Redruth Grammar School
History
The school was opened on 5 October 1907 by General Sir Redvers Buller.{{cite web|url=http://www.kevranna.fsnet.co.uk/|title=RCGS Reunion Pages|work=fsnet.co.uk}} It was originally built to accommodate 150 pupils and to serve the Camborne-Redruth area, extending from Gwithian in the west to St. Agnes in the east and south to villages such as St Day and Troon. (Girls from this same area attended Camborne Grammar School).
On 23 May 1921, H.R.H. the Prince of Wales visited the school, and was presented to all the children and ex-servicemen of the neighbourhood. The school had a tuck shop run by "old Buck". In 1973 the new art block was opened by the Secretary of State for Education and Science, Margaret Thatcher.
Merger
In 1976, the school merged with the nearby Tolgus Secondary School to create Redruth School, and served as the "West Park" section of the school until 2002, when a new building was constructed nearer the Tolgus site.
Subsequent use of site
The buildings remained disused until 2006 when the site of the old Redruth Grammar School was handed over to the Cornwall Arts Centre Trust.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/4548442.stm|title=BBC NEWS - UK - England - Cornwall - Plans for art centre move forward|work=bbc.co.uk}}{{cite web|url=http://www.krowji.org.uk/|title=Welcome - Krowji|work=krowji.org.uk}} The buildings have now been completely renovated and extended, and are now used as an arts hub for creative businesses.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-32919751|title=Old Grammar School in Redruth becomes 'creative hub'|work=BBC News}}
Notable former pupils
{{see also|Category:People educated at Redruth Grammar School}}
- Peter Bayley (1944-2018), scholar of French literature.{{cite journal |title=Peter Bayley (1944–2018) |journal=French Studies |date=October 2018 |volume=72 |issue=4 |pages=649–651 |url=https://academic.oup.com/fs/article-abstract/72/4/649/5073195 |doi=10.1093/fs/kny221 |accessdate=22 December 2018|url-access=subscription }}
- Ronald Bottrall, poet
- Rory McGrath, comedian
- Peter Rickard, Fellow, Emmanuel College, Cambridge{{cite web|url=http://www.emma.cam.ac.uk/teaching/fellows/display/index.cfm?fellow=33|title=Emmanuel College - Contact - Fellows|work=cam.ac.uk}}
- D. M. Thomas, Cornish poet, translator, novelist, editor, biographer and playwright{{cite web|url=https://www.dmthomasonline.net/info.html|title=Personal History|quote=I'm Cornish, and very proud of it. It's where I live now.}}
Headmasters
- T. Shopland (1907-1931)
- F. W. Weatherill (1931-1964)
- A. S. Worrall (1964-1967)
- Arthur Parkes (1967-1976)
References
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Category:Defunct schools in Cornwall
Category:Defunct grammar schools in England
Category:Educational institutions established in 1907
Category:Educational institutions disestablished in 1976
Category:1907 establishments in England