Newcastle-under-Lyme School is a co-educational private day school in the town of Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire, England. It came about by a merger in 1981 of the old Newcastle High School (founded in 1874)[1] with the Orme Girls' School (founded in 1876).[1] Earlier predecessor boy's and girls schools date back over 400 years.[2]
Present day
The school nowadays consists of nursery and preparatory departments, a senior school and a sixth form. It takes boys and girls from the ages of 3–18. The current Headmaster is Michael Getty.[3]
The school belongs to the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC). It is one of the top 100 performing schools in England in terms of its A-level results,[4] and managed record GCSE pass levels in 2020.[5]
Sports Complex
In September 2022, Newcastle-under-Lyme School opened their new state-of-the-art Sports Complex. The state-of-the-art facility is beyond the normal scale, incorporating multiple courts for netball, tennis and more, as well as a fully equipped Strength and Conditioning Suite.[6] The new complex is the perfect addition to the school's extensive sporting facilities including a flood-lit Astro Turf, outdoor and indoor cricket nets, 25m indoor swimming pool, rugby and cricket pitches and athletics track. [7]
Notable former pupils
In birth order:
- William Watkiss Lloyd (1813–1893), writer and scholar
- Alfred Webb-Johnson, 1st Baron Webb-Johnson (1880-1958), distinguished surgeon
- T. E. Hulme (1883–1917), writer
- George Wade (1891–1986), pottery manufacturer
- Camilla Wedgwood (1901–1955), anthropologist
- Frank Barlow (1911–2009), historian
- Kenneth H. Roscoe (1914–1970), soil engineer
- John Wain (1925–1994), writer, poet and academic
- Peter G. "Spam" Hammersley CB OBE (1928–2020), Rear Admiral, Royal Navy[8]
- Clifford Boulton (1930–2015), parliamentary official
- Rosemary O'Day, née Brookes, (born 1945), historian and author
- David Taylor (1947–2001), humourist, editor of Punch magazine.
- Alan Sinclair (born 1952), diabetologist and clinical scientist
- Robert Sinclair MacKay (born 1956), mathematician
- David J. C. MacKay (1967–2016), academic engineer
- Andy Whittaker (born 1967), media entrepreneur
- Roger Johnson (born 1970), TV newsreader
- Sarah Willingham (born 1973), media entrepreneur
- Dominic Burgess (born 1982), TV and film actor
- Dan Robson (born 1992), rugby player for Wasps RFC and England
- Geraint Vincent (living), TV journalist
- Tom Wagg (born 1997), Astrophysicist
Gallery
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Sixth Form Centre -
Victoria Building
References
- ^ a b "About the school". Newcastle-under-Lyme School.
- ^ "Newcastle-under-Lyme School". independentschoolsyearbook.co.uk/. ISYB. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ School site. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ "Top A-level results". The Sentinel. 14 August 2014. Archived from the original on 14 January 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
- ^ School results. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ "State-of-the-art Sports Complex - Newcastle-under-Lyme School". Newcastle under Lyme School, Independent Day School. 10 January 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ^ https://www.nuls.org.uk/sport/senior/
- ^ "Another Accolade...". Staffordshire Sentinel. 20 October 1988. p. 15.
