page_title: Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High School
section_title: The Boteler Grammar School in the nineteenth century
hierarchical_section_title: Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High School / History / Grammar school / The Boteler Grammar School in the nineteenth century
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Boteler Grammar School Warrington
context_page_description: Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High School is a comprehensive school in Warrington, Cheshire.
context_section_description: The first quarter of the 19th century was marked by two unfortunate choices of Head-master : Robert Atherton Rawstorne (1807–1814) and William Bordman (1815–1828). The former had no intention of teaching and appointed as his "usher" the Rev. William Bordman. The new Master left the entire management of the school to Bordman, who also occupied the School-house, thus converting the mastership into a sinecure. In 1810 several leading Warrington citezens took upon themselves the duty, and expense, of filing an information in the Court of Chancery.  The judgement was issued in 1814 and Rawstorne was obliged to vacate the Mastership; he was replaced by Bordman. Unfortunately the behaviour of Bordman was such that constant complaints were made against him, and in 1828 the Trustees of the School agreed to pay him to retire !
  The Chancery suit of 1810 had resulted in a fund, paid into Court and in 1829, after the departure of Bordman, this fund was used to built a new school, capable of accommodating 120 boys. The new Head-master, Thomas Vere Bayne, took a very keen interest in the education of his pupils. His interest was not only confined to his own school ; at that time thoughtful people were beginning to realise that no provision at all was made for the elementary education of the masses. The State had left this responsibility to voluntary societies, the chief among them being the National Society. Bayne and the Rector of Warrington raised the money for building and maintaining the National Schools in Church street, which were opened in 1833.
  In 1861 the school's Trustees decided to remodel the buildings. The master's house, parts of which dated from before 1526 was pulled down, as was the new school of 1829. They were replaced by a building of Victorian Gothic style. The school re-opended in 1863 and the building was used until the late 1940s.
caption: Grammar School circa 1900
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