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{{About|the single-sex boys' grammar school (mixed for sixth-form)|single-sex girls' school|Maidstone Grammar School for Girls}}
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| name = Maidstone Grammar School
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2016}}
| image = [[Image:MGSabove.JPG|Maidstone Grammar School viewed from above.]]
{{Use British English|date=October 2014}}
| motto = Olim Meminisse Juvabit
{{Short description|Grammar school in Maidstone, England}}
| established = 1549
{{Infobox school
| type = [[Grammar School]]
| cityname = [[Maidstone]] Grammar School
| logo = File:Maidstone Grammar School logo.svg
| state = [[Kent]]
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| country = [[United Kingdom]]
| motto = Olim Meminisse Juvabit<br>"One day it will be pleasing to remember." from the ''[[Aeneid]]'' 1.203
| head_name = Headmaster
| established = {{start date and age|1549}}
| head = Mr Neil Turrell, BSc MA FCollP FRSA
| closed =
| students = ~1200
| type = [[Foundation School|Foundation]] [[Grammar School]]
| teaching_staff = ~70
| religious_affiliation =
| website = [http://www.mgs.kent.sch.uk www.mgs.kent.sch.uk]
| president =
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| head = Mark Tomkins
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| chair = Mark Rolfe
| founder =
| address = Barton Road
| city = [[Maidstone]]
| county = [[Kent]]
| country = England
| postcode = ME15 7BT
| local_authority = [[Kent County Council|Kent]]
| ofsted = yes
| urn = 118835
| dfeno = 886/4522
| staff = 112
| enrolment = 1,292
| capacity = 1,314
| gender = Boys (11-16)
Mixed (16-18)
| lower_age = 11
| upper_age = 18
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| colours = {{color box|Blue}} Blue<br>{{color box|Yellow}} Yellow
| alumni = [[#Notable alumni|Old Maidstonians]]
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'''Maidstone Grammar School''' ('''MGS''') is a [[grammar school]] in [[Maidstone]], England. The school was founded in 1549 after [[Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset|Protector Somerset]] sold Corpus Christi Hall on behalf of [[Edward VI of England|King Edward VI]] to the people of [[Maidstone]] for £200. The [[Royal charter|Royal Charter]] for establishment of a [[grammar school]] was also granted at this time.<ref>{{Cite web|title=School Sites » Maidstone Grammar School|url=http://www.mgs.kent.sch.uk/about-mgs/history/school-sites/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101151332/https://www.mgs.kent.sch.uk/about-mgs/history/school-sites/|archive-date=January 1, 2021|access-date=8 July 2016|website=Maidstone Grammar School}}</ref>
'''Maidstone Grammar School''' is a [[Grammar school|secondary school]] located in [[Maidstone]], [[United Kingdom]]. It was founded in 1549. The school takes boys at the age of 11 and over by [[11 plus|examination]] and boys and girls at 16+ on their [[GCSE]] results. They can take boys into other years if they are suitably qualified and there are places available. The school currently holds over 1200 students and over 70 teachers.
 
== BuildingAdmissions ==
Maidstone Grammar School is a [[selective school]], taking boys at the age of 11 and over based on their [[Eleven-plus|11+ results]], and also admits male and female pupils at 16+ based on their [[GCSE]] results.
 
The school currently has 1292 pupils and 112 members of staff, with 69 teachers as of the academic year 2018–2019.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Maidstone Grammar School - GOV.UK|url=https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/school/118835/maidstone-grammar-school/absence-and-pupil-population|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231181738/https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/school/118835/maidstone-grammar-school/absence-and-pupil-population|archive-date=December 31, 2020|access-date=2020-12-31|website=Find and compare schools in England|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Maidstone Grammar School - GOV.UK|url=https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/school/118835/maidstone-grammar-school/workforce-and-finance/workforce?accordionstate=0|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231181423/https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/school/118835/maidstone-grammar-school/workforce-and-finance/workforce?accordionstate=0|archive-date=December 31, 2020|access-date=2020-12-31|website=Find and compare schools in England|language=en}}</ref>
The main school building is around a [[Tudor period|Tudor-style]] quadrangle with a [[cloister]] on one side. A new block was added in the 1960s. A [[sixth form]] and arts and crafts block was added in 1981. This newer building completes a second quadrangle. In 2005, a new [[refectory]] and teaching block of 15 classrooms was built. As well as over 100 classrooms, there are twelve science laboratories, a language laboratory, seven [[computer]] centres, a set of [[music]] rooms, lecture theatre, [[gym]] and [[sports]] hall.
 
