Handsworth Grammar School

Handsworth Grammar School
Motto	'Haec olim meminisse iuvabit'
Established	1862
Type	Grammar school voluntary aided school
Headteacher	Mr Simon Bird
Founder	Rev. James Merrick Guest M.A.
Location	Grove Lane Handsworth Birmingham West Midlands B21 9ET England Coordinates: 52°30′17″N 1°56′00″W / 52.5046°N 1.9334°W / 52.5046; -1.9334
Local authority	Birmingham
DfE number	330/5402
DfE URN	103549 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Students	936
Gender	Boys (and girls in sixth form)
Ages	11–18
Website	Handsworth Grammar School

Handsworth Grammar School is voluntary aided grammar school that admits boys from the age of eleven and eighteen (as well as girls in the sixth form, since September 1997). The school was founded in 1862 and is located in Handsworth, Birmingham, England. it is situated just off the A41, near the junction with the A4040. Handsworth Grammar School is sometimes abbreviated as HGS.

Notable former pupils

Kadeer Ali (born 1983), English cricketer
Ian Bateman (born 1961), British academic and Professor of Environmental Economics at the University of East Anglia
Sir David Cox (born 1924), British statistician
Nigel Fortune (1924-2009), British scholar of music
Denis Howell, Baron Howell (1923-1998), British Labour Party politician, Member of Parliament (MP), and life peer
Mark Rowley, senior British police officer^[1]
Siôn Simon (born 1968), British Labour Party politician, Member of Parliament (MP) from 2001 to 2010, Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2014
John Tooze (born 1938), scientist
Robert Weir (born 1961), English discus and hammer thrower
Harry B. Whittington (1916-2010), British palaeontologist and academic, Woodwardian Professor of Geology at the University of Cambridge from 1966 to 1983
Joe Wilson (1861-1952), English footballer
Adil Ray (born 1974), comedian

References

↑ "Surrey Police Museum". Surrey Police. Retrieved 14 January 2014.

External links

Schools in Birmingham

Primary schools	Al-Hijrah School Harborne Primary School King David School Ladypool Primary School Robin Hood Academy St Nicholas RC Primary School Starbank School Waverley School

Secondary schools	Al-Hijrah School Archbishop Ilsley RC Technology College Ark Boulton Academy Ark Kings Academy Ark St Alban's Academy The Arthur Terry School Aston Manor Academy Aston University Engineering Academy Balaam Wood School Bartley Green School The Baverstock Academy Birmingham Ormiston Academy Bishop Challoner RC College Bishop Walsh RC School Bordesley Green Girls' School Bournville School Broadway Academy Cardinal Wiseman RC Technology College Cockshut Hill Technology College Colmers School Dame Elizabeth Cadbury Technology College Fairfax School Four Dwellings Academy George Dixon Academy Great Barr School Greenwood Academy Hall Green School Hamstead Hall Academy Handsworth Wood Girls' Academy Harborne Academy Heartlands Academy Hillcrest School Hodge Hill College Hodge Hill Girls' School Holte School Holy Trinity RC School Holyhead School The International School John Willmott School King Edward VI Sheldon Heath Academy Kings Heath Boys King's Norton Boys' School Kings Norton Girls School Kingsbury School Lordswood Boys' School Lordswood Girls' School Moseley School Ninestiles School North Birmingham Academy Perry Beeches The Academy Plantsbrook School Queensbridge School Rockwood Academy Shenley Academy Small Heath School St Edmund Campion RC School St John Wall RC School St Paul's School for Girls St Thomas Aquinas RC School Saltley Academy Selly Park Technology College Starbank School Stockland Green School Swanshurst School Turves Green Boys' School Turves Green Girls' School University of Birmingham School Washwood Heath Academy Waverley School Wheelers Lane Technology College Yardleys School

Grammar schools	Bishop Vesey's Grammar School Handsworth Grammar School King Edward VI Aston School King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls King Edward VI Five Ways King Edward VI Handsworth Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls

Special schools	Hallmoor School

Independent schools	Birmingham Blue Coat School Darul Uloom Edgbaston High School Elmhurst School for Dance Highclare School Kimichi School King Edward's School King Edward VI High School for Girls Mander Portman Woodward St George's School

FE & sixth form colleges	Birmingham Metropolitan College Bournville College Cadbury Sixth Form College Fircroft College Queen Alexandra College South & City College Birmingham

Defunct schools	BISPA Icknield Street School Oozells Street Board School St Philip's School St Peter's College

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