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North Cestrian School

Field	Value
name	North Cestrian School
coordinates
motto	"Delapsus resurgam" (When I fall I shall arise)
established	1951
type	Free secondary school
head_label	Headmaster
head	L. R. Bergin
founder	Walter Hamblin
address	Dunham Road
city	Altrincham
county	Greater Manchester
country	England
postcode	WA14 4AJ
local_authority	Trafford
urn	143104
enrolment	800~
gender	Coeducational
lower_age	11
upper_age	16
colours	Blue, Gold
website	http://www.northcestrian.co.uk/

North Cestrian School, formerly North Cestrian Grammar School, is a free school in Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England, for pupils aged between 11 and 18. North Cestrian is part of the Hamblin Educational Trust.

History

The school was opened in 1951 by Walter Hamblin, formerly headmaster of Altrincham Grammar School for Boys, with 26 pupils. In 2004, the library was named after him.

The school was originally to be named North Cheshire Grammar School, but this was not permitted by the county education authorities as the school was not government-owned. Hamblin therefore replaced "Cheshire" with its Latinised form "Cestrian"; this maintained the same "NCGS" initials already in place on some school equipment.

The school was originally an all-boys school but in September, 2005 admitted its first girls. In 2008, it became fully co-educational. | access-date=2008-05-23

Staff

In 2008, teacher David Bradley was awarded an MBE in the Queen's New Year Honours List for services to young people. | access-date=2008-05-23 Bradley retired in 2013 after an investigation into sexual misconduct recommended he be issued with a Prohibition Order.

Notable former pupils

Devante Cole: English footballer
Ian Crawford (astrobiologist)
Francis French: author and space historian
Ezekiel Fryers: English footballer
Kevin Godley: musician with 10cc; their song "I Wanna Rule The World", from the 1976 How Dare You! album and co-written by Godley, prominently features the school motto
Kenji Gorré: Dutch footballer
Nicholas (Nicky) Slater: ice dancer
Fred Talbot: weather presenter

References

"North Cestrian School". Gov.UK.
"Our history"". North Cestrian School.
"Decision of a Professional Conduct Panel and the Secretary of State".
(19 April 2010). "Anything you can do, Dad...".
Anon. (2017). "Crawford, Prof. Ian Andrew".
(July 2023). "Minestrone".
(12 March 2010). "Kenji going Dutch". Manchester Evening News.
(July 2023). "TV judge skates home". [[Metro (Associated Metro Limited).
"Eyewitness in Manchester People: Fred Talbot".

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