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{{Infobox school
|name = Nottingham High School
|logo = File:Nottingham High School 2007 shield device.svg
|logo_size = 140px
|logo_alt = Illustration of a silver heater-shaped shield bearing three naturally-coloured blackbirds. These face left, as if about to take flight. Two blackbirds are above the third to make a triangle. The shield has a red horizontal band with a golden ducal coronet on the left and right and an open book in the middle. The book has blank white pages, a red cover and gilded page edges. Below the shield is a parchment (curved like a smile, curled at each end, and centred) with an uppercase "Lauda Finem" in an old-fashioned serif font. The front of the parchment is yellow and the back red.
|image = File:Nottingham High School 6501.jpg
|image_size = 225px
|alt = Photograph of a Gothic Revival building in grey slate, with walls of light brown and a pitched roof bearing algae. It has a wide chimney on each side, five large multi-segment windows on each storey on each section. The left and right sections have two and three storeys respectively, separated by a central protrusion with five storeys. The central section has two-storey bays window flanking an arched, elevated wooden door, above an outdoor double staircase with a simpler wooden door in the front. Above each bay window is a smaller window. Above these is a narrower section with three large multi-segment windows, above which is a yet narrower section forming a square tower and the highest storey. The tower is crenellated with one large multi-segment window, a flagpole with no flag in the centre, and a crenellated stone structure projecting from the right corner like a crow's nest, which could be used as a lookout. The building is fronted by a lawn between an embankment and a planted area. Steps down from the central part lead to a war memorial: a bronze statue of a First World War uniformed British soldier looking back and pointing up towards the left, atop a white stone plinth with a relief of Nottingham's heraldic achievement, an inscription on a plaque and a relief of the lozenge of Dame Agnes Mellers. The war memorial has stone steps on all four sides separating an outer circle of shrubbery. Below is a paved stone floor.
|caption = South side of the school
|motto = {{langx|la|Lauda finem}}
|motto_translation = Praise to the end<ref name="Motto Telegraph">{{Cite news |author1=Etherington, Jan |author-link1=Jan Etherington |title=Carpe diem – adopt a motto like Gordon Brown |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/features/3633181/Carpe-diem-adopt-a-motto-like-Gordon-Brown.html |access-date=27 November 2014 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=29 June 2007 |location=[[London]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205021700/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/features/3633181/Carpe-diem-adopt-a-motto-like-Gordon-Brown.html |archive-date=5 December 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|address = Waverley Mount
|city = [[Nottingham]]
|county = [[Nottinghamshire]]
|postcode = NG7 4ED
|country = England
|coordinates = {{Coord|52.96253|-1.15912|type:edu_region:GB_dim:100|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|type = [[Private schools in the United Kingdom|Private]] day school
|established = {{Start date and age|1513}}
|closed = 
|religious_affiliation = 
|founders = Dame [[Agnes Mellers]], Sir [[Thomas Lovell]] and King [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]]
|local_authority = [[Nottingham City Council]]
|urn = 122915
|ofsted = 
|head_label = Head
|head = '''Headmaster of the Senior School:'''<br/>Mr Paul Spedding<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/nottingham-private-school-headmaster-steps-10035578 |publisher=[[Nottingham Post]]|title=Nottingham private school headmaster steps down amid 'financial challenges'|first1=Joel |last1=Moore |date=19 March 2025 |access-date=29 March 2025 }}</ref><br/>'''Head of the Infant and Junior School:'''<br/>Angharad Simpson<ref>{{cite web | title=Key Information and Policies - Nottingham High School | url=https://www.nottinghamhigh.co.uk/about-us/key-information-and-policies }}</ref>
|r_head_label = 
|r_head = 
|chair_label = Chairman of Governors
|chair = Mr Steve Banks
|staff = <130
|enrolment = '''Senior School:'''<br/>~1056<br/>'''Infant and Junior School:'''<br/>~270<br/>'''Totals:'''<br/>987<ref name="Co-ed FAQ">{{Cite web |title=Co-education Proposals Potential Questions |url=http://www.nottinghamhigh.co.uk/EasysiteWeb/getresource.axd?AssetID=10943&type=full&servicetype=Attachment |website=Nottingham High School website |publisher=Nottingham High School |access-date=2 April 2014 |pages=4 |format=Microsoft Word document |year=2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407101640/http://www.nottinghamhigh.co.uk/EasysiteWeb/getresource.axd?AssetID=10943&type=full&servicetype=Attachment |archive-date=7 April 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|gender = [[Mixed-sex education|Co-educational]] since 2015;<ref name="Co-ed FAQ"/> previously boys
|lower_age = 4
|upper_age = 18
|houses = '''Senior:'''<br/>Cooper's<br/>Maples'<br/>Mellers'<br/>White's<br/>'''Junior:'''<br/>Ball's <br/>Hardy's<br/>Tonkin's<br/>Trease's
|colours = 
|publication = '''Former Senior School:'''<br/>Old Nottinghamian<br/>'''Former 'Junior School':'''<br/>Young Nottinghamian<br/>'''Former 'Lovell House':'''<br/>The Squirrel
|alumni = [[#Notable alumni|Old Nottinghamians]]<ref name=oldn>{{Cite web |url=http://oldnottinghamians.co.uk |website=oldnottinghamians.co.uk |title=Old Nottinghamians |access-date=8 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809092532/http://oldnottinghamians.co.uk/ |archive-date=9 August 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|website = {{URL|www.nottinghamhigh.co.uk|Nottingham High School}}
}}
'''Nottingham High School''' is a [[Private schools in the United Kingdom|private]] fee-charging [[day school]] for boys and girls in [[Nottingham]], England, with an infant and junior school (ages 4–11) and senior school (ages 11–18).<ref name="Nottingham High School - Fees">{{Cite web |url=http://www.nottinghamhigh.co.uk/senior-school/admissions/fees/ |title=Nottingham High School – Fees |website=Nottingham High School website |publisher=Nottingham High School |access-date=10 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029205404/http://www.nottinghamhigh.co.uk/senior-school/admissions/fees/ |archive-date=29 October 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> There were 1177 students enrolled as at January 2022, of whom 262 were in the sixth form, studying for advanced certificate examinations.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.isc.co.uk/schools/england/nottinghamshire/nottingham/nottingham-high-school/ |title=Independent Schools Council. Retrieved 11 December 2022.}}</ref>

