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Over
a century of outstanding achievement
Solid
foundations
Arnold
School
was founded by Frank Truswell Pennington on 4th May 1896. Known initially
as
South
Shore
Collegiate
School
, the school moved to its present site in
Lytham Road
when Pennington took over and gradually, expanded the buildings of an
earlier
Victorian
School
. He then adopted the former school’s name of
Arnold
House
School
, named after Dr Thomas Arnold, Headmaster of Rugby School. The name was
later amended to
Arnold
School
.
Distinguished
pupils
By
the time of his death in May, 1938, Pennington had given the School to the
Old Boys who elected a Governing Council. From its inception,
Arnold
has attracted pupils of the highest calibre from the
Fylde
Coast
. In return, the school has given
Lancashire
many of its most distinguished citizens, including Sir William Lyons, the
founder of Jaguar Cars and Dr Michael Smith who received the Nobel Prize
for Chemistry in 1993, a replica of which is on permanent display in the
school entrance hall. Other notable alumni include:
Honours
Sir Walter Clegg (Government Chief Whip, Ex-Officio Controller of the
Royal Household); Sir Harold Grime (Director of Reuter’s Agency,
Chairman of the Press Association, Deputy Lieutenant of Lancashire); Sir
Martin Holdgate (Geographical and Zoological); Sir William Lyons (Founder
of Jaguar Cars); Sir Earnest Woodhouse Smith, (President of Institute of
Fuel).
Academic
Michael Austin, (Professor of Organ and Counterpoint, Royal Academy of
Music); Peter Beighton (Professor of Human Genetics); Terence Charleston
(Professor of Early Music, Royal Academy of Music); Geoffrey Deamaley
(Professor of Physics); Harold Fox (Professor - University of Manchester);
Alan Gillies (Professor of Information Management, University of Central
Lancashire); Richard Hardman, (President of Geological Society); David
Harris (Tutorial Fellow in Priochemistry, University of Oxford); Paul Helm
(Professor of History & Philosophy of Religion); Stephen Hold
(Professor of Gastroenterology & Medicine, Canada); Ashley Kent,
(President of Geographical Society); Geoffrey Marshall, (Provost of the
Queen’s College, Oxford); Charles Moseley (Director of Studies, Wolfson
College Cambridge); Eric Renshaw (Professor of Statistics, Strathclyde
University); Michael Smith (Nobel Prize Winner); Peter Wall
(Professor of Priotechnology); John Wilkinson (President, European
Haematological Society; Life Councillor, International Haematological
Society, Freeman of the City of London); David Wilde (Professor at
Hockschule fur Musik und Thectes, Hanover and international concert
pianist); Keith Yates (Professor of Chemistry).
Public Life/Commerce
Douglas Bickerstaffe (Chairman of Blackpool Tower Company); Peter Boydell
(Leader of the Parliamentary Bar; Chancellor of the Diocese of Truro); His
Honour Judge Robert Brown, (Circuit Judge); District Judge Michael
Buckley (Northern Court Circuit); Dr Alan Curry, (controller Forensic
Science Service, Home Office); Arthur Firth, (Editor of the Daily Express,
Sports Editor of the Daily Mail); Keith Gledhill, (Deputy Lieutenant of
Lancashire, High Sheriff of Lancashire); His Honour Judge Christopher
Hilliard (Member of the Central Criminal Court ); Frederick Laws,
(Vice-Chairman Commission for Local Administration in England); Alderman
Rhodes Marshall (Honorary Freeman of Blackpool and twice Mayor of
Blackpool); James Mitchell (Chairman of Stead & Simpson); Keith
Oates, (Deputy Chairman and Joint Finance Director of Marks &
Spencer); Norman Quick, (Chairman of H & J Quick Group Plc, High
Sheriff).
Sport
James Armfield OBE, High Sheriff of Lancashire, (43 caps for England
Soccer, 15 as captain); George Eastham OBE, (19 caps for England Soccer);
Tom Graveney, (79 tests for England Cricket); Robert Hesford, (10 Caps for
England Rugby Union); Barrie-Jon Mather, (3 caps for Great Britain Rugby
League, 2 caps for England Rugby League, 1 cap for England Rugby Union);
James Mitchell (England Cricket); Malcolm Phillips, (25 caps for England
Rugby Union); David Stephenson, (10 caps for Great Britain Rugby League).
Arts/Theatre/TV etc.
Jonas Armstrong, (Theatre and TV actor); David Ball, (Member of pop group
“Soft Cell”); Jenna - Louise Coleman (Theatre and TV actress);
Christopher Lowe, (One of the “Pet Shop Boys”); Peter Purves (TV
Personality); Michelle Walton, (Opera Singer with Scottish Opera)
Facilities
Since being elected to membership of the Headmasters’ Conference in
1945, (now Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference) the School has
made a steady investment in new buildings and other facilities. The
post-war years saw the appearance of the Memorial Hall, additional
science laboratories, a gymnasium, a new
Junior
School
and the Sixth Form Centre. More recent developments have included the new
Art and Music Departments, all-weather sports facilities, a
state-of-the-art Design and Technology Centre, the ICT Centre, a sports
and drama complex and a Kindergarten Department for boys and girls from
the age of 2. Further developments are currently being planned.
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