Kirkby Stephen Grammar School

Kirkby Stephen Grammar School
Established 1566 (1566)
Type Academy
Headteacher Mrs Ruth Houston
Founder Baron Thomas Wharton
Location Christian Head
Kirkby Stephen
Cumbria
CA17 4HA
England
Coordinates: 54°28′27″N 2°21′15″W / 54.47425°N 2.35414°W / 54.47425; -2.35414
Local authority Cumbria County Council
DfE number 909/5406
DfE URN 137107 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Gender Coeducational
Ages 11–18
Website School website

Kirkby Stephen Grammar School is a coeducational 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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