==History==
===Foundation===
[[File:Nottingham High School charter 1512.jpg|thumbnail|left|440px|The original 1512 charter approving the foundation of a free grammar school in Nottingham]]
In 1513, the "Free School" was founded by Dame [[Agnes Mellers]], after the death of her husband Richard, partly in his memory, but also as atonement for wrongdoings against the people of Nottingham.<ref name=adam>Adam W. Thomas, ''A History of Nottingham High School, 1513–1953'' Nottingham: J. and H. Bell Ltd, 1957.</ref><ref name=sb>Stuart Brocklehurst, ''Nottingham High School: A Brief History'', Nottingham, 1989.</ref> To do so she enlisted help from [[Sir Thomas Lovell]] as governor of [[Nottingham Castle]] and Secretary to the [[HM Treasury|Treasury]]. Through their combined efforts, [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]] sealed the school's foundation deed on the 22 November that year. It is unclear whether this was a new institution or an endowment of an existing school, of which records exist back to 1289.<ref name=adam/> Almost 20,000 boys are estimated to have attended between 1513 and 2013.<ref name="Picture500">{{Cite web |last=Radford |first=Sue |title='Picture 500 Years' – artist's comment |url=http://www.nottinghamhigh.co.uk/EasysiteWeb/getresource.axd?AssetID=9811&type=full&servicetype=Attachment |website=Nottingham High School website |publisher=Nottingham High School |access-date=2 April 2014 |format=OpenOffice.org Writer document |year=2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407095215/http://www.nottinghamhigh.co.uk/EasysiteWeb/getresource.axd?AssetID=9811&type=full&servicetype=Attachment |archive-date=7 April 2014}}</ref>

In the foundation deed, Mellers provided for a commemoration service in [[St. Mary's Church, Nottingham|St Mary's Church]] in the [[Lace Market]] "on the Feast of the Translation of [[St Richard of Chichester]], namely 16 June" each year,<ref name=adam/> although the service "is now held on the nearest Saturday to that date."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nottinghamhigh.co.uk/senior-school/senior-school-news/founders-day-2013/ |title=Nottingham High School – Founder's Day 2013 |publisher=Nottinghamhigh.co.uk |access-date=22 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140404073815/http://www.nottinghamhigh.co.uk/senior-school/senior-school-news/founders-day-2013/ |archive-date=4 April 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> With the exception of [[Nottingham Goose Fair]], this is the most ancient ceremonial event still held in the city of Nottingham,<ref>Founder's Day Programme of Events, Annual Publication, Nottingham High School Archives</ref> and the oldest still largely in its original form (the Goose Fair now being a funfair rather than a livestock fair), although there seems to be no record of it being held between the mid-16th century and its revival in 1923.<ref name=adam/> The formal procession seeks to symbolise the ancient links the school has with the Crown, the city and the church. The foundation deed also provides for distributing (out of a total sum of 20 shillings) certain monies to the [[lord mayor of Nottingham]], vicar and others. and for the purchase of bread, cheese and ale for consumption by officials attending the service. Any balance remaining is required to be given to the poorest scholar, but now is given to a representative scholar of the school.{{Citation needed|date=December 2013}}
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===Coat of arms===
The [[College of Arms]] granted the school a [[coat of arms]] in 1949,<ref name="adam"/> the full [[blazon]] being:
{{Blockquote|[[Ermine (heraldry)|Ermine]], a [[Lozenge (heraldry)|lozenge]] [[argent]] charged with three blackbirds [[Attitude (heraldry)#Rising|rising]] [[Proper (heraldry)|proper]]. On a [[Chief (heraldry)|chief]] [[gules]], an open book also proper, garnished [[Or (heraldry)|or]], between two [[Duke|ducal]] [[coronet]]s of the last. And for the [[Crest (heraldry)|crest]], on a wreath argent and gules, a squirrel [[sejant]] gules holding between the paws a ducal coronet or. [[Mantling]], argent and gules. [[Motto#Mottos in heraldry|Motto]] "Lauda Finem".}}

The motto, ''Lauda finem'', is Latin for "praise [to] the end".<ref name="Motto Telegraph"/>

The arms incorporate those of the founder: the arms of the Mellers family were three blackbirds (or ''merles'' – an example of [[canting arms]]) – on a white field; Dame Agnes, being a woman, would have displayed them on a lozenge, not a shield. In 2007 the school unofficially introduced a new logo for more general use, a modified version of the shield that omits the lozenge and ermine field.

===Remembrance Day service===
[[File:Nottingham High School war memorial inscription June 2006.JPG|235px|thumb|Plaque on the war memorial|alt=Affixed to the weathered, discoloured white stone war memorial is a black plaque with white text in Times New Roman font. The text, which is centred and has generous line spacing, reads: "To the Glory of God / In lasting and grateful memory / of those former members / of this School / who by the sacrifice of their lives / for the cause of their Country / in the Great War 1914 – 1918 / and the Second World War 1939 – 1945 / ennobled the traditions / which they had here received."]]
An annual [[Remembrance Day]] service on 11 November is attended by the whole school with the headmaster, president of the Old Nottinghamians and the school captain placing wreaths at the war memorial. Scholars attend a morning special assembly usually in the Player Hall, at which a minute's silence is observed. Representatives of the school's Combined Cadet Force mark their respect with a parade around the main school building.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nottinghamhigh.co.uk/senior-school/senior-school-news/archived-news/archived-news-2010-11/remembrance-day-2010 |title=Nottingham High School – Remembrance Day 2010 |publisher=Nottinghamhigh.co.uk |access-date=22 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221055645/http://www.nottinghamhigh.co.uk/senior-school/senior-school-news/archived-news/archived-news-2010-11/remembrance-day-2010/ |archive-date=21 December 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Premises==
===Location===
Since 1868 the school has stood high on Waverley Mount to the north of the city centre,<ref name=reynolds>Cedric L. Reynolds, "The Buildings of Nottingham High School", ''[[Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire|Transactions of the Thoroton Society]]'' Vol. 57 (1953) pp. 33–42.</ref> looking down towards its foundation site in St Mary's Church and later building in Stoney Street. The present site has undergone a long programme of building and development.

