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Royal Grammar School Worcester
Motto	Respice et Prospice 'Remember the Past and Look to the Future'
Established	ante 1291 - 2007
Type	Private coeducational secondary
Affiliations	HMC
Founder	Bishop Bosel
Location	Worcester, , UK

The Royal Grammar School Worcester (RGS Worcester) was an independent school in Worcester, which merged with the adjacent Alice Ottley School, to form the new "RGS Worcester and The Alice Ottley School" in September 2007.

It was a school in Worcester which was one of the oldest British independent schools, founded before 1291. In December 2006 it was announced that RGS Worcester would merge with The Alice Ottley School, the neighbouring independent girls' school. Mr Andy Rattue, the final headmaster of RGS Worcester at the time, became headmaster of the new school when it started. See Main Article

The school turned coeducational at the end of 2002, after a history of more than 700 years, and includes pre-preparatory and preparatory departments, RGS The Grange (both of which are coeducational). The school is a day-school; until 1992 accepted boarders, who resided in Whiteladies house, a building that is rumoured to contain hidden treasure from Charles I, when he sought refuge there during the Civil War.^[1]

Contents 1 History 2 Land and buildings 3 Houses 4 Notable patrons 5 Past pupils 6 Notes 7 External links 8 See also

For history, including royal charters and rival schools, please see the RGSAO page.

For details of land and buildings, including Halls and Trees, please see the RGSAO page.

Please see RGSAO.

• Bishop Godfrey Giffard (1240-1306) Bishop of Worcester and Lord Chancellor of England.
• Bishop Walter Reynolds (d.1327) Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Chancellor of England.
• Hugh Latimer (1470-1555) Bishop of Worcester and Protestant Martyr.
• C.W. Dyson Perrins Chairman Royal Worcester Porcelain and collector.
• Queen Elizabeth I
• Queen Victoria
• Godfrey Brown Headmaster 1950-78,Olympic Gold Medallist.
• Dr. Roger Fry CBE Governor, Founder of King's College, Madrid.

Famous Old Boys of the school or Worcester Old Elizabethans (more complete list here), include (in alphabetical order)

• John Mark Ainsley (1963-) Tenor
• Sir Roy Allen (R.G.D. Allen) (1906-1980) Economist
• Dom Augustine Bradshaw (1574-1618) Catholic missionary
• Sir Reginald Bray KG (d.1503) Statesman and Architect
• Tim Curtis (1960-) Cricketer, former captain of Worcestershire.
• Adam Lindsay Gordon (1833-1870) National Poet of Australia
• Dean Headley (1970-) Former England International Cricketer
• Timothy D Evans (1968-) TV, Film & Music Entrepreneur
• Imran Khan (1952-) Pakistani Cricketer
• William Langland (1330-1387)
• Benjamin Williams Leader RA (1831-1923) Artist
• Sir Thomas Littleton (1407-1481) Lawyer
• Jurek Martin (1942 -) Financial Times Foreign Correspondent and former Foreign Editor
• Julian Phillips (1965 -) Former Head Boy and Businessman
• Graham Robb (1958-) Author
• T J Cobden Sanderson (1840-1922) Arts and Crafts movement pioneer
• Philip Serrell TV Auctioneer. He is this year's Old Elizabethans' President.
• Jon Turley (1971-) Children's writer
• Simon Webb (1955-) TV, Theatre and Film composer
• Professor Michael Wilding (1942-) Australian Author
• Sir Edward Leader Williams (1828-1910) civil engineer (Manchester Ship Canal)

• The newly merged school website

• Royal Grammar School Worcester is at coordinates 52°12′02″N 2°13′27″W / 52.200415, -2.224227Coordinates: 52°12′02″N 2°13′27″W / 52.200415, -2.224227
• Organ recital series
• Worcester Royal Grammar School - Roll of Honour World War 1 & 2

• The Alice Ottley School
• RGS Worcester and The Alice Ottley School