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Admin History:

Hymers College was built after the Reverend John Hymers, Rector of Brandesburton, who died in 1887 left money in his will for a school to be built "for the training of intelligence in whatever social rank of life it may be found".

Built on the site of the Hull Botanic Gardens on Spring Bank, Hymers opened in 1893 as a school for boys. The first Headmaster, Mr Charles Gore, was admitted to the Headmasters' Conference (HMC), which represented the leading independent schools in the country, and was something all successive Headmasters achieved. The school grew quickly and new buildings were added. Scholarships and bursaries were provided from the start to allow pupils to attend whose parents could not pay the school fees.

Hymers became a Direct Grant school in 1946, with the local authority providing fees for many boys. When direct grant status was abolished in 1971 the Governors decided not to become a local authority school and instead became fully independent. Girls were admitted into the Sixth Form in the 1970's and in 1989 Hymers went fully co-educational.

Description:

Papers relating to the sale of the Hull Botanic Garden and the Foundation of the college c1885-1893; Governors minutes books 1889-1973 (incomplete); Copy letter books 1890-1909; Files of letters inwards 1890-1915; Miscellaneous correspondence c1919-1929 and 1953-1975; Miscellaneous administrative papers 20th century; Annual accounts 1892, 1899, 1921, 1925-28; Sports Committee accounts 1894-1908; Correspondence regarding the recovery of school fees c1918-58; Miscellaneous financial papers 20th century; Applications for post of headmaster 1892; Staff tenancy agreements 1905, 1948, 1951; Board of Education reports 1911 and 1917; Papers relating to prizes c1894-1910; School list 1898; Oxford and Cambridge Exam Board reports 1901-1908; Headmasters reports on exams 1895-1911; Papers relating to the design and construction of the school c1890; Plans for alterations 1894; Building agreements 1897, 1923 and 1926; Miscellaneous papers relating to property late 19th-20th century; Papers relating to the Hull Botanic Garden Company; Memorandum and articles of Association 1877; Cash account books 1887-1891; Miscellaneous plans 1880s