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Pudsey Grammar School is a
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with a
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in
Pudsey Pudsey is a market town in the City of Leeds, City of Leeds Borough in West Yorkshire, England. It is located midway between Bradford, Bradford city centre and Leeds city centre. Historic counties of England, Historically in the West Riding of ...
,
West Yorkshire West Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. It is an inland and upland county having eastward-draining valleys while taking in the moors of the Pennines. West Yorkshire came into exi ...
, England. It serves over 1300 pupils from the town and surrounding area. The school has a large Sixth Form of over 260 students offering 20 A level courses and 6 Applied General courses.


History

It was first established in 1905 under the name Pudsey and District Secondary School, meeting in Pudsey Town Hall until the school's first purpose-built building opened on Richardshaw Lane in 1911, with construction having started in mid-1909. The name changed to Pudsey Grammar School in 1944 and was known by this name until 1980 at which point the name changed to Pudsey Grangefield School. It was later given the status of a specialist college of Maths and Computing. In September 2021 the school changed its name back to Pudsey Grammar School. The school's logo is the coat of arms of Pudsey, bearing the slogan "Be Just and Fear Not". The logo is built into the face of the original Grammar School Building; this Grade II
listed building In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...
at the front of the old site has been converted into flats, and the rest of the site was demolished to make an open recreational area for the new building. The school has only had six Headteachers since 1911. On 21 September 2009, the school was visited by the
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,
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. The school was also visited in 2010 by
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leadership candidate and former
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, who described the new building as "a great monument to Labour government".


Behaviour Hub

In April 2022 Pudsey Grammar School was named as part of the expansion of the Department for Education's national Behaviour Hubs programme as one of only 18 Lead Secondary schools nationally. This is in recognition of the school's 'exemplary behaviour culture'.


Notable former pupils

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, Chair of Renaissance Studies at
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and presenter of the
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series ''Maps: Power, Plunder and Possession'' *
Carolynne Good Carolynne Willey (née Good; born 5 August 1980) is a British singer-songwriter, actress and former model from Leeds, England. She is a founding member of the Carolynne Good Band, based in Leeds and London. She is best known for finishing in ...
, finalist on
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Matthew Hoggard Matthew James Hoggard, (born 31 December 1976) is a former English cricketer, who played international cricket for England cricket team from 2000 to 2008, playing both Test cricket and One Day Internationals. The 6' 2" Hoggard was a right arm f ...
, England cricketer *
Nile Wilson Nile Michael Wilson (born 17 January 1996) is a former British artistic gymnast. He won an Olympic bronze medal in the Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's horizontal bar, men's horizontal bar at the 2016 Summer Olympics; he was a wo ...
, Olympic gymnastics bronze medallist on the
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in Summer 2016


Pudsey Grammar School

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, opening batsman for
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and
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Peter Ransley Peter Ransley is a British screenwriter, playwright and novelist. He also founded the charity Action Against Medical Accidents (AvMA). Early life Peter Ransley was born in Yorkshire in 1931 and grew up in Pudsey where he attended Pudsey Grammar ...
, screenwriter * David Shutt, Baron Shutt of Greetland OBE * Dudley Williams FRS, Professor of Biological Chemistry from 1996 to 2006 at the University of Cambridge;Dudley Williams
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pudsey_Grammar_School Secondary schools in Leeds Pudsey Educational institutions established in 1911 1911 establishments in England Foundation schools in Leeds Specialist maths and computing colleges in England