Keighley Boys' Grammar School
www.kbgs.com

Curriculum

In 1935 the curriculum consisted of Maths, Physics, Chemistry, English (Language & Literature), French, German, Latin and Art. School Dinners were available but most boys went home, usually by bus, because bus passes were issued by the County Council under whose jurisdiction the school was run.

Course from the Keighlian c 1938

Extract from 1960 Prospectus

I believe the following to be true for KBGS, as it was for another West Riding school, Woodhouse Grammar School: “Those who did well enough at the age of eleven in the examinations held in the primary schools were given free entry; other could enter on the payment of fees. The examination was equivalent to the "eleven plus" which still exists in areas of the UK where some selection takes place but, in the WRCC, if you "passed", you were awarded the grand sounding "West Riding County Minor Scholarship". This system persisted until the late 1940's when fee paying entry was abolished; fee payers already in the School stayed there but no longer had to pay.” Source: www.j31.co.uk/woodhousegrammar.htm