buttons for their blazers. A few pupils have golden buttons, and these are the Deputy Senior Prefects. One select Senior Prefect is also chosen to preside over shared responsibilities.

Academic performance

The Portsmouth Grammar School is a selective independent school, only allowing those children of high academic ability, through the use of an entrance exam at the age of 12 (within the top 30% nationally in terms of ability). For several years an average of a 98% A-C grade pass rate has been maintained at GCSE, with several board prizes awarded at this level each year.

A-Level students are equally successful in terms of results, with many candidates achieving straight A grades. As well as public exam results, each year, individual Olympiads especially in Sciences, and Advanced Extension Awards (AEA's) are successfully undertaken.

The school has a good entry rate to top universities, including Oxbridge, especially for very competitive subjects such as Medicine, Law, Engineering and History. Oxbridge is a name used to refer to the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, the two oldest in the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world. ... For the chemical substances known as medicines, see medication. ... For other uses, see Law (disambiguation). ... Engineering is the discipline of acquiring and applying knowledge of design, analysis, and/or construction of works for practical purposes. ... This article is about the study of time in human terms. ...

The Portsmouth Grammar School has been named by The Sunday Times as one of the top-ten best value for money co-educational day schools in the country. The league table, published in the newspaper’s Money section, was based on last year’s A-level results and calculated by dividing each school’s term fee by its pupils’ average A level points score to give the cost per point. Points are awarded on a scale from 120 for an A to 40 for an E.

Discipline

Discipline within the school is mostly good, indeed the ISI inspection report of 2004 commented that in lessons, "discipline is maintained with a soft touch due to the good relations between pupils and teachers."

It is PGS's policy to deal with serious breaches of its code of conduct and school rules severely:

• On the lowest end of the scale, lunchtime and breaktime detentions can be administered,
• For more serious breaches, after school detentions on Thursdays can be administered,
• Above that Headmaster's detentions are carried out on Saturday mornings.
• For the most serious of breaches of conduct (for example theft) the headmaster has the power to suspend and expel students.

At least two pupils were asked to leave during the academic year beginning in September 2005, and several suspensions have been administered.

Mainly the Surmaster, Mr. N.F.C. Blewett, maintains discipline outside the classroom.

Extracurricular Activities

Aside from the more common extracurricular disciplines, at the school there is also CCF and several academic clubs, including a Debating Club and a Wildlife Club. For the more adventurous, there are clubs such as; "Miniatures and Modelling Club", "Astronomy society", and "Middle School Textiles Club" The Combined Cadet Force (CCF) is a Ministry of Defence sponsored youth organisation in the United Kingdom. ...

Drama

GCSE and AS/A-level assessment performances are open to parents and friends, and are usually of a high standard. In terms of extracurricular drama, the scene is varied; a great deal of change has occurred within the drama department recently, with the building of a new theatre and several new ventures being undertaken. A selection of regular drama activities is listed below.

Sixth Form Shakespeare - pupil-organised production of one of the bard's comedies, performed outdoors at hilsea playing fields at the end of the summer term.

Musical - a classic west end musical, organised with the help of a director-in-residence, performed at the King's Theatre, Southsea, in early December. Musical theater (or theatre) is a form of theatre combining music, songs, dance, and spoken dialogue. ...

House Drama Competition - an inter-house contest in which small groups perform an extract from a play or musical for judgement and ranking.

The Middle School Play - with younger members of the school (years 7 and 8); plays have varied from Shakespeare to Kes. Performed in the summer term. Shakespeare redirects here. ... Kes is: a film directed by Ken Loach (see Kes (film)), based on the novel A Kestrel for a Knave, by Barry Hines. ...

The Year Six Play - undertaken by Junior School members in year six. In 2006, the play was Macbeth. Macbeth and Banquo meeting the witches on the heath by Théodore Chassériau. ...

Sport

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PGS has had numerous sporting successes in recent years, including the hockey team's victory in the National Finals in 2004 and their qualification for the final in 2005 (although they were unsuccessful on both occasions), and the U11 girls' Netball team's achievement in reaching the final of the IAPS National Championships for the second year running.

CCF

The School has a Combined Cadet Force open to pupils in Year 9 and above. This comprises the Army, Royal Air Force and Royal Navy sections. CCF gives pupils the chance to learn many skills associated with military careers as well as provides excellent extracurricular experience. Cadets can learn skills of navigation, leadership, drill, outdoor survival, adventure training, flying, sailing and shooting as part of the CCF. Each section has its own residential camps based around the country throughout the year, with opportunities to shoot on ranges, sail, fly in planes and adventure training.

