Kirkby Stephen Grammar School Explained

Kirkby Stephen Grammar School
Mottoes:Italian: Dio volendo io lo faro
(Translation: God willing I will do it)
Together we will achieve our potential
Type:Academy
Head Label:Headteacher
Head:Gary Hartley
Founder:Baron Thomas Wharton
Address:Christian Head
Location:Kirkby Stephen
Postcode:CA17 4HA
County:Cumbria
Country:England
Coordinates:54.4743°N -2.3541°W
Local Authority:Westmorland and Furness
Urn:137107
Ofsted:yes
Gender:Coeducational
Lower Age:11
Upper Age:18
Website:http://www.ksgs.cumbria.sch.uk/

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]

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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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kirkby Stephen Grammar School - Home.