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Contact Us. Enquiries should be directed to: Ms J Orley, School Business Officer. Lady Manners School. Shutts Lane, Bakewell, Derbyshire, DE45 1JA. Headteacher: G Peat BA (Hons) NPQH NLE. Tel: +44 (0) 1629 812671. Fax: +44 (0) 1629 813883. Email: General enquiries: info@ladymanners.derbyshire.sch.uk.
- History of the School
Lady Manners School began on 20 May 1636. This was when...
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- History of the School
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 ...
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.
- 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...
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.
Establishment Lady Manners School. URN: 112996 . Foundation school. Download establishment data
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Lady Manners School Shutts Lane Bakewell Derbyshire DE45 1JA; Head: Mr Gary Peat; T 01629 812671; F 01629 814984; E enquiries@ladyman….derbyshire.sch.uk; W www.ladymanners.net; A state school for boys and girls aged from 11 to 18. Boarding: No; Local authority: Derbyshire; Pupils: 1353; Religion: None; Ofsted: Latest Overall effectiveness ...
