Former Pupils
We would be delighted to hear from you so please do contact us with your success stories or get in touch to register your details.
Here are some of our notable Old Bradfordians and their successes. We are sure that you’ll recognise a few names.
Name |
Notable success/es |
| Abby-Mae Parkinson | Team GB cyclist |
| Abraham Sharp | Mathematician and scientific instrument maker |
| Adrian Moorhouse MBE | Olympic, Commonwealth and European Champion (Swimming) |
| Alastair Campbell | British journalist, broadcaster, political aide and author |
| Albert Rutherston | Painter and illustrator |
| Alistair Brownlee MBE | Olympic, World, Commonwealth and European Champion Triathlon |
| Andrew Jones | Member of Parliament: Harrogate and Knaresborough |
| Arthur Raistrick | Civil engineer, industrial archaeologist and pacifist |
| Ashley Metcalfe | Yorkshire Cricket |
| Baron Bullock of Leafield | Historian |
| Benson Taylor | Film composer |
| C. J. Cutcliffe-Hyne | Novelist |
| Charles Fairburn | Railway engineer |
| Charles Wilson | Physicist |
| Charlie Hodgson | British Lions and England Rugby Union |
| Colin Lawson | Musician and Director at the Royal College of Music |
| Dan Scarbrough | England Rugby Union |
| David Hartley | Philosopher and physician |
| David Hockney OM CH RA | Artist |
| Dylan Wilk | Humanitarian and entrepreneur |
| Frederick Delius | Composer |
| Geoffrey Barraclough | Historian |
| Georgie Henley | British actress |
| H. L. A. Hart | Legal philosopher |
| Harry McEvoy | Breakfast cereal manufacturer |
| Henry Ward | Photographer and author |
| Hudson Shaw | Historian and orator |
| Humbert Wolfe | Poet and civil servant |
| Jacob Rowan | England U20 Rugby Union |
| James Scott | Writer |
| John Lawrence Hammond | Historian and journalist |
| John Mann | Member of Parliament: Bassetlaw |
| John Rawlings Rees | Psychiatrist |
| John William Whittaker | Clergyman |
| Jonathan Silver | Entrepreneur and art gallery owner |
| Jonny Brownlee | World Sprint Champion, Olympic Silver and Bronze medallist, Commonwealth Silver medallist Triathlon |
| Kenneth Garside | Academic librarian and military intelligence officer |
| Malcolm Laycock | Radio broadcaster |
| Michael Jack PC | Politician |
| Michael Wharton | Columnist “Peter Simple” |
| Nick Toczek | Writer and performer |
| Paul Slack FBA | Historian |
| Professor Boris Rankov | Professor of Roman History at Royal Holloway, University of London and 6-time Boat Race winner with Oxford |
| Professor John Bainbridge Webster FRSE | Chair of Divinity at the University of St Andrews |
| Reginald Grange Brundrit | Artist |
| Richard Eurich | Painter |
| Richard Nerurkar | Marathon and 10,000 metres runner |
| Robert Hardy | Musician |
| Roger Mosey | Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge |
| Ronald Illingworth | Paediatrician |
| Rt Rev Alan Smithson | Bishop of Jarrow |
| Rt Revd John Sharp | Archbishop of York |
| Sian Morgan | Wales Swimming |
| Sir Charles Harris | Civil servant |
| Sir David Wootton | Former Lord Mayor of London and current member of the Bradford Grammar School Governing Body |
| Sir Frank Watson Dyson | Astronomer Royal |
| Sir Henry Clay | Economist and warden of Nuffield College, Oxford |
| Sir James Clarke Holt | Historian |
| Sir Ken Morrison CBE | Executive Chairman of Morrisons Supermarkets |
| Sir Mortimer Wheeler | Archaeologist and broadcaster |
| Sir William Rothenstein | Artist |
| The Lord Healey CH MBE PC FRSL | Secretary of State for Defence 1964 – 1970 Chancellor of the Exchequer 1974 – 79 |
| Vivian Nutton | Classicist and medical historian |
| William Binnie | Civil engineer |
| William Henry Walsh | Philosopher |
