St.Bees School

St. Bees School is a temporarily closed co-educational independent school located in the West Cumbrian village of St Bees. Founded in 1583 by the then Archbishop of Canterbury Edmund Grindal as a boys' "free grammar school", it was later a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference and was coeducational from 1978. Before closure in 2015 the school accommodated both day pupils and boarders, who lived in five boarding houses located on the school grounds and in the village, although each day pupil was also a member of a house. The last headmaster before closure was James Davies, from September 2012 to July 2015. On 20 March 2017 it was announced that the school will re-open in September 2018 in a partnership with Shenzhen International, a South East Asian education group. On 5th May 2017 the Trustees announced that the Headteacher Designate is Jeremy Hallows, who is currently Head of the Senior School at Bromsgrove School. Before closure approximately one third of the pupils were boarders, many from China and Eastern Europe. Although many boarders were members of the main school, the school had a dedicated "International Centre", where pupils were intensively tutored to improve their English to a level where they could join the main school, frequently entering the sixth form after having spent one year in the centre and passing an ESOL exam.

St. Bees School is a temporarily closed co-educational independent school located in the West Cumbrian village of St Bees. Founded in 1583 by the then Archbishop of Canterbury Edmund Grindal as a boys' "free grammar school", it was later a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference and was coeducational from 1978. Before closure in 2015 the school accommodated both day pupils and boarders, who lived in five boarding houses located on the school grounds and in the village, although each day pupil was also a member of a house. The last headmaster before closure was James Davies, from September 2012 to July 2015. On 20 March 2017 it was announced that the school will re-open in September 2018 in a partnership with Shenzhen International, a South East Asian education group. On 5th May 2017 the Trustees announced that the Headteacher Designate is Jeremy Hallows, who is currently Head of the Senior School at Bromsgrove School. Before closure approximately one third of the pupils were boarders, many from China and Eastern Europe. Although many boarders were members of the main school, the school had a dedicated "International Centre", where pupils were intensively tutored to improve their English to a level where they could join the main school, frequently entering the sixth form after having spent one year in the centre and passing an ESOL exam.