== Buildings ==
[[Image:MGSquad.png|thumb|right|The Quadrangle at Maidstone Grammar School]]
The main school building surrounds a [[Tudor period|Tudor-style]] quadrangle with a cloister on one side. Two new blocks were added in the 1960s and 80s to complete a second quadrangle, nicknamed the 'Court'. In 2005, a new refectory and teaching block (renamed the 'Walker Building') opened, followed by Sixth Form buildings in 2011.
 
Additional funding from [[Kent County Council]] allowed the school to open a designated Performing Arts building, new sports pavilion, and computing and science block between 2017 and 2019. The pavilion was constructed to replace the traditional pavilion which had fallen into disrepair, with a second floor having recently been added to house the Modern Foreign Languages department. As well as that, the school opened a refurbishment of the War Memorial Library and a new all-weather sports pitch.
== Sixth form ==
 
== Houses ==
The sixth form is one of the largest and most successful in the South-East. Most students stay on after 16. Each year the school takes up to 200 students into Year 12, including around thirty girls, accepting students from any school according to their GCSE results. The size of the sixth form means they can offer AS and A2 courses in a wide variety of combinations, as well as the [[International Baccalaureate]] as an alternative to [[A levels]].
A house system was inaugurated in 1899 with three houses of 'School', 'East Borough' and 'West Borough';<ref>{{Cite book|last=Phillips|first=G. Brownfield|title=Maidstone Grammar School 1579-1965|year=1965}}</ref> allocation was based on local geography.<ref>Streatfield F, an account of the Grammar School in the Kings town and parish of Maidstone in Kent, Rogus and B,1915</ref> In September 2007, the school reformed the tradition with the introduction of six new school houses, named after military vehicles: [[Challenger 2|Challenger]] (purple), [[Churchill tank|Churchill]] (yellow), [[HMS Endeavour|Endeavour]] (red), [[Hawker Hurricane|Hurricane]] (green), [[HMS Invincible (R05)|Invincible]] (blue), and [[Supermarine Spitfire|Spitfire]] (white). It was again reformed in September 2017, splitting the school into four houses, named after locations of the school: Barton (blue), College (green), Corpus Christi (red), and Tonbridge (yellow). This was due to the transition into vertical forms, where each form consists of a few members from every year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our House System |url=https://www.mgs.kent.sch.uk/pastoral/our-house-system/ |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=Maidstone Grammar School |language=en}}</ref>
 
== CareersSixth form ==
Each year the school takes up to 200 students into Year 12, including about thirty external pupils of both genders from any school according to their GCSE results.{{cn|date=September 2022}} The sixth form teaches AS and A-Level courses. In order to be accepted one needs an average of 5.7 on GCSE results and at least 5 in both Maths and one of the English subjects.
 
The careers programme starts with Year 8 students taking part in the Real Game. All students from Year 9 upwards get careers advice, individually and as part of the PSHE and Tutorial Programmes. The school works closely with a careers consultant and with Careers Management [[Kent]] and [[Medway]]. All Year 9 students attend a careers fair and take part in group sessions to help make the right choices for GCSE and learn about the world of work. In Year 10 they try to identify your skills and aptitudes. In Year 11 the students have access to individual interviews with the careers consultant, who gives them impartial advice and an action plan. In addition the school offers the [[Morrisby Profile]]. They provide detailed advice for the majority, who wish to pursue academic courses in the sixth form. There is an alternative programme for Year 11 leavers. In Year 12 form tutors give students advice on university and employment options. There is a week of [[Work Experience]]. In the past students have shadowed [[Member of Parliament|MP]]s, [[barrister]]s, [[solicitor]]s, [[accountant]]s, [[architect]]s, [[engineer]]s, [[policemen]], [[journalist]]s and [[Physician|doctors]]. They have also worked with [[Rolls-Royce plc|Rolls Royce]], Meridian TV, [[ITN]], and [[Hoverspeed]]. They have travelled as far a field as [[Paris]] and even [[Hong Kong]]. Also, students attend a Higher Education Fair. In Year 13, [[university]] applications are made, and those who do not apply to university receive appropriate advice. The school [[library]] has a careers and higher education section with [[computer]], [[video]] and paper resources, as well as the [[prospectus]] of every university in the [[United Kingdom]]. All are shown how to use these, and a [[librarian]] is always on hand to assist. The school has many well-established contacts in industry, commerce, the professions and higher education.
 
