Attention: You are using an outdated browser, device or you do not have the latest version of JavaScript downloaded and so this website may not work as expected. Please download the latest software or switch device to avoid further issues.
In 1574, Richard Pate founded his Schola Grammatica and a hospital or almshouse ‘for six old poor people'. A very special 450th anniversary tea party … More...
The Archives has moved to the main school building and we are looking forward to displaying treasures from our illustrious school history to students … More...
The 1914 Patesian takes a deep dive into the history of the School Arms and Colours. More...
It was an exciting opportunity for the school's archivists to visit Corpus Christi College, Oxford to look over documents and artefacts relevant to Pa… More...
A delve into the 2013 edition of Pate's Progress, tells us about our founder Richard Pate and the origin of our School Arms and Colours. More...
Green Socks Don't Suit the Building : architectural memories of Cheltenham Grammar School 1965-72 More...
Our Archivists have been looking through old school magazines to piece together the history of the House system at Pate's. More...
Next year we celebrate the 450th Anniversary of the founding of Pate's. We look back to reflections on the 400th Anniversary, written in 1974 by Bill … More...
It was a great surprise and exciting to see the media spotlight shone on a 1902 cricket record set by Patesian Gilbert Jessop. More...
Sir Frederick Handley Page, CGS alumnus and pioneer of the aviation industry, died sixty years ago. More...
Today the school celebrates House Spirit Day with the students wearing house colours and participating in fun House activities and it's also House Cup… More...
'PGSG A History 1905 - 1946' was compiled by Barbara King (PGSG 1931-1941). We are grateful to Mrs King for her history of the school, written to help… More...
Did you know that when Richard Pate founded his Schola Grammatica in 1574 he also founded an almshouse to provide accommodation for six elderly poor p… More...
1st May 1888 saw the opening of the 'new' High Street site for Cheltenham Grammar School. The April 1889 edition of the school magazine yielded up a w… More...
In 1964 David took photos of the site which had been home to CGS since 1889. They show the jumble of buildings that the High Street school had become,… More...
Mrs Huddlestone, formerly Head of English and then Deputy Head, was Acting Head in 1970-71 between Miss Lambrick's retirement and the appointment of M… More...
March 2021 is the 60th anniversary of a hockey match played between Cheltenham Grammar School and Pate's Grammar School for Girls. More...
Race week at the Cheltenham Festival without spectators looks very different this year. We look back to better times with this lovely image of the Que… More...
The identity of the sculptor of our statue of Richard Pate has been puzzling us for a while, with no mention in Archive copies of old Patesians and a … More...
We are often asked to research interesting queries; this one was of personal interest to our Volunteer Archivist Maggie Cowie, as it concerned her lat… More...