Newcastle-under-Lyme School is a mixed Private day school in the town of Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire, England. It came about by a merger of the old Newcastle High School (founded in 1874) with the Orme Girls' School (founded in 1876). Earlier predecessors date back over 400 years. Present day The school nowadays consists of nursery and preparatory departments, a senior school and a sixth form. It takes boys and girls from the ages of 3–18. The current Headmaster is Michael Getty. The school belongs to the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC). It is one of the top 100 performing schools in England in terms of its A-level results, and managed record GCSE pass levels in 2020. Notable former pupils In birth order: William Watkiss Lloyd (1813–1893), writer and scholar T. E. Hulme (1883–1917), writer George Wade (1891–1986), pottery manufacturer Camilla Wedgwood (1901–1955), anthropologist Frank Barlow (1911–2009), historian Kenneth H. Roscoe (1914–1970), soil engineer John Wain (1925–1994), writer, poet and academic Peter G. "Spam" Hammersley CB OBE (1928–2020), Rear Admiral, Royal Navy Clifford Boulton (1930–2015), parliamentary official Rosemary O'Day, née Brookes, (born 1945), historian and author Alan Sinclair (born 1952), diabetologist and clinical scientist Robert Sinclair MacKay (born 1956), mathematician David J. C. MacKay (1967–2016), academic engineer Roger Johnson (born 1970), TV newsreader Sarah Willingham (born 1973), media entrepreneur Dominic Burgess (born 1982), TV and film actor Dan Robson (born 1992), rugby player for Wasps RFC and England Geraint Vincent (living), TV journalist Gallery References Educational institutions established in the 1600s Educational institutions established in 1874 Member schools of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference Newcastle-under-Lyme Private schools in Staffordshire 1874 establishments in England