[[Image:MGScricket.png|thumb|left|Cricket playing on the school field]]
 
== Sport ==
The main sports at the school are [[rugby union|rugby]], [[Association football|football]] and [[cricket]], but participation also includes rowing, [[Cross country running|cross country]], [[sport of athletics|athletics]], [[team handball|handball]], and [[basketball]]. The school has won various district and county competitions.
 
In the 1999/2000 season, the 1st XI football team reached the final of the [[English Schools' Football Association|ESFA]] U18 Cup, narrowly losing to [[The Kingsway School]]
[[Sport]] is an important part of school life at MGS. There are five full time specialist [[Physical education|PE]] teachers who manage teams in a variety of sports. The school has a lot of help from other staff as well as parents and friends. All have helped the school achieve the excellent results in recent years. Recent seasons have particularly been good for [[rugby]], [[soccer|football]], [[field hockey]], [[cricket]] and [[athletics]] and many league and cup trophies have been won.
 
In the 2004/05 season, the U15 rugby team won the [[RFU National Schools Cup|Schools Vase]], having won the Kent Schools Cup earlier in the season, beating [[Oakham School]] 33-7.
== Combined Cadet Force ==
 
== Combined Cadet Force (CCF) ==
The school has one of the oldest [[Combined Cadet Force]]s in the country (founded 1906). It has an [[Army]], [[Navy]] and [[Royal Air Force|RAF]] section and accepts students on a voluntary basis when they reach year nine. All sections have been successful over the years with many national and local titles being won. RAF cadets have gained flying [[scholarships]] and private pilot's licences. Army cadets have won scholarships at Welbeck and [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst|Sandhurst]]. Naval cadets have won places at [[Dartmouth, Devon|Dartmouth]]. The school's shooting team has been very successful. Cadets can take part in activities such as [[abseiling]], [[first aid]], map and compass work, [[climbing]], [[canoeing]] and [[sailing]]. On the last CCF summer camp the contingent won 2 out of 5 competitions and are hoping to achieve the same or better on the next one.
The school has a [[Combined Cadet Force]], with Navy, Army and RAF sections accepting students on a voluntary basis when they reach year nine. The [[Combined Cadet Force]], in particular the Army section, has roots in the [[Royal Engineers]]. The Navy section is affiliated with [[HMS Collingwood (shore establishment)|HMS Collingwood]] and, a land establishment in [[Portsmouth]], and also has an affiliated ship ([[HMS Kent (F78)]]).<ref>{{Cite web|title=CCF|url=https://www.mgs.kent.sch.uk/community/students/ccf/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102162944/https://www.mgs.kent.sch.uk/community/students/ccf/|archive-date=January 2, 2021|access-date=2021-01-02|website=Maidstone Grammar School|language=en}}</ref> The RAF section enters teams into both regional and national competitions and has won a total of nine [[Ground Training Competition|Air Squadron Trophies]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Newsletter Winter 2009|url=https://www.oldmaidstonians.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/OM-Newsletter-2009-Combinedv2.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231201043/https://www.oldmaidstonians.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/OM-Newsletter-2009-Combinedv2.pdf|archive-date=December 31, 2020|access-date=December 31, 2020|website=[[Old Maidstonian Society]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Maidstonian 2010|url=https://www.mgs.kent.sch.uk/assets/Uploads/Files/Maidstonian/MAIDSTONIAN-2010.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231201204/https://www.mgs.kent.sch.uk/assets/Uploads/Files/Maidstonian/MAIDSTONIAN-2010.pdf|archive-date=December 31, 2020|access-date=December 31, 2020|website=Maidstone Grammar School}}</ref>
 