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Action This Day

In 2004, the School authorities used its available resources (including the pupils, contributing to their learning programme) to produce a book named, Action this Day, which is a collection of poetry and literature on interviews with old Portmuthian war veterans. This book had its foreword written by the Prime Minister, Tony Blair, and has been presented to the British Library and the Royal Library at Winchester Castle. A prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. ... For other people of the same name, see Tony Blair (disambiguation) Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born May 6, 1953)[1] is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, Leader of the Labour Party, and Member of Parliament for the constituency... British Library main building, London The British Library (BL) is the national library of the United Kingdom. ... Royal Library can mean: Danish Royal Library - the national library of Denmark Swedish Royal Library - the national library of Sweden The former name of the Bibliothèque nationale de France - the national library of France This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might... A castle in Winchester called Winchester Castle ...

Headmaster

The current Headmaster is Dr. T.R. Hands. Dr. Hands was educated at King's College London and later at St Catherine's College, Oxford. For other uses, see Kings College. ... Full name St Catherines College Motto Nova et Vetera The New and the Old Named after Previous names St. ...

Dr. Hands is the author on many books of nineteenth Century literature, these include three acclaimed studies of Thomas Hardy. He is also the editor of an award-winning edition of Thomas Hardy's Jude the Obscure. Thomas Hardy redirects here. ... Jude the Obscure is the last of Thomas Hardys novels, begun as a magazine serial and first published in book form in 1895. ...

Dr. Hands was formally the Co-leader of the London Schools Symphony Orchestra and conductor of the Schola Cantorum of Oxford.

He is currently a member of the HMC/GSA Universities Committee.

In the Autumn term of 2006, it was announced that Dr. Hands will leave to become the Master (Headmaster) of Magdalen College School, Oxford at the end of the Autumn term 2007. Magdalen College School is an independent school for boys located on the edge of central Oxford, England. ...

The Govenors recently announced that the next Headmaster will be Mr. J. Priory, the current head of the Sixth Form and assistant head. He will assume the post following Dr Hands' departure in January 2008.

Other Events

Recently the school hosted an evening with the Poet Laureate Andrew Motion and sculptress Jilly Sutton in which she talked on the sculpture that she recently created of the poet and a bronze cast of which now resides in the school library. Mr. Motion then read some extracts from some books which are in production. A Poet Laureate is a poet officially appointed by a government and often expected to compose poems for State occasions and other government events. ... Andrew Motion, FRSL, (born October 26, 1952) is an English poet, novelist and biographer who is the current Poet Laureate. ...

Previously, Mr. Motion had visited the school as part of a "Poetry Workshop" whereby students attending PGS and St. Luke's School (a school near to PGS) would come together in the newly-refurbished Memorial Library.

Alumni

Alumni are known as Old Portmuthians and may join The Old Portmuthian Club, founded in 1885. An alumn (with a silent n), alum, alumnus, or alumna is a former student of a college, university, or school. ... The Old Portmuthian Club was founded by in 1885. ...

Notable alumni

• Cyril Garbett (1875-1955), Archbishop of York (1942-1955)
• Major Frank Harvey RMLI. (c. 1890) Awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross for bravery on board HMS Lion at the Battle of Jutland (1916).
• Wally Hammond (1903-1965), England Cricketer and Captain
• Sir Arthur Young (1907-1979), British and colonial police chief, police reformer
• Christopher Logue (1926-), critically acclaimed poet
• Roger Black (1966-), Olympic athlete (silver medalist)
• Prof. Andrew Lyne (1942-), former Director of Jodrell Bank Observatory
• Paul Jones (1942-), singer with Manfred Mann
• Ian Osterloh, Clinical researcher attributed with the creation of 'Viagra' as well as numerous cardiovascular drugs
• Professor David Warrell, Professor of Tropical Medicine and Infectious diseases at the University of Oxford.
• Professor Christopher B.R. Pelling M.A. D.Phil, Admissions tutor and head of Classical civilisation at the University of Oxford.
• Neil Burgess, famously known for his portrayal of Barry Scott in the UK Cillit Bang television adverts .
• Fred Dinenage, presenter of ITV's Meridian Tonight, alongside Debbie Thrower. Fred attended the Portsmouth Grammar School between the ages of 11 and 18.

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External links

• The Portsmouth Grammar School website
• The Old Portmuthian Club website