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- It was founded on 20 May 1636 by Grace, Lady Manners, who lived at Haddon Hall, the current home of Lord and Lady Edward Manners, and has also in the past been known as the Bakewell Grammar School. It is now a member of the Peak 11 group of secondary schools in the Peak District.
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Establishment Lady Manners School. URN: 112996 . Foundation school. Download establishment data
Lady Manners School is an English secondary school located in Bakewell, a market town in the Peak District National Park, Derbyshire. It was founded on 20 May 1636 by Grace, Lady Manners, who lived at Haddon Hall, the current home of Lord and Lady Edward Manners, and has also in the past been known as the Bakewell Grammar School. It is now a ...
- The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century
- 1896 to 1936
- The Modern School
- The House System
For most of the early history of the school it was very small compared with today. It has also been sited at different places within Bakewell. The records show that in the year 1774 there were about 50 boys in school – and this seems to have been a fairly normal number during the Eighteenth Century. By the Nineteenth Century the rules about teacher...
The school opened again for a completely fresh start on 22 September 1896. The big difference at this stage was that the school was now opened both for boys and for girls. This was unusual at that time and Lady Manners School was the first endowed school in the whole country to admit both boys and girls. The age range allowed was 8 to 18. Like now,...
In the 1930s the school moved again. There were more students and a new site had to be built. On 20 May 1936 – exactly 300 years after Lady Manners had started the school – the foundation stone for the buildings that we now have was laid by John Manners, 9th Duke of Rutland. You can still see this stone today. In 1972 the school stopped being a gra...
The House System was created in 1912. At that time there were three Houses established called Town, North and South. The planning for this took place during 1911 and the original reason for creating the Houses was to help develop Sport in school so that, with a competitive dimension, students would enthusiastically play for their Houses. This provi...
Welcome. FROM OUR HEADTEACHER. Lady Manners School is forward looking and we are also proud of our history. The school was founded in 1636 by Grace, Lady Manners. Since then it has moved sites and has occupied its current position since 1936, overlooking Bakewell in the heart of the Peak District.
Jun 1, 2022 · A former student of Lady Manners School in Bakewell has been awarded a CBE for services to education in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.
Oct 23, 2018 · Today we remembered the foundation of Lady Manners School with our annual service of commemoration at Bakewell Parish Church. Lady Manners School was established in 1636 by Grace, Lady Manners,...
Aug 13, 2015 · Lady Manners School, Bakewell. Lady Manners School in Bakewell has celebrated strong A-level performances by its Year 13 students. A total of 138 students completed their studies at the...
