Appleby Grammar School - 01768 351 580

Appleby Grammar School is a mixed secondary school and sixth form in Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria for students aged 11 to 18. Since August 2011, it has been an Academy. Until 9 September 2013, the school was a registered charity. The current headteacher is Andrew Lund, replacing Terry Hobson, who announced his retirement from the school in July 2007, after starting as head of biology in 1974, before becoming deputy head in 1995, then becoming headteacher in 1997.HistoryThe origins of Appleby Grammar lie in the three chantries established in the town's two medieval churches; those of the Blessed Virgin Mary (founded c.1260 by William de Goldyngton, Mayor of Appleby) and of St Nicholas (founded in 1334 by Robert de Threlkeld), both in the Church of St Lawrence, and that of the Virgin Mary (founded by William L'English before 1344) in the Church of St Michael, Bongate. These Chantries, constituted to celebrate masses for the souls of their founders, were also endowed (as deeds of 1478 and 1518 and 1533 show) with monies to enjoin the chaplain to teach a free grammar school in the borough, initially in the church itself, as a part of his duty.The first mention of a school in Appleby is shown by a sale in 1452 of a burgage house made by John Marshall, Vicar of St Michaels, to Thomas Lord Clifford, (also responsible for erecting the greater part of the present Appleby Castle during the reign of Henry VI), in which the property is described as "on the west side of Kirkgate extending in length to a certain narrow lane called School-house Gate".

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