St James School, Grimsby

St James School is a coeducational independent day and boarding school located in Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, England. It comprises a Nursery School, Preparatory School, Senior School and Sixth Form. The school is associated with the Church of England Grimsby Minster, dedicated to St James.

For other schools with the same name, see St. James School (disambiguation).

St James School
Location
Grimsby
,
North East Lincolnshire
,
DN34 4SY

England
Information
TypeIndependent day and boarding
MottoDoctrinæ Fons Pietas
(From Learning Springs Piety)
Religious affiliation(s)Church of England
Established1880
Local authorityNorth East Lincolnshire
Department for Education URN118124 Tables
Head teacherMr Richard Murray
GenderCoeducational
Age2 to 18
Enrolment230~
HousesWalkerly
Lindsey
Blakeney
Former pupilsOld Jacobeans
AffiliationWoodard Corporation
Websitehttp://www.saintjamesschool.co.uk

History
St James's Church, Grimsby

Formerly known as St James Choir School, the school was founded on the premises of Grimsby's parish church, St James's (now known as Grimsby Minster). Canon James Peter Young, curate and later vicar at the church, was influenced by Nathaniel Woodard's education philosophy and established the school in 1880 to educate the church's choirboys. Classes were initially held in the Church's "Aqua Rooms", which became unsuitable. In 1882 the school became St James's College, with the intention of continuing to educate the boys after they outgrew the choir. The original choir school moved to a new site before reuniting with the college in 1904. A pre-preparatory department was added in 1957 and a sixth form and boarding programme two years later. It became an associated Woodard School in 1968 and was incorporated in 1985.

Girls were first admitted in 1973 and accepted as boarders two years later. In 1975 "choir" was dropped from the school’s name, as it had now expanded to educate many other pupils, and choristers were a minority. Since 2014, the school has no longer educated the Minster's Choristers, who are now drawn from eleven different schools, and open to all.[1]

Boarding

Boarding pupils at St. James are housed within Woodard House, a purpose built boarding facility opposite the main school campus.[2] The boarding programme is available to pupils in Year 3 and above.

Notable Old Jacobeans

References
  1. History of our school
  3. “Scout who became a Great Airman” (obituary) in Hull Daily Mail, 17 November 1917, p. 2

Further reading
  • Cowie, Leonard & Evelyn (1991). That One Idea: Nathaniel Woodard and His Schools. Ellesmere, Shropshire: Woodard Corporation; pp. 139–42: St James' School, Grimsby

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