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Penistone Grammar School (PGS) is a co educational comprehensive secondary school and sixth form located in Penistone, South Yorkshire, England. Founded in 1392, it is the 45th oldest extant school in England with its most notable alumnus being Nicholas Saunderson, the probable inventor of Bayes theorem, in the 18th century. The school has undergone many expansions, requiring the erection of several buildings, and now houses over 1,700 pupils from age 11 to 18. PGS' Ofsted overall rating is grade 2 ('Good'), following an inspection in February 2023.

The school was founded as the Free Grammar School of Penistone ('Penistone' often spelt 'Peniston') in 1392, when it is recorded that a gift of land was made by Thomas Clarel, Lord of the Manor at Penistone, to John Del Rodes "and others". The land was situated in the town centre on a site opposite St. John the Baptist Church and across the road from the old Cloth Hall (built much later). Funded by Paul Square, on 28 October 1911, under the tenure of Mr Fulford, the Fulford building opened (though not called that at the time), at a cost of £8,000 (plus £780 for furnishings and equipment). Several other buildings were erected, and in 1974, PGS purchased the former Penistone Union Workhouse, later named 'Netherfields', which became the school's sixth form. It became fully comprehensive in 1969, with partial selection (for more distant pupils) from 1957. The comprehensive school initially retained its grammar school name and traditions such as the house system and speech night. These traditions were gradually scaled back. In 2011, the school restored its traditional house system and uniform, and entirely demolished all buildings but Weirfield and the adjacent Stables, which was converted into flats. A new building opened that same year. The school motto was traditionally "Disce Aut Discede" ("Learn or leave"), with the school colours traditionally being red and black. It used the coat of arms of the founding family, the Clarels, which shows six martlets, as its logo. In 2003 the school changed its motto to "Learning and Achieving Together". It rebranded again in 2010 with the motto "Never Stop Flying", a reference to martlets having no legs so always being in flight, changing the logo and school ties to show a single stylised martlet in flight.

A £35 million 'state of the art' school building opened on 2 May 2011, with a complete demolition of the old buildings, except for Fulford, the Stables, and Weirfield. Fulford, erected in 1909, was ultimately demolished in early 2014 after much protest from past students and locals. After taking over from Glynis Gower, headteacher of 5 years, in 2007, Joanne Higgins stood down in November 2017 with Paul Crook taking her place as headteacher. He was formerly a teacher of PE and a deputy head. The sixth form at Penistone currently has 300 students in attendance. After internal remodelling in 2018, work started on a £4.3 million two storey extension in 2019, providing an additional 250 places at the school. The building was opened to students in September 2020, and is linked to the main school by a walkway through the science department. The block is home to the modern foreign languages department and several science classrooms. As of 2022, Penistone Grammar School is the only secondary school in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley to not have academy status, remaining under the control of the Local Authority. The school maintains expansive playing fields, with a martlet covered bridge over Huddersfield Road connecting the building and fields.

Penistone Grammar School's secondary results are the best of any school in the Barnsley local authority, achieving an above average Progress 8 score of 0.46. In 2023, 83% of pupils passed English and maths, with 66% of pupils achieved a grade 5 (strong pass) or higher.

The sixth form has been within the top 10% of providers nationally for over five consecutive years. The majority (55%) of grades secured are A* or A, and in 2022, the average result was an A , with over half of students progressing to elite Russell Group universities.

The Penistone Grammar School Foundation is a charity (number 529458) established in January 1957, but registered in 1965. It owns much of the school's old site and its current estate, and generates income for the school.

+List of headmasters at Penistone Grammar School since 1392YearsNameEducationNotesc.1392–1433Rev. John Del RodesCustos of Saint John's Chapelc.1433–1450Rev. John SmythChaplain1450–1472Rev. William WordsworthChantry Priest at St Mary's1472–1477Rev. William WalkerChantry Priest at St Mary's1477–1534Rev. William Addy SnrChantry Priest at St Mary's1534–1556Rev. William Addy JnrChantry Priest at St Mary's1556–1613John Hyde, MA (Cantab)St John's College, Cambridge1613–1630Richard HeyDied 28 May 16301630–1644John CoatehillDied 8 May 16441644–1666Rev. George Didsbury, BAClare College, CambridgeDied 24 April 16661666–1668Rev. John Revel, BAChrist's College, CambridgeResigned1668–1702Nathan Staniforth, MA (Cantab)Christ's College, CambridgeDied 24 November 17021702–1726John RamsdenDied 12 March 17261726–1751Rev. Jonathan PerkinChrist's College, CambridgeDied 3 May 17511751–1776Rev. Francis Haigh, BAChrist's College, CambridgeDied 15 November 17761776–1786Rev. Joseph HorsfallResigned1786–1836Jonathan WoodDied 22 April 18361836–1855Rev. Samuel Sunderland, BAVicar of Penistone. Died 18 July 18551855–1867Rev. John Wesley Aldom, MA (Dubl)Trinity College, DublinResigned1867Rev. Alfred Steane, BAResigned after three months1928–1958Eric Fisher Bowman, CBE, MA (Oxon)1958–1976Wilfrid Burgess Simms, MA (Oxon)Merton College, Oxford1976–1997Martin Antony (Tony) Bould, BA1997–1999Andrew ('Andy') White, BSc, MEd1999–2002Pamela Caunt2002–2007Glynis Gower, BSc, MSc2007–2017Joanne Higgins, BA2017–Paul Crook, BEd