Peterborough County Grammar School for Girls
The Peterborough County Grammar School for Girls was an all-female grammar school in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England.
| Peterborough County Grammar School for Girls | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
Cobden Avenue , , PE1 2NY | |
| Coordinates | 52°34′53″N 0°14′49″W |
| Information | |
| Type | Grammar school |
| Motto | Non sibi sed deo et alteri Not for ourselves, but for God and others |
| Established | 1904 |
| Closed | 1982 |
| Local authority | Soke of Peterborough County Council/Huntingdon and Peterborough County Council/Cambridgeshire |
| Chair | Dr Jack Hunt |
| Head teacher | Miss Kate Wragge (1904-1936) Miss Vail (1936-1946) Miss Mona Mathews (1946-1969) Mrs Pat Halliday (1969-74) Mr Tom Martin (acting head) (Sept-Dec 1974) Miss Rosamund Roberts (Jan 1975-82) |
| Gender | Girls |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrolment | c.700 |
| Houses | Gordon, Kitchener, Marlborough, Nelson, Sidney, Wellington From 1956 - Burghley, Deene, Kirby, Milton |
| Publication | Chronicle |
| Website | http://peterborocountyschool.wordpress.com// |
History
Peterborough County School for Girls
The school which was to become Peterborough County Grammar School for Girls opened on 17 September 1904 as a pupil teachers training centre in four rooms of the County Technical School in Broadway, with Miss Wragge as Headmistress.
In 1907, the school became Peterborough Girls Secondary School and moved to Park Road.
In 1911 the school changed its name to Peterborough County School for Girls and a new school building, designed by Annesley Brownrigg, was built on the corner of Lincoln Road (then the A15) and Cobden Avenue, near the junction with Burghley Road.
PCGS
In 1944 the school became Peterborough County Grammar School, administered by the Peterborough Joint Education Board, later the Peterborough City Education Committee.
The Chairman of the Governors, Jack Hunt, would have a school named after him. The New Hall was built in 1955, and new science labs were built in 1956. National hockey matches were played on the sports pitch.
In 1976, the school changed its name again to Peterborough County Girls School when it became a comprehensive school.
Closure
The school was closed in 1982, and school pupils and some members of staff moved to the Ken Stimpson Community School in Werrington.
The school buildings were demolished, apart from the caretakers house, and in 1985 the sheltered housing complex Lincoln Gate was built on the site.
Alumni
- Carolyn Aldworth (formerly Hill), S.R.N., former head of department, Central College Nottingham, freelance medical text book author
- Judith Bunting, Lib Dem MEP since 2019 for South East England
- Dr Clare Gerada MBE, chair of the Council of the Royal College of General Practitioners
- Prof Daphne Jackson OBE,[1] UK's first woman physics professor, and after whom the Daphne Jackson Trust is named[2]
- Marjorie Pollard OBE, an English field hockey player, and writer; the first woman to commentate on sport for the BBC.[1]
- Phyllis Stedman, Baroness Stedman, of Longthorpe in the City of Peterborough OBE
References
- "First BBC woman sport commentator receives blue plaque". Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- Daphne Jackson Trust