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  1. [Next] [Back] [All Plaques] The first sod for Whitcliffe Mount Grammar School was cut on 1st March 1909. The school would never have come about but for the tenacity of John G Mowat, George Whitley, J Walter Wadsworth, Reginald Grylls and Will H Clough, known collectively as the Cleckheaton Conspirators, strong in their conviction of the need for a secondary school in Cleckheaton and determined that if Heckmondwike could have one (See (26)), so could they. Whitcliffe Mount can be claimed to be unique as being the only school founded by the will of the people and not by any education authority. Where: South Parade/Westgate, Cleckheaton Spen Fame Trail Guide: Library and Post Office[Top] [Next] [Back] [All Plaques] [Spen Home]