14 Mansfield celebrities and the local schools they attended - including Rebecca Adlington and Richard Bacon
By Lucy Roberts
Published 22nd Mar 2023, 14:29 BST
Updated 23rd Feb 2024, 13:07 BST
Mansfield’s schools have helped shape many famous names, producing celebrities from actors and musicians to TV stars.
If you’ve ever wondered where international opera singer Carly Paoli or Blue Peter presenter Richard Bacon went to school, we’ve got the answers for you.
Playwright James Graham, TV presenter Pollyanna Woodward, The Wanted’s Jay McGuiness and Olympian Rebecca Adlington are some of the other household names to have been educated in the area.
Brunts, Meden School and St Peter's CofE Primary are among the Mansfield schools with famous alumni.
How many of these celebrities did you know went to school in Mansfield and did any attend the same school as you or your children?
Brunts, Meden School and St Peter's CofE Primary are among the Mansfield schools with famous alumni.
5. James McGuinesss
Jay makes up one fifth of chart-topping boyband The Wanted. The 25-year-old went to All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Academy in Mansfield. Photo: m
This Mansfield-born actress has starred in several films, such as Topsy-Turvy, All or Nothing, and Mr Turner - for which she was nominated for a BIFA Award for Best Supporting Actress. She attended St Andrews Primary School in Skegby, where she was known as Caroline. She later adopted her mum's name Dorothy. Photo: m
This chart-topping 70s glam rock star was originally from Mansfield. But some people might know him as his other stage name Shane Fenton or his real name Bernard William Jewry. He attended the Southwell Minster School near Newark. Photo: m
Best known for working in telly, Pollyanna has done her fair share of acting and presenting. She was also crowned Miss England in 2001 - after being named Miss Mansfield and Sherwood Forest first, of course. She went to Meden School on Burns Lane in Warsop. Photo: m