year along with the choir, jazz band and samba band. Sports Weekly fixtures are played against other local schools and also more prestigious clubs; for example, the cricket 1st XI have an annual fixture vs. the MCC. Notable former pupils Andrew Bennett, former Labour MP for Denton Claude Blair, museum curator Kim Booth, politician Peter Butterworth, actor John Doyle, drummer with Magazine Anthony Dyson, Anglican priest and academic Leslie Haden-Guest, 1st Baron Haden-Guest, doctor and Labour MP James Hickman, swimmer Michael Platt, rugby league player Andy Hinchcliffe, footballer Derek Leckenby (1943–1994), lead guitarist of Herman's Hermits John Lee, Baron Lee of Trafford, Conservative MP and Liberal Democrat politician Ivan Lewis, MP for Bury South since 1997 and former Minister. Michael Lord, Baron Framlingham, Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means and Conservative MP Sir Robert Mark, Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Jeremy McMullen, judge, trade unionist and expert on employment law Reuben Singh, entrepreneur Colin Touchin, conductor, composer and music educator Ashley Ward, footballer Thomas William Warnes, gastroenterologist John Haggie, Newfoundland health minister Ravi Apnabeat, DJ & Entertainer See also Listed buildings in Manchester-M16 William Hulme Hulme Trust Hulme Grammar School, Oldham References Further reading K.P. Thompson, The History of William Hulme's Grammar School, 1887–1980 External links Academies in Manchester Primary schools in Manchester Secondary schools in Manchester 01 Educational institutions established in 1887 1887 establishments in England United Learning schools Hulme Trust