;Main building
[[File:Nottingham High School war memorial June 2006.jpg|200px|thumb|War memorial at the south gates|alt=Photograph of a Gothic Revival building. The walls are light brown and the pitched roof, which has algae growing on it, is grey slate. There is a wide chimney on each side of the building. There are five large multi-segment windows on each story on the left section, and five large multi-segment windows on each story on the right section. The left and right sections have two and three stories respectively and are separated by a protruding central section, which has a total of five stories. The central section has a two-storey bay window on each side of an arched, wooden door, which is elevated. The door is above an outdoor double staircase, which has a simpler wooden door in the front. Above each bay window is a smaller window. Above the smaller windows is a narrower section with three large multi-segment windows, above which is a yet narrower section, forming a square tower and the highest storey of the building. The tower is crenellated and has one large multi-segment window, a flagpole without a flag in the centre, and a crenellated stone structure projecting from the right corner that resembles a crow's nest in that it could be used as a lookout point. In front of the building is a lawn that separates an embankment from a planted area. Steps lead down from the central part of the building to a war memorial, which is in the form of a bronze statue of a First World War uniformed British soldier looking backwards and pointing up towards the left, standing atop a white stone plinth that has a relief of the heraldic achievement of the city of Nottingham, an inscription on a plaque, and a relief of the lozenge of Dame Agnes Mellers. The war memorial is elevated with stone steps on all four sides, which separate an outer circle of shrubbery. Below the war memorial is a paved stone floor.]]
An example of [[Gothic Revival architecture]], the first school building on the present site, built between 1866 and 1867, was designed by [[Thomas Simpson (architect of Nottingham)|Thomas Simpson]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Teece |first=Ray |title=Nottingham Buildings: Nottingham High School |url=http://www.nottingham21.co.uk/build_highschool_1.htm |website=The City of Nottingham in Pictures |publisher=Teece, Ray |access-date=23 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316054809/http://www.nottingham21.co.uk/build_highschool_1.htm |archive-date=16 March 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> It consists of a tower and three wings: West Wing, Middle Corridor, and East Wing. West Wing houses classrooms for [[mathematics]], [[English studies|English]] and [[geography]]. Housed in Middle Corridor are the learning support department, two [[Information and communication technologies in education|ICT]] centres, two language laboratories, [[religious studies]] classrooms, two multi-purpose lecture theatres, the [[school library]], and staff offices. East Wing contains the old gymnasium, the [[John Player|Player]] assembly hall and classrooms for [[modern language]]s, [[history]], and [[classics]]. The school front and other features are [[Listed building|Grade II listed]].
[[File:Nottingham High School Player Hall June 2006.jpg|200px|thumb|The Player Hall]]
[[File:Nottingham High School south elevation June 2006.jpg|335px|thumbnail|The south side of the school, showing the war memorial|alt=Photograph of a Gothic Revival building. The walls are light brown and the pitched, grey-slate roof has algae growing on it. There is a wide chimney on each side. There are five large multi-segment windows on each story on the left section and on the right section. Both sections have two and three stories and are separated by a protruding central section, which has a total of five stories and a two-storey bay window on each side of an arched, wooden door, which is elevated. The door is above an outdoor double staircase, which has a simpler wooden door in the front. Above each bay window is a smaller window. Above the smaller windows is a narrower section with three large multi-segment windows, surmouned by a yet narrower section, forming a square tower and the highest storey of the building. The tower is crenellated and has one large multi-segment window, a flagpole without a flag in the centre, and a crenellated stone structure projecting from the right corner that resembles a crow's nest in that it could be used as a lookout point. In front of the building is a lawn that separates an embankment from a planted area. Steps lead down from the central part of the building to a war memorial in the form of a bronze statue of a uniformed, First World War British soldier looking backwards and pointing up towards the left, standing atop a white stone plinth with a relief of the city's heraldic achievement, an inscription on a plaque, and a relief of the lozenge of Dame Agnes Mellers. The war memorial is elevated with stone steps on all four sides, to separate an outer circle of shrubbery. Below the memorial is a paved stone floor.]]

;Tower
Overlooking the city centre is the school tower, now used as a staff office. A school standard and the [[Union Flag]] are raised on it on special occasions, such as Founder's Day and the [[King's Official Birthday]], and when a member of the school community has died.

;Additions
To the west, the Founder Hall building was built in 1963 to mark the school's 450th anniversary. It includes the school's swimming pool and the Founder Hall itself, and acts as a performing venue to supplement the Player Hall. A drama studio was added in 2013 to mark the school's 500th anniversary.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nottinghamhigh.co.uk/senior-school/music-drama-and-the-arts/opening-of-the-les-wilkinson-drama-studio/ |title=Nottingham High School – Opening of the Les Wilkinson Drama studio |publisher=Nottinghamhigh.co.uk |access-date=22 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219041135/http://www.nottinghamhigh.co.uk/senior-school/music-drama-and-the-arts/opening-of-the-les-wilkinson-drama-studio/ |archive-date=19 December 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The Simon Djanogly Science Building from 1984 is situated to the south west with 13 laboratories for all three sciences. A 25-yard [[Combined Cadet Force|CCF]] shooting range remains in the basement.<ref name="nottinghamhigh.co.uk">{{Cite web |url=http://www.nottinghamhigh.co.uk/senior-school/activities/ccf/shooting/ |title=Nottingham High School – Shooting |publisher=Nottinghamhigh.co.uk |access-date=22 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214232648/http://www.nottinghamhigh.co.uk/senior-school/activities/ccf/shooting/ |archive-date=14 December 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> The building was opened on 2 March 1984 by the [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|Duke of Edinburgh]].<ref name="sb"/>

In front of the science building is the music school, completed in 1997. This houses the Lady Carol Djanogly Recital Hall, the Jones Trust Music Room, a music technology studio, a resources centre, seven instrumental teaching rooms, and a larger brass teaching room, a percussion studio and a classroom for Infant and Junior School pupils.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nottinghamhigh.co.uk/senior-school/academic-departments/music/facilities/ |title=Nottingham High School – The Lady Carol Djanogly Music School |publisher=Nottinghamhigh.co.uk |access-date=22 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214232612/http://www.nottinghamhigh.co.uk/senior-school/academic-departments/music/facilities/ |archive-date=14 December 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Nottingham High School Lady Carol Djanogly Music School June 2006.jpg|225px|thumb|right|Lady Carol Djanogly Music School]]

In 1989 a sports hall was built on land to the north-east of the site formerly occupied by [[fives]] court and a shooting range.<ref name=clarketie/> It contains an multi-purpose exercise hall and a fitness room for older pupils.

In the north-west corner is the [[Harry Djanogly|Sir Harry Djanogly]] Art, Design and Technology Centre. The ground floor was built in the mid-1990s, and a first floor was added in the 2003/2004 academic year to accommodate modern facilities for the Art Department.

A new dining hall and sixth form centre were constructed in the West Quad in 2009.

;Lovell House Building
Waverley House School, to the west of the main site, was purchased in 2008. Its buildings were refurbished and renamed the Lovell House Infant School. In 2013, this single-sex establishment was combined with the Junior School to form Nottingham High Infant and Junior School.

===Playing field===
The school's games field is not on the main site but at Valley Road, approximately {{convert|3|mi|km}} to the north. Historically farmland<ref>{{cite web |title=Map |url=https://maps.nls.uk/view/101603127 |website=National Library of Scotland}}</ref> from as early as 1878, namely Harvey's Farm; then briefly Hucknall Road Farm<ref>{{cite web |title=Map |url=https://maps.nls.uk/view/101603121 |website=National Library of Scotland}}</ref> in 1920, it was converted to use as a playing field around 1960.<ref>{{cite web |title=Map |url=http://www.ivanlea.net/notts/notts_n.jpg |website=Nottingham Maps - Ivanlea}}</ref> It features a number of rugby pitches and posts during winter, which are converted for athletics in the spring, with a running track and areas for shot put, javelin, discus, pole vault, hurdles and high jump. During the summer, the ground is used for cricket, with nets put up and squares re-established for the season. Tennis courts, netball courts, and an archery range are also located there. The pavilion has several changing rooms on the ground and first floors, and a refreshment area for staff and guests.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nottinghamhigh.co.uk/infant-and-junior-school/junior-school/daily-life/facilities/sport/valley-road-sports-field/ |title=Nottingham High School - Valley Road Sports Field |publisher=Nottinghamhigh.co.uk |access-date=22 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019101749/http://www.nottinghamhigh.co.uk/infant-and-junior-school/junior-school/daily-life/facilities/sport/valley-road-sports-field/ |archive-date=19 October 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> Until 1897, boys played sports and had their [[Physical education|PE]] lessons at the [[Forest Recreation Ground]].<ref name="Picture500"/>

