Bedford High School, Leigh

History

Performance

Notable former pupils

Leigh Grammar School

• Matt Aitken, English songwriter and record producer and the creative force behind the songwriting/production trio of Stock, Aitken and Waterman
• Sir Alan Battersby, BP Professor of Organic Chemistry from 1969 to 1992 at the University of Cambridge
• George Henry Bolsover CBE, Director from 1947 to 1976 of the School of Slavonic and East European Studies
• Prof William Bradley, Professor of Colour Chemistry from 1948 to 1963 at the University of Leeds
• Sir Peter Maxwell Davies CBE, conductor and composer and President since 1983 of the Schools Music Association; Master of the Queen's Music from 2004
• Prof Sir David Gwynne Evans CBE; Director, National Institute for Biological Standards and Control 1972-6; President, Society for General Microbiology 1972–75; Professor of Bacteriology and Immunology 1961–71 at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; Director 1971-2 Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine
• Meredith Evans, Professor of Physical Chemistry from 1949 to 1952 at the University of Manchester
• Robert Forbes CBE, pianist and conductor, Principal from 1929 to 1953 of the Royal Manchester College of Music, and President from 1938 to 1939 of the Incorporated Society of Musicians
• Eric Hassall CBE, director, 1994–2001, British Geological Survey Board; President 1997–99 Institute of Mining Engineers
• Cyril Hope OBE, CMaths, BSc, FIMA
• Roger Hunt, MBE, English former footballer and member of the England team that won the World Cup in 1966.
• Prof Robin Leatherbarrow, Pro-Vice-Chancellor at Liverpool John Moores University. Previously professor of Biological and Biophysical Chemistry at Imperial College London, holding roles including Head of Research, Head of Chemical Biology Section, Deputy Head of Department, Acting Head of Department and Dean for the Faculty of Natural Sciences.
• Sir John Lennard-Jones KBE FRS, theoretical chemist and physicist, first John Humphrey Plummer Professor of Theoretical Chemistry, University of Cambridge 1932–1953; second principal of the University College of North Staffordshire
• Prof Basil Lythgoe, professor, 1953–78, Organic Chemistry at the University of Leeds
• James Maines CB, Director General from 1988 to 1995 of Guided Weapons and Electronic Systems at the Ministry of Defence
• Prof Michael Newton, Professor 1984–2001 of Pharmaceutics at the School of Pharmacy, University of London
• Sir David Phillips, Chief Constable, 1993–2003, Kent Police
• Rev Eric Shegog, Head, Religious Broadcasting, 1984–1990, IBA
• Pete Shelley, singer, songwriter and guitarist, and leader of the Buzzcocks.
• Prof John Speakman FRS FRSE FRSA FMedSci Chair in Zoology. Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen 1000 Talents Professor and Novo Nordisk Great Wall Professor. Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Beijing, China.
• Prof John Speakman CBE, Professor of Textile Industries from 1939 to 1963 at the University of Leeds
• John Wallwork CBE, Chairman of the Press Association from 1973 to 1974, President of the Newspaper Society from 1977 to 1978 and managing director from 1972 to 1982 of Northcliffe Newspapers Group