In 2001 two senior students pled guilty to a series of violent and racially aggravated charges relating to abuse of junior CCF cadets. Staff were accused of turning a blind eye or, according to the prosecutor, involved in some of the incidents.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bullying shame of grammar school's Army cadets|url=https://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/news/bullying-shame-of-grammar-school-a284/|access-date=2022-12-26|website=Kent Online|date=20 September 2001 |language=en}}</ref>
== Drama ==
 
== School song ==
The school's major productions in recent years have included ''[[West Side Story]]'' (most recently); ''[[Measure for Measure]]''; ''[[The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus|Dr Faustus]]''; ''[[The Real Inspector Hound]]''; ''[[The Importance of Being Earnest]]''; ''[[Lord of the Flies]]''; ''Scrooge, the musical''; ''[[Les Miserable]]'' School Edition; and ''[[West Side Story]]''. They have also produced ''[[The Wind in the Willows]]''; ''[[Me and My Girl]]''; and ''[[A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum]]'' at the Hazlitt Theatre.
In 1908, Rev C. G. Duffield (the headmaster from 1898 to 1913), wrote Latin lyrics to the music of music-master Dr H. F. Henniker for ''Gaudeamus'', the school song. The words, based on verses in [[Virgil]]'s ''[[Aeneid]]'', are still sung on special occasions such as upper and lower school speech days.<ref name="Song">{{Cite web|title=MGS School Song|url=https://www.oldmaidstonians.org.uk/mgs/mgs-school-song/,%20https://www.oldmaidstonians.org.uk/mgs/mgs-school-song/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919222230/http://www.oldmaidstonians.org.uk/mgs/mgs-school-song/|archive-date=19 September 2020|access-date=2021-01-01|website=[[Old Maidstonian Society]]|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=School Song|url=https://www.mgs.kent.sch.uk/about-mgs/history/school-song/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605171424/https://www.mgs.kent.sch.uk/about-mgs/history/school-song/|archive-date=5 June 2020|access-date=2021-01-01|website=Maidstone Grammar School|language=en}}</ref>
 
== MusicNotable events ==
In May 2016, former Maidstone Grammar School teacher [[Steve Restarick]] was found guilty of fraud charges, involving embezzling £6,258 of the school's resources over several years.<ref name=":0" />
 
In December 2020, Maidstone Grammar School was widely reported in the news for choosing to delay the reopening of the school over concerns of the impact of [[Brexit]] on its students and staff being able to access the school.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-12-09|title=Brexit traffic fears prompt Maidstone school to teach online|language=en-GB|work=[[BBC News]]|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-kent-55239578|url-status=live|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231184124/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-kent-55239578|archive-date=December 31, 2020}}</ref>
Music plays in important role in school life. Many pupils play instruments, and [[Musical ensemble|ensembles]] exist for beginners and advanced instrumentalists. The [[orchestra]] has in the past performed [[Beethoven]]'s [[Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven)|Fifth Symphony]], [[Schubert]]'s ''[[Symphony No. 8 (Schubert)|Unfinished Symphony]]'' and [[Dvorak]]'s [[Symphony No. 9 (Dvořák)|Symphony ''From the New World'']]. The Concert Wind Band follows an equally ambitious programme, playing theme tunes from the movies and popular standards. The school [[choir]] has performed [[requiem]]s by [[Gabriel Fauré|Fauré]] and [[John Rutter|Rutter]], [[Carl Orff|Orff]]'s ''[[Carmina Burana (Orff)|Carmina Burana]]'', and [[Britten]]'s ''[[St. Nicolas (Britten)|St. Nicholas]]''. On the lighter side, there are the [[Jazz]] and [[Blues]] Band and many pop groups working in the department.
 
=== SchoolNotable Songalumni ===
{{See also|Category:People educated at Maidstone Grammar School}}
Former pupils of the school are called "Old Maidstonians" and include:
 
''Art, Music & Literature''
The school song, ''Gaudeamus'', was written in 1908 by music-master Dr HF Henniker, ARAM to Latin words by the Headmaster at the time, Rev CG Duffield, MA <ref name="Song">[http://www.mgs.kent.sch.uk/old_maidstonians/schoolsong.html Maidstone Grammar School Website], School Song, accessed 27 July 2006</ref>. It continues to be sung today, at Speech Day and other occasions, and is well remembered by those who attended the school.
* [[Dan Abnett]] — comic book writer
* [[William Alexander (painter)|William Alexander]]† — painter
* [[Edmund Blunden]]† — writer & poet
* [[Daniel Blythe]] — writer
* [[James Butler (artist)]] MBE — sculptor
* [[Philip Langridge]]† CBE — tenor
* [[Philip Moore (organist)|Philip Moore]] — organist of [[York Minster]] from 1983 to 2008, organist of [[Guildford Cathedral]] from 1974 to 1983
* [[Christopher Smart]]† — poet
 
