Notable Alumni
- Heather Armitage, athlete. Britain's best woman sprinter of the 1950s. Married name: Young.
- Jean Bacon née Goodram (b.1942)- Professor of Computer Science at Cambridge, Fellow of Jesus College Cambridge.
- Mark Beevers (b.1989) - footballer, Sheffield Wednesday.
- John Blackwell - Professor, Case Western Reserve University, Department of Macromolecular Science & Engineering
- Roland Boyes (1937–2006) - left-wing MP for Durham from 1979 to 84 and Houghton & Washington 1983-97. Front bench spokesman for environment and defence. Book of photographs "People in Parliament" 1990. Strong supporter of Alzheimers's Research Trust.
- David Briggs, Emeritus Fellow of Wolfson College Cambridge. 1974-2001: Lecturer in Plant Sciences Cambridge. Author with Max Walters of "Plant Variation and Evolution".
- Katherine Brunt (b.1985) - cricketer, played for England (and World Cup winner).
- Anne Campbell née Lucas (b.1940) - MP for Cambridge from 1992 to 2005; Chair of the Fabian Society, 2008.
- Paul Copley (b.1944) - actor often in Radio 4 radio plays, stereotypically playing a Yorkshireman.
- Sam Ellis (b.1982) - 2006 European Athletics Championships 800m bronze medalist.
- Alec Ewart Glassey (1887–1970) - politician, MP for East Dorset from 1929-31.
- John Haigh (b 1941) Emeritus Reader in Mathematics, University of Sussex, UK.
- Steven Houghton (b.1971) - actor, starred in London's burning
- Kieran Hyde (b.1990) - rugby league player, Bradford Bulls.
- Noel Moore (1928–2008) - civil servant who oversaw the decimalisation project.
- Malcolm A.S. Moore (b 1944)-Cancer research.Enid A. Haupt Professor of Cell Biology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York ( since 1974).
- Chris Morgan (b.1977) - footballer, Sheffield United.
- John Porrill - Professor of Computational Neuroscience at Sheffield University
- Nicholas Saunderson (1682–1739) - mathematician and Lucasian Professor at Cambridge University from 1711 to 1739.
- Rolo Tomassi - Mathcore Band
- Max Walters (1920-2005) 1973-83:Director of the University Botanic Garden in Cambridge, Fellow of King's College. 1948: married Lorna Strutt, a Penistone alumnus.
- Ellen Whitaker (b.1986) - showjumper and European bronze medallist.
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