Giggleswick School

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Giggleswick School is an independent co-educational boarding school in Giggleswick, near Settle, North Yorkshire. The school was founded in 1512 by James Carr and received its royal charter in 1553.

It has an associated pre-prep school called Mill House (ages 3–7) and a prep school called Catteral Hall (aged 7–13).

Boarding Houses

There are four boys' boarding houses: Morrison, named after Walter Morrison, Nowell, named after John Nowell, Paley, named after William Paley, Shute, named after Josias Shute.

The two girls' houses are: Carr, named after James Carr, Style, named after George Style.

Notable alumni

Notable alumni, who are known as , include:

William Paley (1743–1805), theologian.
Thomas Kidd (1770–1850), classical scholar.
John Saul Howson (1815–1885), theologian.
O.S. Nock (1904–1994), railway historian.
Keith Duckworth (1933–2005), engineer
Anthony Daniels (1946– ), actor
Richard Whiteley, (1943–2005) Countdown presenter.

Russell Harty, a BBC2 chat show host in the 1980s from Blackburn, taught English at the school, notably to Richard Whiteley. Harty and Whiteley entered television at the same time in the late 1960s.

External links

[School website]
[Short history]

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