Lady Manners School is an English secondary school and Specialist Music College as designated by the Specialist Schools Trust situated in Bakewell, a market town in the Peak District National Park, Derbyshire. It was founded on 20 May 1636 by Grace, Lady Manners, who lived at Haddon Hall, the current home of Lord and Lady Edward Manners, and has also in the past been known as the Bakewell Grammar School. It is now a member of the Peak 11 group of secondary schools in the Peak District.
According to the report of the 2005 inspection of the school by Robin Coulthard, which rates the school as "outstanding","Lady Manners provides its students with an excellent education. Standards are high and students achieve very well as a result of teaching that is very good in the main school and excellent in the sixth form" - 2005 OFSTED Report
Read more about Lady Manners School: History, Traditions, Emblem and Motto, The House System, New Buildings, Music & The School Orchestra, Academic Performance, Notable Alumni
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