==School organisation==
The junior and senior schools both have four houses, each named after a person connected with the school. The house system plays an integral role in school life. House tutors provide pastoral care and support.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nottinghamhigh.co.uk/senior-school/daily-life/pastoral-care/ |title=Nottingham High School – Pastoral Care |publisher=Nottinghamhigh.co.uk |access-date=22 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219040644/http://www.nottinghamhigh.co.uk/senior-school/daily-life/pastoral-care/ |archive-date=19 December 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Junior school houses===
The junior school's four houses are named after former pupils or staff who served with distinction in the First World War and were killed in action or died of their wounds.<ref name="jshi">[http://www.nottinghamhigh.co.uk/junior-school/daily-life/care/houseinformation/] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091009154820/http://www.nottinghamhigh.co.uk/junior-school/daily-life/care/houseinformation/|date=9 October 2009}}</ref> Ball's House recalls [[Albert Ball]], a fighter pilot in the [[Royal Flying Corps|RFC]] and pupil at the school in 1907–1909, Hardy's House [[Theodore Hardy]], an assistant master in 1891–1907 and a British Army chaplain in 1916–1918, Tonkin's House FC Tonkin, a former pupil who served in the [[King's Royal Rifle Corps]], and Trease's House Reginald Trease, a pupil at the school in 1898–1905. The houses compete annually for a General Efficiency Cup donated in 1927 by William Crane.<ref name="jshi"/>

===Senior school houses===
The four houses in the senior school are Mellers', named after the school's founder, Cooper's, named after Frederick Cooper, an artist who in 1872 donated almost {{convert|2|acre|m2}} of land to the school, Maples', named after Samuel Maples, a former pupil who bequeathed £3,000 to fund scholarships in 1892, and White's, after [[Thomas White (merchant)|Sir Thomas White]], who endowed a charity to provide interest-free loans to "young men of good name and thrift" in the Midlands, some money from which was lent to the school in slightly questionable circumstances in the mid-19th century).<ref name=adam/>

;Wheeler Cup
Houses compete for the Wheeler Cup, which is awarded on the cumulative performance in competitions throughout the school year. These cover athletics, chess, hockey, cross country, rugby, bridge, shooting, swimming, cricket, general knowledge, verse recitation, singing, and individual music.

===Curriculum===
Nottingham High School offers a wide range of [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]], Advanced Subsidiary-Level (AS-level) and General Certificate of Education Advanced-Level (GCE A-level) subjects. Many are also studied by younger pupils at the school in years seven and nine.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite web |url=http://www.nottinghamhigh.co.uk/senior-school/daily-life/schoolday/curriculum-overview/ |title=Nottingham High School - Curriculum Overview |publisher=Nottinghamhigh.co.uk |access-date=22 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219041238/http://www.nottinghamhigh.co.uk/senior-school/daily-life/schoolday/curriculum-overview/ |archive-date=19 December 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nottinghamhigh.co.uk/EasysiteWeb/getresource.axd?AssetID=9476&type=full&servicetype=Attachment |title=Nottingham High School |publisher=Nottinghamhigh.co.uk |access-date=22 February 2014|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219035657/http://www.nottinghamhigh.co.uk/EasysiteWeb/getresource.axd?AssetID=9476&type=full&servicetype=Attachment |archive-date=19 December 2013}}</ref>

Sixth-form subjects include Ancient Greek, art, biology, chemistry, classical civilization, computer science, design and technology, drama, economics, English language, English literature, [[Extended Project Qualification]] (EPQ), French, further mathematics, geography, government and politics, German, history, Latin, mathematics, music, music technology, physical education, physics, psychology, religious studies, statistics, and Spanish.

All sixth-form students were expected to undertake the EPQ from 2010, but for students entering sixth form from 2019 it is optional.

===Uniform===
In years 7 to 11, the uniform consists of a black blazer with a badge bearing the arms of Dame [[Agnes Mellers]] (displayed on a lozenge), black trousers or a black skirt, a white shirt, black leather shoes, a house tie, and black or white socks. It is also possible to wear a jumper under the blazer. This is black with the school crest on the right chest. For those who have represented the school in sport, it may be black and red and bear the school coat of arms.

In the sixth form, students wear a black, grey or navy blue suit with a shirt of any colour but black.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nottinghamhigh.co.uk/senior-school/daily-life/uniform/ |title=Nottingham High School – School Uniform and Sports Kit |publisher=Nottinghamhigh.co.uk |access-date=22 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219040536/http://www.nottinghamhigh.co.uk/senior-school/daily-life/uniform/ |archive-date=19 December 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Nottingham High School ties.jpg|150px|thumb|right|Junior school tie, house tie (Whites), Lovell Order tie]]
Ties are a feature of the school uniform and used to signify pupils' status within the school.<ref name=clarketie/>
[[File:HighSchoolTies.jpg|150px|thumb|right|House ties.]]

Special ties include:
*Foundation – A black tie bearing a red squirrel holding a [[Duke|ducal]] [[coronet]] (the [[crest (heraldry)|crest]] from the school's coat of arms), presented on Founder's Day to pupils who have performed well in public examinations (at least ten grade As at GCSE or three As at A-Level), and to teachers on completing ten years' service
*Lovell Order – Black, bearing the arms of [[Thomas Lovell|Sir Thomas Lovell]], for those who have performed a special service, such as librarians, the choir, orchestra and band secretaries, society officials and the stage staff, and teachers completing twenty years' service
*Sports Colours – White with narrow diagonal black and yellow stripes, for high sporting achievement, such as first-team level (usually for sports, and occasionally chess, bridge and general knowledge teams)
*Music Colours – Similar to sports colours, first awarded in 2007 to mark outstanding contributions to school music
*Third XV – Black with orange stripes to members of the school rugby third XV
*Prefects – no longer awarded
*Officers – Black with red stripes, bordered by white bands with the school coat-of-arms at top, presented since 2005 to Officers of the School (School Captain, School Vice-Captains and House Captains)
*Quincentenary – Black with diagonal stripes and school coat-of-arms, designed by [[Young Enterprise]] Team Sterling, sold to pupils and Old Nottinghamians to mark the 500th anniversary of the School

==Fees==
The school charges admission fees. About a tenth of pupils are supported by bursaries or scholarships giving a reduction of between 10 and 100 per cent, depending on family income.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nottinghamhigh.co.uk/senior-school/admissions/fees/bursary-support/ |title=Nottingham High School - Bursaries |website=Nottingham High School website |publisher=Nottingham High School |access-date=10 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303171632/http://www.nottinghamhigh.co.uk/senior-school/admissions/fees/bursary-support/ |archive-date=3 March 2012}}</ref>

==Media==
Some of a 1990 episode of the TV series "[[Boon (TV series)|Boon]]", starring [[Michael Elphick]], was filmed at the school, with some pupils as extras. The story was entitled "Bully Boys", the sixth episode of the fifth series, broadcast on 30 October 1990. The main playground, the Bridge Library (now the library reception), and the Valley Road playing fields were shown.

