History
The school opened the day before the start of the Second World War in 1939 as the Baldock Secondary School, and was renamed The Knights Templar School by Vivian Crellin, a former headmaster of the school and a scholar of Baldock's medieval history. Since that time the school has seen new buildings and ever increasing pupil numbers, leading to oversubscription every year. The school claims no connection with the Masonic order of Knights Templar or with The Da Vinci Code – rather, it is named after the chivalrous medieval order of the Knights Templar, who founded Baldock and built the original 12th century parish church of St Mary the Virgin in the town. The motto of the Knights Templar School is "Courage and Courtesy".
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