Hipperholme Grammar School
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(Latin: The pen is mightier than the sword)
| Hipperholme Grammar School | |
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Bramley Lane , , HX3 8JE England | |
| Coordinates | 53°43′43″N 1°48′48″W / 53.728489°N 1.813201°W |
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| Type | Private school |
| Motto | Doctrina Fortior Armis (Latin: The pen is mightier than the sword) |
| Religious affiliation | Church of England |
| Established | 1648 |
| Founders | Matthew Broadley, Joseph Lister, Samuel Sunderland |
| Department for Education URN | 107585 Tables |
| Chair of Governors | James Allison |
| Head Teacher | Tim Bostwick |
| Staff | 51 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Age | 3 to 16 |
| Enrolment | 371 |
| Houses | Sunderland, Lister, Broadly and Watkins. |
| Colours | Red and blue |
| Publication | The Broadleian |
| Website | www |
Hipperholme Grammar School is a private grammar school in Hipperholme (near Halifax), West Yorkshire, England. It educates pupils between the ages of 3 and 16.
Lightcliffe Preparatory School merged with Hipperholme Grammar School in 2003, under the Hipperholme Grammar Schools Foundation, and was subsequently renamed as Hipperholme Grammar Junior School.[1] In 2017, the Junior School site in Lightcliffe closed and the Junior School merged with the Senior school site.
In 1648 (the date the school classes as its founding year) Matthew Broadley, paymaster to Charles I, endowed a large sum of money to build a school on land donated by Samuel Sunderland of Coley Hall; the school opened on its current site in 1661.[citation needed] Two of the current school houses, Broadley and Sunderland, are named after the founders.
In 1783 a new school hall was constructed. Originally an all-boys school, it became private (ISA, AGBIS) in the 1980s and began admitting girls at the same time.[citation needed]
