Chipping Campden School is a non-selective secondary school and

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with academy status located in

Chipping Campden Chipping Campden is a market town in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England. It is notable for its terraced High Street, dating from the 14th century to the 17th century. ("Chipping" is from Old English ''cēping'', 'market', 'market- ...

, in the English county of

Gloucestershire Gloucestershire ( abbreviated Glos) is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn and the entire Forest of Dean. The county town is the city of Gl ...

. Founded in c.1440 the school celebrated its 575th birthday in 2015. The school was founded with money left by John Fereby and his wife, a wealthy wool merchant, for the education of the poor boys of the town. Further investments were provided by

Baptist Hicks, 1st Viscount Campden Baptist Hicks, 1st Viscount Campden (1551 – 18 October 1629) was an English cloth merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England, House of Commons between 1621 and 1628. King James I knighted Hicks in 1603 and in 1620 he ...

and later the

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in the 17th century and John Townsend. The school now uses these founders as its house names. The original school buildings were situated in the High Street in

offering boarding for boys and later girls in other local buildings. The school came to be a grammar school until 1965 when it merged with Moreton Secondary Modern School to become a comprehensive. The school buildings were substantially enlarged in 1964 to house the incoming students from Moreton.

Headmasters of Chipping Campden Grammar School (up to 1964)

* 1547 Sir Robert Glaseman * 1627 Rev Ambrose Jenks * 1632 Rev Broadway * 1635 Rev Samuel Edwards * 1647 Rev Butler * 1648 Rev Mason MA * 1664 Rev Kirkham * 1669 Rev Taylor * 1686 Rev Morse * 1700 Rev Smith * 1717 Rev R Goodhall * 1741 Rev Lumbert * 1766 Rev W Boyce * 1772 Rev T Symonds * 1797 Rev J Worgan * 1822 Rev R O Wilson * 1832 Rev J Harling * 1835 Rev T F Layng * 1837 Rev H Miniken * 1840- Rev Barton * 1855 Rev G B Dodwell * 1862 Rev Dr S F Hiron * 1871 Rev J Foster * 1889 Mr F B Osborne * 1913 Mr W M Cox MA * 1927 Mr W J Bright MA * 1951 Mr A L Jones MC MA

Headteachers of Chipping Campden School

* 1965 Mr A L Jones MC MA * 1976 Mr P T Sandry MA MEd * 1994 Mr J Price BA * 2007 Ms A France MSc MEd

Principals of Chipping Campden School

* 2011 Ms A France MSc MEd * 2012 Mr J Sanderson BA (Hons) MA * 2023 Mr G Burton BSc (Hons) NPQH

References

External links

Chipping Campden School official website
{{authority control Secondary schools in Gloucestershire Academies in Gloucestershire 1440 establishments in England Educational institutions established in the 15th century Chipping Campden