Pate's Grammar School is a voluntary aided, selective grammar school with academy status in the Hesters Way area of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England catering for pupils aged 11 to 18. It was granted Language College status in 2001, is a Beacon school, and in February 2006 was one of the first in the country to be awarded "extra special status" — that is, both Language College and Science College status. The school was founded with a fund bestowed to Corpus Christi College, Oxford by Richard Pate in 1574. The school became co-educational in 1986, when Pate's Grammar School for Girls merged with Cheltenham Grammar School for Boys. In fact, the first female pupils came to the (Boys) Grammar School in 1971/72 to take their A-levels in the 6th Form, and vice versa.
In November 2012 Pate's was awarded with State ‘Secondary School of the Year’ by The Sunday Times in their Good Schools Guide.
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