Henry Mellish School and Specialist Sports College

Henry Mellish School and Specialist Sports College was a small, non-denominational secondary school in Bulwell, Nottingham, England, situated in an area of high social deprivation.

History

Early history

The school was founded as a boys' grammar school in 1929 - the Henry Mellish Grammar School, and named after Eton-educated Henry Mellish, a British Army colonel and local councilor, who died two years prior to the opening. The school was sited near the Highbury Vale tram stop and opposite the Highbury Hospital on Highbury Road (B682).

School specifics

Towards the end of its lifespan the subjects taught at the school were:

Memorable teachers present towards the end of the schools lifespan were:

Henry Mellish

Henry Mellish FRGS,CB (31 October 1856 – 1927) was known for his participation in competitive rifle shooting and meteorology. He inherited the Hodsock Priory estate in 1864 upon the death of his father William Leigh Mellish.

He was educated at Eton and at Balliol College, Oxford.

Mellish was called in 1882 to the Bar at the Inner Temple. Instead of practicing law, he had a career in Nottinghamshire County government and served as a magistrate. He attained the rank of lieutenant-colonel of the Nottinghamshire Volunteers and Territorial Force.

In competitive rifle shooting he represented England in the Elcho Shield in over twenty occasions at Wimbledon and Bisley.

Mellish was President of the Royal Meteorological Society in 1909–1911 and maintained a weather recording station at Hodsock Priory for many years.

Henry Mellish School and Specialist Sports College was named in his honour.

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