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From 1923 the Rev. W. M. Peacock started to model the school on public school lines, introducing (among other things) four houses (see below), The Horsham Grammar School Magazine (later to become The Collyerian), and a school song. By 1926 it was a single-stream school of 220 boys with a sixth form of "less than a dozen", and ten teaching staff.
Sep 12, 2019 · The College of Richard Collyer, Collyer’s, was founded in 1532 and originally located next to St Mary’s Church in Horsham just off the Causeway. It was rebuilt on its current site in Hurst Road in 1892 and was a highly successful boys’ Grammar School until 1976 since when it has provided sixth form education for students in Horsham and ...
Eventually it was settled that Collyer’s would move to a larger site between Hurst and Richmond roads on what was then the north edge of Horsham, and a new grammar school building was designed by Arthur Vernon and built by local firm Joseph Potter at a cost of £5,795.
From 1923 the Rev. W. M. Peacock started to model the school on public school lines, introducing (among other things) four houses (see below), The Horsham Grammar School Magazine (later to become The Collyerian), and a school song. By 1926 it was a single-stream school of 220 boys with a sixth form of "less than a dozen", and ten teaching staff.
During the 17th and 18th centuries the school grew and was refurbished before being completely rebuilt in 1840 at the original site, and then moving in 1893 into the ‘new’ grammar school building on Hurst Road that it currently occupies.
Sep 16, 2024 · In 1889 the old school premises were disposed of, and later became Denne Road Boys school (102E). New buildings were erected in 1892-3. The boarding establishment closed in 1935.
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Mar 14, 2021 · In 1532 a grammar school was founded in Horsham. However, like all towns in those days, Horsham suffered from outbreaks of bubonic plague. It struck in 1560, 1574, and 1608-09.
