Kirkby Stephen Grammar School

Kirkby Stephen Grammar School is a coeducational comprehensive secondary school. It is an Academy and has a sixth form. It is located in Kirkby Stephen in the English county of Cumbria.[1]

Kirkby Stephen Grammar School
Address
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Christian Head


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CA17 4HA

England
Coordinates54°28′27″N 2°21′15″W / 54.47425°N 2.35414°W / 54.47425; -2.35414
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TypeAcademy
MottoesDio volendo io lo faro
(Translation: God willing I will do it)
Together we will achieve our potential
Established1566; 458 years ago (1566)
FounderBaron Thomas Wharton
Local authorityWestmorland and Furness
Department for Education URN137107 Tables
OfstedReports
HeadteacherGary Hartley
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 18
Websitehttp://www.ksgs.cumbria.sch.uk/

The school was founded in 1566 by Thomas Wharton, 1st Baron Wharton, under letters patent granted by Queen Elizabeth I. Although it has retained the grammar school in its name, Kirkby Stephen became a comprehensive school in 1959 and converted to academy status in 2011.

Kirkby Stephen Grammar School offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A-levels and vocational courses.

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References

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  1. ^ "Kirkby Stephen Grammar School - Home".
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