Kevin Fear (the then school's headmaster) and certain boys, were filmed by [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] for a news story shown as part of the news programme "[[ITV News Central]]".<ref name="ITV">{{Cite web |title=Boys school to admit girls for first time in 500 years |url=http://www.itv.com/news/central/story/2014-04-03/boys-school-to-admit-girls-for-first-time-in-500-years/ |website=ITV News Central section of ITV website |publisher=ITV|access-date=8 April 2014 |date=3 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408230625/http://www.itv.com/news/central/story/2014-04-03/boys-school-to-admit-girls-for-first-time-in-500-years/ |archive-date=8 April 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> Filming took place at several school locations, including the headmaster's office, various classrooms and the Lower School Library. The news was that the school had announced it would admit girls – for the first time in its 500-year history – from 2015/2016.<ref name="ITV"/>

==List of masters==
{|class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed"
|+ {{nowrap|List of Nottingham High School masters}}
|-
! scope="col" |Date
! scope="col" |Name
! scope="col" |College
! scope="col" class="unsortable" |Notes
|-
|1513–1528 ||John Smith ||BCanL ([[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]]) ||
|-
|1528–1539 ||Robert Calton ||||
|-
|1539–1563 ||George Somer ||||
|-
|1563&ndash;1565 ||Henry Cockrame ||BCanL ([[University of Oxford|Oxford]]) ||
|-
|1565&ndash;1575 ||Brian Garnet ||||
|-
|1575&ndash;1584 ||John Depup ||MA ([[Trinity College, Cambridge]]) ||*
|-
|1584&ndash;1587 ||Robert Ableson ||BA ([[Queens' College, Cambridge]]) ||
|-
|1587&ndash;1592 ||Christopher Heylowe ||MA ([[St John's College, Cambridge]]) ||*
|-
|1592&ndash;1607 ||John Lowe ||BA ([[Caius College, Cambridge]]) ||*
|-
|1607&ndash;1616 ||Thomas Soresbie ||MA ([[Queen's College, Oxford]]) ||†
|-
|1616&ndash;1628 ||Robert Theobald ||MA (Trinity College, Cambridge) ||*
|-
|1628&ndash;1657 ||Thomas Leake ||MA (St John's College, Cambridge) ||†
|-
|1657&ndash;1664 ||Henry Pitts ||MA ([[Pembroke College, Cambridge]]) ||*
|-
|1664 ||Henry Watkinson ||(St John's College, Cambridge) ||*
|-
|1664&ndash;1672 ||Samuel Birch ||MA ([[Emmanuel College, Cambridge]]) ||*
|-
|1672&ndash;1688 ||Jeremiah Cudworth ||MA ([[Christ's College, Cambridge]]) ||*
|-
|1688&ndash;1691 ||Gowin Knight ||MA ([[Christ Church, Oxford]]) ||†
|-
|1691&ndash;1707 ||Edward Griffith ||MA (Queens' College, Cambridge) ||*
|-
|1707&ndash;1720 ||Richard Johnson ||BA (St John's College, Cambridge) ||*
|-
|1718&ndash;1719 ||William Smeaton ||MA (Queens' College, Cambridge) ||*
|-
|1719 ||William Saunders ||MA ([[Trinity Hall, Cambridge]]) ||*
|-
|N/A||Thomas Miles ||MA ([[Clare College, Cambridge]]) ||‡
|-
|1720&ndash;1722 ||John Womack ||BA ([[Corpus Christi College, Cambridge]]) ||†
|-
|1722&ndash;1731 ||John Swaile ||MA (Cambridge) ||†
|-
|1731 ||Edward Chappell ||MA ([[Jesus College, Cambridge]]) ||*
|-
|1731&ndash;1758 ||John Henson ||([[Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge]]) ||†
|-
|1758&ndash;1793 ||Timothy Wylde ||||*
|-
|1793&ndash;1806 ||John Challand Forrest ||MA (Queens' College, Cambridge) ||†
|-
|1806&ndash;1819 ||John Toplis ||MA, BD (Queens' College, Cambridge) ||*
|-
|1819&ndash;1833 ||Robert Wood ||MA, DD (St John's College, Cambridge) ||*
|-
|1833&ndash;1860 ||William Butler ||MA (Queen's College, Oxford) ||*
|-
|1861&ndash;1868 ||Frederick Teeling Cusins ||MA (St John's College, Cambridge) ||*
|-
|1868&ndash;1884 ||Robert Dixon ||MA, LLD (St John's College, Cambridge) ||*
|-
|1884&ndash;1901 ||James Gow ||MA, LittD (Trinity College, Cambridge) ||*
|-
|1901&ndash;1925 ||George Sherbrooke Turpin ||MA (St John's College, Cambridge); DSc&nbsp;([[University of London|London]]) ||*
|-
|1925&ndash;1953 ||Cedric Lawton Reynolds ||MA (Clare College, Cambridge) ||*
|-
|1954&ndash;1970 ||Kenneth Robert Imeson ||MA (Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge) ||*
|-
|1970&ndash;1995 ||Dennis Trevor Witcombe ||[[Order of the British Empire|OBE]]; MA, BLitt ([[St John's College, Oxford]]); PhD&nbsp;([[Victoria University of Manchester|Manchester]]) ||*
|-
|1995&ndash;2007 ||Christopher Stuart Parker ||[[Order of the British Empire|CBE]]; BA ([[University of Bristol|Bristol]]); [[Royal Society of Arts|FRSA]] ||*
|-
|2007&ndash;2025 ||Kevin David Fear ||BA ([[University of Southampton|Southampton]]) ||*<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/nottingham-private-school-headmaster-steps-10035578 |publisher=[[Nottingham Post]]|title=Nottingham private school headmaster steps down amid 'financial challenges'|first1=Joel |last1=Moore |date=19 March 2025 |access-date=29 March 2025 }}</ref>
|}

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Resigned or retired<br/>
† Died in office<br/>
‡ Never assumed post<ref name=adam/>{{rp|71}}

Brian Garnet (headmaster 1565 – c. 1575) is notable as the father of the [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] priest [[Henry Garnet]], who was executed for his involvement in the [[Gunpowder Plot]].<ref name=adam/>{{rp|30, 90}}

==Notable alumni==
{{See also|Category:People educated at Nottingham High School|label 1=Old Nottinghamians}}
{{More citations needed section|date=April 2014}}

All former pupils and staff members are granted the title "Old Nottinghamian".<ref name=oldn/><ref name="ON">{{Cite web |title=About us |url=http://oldnottinghamians.nottinghamhighblogs.net/about-2/ |website=Old Nottinghamians' Blog |publisher=Nottingham High School |access-date=2 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407072309/http://oldnottinghamians.nottinghamhighblogs.net/about-2/ |archive-date=7 April 2014 |url-status=usurped}}</ref> For more than a century, the Old Nottinghamians' Society has existed continuously, with its origins dating back to 1897, at which time it was called the NHS Dinner Committee.<ref name="ON"/> Between 1902 and 1961 it was known as the Nottingham High School Old Boys' Society.<ref name="ON"/>

