Lady Lumley's School
Community school in Pickering, North Yorkshire, England
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Lady Lumley's School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Pickering, North Yorkshire, England.[1] It was founded in Thornton-le-Dale in 1670.[2]
| Lady Lumley's School | |
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| Location | |
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Swainsea Lane , , YO18 8NG England | |
| 54.2516°N 0.7839°W | |
| Information | |
| Type | Academy |
| Motto | Deo, Regi, Patriae (For God, King, Country) |
| Founder | Lady Lumley |
Local authority | North Yorkshire |
| Trust | Delta Academies Trust |
| 148602 Tables | |
| Ofsted | Reports |
Head teacher | Clair Foden |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 1,253 pupils |
| Website | https://www.ladylumleys.coastandvale.academy/ |
It was endowed by deed of Frances, Viscountess Lumley, an ancestor of the Earl of Scarborough, in 1657, and the buildings completed in about 1680.[3][4]
It has school links worldwide, particularly within Tanzania, Morocco, China and France.[5][failed verification]
The school has been awarded Sportsmark 2008, an iNET qualification, Specialist Schools and Academies Trust, a British Schools Orienteering award and was classified as a Healthy School.[citation needed]
In 2019, the Ofsted Inspection Report rated Lady Lumley's school as inadequate.[6]
School history
The current co-educational school was originally two single-sex grammar schools, one in Thornton-le-Dale and one on Middleton Road in Pickering, both called Lady Lumley's Grammar School.[7] They were amalgamated in 1904/05, on the Pickering site.[7][8][9] In 1864, the school at Thornton had 26 pupils, all boys.[8]
During the Second World War, pupils from Middlesbrough High School for Girls were evacuated to Pickering, and shared the school with the Lady Lumley's pupils.[10]
In the 1940s, pupils carried out an archaeological excavation of the nearby mediaeval hospital of St Nicholas.[11]
In the first half of the twentieth century, the then headmaster of the school, F Austin Hyde, was an expert on the dialect of the area.[12]
Previously a community school administered by North Yorkshire County Council, in May 2021 Lady Lumley's School converted to academy status. It is now sponsored by the Coast and Vale Learning Trust.[13]
In 2025, the Coast and Vale Learning Trust merged into the Delta Academies Trust, bringing Lady Lumley's under the Delta banner.[14]
Notable former pupils
- Richard Buck, athlete[citation needed]
- Duncan Dowson, Professor of Mechanical Engineering[15]
- John Healey, Labour Party MP for Wentworth and Dearne (1997–present)[citation needed]
- Craig and Chris Short, footballers[16]