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词条 Derby Grammar School
释义

  1. Premises

  2. Curriculum

  3. Sport

  4. Extra-curricular

  5. School motto, arms and badge

  6. Old Derbeians

  7. References

  8. External links

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| name = Derby Grammar School
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| motto = Vita sine litteris mors
Latin Life without learning is death
| established = 1160 (reformed 1995)
| closed =
| type = Independent
| religious_affiliation = Church of England
| president =
| head_label = Head
| head = Dr Ruth Norris
| r_head_label =
| r_head =
| specialist =
| address =
| city = Littleover, Derby
| county = Derbyshire
| country = England
| postcode = DE23 4BX
| local_authority =
| ofsted =
| staff = 45 (approx.)
| enrolment = 270 (approx.)
| gender = Boys; Coeducational Sixth Form
| lower_age = 7
| upper_age = 18
| houses = Atkinson, Bemrose, Blackton, Derby
| colours = Green & navy blue
| publication =
| free_label_1 = Chairman of Governors
| free_1 = Tim Wilson
| free_label_2 = Visitors
| free_2 = The Bishop of Derby, The Duke of Devonshire
| free_label_3 = Former pupils
| free_3 = Old Derbeians
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Derby Grammar School is a selective independent school in Littleover near the city of Derby, England. Refounded as a reincarnation of Derby School in 1995, it takes boys aged 7–18 and girls aged 16–18; it currently has around three hundred pupils. The sixth form has been co-educational since September 2007. Although only recently formed, Derby Grammar School aims to continue the ethos, tradition and spirit of Derby School.

The school is academically selective, admitting those within the top twenty-five per cent of the ability range; scholarships and bursaries offering a discount on the school's fees are available for those who excel the most.

Premises

The school occupies Rykneld Hall, a Grade II listed 18th century country house at Littleover, built as a private residence in 1780 and used as a hospital through the later 20th Century. After conversion, the school was opened in 1995.

Teaching buildings for Humanities, Sciences, Design and Technology, and Arts have been added to the site, along with the main school hall, which is linked with the old quadrangle and contains a stage and an organ, with an attached kitchen. The new block, called the Bagshaw Building, was opened in 2000. A new cricket pavilion has also recently been built.

The woodland, mature trees, grassland, and water areas in the school's grounds are designated as Wildlife Site 38 and safeguarded in the City of Derby's Local Plan, Policy E4 (Nature Conservation). Such sites are "considered irreplaceable".[1]

New school sports facility, Rykneld Sports Centre, located a short distance away from the main site, was opened in September 2017.

Curriculum

The curriculum is built around teaching for GCSE and A-level. Subjects taught include English, Latin, French, German, Spanish, Classics, Maths, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, History, Ancient History, English Literature, Geography, Religious Studies, Art, Music, Design Technology and Economics.

Sport

The main sports offered at the school are cricket, hockey, and rugby union, plus Athletics, cross-country, swimming, squash, and badminton.

The 2007 Under-15 rugby team were county champions, and have won the county cup twice, as have the under 16s once. The 2007 under-16s were the first DGS team to win all their games, although the under-15s later did the same. In 2007, the under-16s reached the fourth round of the Daily Mail Cup, and over half of the team members also played for the First XV. The school's First XV [season '10/'11] were the school's first undefeated first team, with eight recorded victories throughout the season.

Extra-curricular

Activities include school dramatic productions, the Duke of Edinburgh Award, public speaking, World Challenge, debating, a School choir and orchestra, adventure training and the Arts Award examined by LAMDA. There are music and drama workshops, some being joint events with Derby High School for girls and the Hot House Music Schools youth music group.

The School supports various charities, including YMCA Derbyshire and the Gedeli B School in the Mwanza Region of Tanzania. It raises money annually for both projects and sends Sixth Form students out every year to Gedeli B School to assist with teaching, maintenance of classrooms and other tasks.[2][3]

School motto, arms and badge

The school's coat of arms, badge, and motto, are all based on those of the former Derby School. The motto, Vita Sine Litteris Mors (Life without learning is death), is that of the former school and is a quotation from Seneca's Epistulae morales ad Lucilium.

Old Derbeians

{{See also|Category:People educated at Derby School}}

The term "Old Derbeians" originally meant only former pupils of Derby School, but the Old Derbeians Society is now open also to ex-pupils of the new school, who are called both New and Old Derbeians.[4]

References

1. ^{{Cite web|url = http://www.cartogold.co.uk/DerbyLocalPlan/text/09_e_environment.htm|title = City of Derby Local Plan Review – Adopted Plan. Ch 9 Environment|accessdate = 1 September 2014|website = City of Derby Local Plan Review|publisher = Derby City Council}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.isaschools.org.uk/2018/02/22/derby-grammar-school-student-picks-up-top-national-prize/|title=Derby Grammar School student picks up top national prize - ISA Schools.org.uk|accessdate=1 November 2018}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=https://attain.news/community/school-smashes-fundraising-target-for-tanzania|title=Derby Grammar School has smashed its target to raise £50,000 in 10 years to help improve the lives of schoolchildren in Africa - Attain News p.4 October 2018|accessdate=1 November 2018}}
4. ^Main page of the Old Derbeian Society web site, accessed 27 February 2008
{{More footnotes|date=February 2018}}
  • Derby Grammar School at BBC Education League Tables
  • Derby Grammar School at dfes.gov.uk
  • Independent Schools Inspectorate report of Derby Grammar School 2005 inspection
  • Derby Grammar School buildings by Rothera Goodwin, website no longer active
  • City of Derby Local Plan
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External links

  • Derby Grammar School – official site
  • Web site of the Old Derbeians Society
  • [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W51ftndV0lI&feature=channel&list=UL "Derby School – the Sixties Revisited" a short film shot in St Helen's House in 2012]

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