Hele's School
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| Established | 1658 |
|---|---|
| Type | Academy |
| Principal | Justine Mason |
| Location |
Plympton Plymouth Devon PL7 4LT England Coordinates: 50°23′33″N 4°03′56″W / 50.392436°N 4.065483°W |
| DfE URN | 136557 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports Pre-academy reports |
| Students | 1,389 |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Website |
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Hele's School, formerly Plympton Grammar School, is a state secondary school and Sixth Form in the Plympton district of Plymouth, England, 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Plymouth city centre. Until 31 March 2011, Hele’s was a community school funded by the Local Education Authority (LEA), which is Plymouth City Council. From 1 April 2011, Hele's became an Academy, which among other things gives the school financial and educational independence.[1] The school has a voluntary Combined Cadet Force with Navy, Army and RAF sections. Cadets in the CCF take part in the annual Ten Tors Challenge on Dartmoor.
Admissions
In September 2000, the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) designated the school as a specialist Language College. The school has also been designated as a Mathematics and Computing College and has also taken on applied learning specialism.[2]
Academy status
In June 2010, the government wrote to all schools that had been judged as 'outstanding' by Ofsted, inviting their Governing Bodies to consider converting to Academy status. The Governors of Hele's School consulted with parents and unanimously voted to apply to become an Academy, effective from 1 April 2011.[3]
History
Hele's (pronounced "heals") School was founded (under the name Plympton Grammar School) in 1658 with a bequest made by Elize Hele, after whom the school was renamed when it became a state comprehensive in 1985. Hele's bequest which was overseen by Sir John Maynard also led to the founding of The Maynard School and Hele's School, Exeter. In 1715, the Reverend Samuel Reynolds was appointed as head master and his son, Joshua, the painter, attended the school.[4] It was previously located at Castle Barbican in Plympton St. Maurice, but moved to its present position on Seymour Road in 1937.[5] The school maintains an association with the Plympton Grammar School Old Boys field hockey club, formed in 1926.
Prime Minister's Global Fellowship
Students have attained places on the Prime Minister's Global Fellowship programme. The school achieved its first student in the inaugural year of the programme, 2008, and in 2009 had another successful applicant.[6]
Notable former pupils
Plympton Grammar School (1658–1983)
- Charles Eastlake, painter
- Benjamin Haydon, painter and writer[7]
- Patricia Hollis, politician[8]
- James Northcote, painter
- Charles Morice Pole, naval officer and politician[7]
- Joshua Reynolds, painter[7]
- Samuel Rowe, topographer[7]
- John "Jack" Russell, clergyman, sportsman and dog breeder[7]
- Harry Trelawny, dissenting minister, Church of England clergyman, and Roman Catholic priest[7]
References
- ↑ "Hele's School Academy statement". Retrieved 09/05/2011. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ "Specialist Schools Home". Department for Children, Schools and Families. Retrieved 2007-09-13.
- ↑ Academy Consultation Parents Letter. Retrieved 2011-06-14
- ↑ Moseley, Brian (26 January 2007). "Plympton Grammar School". The Encyclopaedia of Plymouth History. Plymouth Data. Archived from the original on 27 October 2007. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ↑ "Hele's School". Royal Navy. Retrieved 2007-09-13.
- ↑ British Council website "Fellows" accessed 10 November 2009.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. 2004.
- ↑ Who's Who 2007. A & C Black. ISBN 978-0-7136-7527-6.