Northampton School For Boys
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Northampton School For Boys (NSB) is a secondary school in Northampton, England.
History
The school was originally founded in 1541 by mayor Thomas Chipsey, as the town's free Boys Grammar School. In 1557, the school moved to St. Gregory's church, which was adapted for its use. The School remained on this site until 1864, when it moved to the Free Range Egg and Corn Exchange in the Bomb Disposal Square. In 1870, additional premises were opened in Abington Square to educate a further 200 pupils. Due to popularity, the school moved again in 1911, to new buildings constructed on the present site at Billing Road.The school continuted to flourish, until 1974 when it became a comprehensive school. This caused many excellent teaching staff to leave, and the standards of teaching and pupil behaviour declined rapidly.
In 1992, NSB became Grant Maintained (later becoming a Foundation school) and with the administration of headteachers Sir Bruce Liddington and Michael Griffiths, it has become a prominent and over-subscribed school. In December 2005 NSB was named Daily Telegraph 'State School of the Year' for its achievements in sport [link].
During the 1990s, the school allowed the admission of girls into the Sixth Form. Currently up to a quarter of the Sixth Form are girls.
In the summer of 1999 the school completed a new complex, the Cripps Hall, named in honour of Sir Humphrey Cripps, a former pupil of the school. It includes a theatre used for school productions and concerts as well as public performances.
During 2004, Northampton switched back to a 2-tier school system making NSB a secondary school. Due to the increased numbers, NSB currently occupies a second campus at the former Cliftonville Middle School for the new years 7 and 8, known as NSB West. Also that year, the school decided to revert back to a house system. The houses, named after original benefactors in 1541, are Chipsey, Manley, Brightwell and Washington. There are 2 wings, East and West, with four tutor groups in each. They are; East Wing - H, I, J, K, West Wing - P, Q, R, S. H and P are in Brightwell, I and Q are in Chipsey, J and R are in Manley and K and S are in Washington.
Trivia
Northampton School for Boys claims to be an equal opportunities school (and commemorates this with a plaque in its reception), despite being single sex up until year twelve.NAGTY Ambassador School
The school was selected to be an ambassador school for the NAGTY due to it's excellent gifted and talented programme, which was hailed as a model system by DfES.Project 465
Since the start of 2005, the school has been undergoing a further refurbishment and building programme. The project, called Project 465 (the school will be 465 years old when finished), is due for completion in 2006 and will help accomodate for years seven and eight. The project is spear-headed by deputy head, Rod Goldswain. Some critics have likened the blueprints to "airport architecture", though as with all works funded by the Cripps foundation the plans will have been subject to very high standards.Notable Alumni
- Sir Humphrey Cripps, philanthropist.
- Malcolm Arnold, composer.
- Dom Passantino, Guardian journalist
- Francis Crick, discoverer of the structure of DNA.
- Arthur Marshman - architect and founder of Marshman Warren Taylor.
- Steve Thompson, rugby player for England.
External links
- [Northampton School For Boys] - official site
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