King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys
King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys, also known as Handsworth Grammar School, is a grammar school that admits boys from the age of eleven. The school was founded in 1862 and is located in Handsworth, Birmingham, England. it is situated just off the A41, near the junction with the A4040. King Edward Handsworth Grammar School is sometimes abbreviated as HGS.
The headmaster is Mr T Johnson.
In September 2017, the school was admitted into the Foundation of the Schools of King Edward VI, where it was renamed King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys.
The school has five houses: Henry, William, Nelson, Galahad and Alfred
Notable alumni
- John Salisbury, Olympic athlete, 4x400m relay bronze medal Melbourne 1956, European gold medal Stockholm 1958
- William McKay Aitken, Scottish-born Indian writer and explorer, resident in the Himalayas since 1960
- Kadeer Ali, English cricketer
- Ian Bateman, British academic and Professor of Environmental Economics at the University of East Anglia
- Corey Blackett-Taylor, footballer for Derby County
- Sir David Cox, British statistician
- Nigel Fortune, British scholar of music
- Denis Howell, Baron Howell, British Labour Party politician, Member of Parliament, and life peer
- Eddie Hughes, Conservative Member of Parliament
- Jason John, English athlete
- Terence Parkes, cartoonist
- Adil Ray, comedian
- Mark Rowley, Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
- Siôn Simon, British Labour Party politician, Member of Parliament from 2001 to 2010, Member of the European Parliament from 2014 to 2019
- John Tooze, scientist
- Robert Weir, English discus and hammer thrower
- Harry B. Whittington, British palaeontologist and academic, Woodwardian Professor of Geology at the University of Cambridge from 1966 to 1983
- Joe Wilson, English footballer