Cambridgeshire High School for Boys

Cambridgeshire High School for Boys
Address
Map
Hills Road

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England
Coordinates52°11′17″N 00°08′07″E / 52.18806°N 0.13528°E / 52.18806; 0.13528
Information
TypeGrammar school
Established1900
Closed1974
Local authorityCambridgeshire
GenderBoys
Age11 to 18
DestinyBecame Hills Road Sixth Form College

The Cambridgeshire High School for Boys was founded as the Cambridge and County School for Boys in Cambridge, England, in 1900.

History

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It was later the Cambridge and County High School for Boys, and then finally the Cambridgeshire High School for Boys. It had around 600 boys in 1970, with 150 in the sixth form. It was transformed into Hills Road Sixth Form College in the 1974 reorganisation of education in Cambridgeshire.

The Cambridgeshire High School for Girls became the Long Road Sixth Form College, also in 1974.

Former headmasters

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  • 1900 Rev Charles John Napoleon Child
  • 1917 Peter Henderson (died 1917)
  • 1917 Rev Charles John Napoleon Child [acting head]
  • 1919 Major C. J. R. Whitmore
  • 1923 Arthur Brinley Mayne
  • 1946 Brinley Newton-John (father of Olivia Newton-John)
  • 1954 Arthur William Eagling
  • 1969 Colin W. Hill (subsequently Principal of Hills Road Sixth Form College, 1974–1984)

Alumni

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Former teachers

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References

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  1. ^ 'Surveys in Combinatronics', 2003, CUP, Wensley C.D.
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