Alderman Newton's School

Site of Alderman Newton's Boys School, Greyfriars, Leicester, from 1864 to 1920

Alderman Newton's School was a secondary school in Leicester. The original school was opened in 1784, thanks to money bequeathed by a former Mayor of Leicester, Gabriel Newton.^[1] The school closed in 1999.^[2]

Land at Greyfriars acquired by the school in 1863 later proved to be the site of the grave of King Richard III.

Notable former pupils

Sir Greg Knight (born 1949), Conservative politician
Harry Morley (1881-1943), artist and illustrator
Sir Edwin Nixon (1925–2008), IBM executive
Theodore Plucknett (1897–1965), academic and historian
Sir John Plumb (1911–2001), historian
Charles Percy Snow, Baron Snow (1905–1980), academic and novelist
Trevor Storer (1930–2013), baker, founder of Pukka Pies
Eric Trapp (1910–1993), Anglican Bishop of Zululand and later of Bermuda
Sir Alan Walters (1926–2009), economist and advisor to Margaret Thatcher

Notes

↑ I. A. W. Place. "The History of Alderman Newton's Boys' School, Leicester" (PDF). University of Leicester.
↑ "Edubase: Alderman Newton's School". Department for Education.

Schools in Leicestershire (including Leicester)

Primary	Bishop Ellis Catholic Samworth Sir John Moore CofE

Middle	Brookvale High School Gartree High School Ibstock Community College Ivanhoe College Manor High School

Upper & secondary	Ashby School Babington Community College Beauchamp College Beaumont Leys School Belvoir High School Bosworth Academy Brockington College The Cedars Academy Charnwood College City of Leicester College Countesthorpe Leysland Community College Crown Hills Community College De Lisle College English Martyrs Catholic School Fullhurst Community College Groby Community College Hamilton Community College Hind Leys Community College Hinckley Academy Humphrey Perkins School John Ferneley College Judgemeadow Community College King Edward VII Science and Sport College Lancaster School Limehurst Academy Long Field Academy Lutterworth College Lutterworth High School Madani Schools Federation The Market Bosworth School The Martin High School Moat Community College New College Leicester Rawlins Community College Robert Smyth Academy Roundhill Academy Rushey Mead Academy St Martin’s Catholic Voluntary Academy St Paul's Catholic School Sir Frank Whittle Studio School Sir Jonathan North Community College Soar Valley College South Charnwood High School Thomas Estley Community College Tudor Grange Samworth Academy Welland Park Academy Wigston Academy William Bradford Academy Winstanley Community College Woodbrook Vale Wreake Valley Academy

Sixth form	Gateway College Regent College Welbeck Defence Sixth Form College Wigston College Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College

Independent	Dixie Grammar School Emmanuel Christian School Fairfield Preparatory School Grace Dieu Manor School Leicester Grammar School Leicester High School for Girls Loughborough Grammar School Loughborough High School Our Lady's Convent School Ratcliffe College

Further education	Brooksby Melton College Leicester College Loughborough College South Leicestershire College Stephenson College

Special	Birkett House School Ellesmere College RNIB College

Former	Abington Academy Alderman Newton's School Burleigh Community College Bushloe High School Garendon High School John Ells Community College King Edward VII School Leysland High School Mary Linwood Comprehensive School Riverside Business and Enterprise College Rosebery Primary School Sathya Sai School Stonehill High School

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