''Business & Commerce''
<blockquote>
* [[Richard Beeching|Richard (Dick) Beeching, Baron Beeching]]† — physicist, British Railways chairman, cause of the [[Beeching cuts]]
'''Gaudeamus'''<br />
* [[Mark F. Watts]] — lobbyist & former Labour MEP
<br />
* [[Jason Tarry]] - retail, Chairman John Lewis Partnership
Scholam concinamus nostram<br />
Maidstonensi urbe impostam,<br />
Rege Eduardo, ante hos tam<br />
Longos annos conditam.<br />
<br />
Maidstonenses gaudeamus<br />
Laudibus, et efferamus<br />
Scholam nostram, quae oramus<br />
Sempiterna floreat.<br />
<br />
Forsan olim meminisse<br />
Nos juvabit, et vixisse<br />
Dignos illis quos fuisse<br />
Gloriamur socios.<br />
<br />
Maidstonenses gaudeamus<br />
Laudibus, et efferamus<br />
Scholam nostram, quae oramus<br />
Sempiterna floreat.
</blockquote>
 
''Media, television & film''
== Trips ==
* [[Nick Angel]] — film and television producer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0029487/|title=Nick Angel|website=[[IMDb]] }}</ref>
* [[James Burke (science historian)|James Burke]] — science historian and TV presenter
* [[David Chater]] — television foreign correspondent and former chairman of the ''Old Maidstonian Society''
* [[Andrew Dilnot]] CBE — principal of [[St Hugh's College, Oxford]] since 2002, and former presenter of [[BBC Radio 4]]'s ''[[More or Less (radio programme)|More or Less]]''
* [[James Hillier (actor)|James Hillier]] — actor
* [[Paul Lewis (broadcaster)|Paul Lewis]] — financial journalist and presenter of ''[[Money Box (radio)|Money Box]]'' & ''Money Box Live'' on [[BBC Radio 4]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today/profile/81009/Paul-LEWIS |title=Paul Lewis – Biography |work=[[Debrett's]] |access-date=14 March 2016 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317143949/http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today/profile/81009/Paul-LEWIS |archive-date=17 March 2016 }}</ref>
* [[Kevin Loader]] — film and television producer
* [[Shaun McKenna]] — screenwriter
* [[Stuart Miles]] — ''[[Blue Peter]]'' presenter from 1994 to 1999<ref>{{Cite web|title=Old Maidstonians Society Newsletter Autumn 1996|url=https://www.oldmaidstonians.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/OM-Newsletter-1996-Autumn.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101150047/https://www.oldmaidstonians.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/OM-Newsletter-1996-Autumn.pdf|archive-date=January 1, 2021|access-date=January 1, 2021|website=[[Old Maidstonian Society]]}}</ref>
* [[Tom Riley (actor)|Tom Riley]] — film and television actor
 
''Military''
Recent years have seen visits to [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Spain]], [[Greece]] and [[Canada]]. They have regular [[French people|French]], [[Germans|German]] and [[Spanish people|Spanish]] exchange partners. Groups of senior students have gone on World Challenge Expeditions to [[Uganda]], [[India]] and the [[Himalayas]], [[Peru]], [[Vietnam]], [[Kyrgyzstan]] and an expedition to [[Bolivia]] is being prepared. For Year 7 there is a European Experience day and for Year 8 an IT Activity weekend in the Summer term.
* [[Lieutenant General|Lt-Gen]] Sir [[Frederick Dobson Middleton]] CB — Commandant from 1874 to 1884 of [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst|RMC Sandhurst]]
* Sir [[Timothy Jenner]] CB — Station Commander of [[RAF Shawbury]] from 1987 to 1988
* [[Giles Legood]] MBE QHC — [[Chaplain-in-Chief]] of the [[Royal Air Force Chaplains Branch]] and [[Archdeacon for the Royal Air Force]]
 
