Sudbury Grammar School

Sudbury Grammar School was a boys' grammar school in Sudbury. The school was founded in 1491. In 1972, the school was amalgamated with other local schools to form Sudbury Upper School.

Sudbury Grammar School
Address
School Street Sudbury , Suffolk
Coordinates	52.0375°N 0.7266°E
Information
Type	Grammar school
Established	1491
Closed	1972
Local authority	West Suffolk
Gender	Boys
Age	11 to 18
Fate	Became Sudbury Upper School in 1972

History

It was a boys' grammar school. The analogous school for girls was Sudbury High School, which later became a bi-lateral school. There was flexible transfer from the Sudbury Secondary Modern School, a boys' school - upwards and downwards.[1]

In December 1966, seven sixth form boys made a formal protest about the admission of Prince Charles to Trinity College, Cambridge, whom they claimed had entered by a backdoor entry method.

Former teachers

• Captain Robert Stewart Smylie, headmaster c.1911-1914; commissioned into the Royal Scots Fusiliers, killed in action during the Battle of the Somme on 14 July 1916 while serving as company commander to C Company, 1st Battalion.[2][3]
• Claude Abbott, Professor of English Language and Literature from 1932-54 at Durham University

Former pupils

One old boy paints another, c. 1750, in Mr and Mrs Andrews by Thomas Gainsborough

• Thomas Gainsborough, painter, two years below Robert Andrews, who he painted in his famous Mr and Mrs Andrews (c. 1750)
• Michael Goodman, Child Support Commissioner from 1993-8, Social Security Commissioner from 1979-98, and Professor of Law from 1971-6 at Durham University
• Sir Leander Starr Jameson, Prime Minister from 1904-8 of the Cape Colony, and the inspiration for Rudyard Kipling's famous 1895 poem If—
• John Eric Loverseed, military pilot and politician
• Prof Keith Morton, Professor of Numerical Analysis from 1983-97 at the University of Oxford, Professor of Applied Maths from 1972-83 at the University of Reading, and Winner in 2002 of the IMA Gold Medal
• Venerable Roy Southwell, Archdeacon of Northolt, 1970 - 1980
• Wickham Steed, Editor from February 1919 - November 1922 of The Times newspaper
• Sir Roger Walters CBE, architect, commissioned the Thames Barrier[4]
• Andy 'Dog' Johnson, artist and illustrator

Emeritus Professor of Probation Studies Paul Senior, Sheffield Hallam University, at the Grammar School 1964-1970

References

1. "Sudbury Society" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2012.
2. Imperial War Museum (2006). "Robert Smylie". The Battle of the Somme. Archived from the original on 4 August 2008. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
3. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. "Casualty details: Smylie, R S R". Retrieved 9 May 2013.
4. Medawar, Charles (19 October 2010). "Sir Roger Walters obituary". the Guardian.

External links

• Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1180935)". National Heritage List for England.