Clitheroe Royal Grammar School

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Clitheroe Royal Grammar School
Address
Chatburn Road Clitheroe , Lancashire , BB7 2BA England
Coordinates	53°53′N 2°23′W / 53.88°N 2.38°W / 53.88; -2.38
Information
Type	Grammar school; Academy
Motto	Latin: In Saxo Condita; "Founded on Rock"
Established	1554; 470 years ago (1554)
Department for Education URN	136390 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Chairman of Governors	Andrew Clayton
Headteacher	James Keulemans
Gender	Mixed
Age	11 to 18
Enrolment	1,336 pupils
Houses	Curie, Roosevelt, Galileo, Socrates, Turing, Angelou
School Seal	Latin: Commune Sigillum Liberae Scholae Gramat In Cletherow Common Seal of the Free Grammar School in Clitheroe
Website	www.crgs.org.uk

Clitheroe Royal Grammar School is a co-educational grammar school in the town of Clitheroe in Lancashire, England, formerly an all-boys school. It was founded in 1554 as "The Free Grammar School of King Philip and Queen Mary" "for the education, instruction and learning of boys and young men in grammar; to be and to continue for ever."

After forty two years of sharing the school buildings with the boys, the newly-built Girls Grammar School opened in 1957, and merged with the Boys' Grammar School in 1985. CRGS celebrated its 450th anniversary in July 2004. At the same time, Stuart Holt retired as headteacher, having started in 1991. He was succeeded by Judith Child, who was headteacher until 2018. In September 2018, she was replaced by James Keulemans, a former international rugby player.^[1]

After becoming a Grant Maintained School in September 1991, Clitheroe Royal Grammar School became a Foundation School with a Foundation under the School Standards and Framework Act 1998. Most recently, on 1 January 2011, the school converted to Academy School Status under the Academies Act 2010.

Clitheroe Royal Grammar School continues to be based on two sites, with the Sixth Form Centre occupying the historic buildings on York Street, and the Main School at the former Girls' Grammar School buildings on Chatburn Road.