''Politics & government''
== ''The Maidstonian'' ==
* Sir [[Samuel Egerton Brydges]]† — MP from 1812 to 1818 for [[Maidstone (UK Parliament constituency)|Maidstone]]
''The Maidstonian'' is the school's annual publication of reports, articles, news and original contributions. Originally simply a record of every member of staff, as well as each pupil and his form, ''The Maidstonian'' has evolved into a publication that is written by pupils, for pupils. Editions include information about any staff that left or joined the school that academic year, reports from the CCF, Music Department, sports teams as well as diaries from foreign trips. Original contributions, mainly poetry, prose and artwork, feature heavily. The "Quote-Unquote" section remains a firm favourite with students and staff alike.
* [[Nick Gibb]] — Conservative Minister of State for School Standards from 2010 to 2012 and from 2015 to 2021, and MP for [[Bognor Regis and Littlehampton (UK Parliament constituency)|Bognor Regis and Littlehampton]] since 1997
* [[Stuart Gilbert (civil servant)|Stuart Gilbert]]† — director of National Saving in the 1980s<ref>{{Cite web|title=Old Maidstonian Society Newsletter - Autumn 1996|url=http://www.oldmaidstonians.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/OM-Newsletter-1996-Autumn.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200824165436/http://www.oldmaidstonians.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/OM-Newsletter-1996-Autumn.pdf|archive-date=24 August 2020|website=[[Old Maidstonians Society]]}}</ref>
* [[John Pugh (MP for Southport)|John Pugh]] — [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]] MP 2001-2017 for [[Southport]]
* [[Adam Sampson]] — [[Legal Services Ombudsman]] from 2009 to 2014 and chief executive from 2003 to 2009 of [[Shelter (charity)|Shelter]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Horton|first=Clare|date=March 2, 2009|title=Head of Shelter, Adam Sampson, quits to helm new consumer watchdog &#124; Society|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2009/mar/02/shelter-adam-sampson-olc|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200513140555/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2009/mar/02/shelter-adam-sampson-olc|archive-date=May 13, 2020|access-date=5 April 2014|work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>
* [[Mark F. Watts]] — Labour MEP from 1994 to 1999 for [[Kent East (European Parliament constituency)|Kent East]], then [[South East England (European Parliament constituency)|South East England]] from 1999 to 2004
* [[Phil Wynn Owen]] — [[Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath|CB]], civil servant
 
''Religion''
== Alumni & famous teachers ==
* Rt Rev [[David Atkinson (bishop)|David John Atkinson]] — bishop of Thetford from 2001 to 2009
* [[Leo Avery]]†
* Rt Rev [[Bob Evens]] — [[Bishop of Crediton]] 2004-2012 <ref>{{Cite web|title=Bishop of Crediton announces retirement date|url=https://exeter.anglican.org/index.cfm?page=news.story&newsid=107|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405141001/http://www.exeter.anglican.org/index.cfm?page=news.story&newsid=107|archive-date=April 5, 2012|website=[[Diocese of Exeter]]}}</ref>
* [[Henry Gould (priest)|Henry Gould]]† — vicar of St Paul's Cathedral 1908–1913
* [[George Harris (Unitarian)]]†
* Very Rev [[Robert William Pope]] OBE†
* [[Martin Warner (bishop)]] — [[Society of the Holy Cross|SSC]], [[Bishop of Whitby]] 2010–12, [[Bishop of Chichester]] 2012-present
 
''Science & academia''
Famous [[alumni]] of the school include
* [[Peter Day (chemist)|Peter Day]]† — [[Fullerian Professor of Chemistry]] from 1994 to 2008, and [[Director of the Royal Institution]] from 1991 to 1998
* [[Frank Finn]]† — ornithologist
* [[Peter Heather]] — academic and historian
* [[Geoffrey Hosking]] — professor of Russian history from 1984 to 2007 at [[University College London]]
* [[William Morfill]]† — professor of Russian from 1900 to 1909 at the [[University of Oxford]]
* [[John Orrell]]† — theatre historian
*[[John Pond]]† — Astronomer Royal 1811–1835
* [[Ivan Roots]]† — historian, biographer of Oliver Cromwell
* [[Bill Saunders]] — professor of endodontology, and dean of dentistry since 2000 at the [[University of Dundee]], and president from 1997 to 1998 of the [[British Endodontic Society]]<ref>{{cite web|date=15 August 2008|title=Biography of William Saunders|url=http://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH2684&type=P|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101150807/https://universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH2684&type=P|archive-date=1 January 2021|access-date=5 April 2014|website=[[University of Glasgow]]|publisher=Universitystory.gla.ac.uk}}</ref>
 
