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Grammar School Foundation
The Fowey Grammar School Foundation is a registered charity (no. 306571). It provides financial assistance to Fowey River Academy and individual students under the age of 25 who qualify for awards in the form of grants and annual bursaries for those in tertiary education.
"50,000 Awarded Every Year"
Each year, approximately £50,000 is awarded to ex-students of the Academy. However, there is still a large number of students who are eligible to apply but fail to do so.
To learn more about the history of The Grammar School Foundation, further down this page. But you can explore more about the Foundation, by clicking the link below:
Further details and information can be found on the Charity Commission website: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/charity-commission or by contacting the clerk:
*Mr. M Kotwinski 01726 812285 or 0758710460
*who is also the nominated data controller.
To apply please go to the Fowey Grammar School Foundation Website: www.foweygrammarschoolfoundation.org
HISTORY
This note on the background to the formation of The Fowey Grammar School Foundation is appended to the 2007 Scheme as an aide-memoire to future Trustees.
1690
Fowey granted a new Charter – John Rashleigh appointed Recorder for life – John Treffry one of five gentlemen nominated as Free Burgesses. One of the early acts of the new Corporation was to found a Grammar School.
1692
John Treffry conveyed to John Rashleigh and Shadrack Vincent of Roselyon a house, garden and meadow… for the better preservation of a free school to be erected there; Shadrack Vincent guaranteed that when the school was built he would provide £500 to purchase land that would yield £30 per annum to be a perpetual fund for the purpose of educating thirty poor children of Fowey and surrounding places. The engraved tower bell of 1693 from the original school is the property of the Fowey Grammar School Trust, and is on loan to Fowey Primary School for display in the entrance foyer of the school. A second smaller bell, similarly engraved, is on loan to the Fowey Museum Trust.
1838
The Charity Commissioners, having visited Fowey, reported that the quay and pavements were decayed, the salary of the master of the Grammar School in arrears and the rents of the Town Lands had not been collected for many years. An official receiver was appointed to administer the Town’s charities.
1856
The Chancery Court approved a new scheme whereby the assets and income of the Town Lands Trust and of charities endowed by John Treffry and Nicholas Sawle were settled on the Grammar School Trust.
1870
The school started by the John’s bequest in 1773 was taken over as a Board School under the Education Act.
1876
A new school building was erected on part of the Grammar School site.
1879
A new Grammar School, designed by Silvanus Trevail, was built above the site of an old quarry near Daglands.
1903
Charity Commissioners determined that the total endowment was held solely for educational purposes – except for an annual sum of £30 for church maintenance.
1909
A new Scheme was established.
1922
The County Council took over the running of the Schools and two charities were set up. The first was the Fowey Grammar School Site Foundation which had the County Council as the sole trustee and the School land and buildings as its assets for as long as the School was in use as an educational establishment. The second charity, the Fowey Grammar School Exhibition Foundation, had eleven trustees, one of whom was the Lord of the Manor ex officio, two of whom were nominated by the County Council and eight co-opted to represent the local communities that benefited from the work of the charity. The charities assets were the remaining property and investments of the original (1909) Charity. The Exhibition Foundation provided money for the School for items not normally provided by the Education Authority and also provided assistance to those ex-pupils of the School who were continuing in education or training.
1957
Reorganisation of Secondary Education in Cornwall. A new Secondary Modern School was opened at the Windmill for children between the ages of eleven and fifteen. The Board School was re-designated as a Primary School for children between the ages of five and eleven. The Grammar School continued to provide education for selected pupils from age eleven to eighteen.
1970
Introduction of Comprehensive education. All children at the age of eleven transferred to the Secondary Modern School which was renamed Fowey Comprehensive School. The Primary School took over the former Grammar School building, retaining the Board School as an annexe. The Fowey Comprehensive School was deemed the successor school to the former Fowey Grammar School. Income from the assets of the Fowey Grammar School Foundation Trust were to be applied for the benefit of the Comprehensive School and its pupils.
