Appleby Grammar School

Appleby Grammar School is a small comprehensive school which currently has 640 students on roll, including a vibrant Sixth Form.  The school was awarded Specialist Technology College Status in 2004 and re-designated in 2009.  Appleby Grammar School is one of seven smaller Cumbrian secondary schools which form the innovative Rural Academy partnership.  We also work closely with our partner secondary and primary schools in Eden.  Our inclusive ethos and international links have recently been recognised with the Inclusion Chartermark and International Schools Awards.

The school originated as a charity school from the thirteenth century, and had a Grammar School Charter granted in the sixteenth century, finally becoming a comprehensive school in the 1960s.  The school serves the market town of Appleby and a very large catchment area within the rural Eden Valley between the Lake District National Park, the North Pennines and the Yorkshire Dales.  Appleby Grammar School currently employs 44 teaching staff and 34 support staff.

The buildings and grounds occupy an attractive, compact site which includes a Community Sports Centre and we have an excellent relationship with the local community, who are very supportive of the school.