Caistor Grammar School
Caistor Grammar School is a selective school and academy in the English town of Caistor in the county of Lincolnshire. It was founded in 1630, and has since grown to be one of the most respected and high performing schools in the East Midlands. The school has been awarded specialist sports and humanities status. The current headmaster is Roger Hale, who took up the position from Trevor Foulkes in 1996. At present, Caistor Grammar is ranked first in Lincolnshire according to GCSE and A Level results in 2012. It has gained 100% 5 A* to C grades for the last three years running and has topped Lincolnshire A level tables for the last nine years. In December 2010, as part of new government scheme to award high performing, outstanding schools, Caistor Grammar School changed from a foundation school to an academy.HistoryCaistor Grammar School is an endowed foundation school dating from the reign of Charles I. The Dissolution of the Monasteries in the reign of Henry VIII had destroyed the principal sources of education of the times, and the numerous schools endowed throughout England during the following reigns are evidence that public-spirited men recognised the need created and endeavoured to meet it. Among others was Francis Rawlinson, of South Kelsey, who died in 1630, bequeathing money to endow a school at Caistor, and William Hansard of Biscathorpe, who supplemented the original gift in 1634. The monies given were invested in the purchase of land at Cumberworth, and of the rectorial tithes of Bilsby, of which the governors are still lay impropriators.
