Queen Mary's Grammar School
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Queen Mary's Grammar School on Sutton Road in Walsall, England, was founded in 1554, at which time it had about seventy pupils, all boys, and taught Classics almost exclusively. Today it is still mainly single-sex, though with a few girls in the sixth form, and has a sister school, Queen Mary's High School. It has grown since its foundation, and moved twice, first from its original town centre building to the building now used by the High School, and secondly to a purpose-built school on the Mayfield site. Despite expansion, it is still small by modern standards, with 650 pupils. It is a selective school. Stuart Holtam became headmaster in 1995.
The school building is often mocked for its outdated 60's styling, but it remains a distinctive landmark within the area[[Citing sources citation needed]].
Queen Mary's consistently performs well in exams across the board, despite recently specialising in Modern Languages (after the controversial omission of Latin from the syllabus for the first time in the school's history).
The school also attempts to be more than just an "exam factory", with a host of extracurricular activities available for pupils, including sports teams, subject-related societies, and a Combined Cadet Force (Army and RAF sectons) contingent, run by Wing Commander D.E. Pomeroy OBE.
The school's motto is "Quas dederis solas semper habebis opes" which (loosely) translates as "one will get out what one puts in". Some students know the motto off-by-heart, as writing out the motto by hand is often used as a lesser punishment given by sixth-formers (school lines).
The school recently celebrated its 450th anniversary. The School is based just outside the Town Centre in the Chuckery area. Famous former pupils of the school include:
- Jerome K. Jerome the writer of Three Men in a Boat
- Colin Charvis, British and Irish Lion and Welsh International
- Harry Hinsley, historian and World War II codebreaker
- Vernon Coleman, Activist
- Frank Windsor, Actor
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- David Brown, Former England cricketer
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