television presenter for Sky Sports Claire Askew, Former Editor Cosmopolitan Magazine Annie Last, professional mountain biker Richard Lumsden, actor, writer, composer and musician Becky Measures, radio DJ at Peak FM Madeleine Thompson Laura Wade, playwright Grammar school Barry Askew, former editor in 1981 of the News of the World, from 1961–63 of the Matlock Mercury, and from 1968–81 of the Sheffield Star'' Thomas Denman, (1733–1815) – physician Helen Goodman, former Labour MP for Bishop Auckland Billy Hughes, Labour MP from 1945–50 for Wolverhampton West and educator Richard Lumsden, British actor, writer, composer and musician, former husband of actress Sophie Thompson Edward Milner, landscape architect Sir Maurice Oldfield CMG CBE, former director-general – "C" – from 1973–78 of MI6 Aydin Önaç, concert pianist, teacher, Headmaster from 2010–17 of St Olave's Grammar School Julie Price, co-principal bassoonist of the BBC Symphony Orchestra Sir Nigel Shadbolt FRS FREng, Principal since 2015 of Jesus College, Oxford, founded the Web Science Trust Alison Uttley, writer Phillip Whitehead, former Labour MEP from 1994–2005 for the East Midlands, former chairman of the European Parliamentary Labour Party, television producer and Labour MP from 1970–83 for Derby North Michael Wynne-Parker, author and businessman References External links and sources The school's official website Article by Roy Hattersley in THE GUARDIAN, 27 September 2005 2011 OFSTED Report "The Story of the School of Grace Lady Manners, Bakewell" by R.A. Harvey, published J.W. Northend, Sheffield, 1982. Educational institutions established in the 1630s 1636 establishments in England Secondary schools in Derbyshire Derbyshire Dales Foundation schools in Derbyshire