===Arts===
<!-- *Matt Guy (b.1996), International DJ -->
*[[Michael Eaton]] (b. 1954), writer
*[[Christopher Hogwood]] (1941–2014),<ref name=alumni-music>{{Cite web |title=Famous Musical Alumni |url=http://www.nottinghamhigh.co.uk/senior-school/academic-departments/music/musical-alumni/ |publisher=Nottingham High School |access-date=13 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214234358/http://www.nottinghamhigh.co.uk/senior-school/academic-departments/music/musical-alumni/ |archive-date=14 December 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hogwood |first=Christopher |title=Curriculum Vitae |url=http://www.hogwood.org/biography/christopher-hogwoods-curriculum-vitae.html |access-date=13 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408222013/http://www.hogwood.org/biography/christopher-hogwoods-curriculum-vitae.html |archive-date=8 April 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> classical musician, harpsichordist, scholar and conductor
*[[Thomas Cecil Howitt]] (1889–1968),<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Harwood |first1=Elain |title=Howitt, (Thomas) Cecil |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/templates/article.jsp?articleid=101267 |website=[[Dictionary of National Biography#Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]] website |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |access-date=11 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031204054/http://www.oxforddnb.com/templates/article.jsp?articleid=101267 |archive-date=31 October 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> architect responsible for the design of the [[Nottingham Council House]]
*[[D. H. Lawrence]] (1885–1930),<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.visitnottingham.com/exec/107129/2748 |title=Nottingham - Experience Nottinghamshire |publisher=Visitnottingham.com |access-date=22 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430120103/http://www.visitnottingham.com/exec/107129/2748 |archive-date=30 April 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> writer and publisher
*[[Nicholas McGegan]] (b. 1950),<ref name="alumni-music"/><ref>{{Cite web |last=McGegan |first=Nicholas |title=Quick Nic Facts |url=http://nicholasmcgegan.com/quick-nic-facts/ |access-date=13 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130629150822/http://nicholasmcgegan.com/quick-nic-facts/|archive-date=29 June 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> classical musician, conductor
*[[Geoffrey Trease]] (1909–1998), author
<!-- *Laurence Henry,<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Pinchess |first1=Lynette |title=Nottingham chef Laurence Henry is crowned MasterChef: The Professionals champion 2018 |url=https://www.nottinghampost.com/whats-on/food-drink/masterchef-winner-laurence-henry-2348499 |access-date=21 December 2018 |work=[[Nottingham Post]] |publisher=[[Local World]] |date=21 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221111550/https://www.nottinghampost.com/whats-on/food-drink/masterchef-winner-laurence-henry-2348499 |archive-date=21 December 2018 |page=4 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Pinchess |first1=Lynette |title=All you need to know about Nottingham chef Laurence Henry |url=https://www.nottinghampost.com/whats-on/food-drink/nottingham-chef-laurence-henry-masterchef-2273079 |access-date=21 December 2018 |work=[[Nottingham Post|Nottinghamshire Live]]|publisher=[[Local World]] |date=20 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221115012/https://www.nottinghampost.com/whats-on/food-drink/nottingham-chef-laurence-henry-masterchef-2273079 |archive-date=21 December 2018 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref> [[sous-chef]] at Restaurant [[Sat Bains]] and winner of [[MasterChef: The Professionals#Series 11 (2018)|series 11 of MasterChef: The Professionals]] -->

===Academia and religion===
*[[Eric Abbott]] (1906–1984), Warden of [[Keble College, Oxford]]; Dean of [[Westminster Abbey|Westminster]]
*[[Michael Argyle (psychologist)|Michael Argyle]] (1925-2002), social psychologist
*[[Samuel Ayscough]] (1745–1804), index compiler<ref>Henry Richard Tedder (1885), "Ayscough, Samuel", Leslie Stephen, ed., ''Dictionary of National Biography''. 2. London: Smith, Elder & Co.</ref>
*[[Ben G. Davis]] (b. 1970), chemist and fellow of [[Pembroke College, Oxford]]<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-283852 |title=Davis, Prof. Benjamin Guy, (b. 8 August 1970), Professor of Chemistry, University of Oxford, since 2005; Fellow, Pembroke College, Oxford, since 2001 {{pipe}} Who's WHO & WHO WAS WHO |doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U283852 |isbn=978-0-19-954088-4 |access-date=1 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302025030/http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-283852;jsessionid=FCB4C88D3E8E8336E6771BD9FB957CF3 |archive-date=2 March 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Henry Garnet]] (1555–1606),<ref name="nottinghampost1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.nottinghampost.com/best-Old-boys-learnt-ropes-historic-High-School/story-19282550-detail/story.html|title=Five of the best: Old boys who learnt the ropes at historic High School |publisher=[[Nottingham Post]] |date=14 June 2013 |access-date=22 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203054925/http://www.nottinghampost.com/best-Old-boys-learnt-ropes-historic-High-School/story-19282550-detail/story.html |archive-date=3 February 2014 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] priest executed 1606 for his complicity in the [[Gunpowder Plot]]
*[[John K. Inglis]] (died 2011), biologist, writer and lecturer
*[[Frank Byron Jevons]] (1858–1936), [[Vice-Chancellor]] of the [[University of Durham]]
*[[Robert Macfarlane (writer)|Robert Mcfarlane]] (b. 1976), travel writer and fellow of [[Emmanuel College, Cambridge]]
<!-- *Professor [[Martin Humphries]] FMedSci FSB, Vice-President and Dean, University of Manchester -->
*[[Victor Alessandro Mundella|Victor Mundella]] (1866–1939), Physicist and Principal of [[University of Sunderland|Sunderland Technical College]]
*[[Thomas Wingate Todd]] (1885–1938), anthropologist, orthodontist
*[[R. M. W. Dixon]] (b. 1939),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Biography of R. M. W. Dixon |url=https://eresearch.jcu.edu.au/spaces/TLA/r.-m.-w.-dixon/biography-of-r.-m.-w.-dixon-skeleton |publisher=The Cairns Institute, [[James Cook University]] |access-date=2013-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130420111405/https://eresearch.jcu.edu.au/spaces/TLA/r.-m.-w.-dixon/biography-of-r.-m.-w.-dixon-skeleton/ |archive-date=20 April 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> linguist

===Armed forces===
*[[Albert Ball]] (1896–1917), the first [[Royal Flying Corps]] to be awarded the [[Victoria Cross]]
*[[Theodore Hardy]] (1863–1918), NHS schoolmaster, non-combatant chaplain in the [[Great War]], awarded the Victoria Cross

