Royal Grammar School High Wycombe Headmaster
Royal grammar school high wycombe honours board 1907 75 university awards as listed on the honours boards in the queen s hall state scholarship in addition to open award abolished after 1962 n b.
Royal grammar school high wycombe headmaster. Rgs high wycombe is a top state selective day and boarding school and takes boys from surrounding state schools at age 11 as well as preparatory and international schools. Our vision is to be seen as world class through offering those most naturally able irrespective of their background the best all round education offered in the uk. In february 2011 the school became an academy. It is a rare privilege to lead a school that offers such a prestigious education.
There are 70 boarders at fraser youens house 75 of whom are weekly and 25 of whom are full boarders. 22 march 1660 1 aged 18 b a. The royal grammar school rgs or rgshw for short is a selective boys grammar school situated in high wycombe buckinghamshire england. Our fees are approximately one third of the cost of an independent school in the uk and as a state boarding school there are also no tuition fees to be paid.
Rgs prides itself on the exceptional experience enjoyed by our boarders and also on the outstanding value for money that our boarding package provides. Some amendments taken from the school history last edited. The headmaster at the royal grammar school in high wycombe has released a statement regarding the coronavirus. The headmaster is very proud of the rgs community and thrives on his aspiration and restlessness to pursue constant improvement.
As a state school it does not charge fees for pupils to attend but they must pass an entrance exam the 11 plus. Some towns in northern italy have been in lockdown after there were a number of coronavirus cases. The headmaster philip wayne joined rgs in 2015 having been head of chesham grammar school for 8 years. Humphrey was the school s first headmaster not to be a clergyman according to the list of headmasters given in the bucks herald saturday 7 july 1906.
This comes after several of the school s students visited northern italy during the february half term to take part in a skiing trip. Wycombe royal grammar foundation cio registered number. He studied music at the university of manchester. Monday january 13 2020 8 38 am.