''Sport''
*[[James Burke (science historian)|James Burke]], the popular science TV presenter
* [[DavidBill ChaterLeyland]], the— [[ITNHull KR]] [[rugby league]] journalistfootballer
* [[Oliver Leyland]] — [[Warrington Wolves]] [[rugby league]] footballer
*[[Richard Beeching]], who oversaw the closure of many railways in the 1960s
* [[David Flatman]] — [[Bath Rugby]] Union player
*[[Shaun Williamson]], former [[EastEnders]] actor who played [[Barry Evans (EastEnders)|Barry Evans]] in the [[BBC]] soap
* [[Tom Parsons (cricketer)|Tom Parsons]] — Kent and Hampshire county cricketer
* [[Frank Sando]] — Olympic athlete, two-time winner at the International Cross Country Championships (1955, 1957), represented Great Britain in two consecutive Summer Olympic Games
* [[Desmond Wolfe|Steven Haworth]] — wrestler also known as Nigel McGuinness and Desmond Wolfe
 
''Other''
In addition, [[William Golding]], author of [[Lord of the Flies]], taught at the school between 1938 and 1940.
* [[Julius Brenchley]]† — explorer
* [[Francis Fane, 1st Earl of Westmorland]]† — English landowner and politician
* Sir [[Thomas Fane (d 1589)|Thomas Fane]]† — convicted of treason for his involvement in [[Wyatt's rebellion]], sentenced to death, pardoned by Queen [[Mary I of England|Mary]]; later became [[High Sheriff of Kent]] and was knighted for services to the crown
 
== SeeNotable alsostaff ==
* [[William Golding]] — author of ''[[Lord of the Flies]]'', taught English and Music at the school between 1938 and 1940, when he met his wife Ann Brookfield<ref>{{Cite web|last=Roberts|first=Stephen|date=September 10, 2018|title=William Golding: inspired in Kent|url=https://www.kent-life.co.uk/people/william-golding-inspired-in-kent-1-5688530|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101152130/https://www.kent-life.co.uk/people/william-golding-inspired-in-kent-1-5688530|archive-date=January 1, 2021|access-date=2021-01-01|website=Kent Life|language=en}}</ref>
* [[John Nunn]] — chess grandmaster<ref>{{Cite web|title=History of MGS|url=https://mgs.kent.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/History-of-MGS.pdf|website=Maidstone Grammar School|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Steve Restarick]] — former professional footballer, taught P.E. at the school before his suspension in 2014 amid fraud allegations<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Gazet|first=David|date=August 19, 2016|title=Former Maidstone Grammar School PE teacher Steve Restarick sentenced for fraud|url=https://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/news/former-pe-teacher-sentenced-for-101076/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231183733/https://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/news/former-pe-teacher-sentenced-for-101076/|archive-date=December 31, 2020|access-date=2020-12-31|website=[[Kent Online]]|language=en}}</ref>
 
== References ==
*[[Maidstone]]
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*[[Grammar school]]
 
== External linklinks ==
* [http://www.mgs.kent.sch.uk Official website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20201025143213/https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/23/118835 Ofsted Report]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200512104657/https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/118835 Get information about schools (formerly Edu Base)]
* [https://schools-financial-benchmarking.service.gov.uk/school/detail?urn=118835 Schools Financial Benchmarking Service]
* [https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/school/118835/maidstone-grammar-school/secondary Compare School Performance]
 
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*[http://www.mgs.kent.sch.uk Maidstone Grammar School Website]
*[https://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/index.cfm?fuseaction=summary&id=118835&bar=no Ofsted Report]
 
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== References ==
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[[Category:Educational institutions established in the 1540s]]
[[Category:Grammar schools in Kent]]
[[Category:Schools in Maidstone]]
[[Category:Boys' schools in Kent]]
[[Category:Foundation schools in Kent]]
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