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The Priory Grammar School For Boys, Shrewsbury
The Priory Grammar School for Boys was a maintained (state-funded) grammar school for boys located in Shrewsbury, the county town of Shropshire, England. It was established in 1910 and the last grammar school students left in 1983. History The Priory Grammar School for Boys was established in 1910 in what are now buildings of Grade II-listed status, located on the site of a medieval Augustinian friary near the Welsh Bridge. A historical account by J. Everard records that the school was originally named ''The Priory County Grammar School'' and had separate sections for boys and girls. Many changes to the school's subsequent organization were caused by wartime requirements. A.R. Florian was the first headmaster of the school. A biographical article on John Lewis Paton (Headmaster of Manchester Grammar School) records Florian as having been a teacher at Manchester before moving to Shrewsbury. The school played a part in the First World War with cadet training. An announcement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grammar School
A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching Latin, but more recently an academically oriented secondary school, differentiated in recent years from less academic secondary modern schools. The main difference is that a grammar school may select pupils based on academic achievement whereas a secondary modern may not. The original purpose of medieval grammar schools was the teaching of Latin. Over time the curriculum was broadened, first to include Ancient Greek, and later English and other European languages, natural sciences, mathematics, history, geography, art and other subjects. In the late Victorian era grammar schools were reorganised to provide secondary education throughout England and Wales; Scotland had developed a different system. Grammar schools of these types were also established in British territories overseas, where they have evolv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tripartite System Of Education In England, Wales And Northern Ireland
The Tripartite System was the arrangement of state-funded secondary education between 1945 and the 1970s in England and Wales, and from 1947 to 2009 in Northern Ireland. It was an administrative implementation of the Education Act 1944 and the Education Act (Northern Ireland) 1947. State-funded secondary education was to be arranged into a structure containing three types of school, namely: grammar school, secondary technical school (sometimes described as "technical grammar", or "technical high" schools) and secondary modern school. Not all education authorities implemented the tripartite system; many maintained only two types of secondary school, the grammar and the secondary modern. Pupils were allocated to their respective types of school according to their performance in the 11-plus or the 13-plus examination. It was the prevalent system under the Conservative governments of the 1951 to 1964 period, but was actively discouraged by the Labour government after 1965. It was f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Roach (phonetician)
Peter John Roach (born 30 June 1943) is a British retired phonetician. He taught at the Universities of Leeds and Reading, and is best known for his work on the pronunciation of British English. Education Peter Roach studied Classics at the Priory Grammar School for Boys, Shrewsbury. At Oxford University (Brasenose College, 1962–1966) he took Classical Honour Moderations before graduating in psychology and philosophy (PPP). He studied teaching English overseas at Manchester University then went on to University College London to take a postgraduate course in phonetics. Later, while a lecturer at the University of Reading, he completed a PhD which was awarded in 1978. Career From 1968 to 1978 he was Lecturer in Phonetics at the University of Reading, UK, and for the academic year 1975–1976 was ''Profesor Encargado de Curso'' in the Department of English at the University of Seville, Spain, on leave from Reading University. He moved to the University of Leeds in 1978, init ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Reynolds (archaeologist)
Peter John Reynolds (6 November 1939 – 26 September 2001) was a British archaeologist known for his research in experimental archaeology and the British Iron Age. His work as the first director of Butser Ancient Farm, a working replica of an Iron Age farmstead in Hampshire, made a significant contribution to our understanding of the Iron Age, and to the field of experimental archaeology. Early life Reynolds was born on 6 November 1939 in Shifnal, Shropshire, England. He was educated at The Priory Grammar School for Boys, Shrewsbury. He read Classics at Trinity College, Dublin, graduating in 1962 with a Double First. He then studied for a teaching diploma at Reading University. Career After completing his teaching diploma, Reynolds became the classics master at Prince Henry's Grammar School, Evesham. Here, he was also a Sixth Form tutor. Butser Ancient Farm In 1972, Reynolds was recruited as the first director of Butser Ancient Farm, an experimental archaeology re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Jocelyn Reid
Guy Jocelyn Reid (born in 1963) is a British sculptor, best known for creating portraits carved from limewood. He currently lives and works in Benque d’Aurignac in South West France. Early life and education Reid was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1963. In 1967 he moved to London, attending Priory Comprehensive School Wimbledon and the Priory Grammar School for Boys, Shrewsbury. Reid has said that woodwork and metalwork lessons featured prominently in his school life. In 1984 Reid graduated from North London Polytechnic with a BA in Politics and History, before completing an MA in Systematic Theology at King's College London. Career After graduating from King's College in 1995 Reid travelled to Berlin where he saw the works of late-Gothic German sculptors Tilman Riemenschneider and Gregor Erhart Gregor Erhart (c. 1470? – 1540) was a German sculptor who was born at Ulm, the son of sculptor Michel Erhart. Gregor spent his working career at Augsburg, where he was m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Preece
Tim Preece (born 5 August 1938) is an English actor. He has appeared on British television since the 1960s and also acted on stage. Early life Preece was born in Shrewsbury in Shropshire and was educated at the Priory Grammar School for Boys, Shrewsbury. He trained as an actor at the Bristol Old Vic. Career Preece's television roles include playing Codal in the six-part ''Doctor Who'' serial ''Planet of the Daleks'' (1973) and Tom Patterson in the first two series of ''The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin'' (1976–77). He later returned to the role for ''The Legacy Of Reginald Perrin'' (1996). He also appeared as the editor of a local newspaper in "The Journalist", an episode of '' People Like Us'' (2001) with Chris Langham. Preece played the recurring role of Rev. Sparrow in '' Waiting for God'' (1992–94). Other television appearances include the ''Foyle's War'' episode "War Games" (2003) as James Philby, the pilot of a doomed holiday jet in the ''Casualty'' episode "Cascad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
