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Eggar's School

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Type
  
DfE number
  
850/4000

Phone
  
+44 1420 541194

Founder
  
John Eggar

Headteacher
  
Patrick Sullivan

DfE URN
  
138720 Tables

Number of students
  
775

Gender
  
Mixed-sex education

Location
  
London RoadAlton, HampshireHampshireEngland

Ofsted
  
Reports Pre-academy reports

Address
  
London Rd, Holybourne, Alton GU34 4EQ, UK

Motto
  
Sero Sed Serie -"Late, but in earnest" or "Steadily forwards".

Similar
  
Bohunt School, Amery Hill School, Alton College, The Petersfield School, Court Moor School

Profiles

Eggar's School is a coeducational secondary school with academy status, located in the town of Alton, Hampshire, England.

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Founding and history

In 1640 John Eggar of Moungomeries founded the Free Grammar School, Alton which subsequently became known as Eggars Grammar School. The School Badge displays the date 1642.

The Eggar family have been associated with the area for many centuries. They were great hop growers and Richard Eggar was credited, in 1890, with the invention of the "rolling floor" to ease the drying process in the kilns.

Grammar school

Between 1640 - 1975 entrance to the Grammar School was largely based on the results of the eleven-plus examination. Pupils from other schools were able to transfer to the Sixth Form at the Grammar School after their O-levels (GCSE) though many chose to go to the Technical Colleges in Petersfield, Winchester, Farnborough and Guildford. This school occupied a site at Anstey Road, Alton until 1969, when it moved to a new site on London Road, Holybourne, Alton

Comprehensive school

In 1975 the school became a comprehensive school, accessible to all children from the area.

Academy

The school converted to academy status on 1 September 2012.

Current site

The current site for Eggar's School has been used since 1969. The earlier, partly 18th century, building is still standing and was retained for use by Eggars in the 1970s and then Amery Hill in the 1980s and has now been converted into flats. There are approximately 800 students currently on roll.

Academic performance

In 2010, the cohort achieved a 93% 5 A*-C pass rate in GCSEs, with 73% gaining 5 A*-C including English and Mathematics. These results are up 9% and 15% from 2009 respectively. The performance rate remains close to this figure year on year.

Notable former pupils

  • Yvette Cooper, Labour MP since 2010 for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford, and from 1997-2010 for Pontefract and Castleford, and wife of fellow Labour MP Ed Balls
  • Brad Taylor plays for Hampshire cricket team. Achieved his first game on the first squad while still only 16 - Summer 2013. A great achievement, this was the Summer he left Eggar's School.
  • Eggar's Grammar School

  • Ian Bone, anarchist and social campaigner.
  • Sandra Gidley, Liberal Democrat MP for Romsey (2000-2010), former Shadow Health spokesperson
  • David Hughes (novelist)
  • Paddy Kingsland, musician, composer of many BBC TV programme themes
  • Julian Poore, international classical and contemporary musician (trumpet)
  • Rt Rev Geoffrey Rowell, Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe since 2001
  • Godfrey Smith, Editor from 1965-72 of the Sunday Times magazine
  • Graham Wilson, author, mentor, and chaplain
  • References

    Eggar's School Wikipedia


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