Dover Grammar School for Boys

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Dover Grammar School for Boys
Motto	Fiat lux (Let there be light) Genesis 1:3
Established	1904
Type	Grammar school
Religious affiliation	Non-denominational
Headteacher	Mrs Sally Lees
Chairman of the Governors	Mr Ian Donald
Location	Dover Kent CT17 0DQ England
LEA	Kent
Ofsted number	118931
Students	702
Gender	Boys, Girls are accepted into the upper school (16-18; Year 12 & 13; Sixth Form)
Ages	11 to 18
Houses	Castle, Channel, Port, Priory
Website	http://www.dovergramboys.kent.sch.uk/

Dover Grammar School for Boys is a selective secondary school located in Dover, United Kingdom. The school is situated next to Astor College for the Arts, which is a non-selective school. It has a strong sporting rivalry with Astor and Sir Roger Manwood's School, a selective Grammar school in nearby Sandwich, Kent.

1 History
2 Present day
3 Location
4 External links

[edit] History

Founded in 1904 as Dover County School, it was originally mixed-sex and occupied other premises at Ladywell and at what is now the Girls' Grammar at Frith Road, only later splitting into the Boys' and Girls' Grammars. It moved into the present 1930s building in 1931 (with influences from Dover Castle, which is visible from the school), only to be evacuated to Ebbw Vale during the Second World War. R J Unstead, a prolific author of history books for children, attended the school from 1926 to 1934.

It became Grant Maintained in April 1994, after warding off a series of reorganisation proposals from Kent County Council, then a Foundation School in September 1999, and in 2006 a Business and Enterprise College, which it is now. It celebrated its centenary in 2004, under its new headteacher Mrs Lees.

[edit] Present day

The building was modified in 2000-2001 to include a second tower that differed from the design of the original tower (known as the Old Tower to pupils) to provide extra access to more IT rooms. However, these rooms are soon to be made into business suites.

The school became a Business and Enterprise School in 2006, at a cost of £150,000. In the year since receiving its new status, the school has received more funding from the Council.

The school has close links with Dover Girls Grammar School (DGGS) sharing A-Level students in a number of subjects, as part of the Dover Sixth Form Consortium, which enables A-level students of all Dover schools to attend lessons in each member school. Dover Grammar School for boys will also offer IB diploma (International-Baccelauriate) courses as of september 2008, the first school in the kent area to offer both A Level and IB diploma qualifications.

The school's GCSE results are good, with the percentage of pupils achieving 5 or more grades A* - C increasing from 91% in 2002 to 100% in 2005, falling to 97% in 2006.[1]

The school also has a highly successful Combined Cadet Force with approximately 50 members which is open to anybody from the age of 13 from the surrounding area.