===Media and entertainment===
*[[Kenneth Adam]] (1908–1978), Controller of the [[BBC]]
*[[Malcolm Balen]] (living),<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.somethingjewish.co.uk/articles/583_balen_s_open_dialogu.htm |title=Balen's open dialogue |publisher=www.somethingjewish.co.uk |access-date=2010-07-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013203007/http://www.somethingjewish.co.uk/articles/583_balen_s_open_dialogu.htm |archive-date=13 October 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref> author and broadcaster
*[[Raymond Buckland]] (1934–2017),<ref>{{Cite web |last=Knowles |first=George |title=Raymond Buckland |url=http://controverscial.com/Raymond%20Buckland.htm |publisher=Controverscial.Com |access-date=13 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121116210627/http://www.controverscial.com/Raymond%20Buckland.htm |archive-date=16 November 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> author and occultist
*[[Michael Bywater]] (b. 1953), writer and broadcaster
*Jonathan Charles (b.1964), BBC Foreign Correspondent
*[[Leslie Crowther]] (1933–1996),<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=4116|title=Nottinghamshire Notables |publisher=Nottingham City Council |access-date=2012-03-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602134014/http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=4116 |archive-date=2 June 2013 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> comedian and quiz show host
*[[Trevor Dann]] (b. 1951), broadcaster and producer of the 1985 [[Live Aid]] concert
*[[David Leigh (journalist)|David Leigh]] (b. 1946), investigative journalist and investigative executive editor for ''[[The Guardian]]''
*[[Mrwhosetheboss|Arun Maini]] (b. 1995), technology YouTuber 'Mrwhosetheboss' 
*[[Keith Mansfield (writer)|Keith Mansfield]] (b. 1965), writer
<!-- *Aleem Maqbool, BBC News Correspondent -->
*[[Simon David Miller|Simon Miller]] (living), writer/director
*[[Chris Moncrieff]] (1931–2019),<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Langdon |first1=Julia |title=Chris Moncrieff obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/nov/25/chris-moncrieff-obituary |access-date=21 December 2019 |work=The Guardian |date=25 November 2019 |location=London |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221005714/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/nov/25/chris-moncrieff-obituary |archive-date=21 December 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> Press Association political journalist
* [[Andrew Nickolds]] (1949–2022), writer<ref>{{cite web |last1=Engel |first1=Matthew |title=Andrew Nickolds obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/dec/20/andrew-nickolds-obituary |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=20 December 2022 |language=en |date=20 December 2022}}</ref>
<!-- *Crispin Rolfe, BBC Look North presenter -->

*[[Tim Royes]] (1964–2007), music video director and editor
*[[Daniel Storey]] (living), writer and broadcaster
*[[Jonny Sweet]] (b. 1985), comedian and actor
*[[Michael Watts (journalist)|Michael Watts]] (1938–2018), journalist and broadcaster

===Civil and diplomatic service===
*[[Alan Charlton (diplomat)|Alan Charlton]] (b. 1952), British ambassador to Brazil
*[[Peter Gregson (civil servant)|Peter Gregson]] (1936–2015), [[permanent secretary]] of the [[Department of Trade and Industry (United Kingdom)|Department of Trade and Industry]]
*[[Richard Lloyd-Jones]] (b. 1933), permanent secretary of the [[Welsh Office]]
*[[Gordon Richardson, Baron Richardson of Duntisbourne|Lord Richardson of Duntisborne]], governor of the Bank of England from 1973 until 1983
<!-- *Norman Turner (Official Solicitor), CBE,<ref name=turner>{{Cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1573249/Norman-Turner.html |title=Norman Turner |publisher=Telegraph |access-date=22 February 2014}}</ref> [[Official Solicitor]] 1970–1980 -->
*[[Douglas Wass]] (1923–2017), sometime permanent secretary of the Treasury and Head of the Home Civil Service
*[[Geoffrey Owen Whittaker]] (1932–2015), [[governor of Anguilla]] 1987–1989

===Commerce===
*[[Jesse Boot]] later [[Lord Trent]] (1850–1931), founder of the chemist chain Boots (now the [[Boots Group]])
*[[Roger Carr (businessman)|Roger Carr]] (b. 1946), knight, businessman
*[[John Player]] (d. 1884), tobacconist ([[John Player & Sons]]), after whom the school's Player Hall is named

===Law===
*Sir [[Roderic Wood]] (b. 1951),<ref>'Wood, Hon. Sir Roderic (Lionel James)', Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014</ref> [[High Court judge (England and Wales)|High Court judge]]
<!-- *Sam Karim QC,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.kingschambers.com/sam-karim-qc(sheikh-m-s-karim)/ |title=Sam Karim QC (Sheikh M S Karim) |website=www.kingschambers.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221115612/https://www.kingschambers.com/sam-karim-qc(sheikh-m-s-karim)/ |archive-date=21 December 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> barrister at King's Chambers -->

===Politics===
*[[Ed Balls]] (born 1967), former [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MP]], [[Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families|secretary of state for children, schools and families]], [[economic secretary to the treasury]] and [[Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer|shadow chancellor of the exchequer]]
*[[Jonathan Bullock]] (born 1963), former [[Brexit Party]] member of the European Parliament for the [[East Midlands (European Parliament constituency)|East Midlands constituency]]<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Parker |first1=Margot |last2=Bullock |first2=Jonathan |author-link1=Margot Parker |title=About Jonathan Bullock MEP |url=http://www.jonathanbullockmep.uk/about-jonathan/ |website=www.jonathanbullockmep.uk |publisher=EASIserv |access-date=9 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609174129/http://www.jonathanbullockmep.uk/about-jonathan/ |archive-date=9 June 2019 |location=[[Northampton]] |date=February 2019 |df=dmy-all |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Kenneth Clarke]] (born 1940), [[Independent politician|independent]] [[Member of Parliament]], former [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] [[Lord Chancellor]] and [[Secretary of State for Justice|justice secretary]], [[chancellor of the exchequer]] and [[home secretary]]<ref name=clarketie>Tom Baldwin et al. [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1996/10/13/ngaf13.html Major caught out by Clarke's school] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080311165234/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/htmlContent.jhtml?html=%2Farchive%2F1996%2F10%2F13%2Fngaf13.html |date=11 March 2008}} Daily Telegraph 13 October 1996. Accessed 11 August 2007.</ref>
*[[Ed Davey]] (born 1965), MP,<ref name="libdems.org.uk">[http://www.libdems.org.uk/party/people/mr-edward-davey.0016.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070712174545/http://www.libdems.org.uk/party/people/mr-edward-davey.0016.html|date=12 July 2007}}</ref> [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]] [[Member of Parliament]], minister in the [[Department for Business, Innovation and Skills]] and [[leader of the Liberal Democrats]]<ref name="libdems.org.uk"/>
*[[David Frost (British diplomat)|David Frost]] (b. 1965), British politician, diplomat and civil servant
*[[Geoff Hoon]] (born 1953), former [[Member of Parliament]], [[Secretary of State for Transport|secretary of state for Transport]], [[Minister of State for Europe|minister of state for Europe]], [[Secretary of State for Defence|secretary of state for defence]] and [[leader of the House of Commons]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/geoffhoon |title=Geoff Hoon |work=The Guardian |access-date=22 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203112715/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/geoffhoon |archive-date=3 February 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nottinghampost.com/biography-Geoff-Hoon/story-12274249-detail/story.html |title=A biography of Ashfield MP Geoff Hoon |publisher=Nottingham Post |date=12 February 2010 |access-date=22 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203060739/http://www.nottinghampost.com/biography-Geoff-Hoon/story-12274249-detail/story.html |archive-date=3 February 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Porter |first=Andrew |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/3172813/Geoff-Hoon-interview.html |title=Geoff Hoon interview |publisher=Telegraph |date=10 October 2008 |access-date=22 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311225511/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/3172813/Geoff-Hoon-interview.html |archive-date=11 March 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Jim Lester (British politician)|Sir James Lester]] (1932–2021), Conservative politician
*[[Piers Merchant]] (1951–2009), former [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] [[Member of Parliament]] and former general secretary of [[UK Independence Party|UKIP]]<ref>{{Cite news |author=Dan van der Vat |author-link=Dan van der Vat |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/sep/23/piers-merchant-obituaries |title=Piers Merchant obituary |newspaper=The Guardian |date=23 September 2009 |access-date=22 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203112725/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/sep/23/piers-merchant-obituaries |archive-date=3 February 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=McKittrick |first=David |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/piers-merchant-tory-mp-whose-career-ended-when-he-was-caught-having-an-affair-with-a-teenage-soho-nightclub-hostess-1797040.html |title=Piers Merchant: Tory MP whose career ended when he was caught having an affair with a teenage Soho nightclub hostess - Obituaries - News |work=The Independent |date=3 October 2009 |access-date=22 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203161746/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/piers-merchant-tory-mp-whose-career-ended-when-he-was-caught-having-an-affair-with-a-teenage-soho-nightclub-hostess-1797040.html |archive-date=3 February 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/politics97/mps/626.shtml |title=BBC Politics 97 |publisher=[[BBC News Online]] |access-date=22 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925193450/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/politics97/mps/626.shtml |archive-date=25 September 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[James Morris (British politician)|James Morris]] (born 1967), MP, [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] [[Member of Parliament]]

