Newcastle-under-Lyme School
Newcastle-under-Lyme School is an independent school in the town of Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire, England. It came about by a merger of the old Newcastle High School with the Orme Girls' School.Present day
The school nowadays consists of nursery and preparatory departments, a senior school and a sixth form. It takes boys and girls from the ages of 3–18. The current Headmaster is Michael Getty.
The school belongs to the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. It is one of the top 100 performing schools in England in terms of its A-level results.Notable former pupils
In birth order:
- William Watkiss Lloyd, writer and scholar
- T. E. Hulme, writer
- George Wade, pottery manufacturer
- Camilla Wedgwood, anthropologist
- Frank Barlow, historian
- Kenneth H. Roscoe, soil engineer
- John Wain, writer, poet and academic
- Peter G. "Spam" Hammersley CB OBE, Rear Admiral, Royal Navy
- Clifford Boulton, parliamentary official
- Rosemary O'Day, née Brookes,, historian and author
- Alan Sinclair, diabetologist and clinical scientist
- Robert Sinclair MacKay, mathematician
- David J. C. MacKay, academic engineer
- Roger Johnson, TV newsreader
- Sarah Willingham, media entrepreneur
- Dominic Burgess, TV and film actor
- Dan Robson, rugby player for Wasps RFC and England
- Geraint Vincent, TV journalist
