Pitsford School

The main building is the Georgian Pitsford Hall, built in 1764 for Colonel James Money. The architect was John Johnson who also designed Kingsthorpe Hall and the County (or City) Rooms in Leicester. A private house and estate until it was sold to the Polish order of the Holy Family of Nazareth who set up the Holy Family of Nazareth Convent School in 1947. This school closed in 1984 and the estate was bought by Northamptonshire Independent Grammar School Charity Trust Ltd, who opened the new school on Wednesday 6 September 1989. Initially the school was boys only but admitted girls ten years later in 1999. Pitsford School was founded by Malcolm Robinson with support from patrons Christian…

As the school grew, new buildings were added to accommodate the increasing pupil numbers. The Michael Robinson Memorial Library was built in 1992. The foundation stone was dedicated by Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother during a ceremony in the school gymnasium, shortly before the building was completed on 30 June 1992. The Sunley Science and Technology was built in 1998. The guest of honour at the official opening was ex-Prime minister Baroness Margaret Thatcher. The Duckworth Building was completed in February 2012 and houses the Junior School. This building celebrates the support since the founding of the School of Keith Duckworth and his family. It is situated on the old orchard site to…