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The Norton Knatchbull School is a
The school was founded in Ashford around 1630 as a free grammar school by its namesake who died in 1636, an uncle of Sir Norton Knatchbull. The school continued to be led and funded by Knatchbull's family due to a stipulation in his will in 1636. It was known simply as 'Ashford Grammar School' until the summer of 1973. The original school was based in the churchyard in the town centre, in the building known as Dr Wilks' Hall and which now houses the town's museum, but has moved several times. By the 20th century, it had moved to its present location on Hythe Road. The main building of the current school premises was built in the 1950s and has recently been renovated in 2015 as part of a major overhaul of the school's facilities. A number of additional buildings have been added to the site: the Brabourne Building in the early 1990s, the Mortimore Building in the early 2000s and the Fraser Building (Sports Hall) which was completed and opened in the mid-2000s. A new Digital Learning Centre is to be constructed on the site in order to facilitate an expected increase in the number of students attending the school as the surrounding area continues to grow. The Digital Learning Centre has since been completed in 2021.
It is one of two grammar schools in Ashford.
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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 ...
with academy status for boys located in Ashford, Kent, England. Girls are accepted into the Sixth Form. As of 2017, the school serves more than one thousand pupils aged 11 to 18.
History
The school was founded in Ashford around 1630 as a free grammar school by its namesake who died in 1636, an uncle of Sir Norton Knatchbull. The school continued to be led and funded by Knatchbull's family due to a stipulation in his will in 1636. It was known simply as 'Ashford Grammar School' until the summer of 1973. The original school was based in the churchyard in the town centre, in the building known as Dr Wilks' Hall and which now houses the town's museum, but has moved several times. By the 20th century, it had moved to its present location on Hythe Road. The main building of the current school premises was built in the 1950s and has recently been renovated in 2015 as part of a major overhaul of the school's facilities. A number of additional buildings have been added to the site: the Brabourne Building in the early 1990s, the Mortimore Building in the early 2000s and the Fraser Building (Sports Hall) which was completed and opened in the mid-2000s. A new Digital Learning Centre is to be constructed on the site in order to facilitate an expected increase in the number of students attending the school as the surrounding area continues to grow. The Digital Learning Centre has since been completed in 2021.
It is one of two grammar schools in Ashford.
Notable alumni
*Alex Brooker
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, journalist and presenter
* William Cole, classical scholar
* Sir Ronald Cooke, Vice-Chancellor of the University of York from 1993 to 2002, and President of the Royal Geographical Society from 2000 to 2003
* David Crawford CMG, Ambassador to Bahrain (briefly) in 1981, and Ambassador to Qatar from 1974 to 1978
* Roger Dean, artist
* Josh Doyle
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, lead singer of the Dum Dums
* Bob Holness
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, presenter
* Phil Hubbard
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, University of Kent
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, mottoeng = Literal translation: 'Whom to serve is to reign'(Book of Common Prayer translation: 'whose service is perfect freedom')Graham Martin, ''From Vision to Reality: the Making of the University of Kent at Canterbury'' ...
* Gary Hume
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, artist
* Matthew King, composer
* Robert Kirby-Harris
Bob Kirby-Harris (born 12 June 1952) is a former Secretary General of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics and Chief Executive of the Institute of Physics.
Early life
He went to Ashford Grammar School (now The Norton Knatchbull ...
, Chief Executive of the Institute of Physics
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2005-
* Prof Leonard Marsh
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Early life and education
Marsh was born in England and graduated from the London School of Economics in 1928. After graduation, he studie ...
OBE, Principal of Bishop Grosseteste College, Lincoln from 1974 to 1996, and Chairman of the National Association for Primary Education from 1981 to 1983
* Daniel Pearce, former bandmate of One True Voice
* Surgeon Vice-Admiral Anthony Revell CB, Surgeon General of the Ministry of Defence 1994
See also
*Highworth Grammar School for Girls
Highworth Grammar School is a selective secondary school (grammar school) in Ashford, Kent. The school also admits boys to the sixth form. At an Ofsted inspection in June 2013, the school was rated 1 (outstanding) in all categories .
Highworth ...
* Spelthorne College
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Spelthorne College was a single-campus sixth form college on High Street, Ashford, Surrey, England. It was formed in 1975 as a successor to Ashford Sixth Form College and Sunbury Sixth Form College. Its campus was founded in 1911 as As ...
(former Ashford County Grammar School in Middlesex
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)
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