Biography

Bramcote School was a preparatory school in Scarborough, North Yorkshire. In 2012, the school merged with Scarborough College and is now known as Scarborough College Prep School.

History

Bramcote School was founded in 1893 by Samuel Savery, who started the first term of the school with only three boys. Savery retired from the school in 1911, and later became the Conservative Member of Parliament for Holderness in 1927, until his death in 1938.^[1]

In 2012, the school merged with Scarborough College, situated just across the road. Three staff from Bramcote School moved on when the merger took place. Following the merger, Scarborough College Junior School was renamed Bramcote Junior School.^[2]

Headmasters

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• Samuel Savery (1893–1911)
• Douglas Slater (1909–1925)
• Richard Pidcock (1909–1945)
• Oswald Cooper (1930–1957)
• Jim Hornby (1957-1970s)
• Frank Hamerton (1957-1970s)
• Colin McGarrigle (1970s–1983)
• John Fuller-Sessions (1970s–1990)
• John Gerrard (1980s–1992)
• John Walker (1992–1996)
• Peter Kirk (1996–2003)
• Andrew Lewin (2003–2006)
• Andrew Snow (2006–2012)
• Dan Davey (2012–2015)
• Chris Barker (2015–present)

Notable alumni

• Sir Geoffrey Vickers, winner of the Victoria Cross, former Deputy Director-General of the Ministry of Economic Warfare
• Sir John Meynell Alleyne, Fourth Baronet, DSC, DSO, former Royal Navy Captain
• Denys Gillam, DSO & Two Bars, DFC & Bar, AFC, former RAF pilot^[3]
• Robert Irving, former RAF pilot and conductor
• Alan Webb, actor – stage and film
• JB Blanc, actor – stage, television and film
• James Norton, actor – stage, television and film.

References

Bibliography

• Land, Pip (1993). Bramcote School: The First 100 Years. Durham: The Pentland Press. ISBN 1858210682.