Grammar school in Sandwich, Kent, England
Sir Roger Manwood's School
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Manwood Road
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CT13 9JX
England
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Coordinates
| 51°16′18″N
1°20′43″E
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51.2718°N 1.3454°E
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51.2718; 1.3454
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Type
| Grammar school
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Academy
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Boarding school
(until 2020)
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Motto
| Engage, Explore, Excel.
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Established
| 1563
; 461 years ago
(
1563
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Founder
| Sir Roger Manwood
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Department for Education
URN
| 136501
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Ofsted
| Reports
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Head teacher
| Lee John Hunter
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Gender
| Co-educational
(since 1982);
Boys
(until 1982)
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Age
| 11 to 18
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Enrolment
| 1,027
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Houses
| Atlas, Carmarthen, Founders, Stour and Ypres (previously Dorman, Knolles, Trappes and Tudor)
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Publication
| The Manwoodian
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Former pupils
| Old Manwoodians
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Website
| http://www.manwoods.co.uk/
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Sir Roger Manwood's School
is a
grammar school
located in the
medieval
town of
Sandwich
,
Kent
, England. Founded in 1569, it is
one of the oldest schools in Britain
and the third
oldest state grammar school in Kent
. Originally an all-boys school, the school became
co-educational
in 1982 and welcomed boarders until 2020. It now solely operates as a day school.
History
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The school was founded in 1563 by
Sir Roger Manwood
, an eminent barrister, jurist and supporter of the reformation of the Church in England. Manwoods intention was to create a free grammar school to make education more accessible to the local townspeople. The original location of the school was at Ash Road in Sandwich but it was moved to its current location at Manwood Road in 1895. There are four foundations which appoint governors:
Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
,
Lincoln College, Oxford
,
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
and the
Diocese of Canterbury
.
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In 1960 there were 100 boarders. The boarders were separated into two houses; ‘The Grange’ accommodating the girls and ‘The Lodge’ the boys. After a long-running tradition of being an all-boys school, girls were first admitted in 1982. As of September 2020, the school no longer ran their boarding facilities.
The school was reported as being 'Good' in all categories by Ofsted in 2022, dropping from the previous report's 'outstanding'.
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Admissions
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In order to gain entry the prospective student must first pass the
11+ examination
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Once enrolled, new pupils are assigned a house, which will also be their form group from Years 7 to 9. From Years 10 to 13 pupils from each house are mixed into new forms. Each house is identified by a different colour. The houses and colours are as follows: Atlas House is red, Carmarthen House is orange, Founders' House is green, Stour House is light blue and Ypres House is dark blue, with student ties striped accordingly.
The houses were previously Tudor (light blue), Trappes (dark blue), Knolles (dark green) and Dorman (red).
Headteachers
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- Edward Henry Blakeney, M.A. (Cantab.), (1895?1901)
- Rev. Harold Buchanan Ryley, M.A. (Oxon.), (1901?1905)
- Rev. George Edward Battle, M.A. (Dublin), (1905?1914)
- Rev. William Burton, M.A. (Cantab.), (1914?1935)
- Ephraim Parker Oakes, M.A. (Cantab.), (1935?1960)
- John Frederick Spalding, M.Sci. (London), J.P., (1960?1978)
- Howell Griffiths (1978?1990)
- Ian Mellor (1991?96), then
Stockport Grammar School
from 1996 to 2005
- Christopher Morgan (1996?2013)
[3]
- Lee Hunter (September 2013 ? present)
Sport
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Facilities include a full-size sports hall, a gym, a half-sized hockey AstroTurf. Sports offered include gymnastics, badminton, football, basketball, trampolining and table tennis, in addition to the main sports of rugby, hockey, netball, rounders, cricket and athletics. The AstroTurf was opened by
Mel Clewlow
, an England women's hockey captain and Old Manwoodian.
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citation needed
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Combined Cadet Force
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The school has a
Combined Cadet Force
(CCF) group with an army section, operating after school on Thursdays. Annual CCF events include an inspection day, a summer camp, and a Founder's Day parade celebrating both the founding of the school and paying homage to Sir Roger Manwood.
Notable former pupils
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The
Old Manwoodians Association
is an
alumni association
for ex-pupils of the school. Old Manwoodians include:
Arts and entertainment
- Johnny Beerling
, controller of
Radio 1
1985?93
[4]
who launched the Radio 1 roadshow and was responsible for broadcasting
Live Aid
- Jon Driscoll
, an
Olivier Award
-winning and
Tony
-nominated theatre projection designer
- Patrick Miles
, an English writer and translator
- Christopher Newton
, theatre director
- Gale Pedrick
, Scriptwriter, author and broadcaster
[5]
- Jack Scanlon
, child actor and title character in
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
[6]
- Frances Tophill
, a horticulturalist and TV presenter, working on Gardeners World amongst other programmes
[7]
- Richard Webster
, a British author
- Nick Wilton
, actor and scriptwriter who has appeared in shows including Eastenders
- Marcus Sedgwick
, a British writer and illustrator
Academia
- Dr
Ken Riley
, Physicist, Senior Tutor at Clare College, Cambridge and Emeritus Lecturer in Physics at Cambridge University.
- Professor John Hartley
, Director of the Centre for Culture and Technology at Curtin University in Western Australia and Professor of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies at Cardiff University.
- Richard Ovenden
, Bodley's Librarian at the
Bodleian Library
Medicine
- Professor
Donald Longmore
OBE, who was one of the team that performed the UK's first heart transplant
[8]
Engineering
Journalism
Sport
- Tammy Beaumont
, England international cricketer and world number 1 female batter in 2021
[9]
- Melanie Clewlow
, England international hockey player
- Eugene Gilkes
, Commonwealth athlete representing England at 1986 and 1990 games. Bronze medal winner in 1990.
- Keith Stock
, pole-vaulter who competed at the 1984 Olympics
Clergy
Politics
References
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External links
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Further reading
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- John Cavell & Brian Kennett (1963).
A History of Sir Roger Manwoods School Sandwich 1563?1963
. Cory, Adams & Mackay.