Derby School

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Derby School
Location
Derby , Derbyshire England
Coordinates	52°55′13″N 1°28′36″W / 52.9202°N 1.4766°W / 52.9202; -1.4766
Information
Type	Grammar school
Motto	Vita Sine Literis Mors (Life without Learning is Death)
Established	c. 1160; 865 years ago (1160) refounded 1554
Founders	Walkelin and Goda
Closed	1989
Houses	Gately's, Tanner's, Fuller's, and Grimes'
Publication	The Derbeian
Former pupils	Old Derbeians

Derby School was a school in Derby in the English Midlands from 1160 to 1989. It had an almost continuous history of education of over eight centuries. For most of that time it was a grammar school for boys. The school became co-educational and comprehensive in 1972 and was closed in 1989. In 1994 a new independent school called Derby Grammar School for boys was founded.