===Science and technology===
*[[Ben G. Davis]] (b. 1970), [[University of Oxford]]<ref name=whoswho>{{Who's Who |title=DAVIS, Prof. Benjamin Guy |id =U283852 |volume=2016 |edition=online [[Oxford University Press]]|location=Oxford}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |author=Anon |doi=10.1002/anie.200901068 |title=Benjamin G. Davis |journal=[[Angewandte Chemie]] |volume=48 |issue=22 |pages=3900 |year=2009 |bibcode=2009ACIE...48.3900. }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |doi=10.1002/chemv.201000012 |title=Future Visions of Chemistry: Ben Davis |journal=[[ChemistryViews]] |year=2010 |last1=Davis |first1=B.}}</ref>
*[[Thomas Hawksley]] (1807–1893),<ref name=nottinghampost1/> [[civil engineer]] and chief engineer at the [[City of Nottingham Water Department|Nottingham Waterworks Company]]
*[[J. P. Knight]] (1828–1886), inventor of the [[traffic light]]
*[[Frank Nabarro]] (1916–2006), solid-state physicist<ref name=nabarro>{{Cite journal |last1=Brown |first1=L. M. |doi=10.1098/rsbm.2009.0016 |title=Frank Reginald Nunes Nabarro MBE. 7 March 1916 – 20 July 2006 |journal=[[Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society]] |volume=56 |pages=273–283 |year=2009 |doi-access=free}}</ref>

===Sport===
*[[Patrick Bamford]] (b. 1993),<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/16852847 |title=Patrick Bamford's Chelsea move a sign of times |work=BBC Sport |first1=Dan |last1=Sinclair |first2=Owen |last2=Phillips |date=2 February 2012 |access-date=13 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205025421/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/16852847 |archive-date=5 February 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> footballer
*[[Charles Caborn]] (b. 1856, death date unknown), footballer for [[Nottingham Forest]] who appeared in their first FA Cup match.
*[[Anuj Dal]] (b. 1996), professional cricketer
*[[Anthony Douglas]] (b. 1985), Olympic short track speed skater
*[[Henry Groves (cricketer)|Henry Groves]] (1896–1992), cricketer
*[[Graham Harding (cricketer)|Graham Harding]] (b. 1966), cricketer
*[[David Haywood]] (b. 1945), cricketer
*[[Sam King (cricketer)|Sam King]] (b. 2003), professional cricketer
*Tom Threlfall (b. 2005), Leicester tigers rugby player
*[[Alex Lewington]] (b. 1991),<ref>{{Cite news |title=Alex Lewington inspired by Greig Tonks as he seeks England call |url=http://www.bracknellnews.co.uk/sport/15549878.Alex_Lewington_inspired_by_Greig_Tonks_as_he_seeks_England_call/ |access-date=7 November 2017 |work=Bracknell News |publisher=[[Newsquest|Newsquest Media Group]] |date=21 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108035259/http://www.bracknellnews.co.uk/sport/15549878.Alex_Lewington_inspired_by_Greig_Tonks_as_he_seeks_England_call/ |archive-date=8 November 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> rugby union player
*[[Leonard Lindley]] (1861–1915), footballer and cricketer, brother of Tinsley
*[[Tinsley Lindley]] (1865–1940), international footballer and cricketer, brother of Leonard
*[[Henry Nwume]] (b. 1977), professional [[rugby union]] player and [[bobsleigh]] Olympian
*[[Anthony Palfreman]] (b. 1946), cricketer and cricket administrator
*[[Reg Simpson]] (1920–2013), England cricketer
*[[Greig Tonks]] (b. 1989),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ferguson |first=David |title=Greig Tonks has Scotland stand-off spot in sight |url=http://www.scotsman.com/sport/rugby/latest/greig-tonks-has-scotland-stand-off-spot-in-sight-1-3275722 |access-date=8 April 2014 |newspaper=The Scotsman |date=21 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408234939/http://www.scotsman.com/sport/rugby/latest/greig-tonks-has-scotland-stand-off-spot-in-sight-1-3275722 |archive-date=8 April 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Grieg Tonks leaves Nottingham to become a Saint |url=http://www.nottinghampost.com/Tonks-Saint/story-12227993-detail/story.html |access-date=8 April 2014 |newspaper=Nottingham Post |date=14 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408220715/http://www.nottinghampost.com/Tonks-Saint/story-12227993-detail/story.html |archive-date=8 April 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> rugby union player
*[[Andy Turner (hurdler)|Andy Turner]] (b. 1980),<ref>{{Cite web |title='Andy Turner inspires pupils' says former PE teacher |url=http://www.nottinghampost.com/Andy-Turner-inspires-pupils-says-PE-teacher/story-12208952-detail/story.html |website=Nottingham Post |publisher=Local World |access-date=19 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203060734/http://www.nottinghampost.com/Andy-Turner-inspires-pupils-says-PE-teacher/story-12208952-detail/story.html |archive-date=3 February 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Turnbull |first=Simon |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/andy-turner-id-rather-be-hurdling-tackles-2191807.html |title=Andy Turner: I'd rather be hurdling tackles - Profiles - People |work=The Independent |date=2011-01-23 |access-date=22 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203160214/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/andy-turner-id-rather-be-hurdling-tackles-2191807.html |archive-date=3 February 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nottinghamhigh.co.uk/old-nottinghamians/on-commonwealth/ |title=Nottingham High School - ON Commonwealth Games |publisher=Nottinghamhigh.co.uk |access-date=22 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140119064801/http://www.nottinghamhigh.co.uk/old-nottinghamians/on-commonwealth/ |archive-date=19 January 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> professional Olympic sprint hurdler

==See also==
*[[Nottingham Girls' High School]]
*[[Listed buildings in Nottingham (Hyson Green and Arboretum ward)]]

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