| Stretford Grammar School | |
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| Address | |
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Granby Road ,, M32 8JB England | |
| Coordinates | 53°26′37″N2°17′52″W / 53.4437°N 2.2978°W /53.4437; -2.2978 |
| Information | |
| Type | Foundationgrammar school |
| Established | 1928; 97 years ago (1928) |
| Local authority | Trafford |
| Department for Education URN | 106368Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Headteacher | M. Mullins |
| Gender | mixed |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 754 (440 boys, 314 girls) |
| Website | http://www.stretfordgrammar.com |
Stretford Grammar School is agrammar school located inStretford, in theTrafford borough ofGreater Manchester, England. It is located on a 15-acre plot in the heart of Stretford, Trafford.
The school has a sixth form in addition to years 7 to 11. Almost two-thirds of the school's pupils are from minority ethnic backgrounds, and approximately 30% of all pupils have a first language other than English, significantly above the national average.[1]
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The first head master was Albert Dakin. The first foundation stone of the school was laid on 1 July 1927. The building cost £40,745, and was built byLancashire County Council. The boys' school opened on 12 September 1928, being officially opened on 23 October 1928 byEustace Percy, 1st Baron Percy of Newcastle, and was onGreat Stone Road west ofLancashire's cricket ground. The girls' grammar school was called Stretford Girls' High School on Herbert Street, and opened in 1923.
In January 1941 the site of the girls' school was destroyed bybombing. NearbyTrafford Park produced important materials for the war, not leastRolls-Royce Merlin engines made atFord's factory. A new girls' school was built on a different site near Longford Park and south ofEdge Lane (A5145): the former site was turned into playing fields. The school was administered by the Stretford Divisional Executive of the Lancashire Education Committee. From April 1974, it was administered by Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council.
Until its merger in 1986 with Stretford Grammar School for Boys, it had been known since 1960 as Stretford Grammar School for Girls (both schools changed their name at the same time). The site of the boys' grammar school then becameStretford High School, a community secondary school.
In 1988 there were plans to build aCTC on the boys' school site, which were dropped. At the time of the merger, six secondary schools closed in Trafford, with the loss of 4,500 school places.
Academically the school exam results are above national averages, with 92% of pupils achieving A*–C in at least fiveGCSEs (including English and Mathematics).[2] The school's value added score is below the local authority average.[citation needed]
In March 2009, Stretford became the firstgrammar school in the UK to be placed underspecial measures, following a damningOfsted report,[3] which cited low level behaviour problems, inadequate teaching, and poor leadership and management.[1] The school had been assessed as "satisfactory" in its March 2006 Ofsted report,[4] and left Special Measures Status in March 2010. In 2012, two-thirds of students achieved the target of 5A/A* grades; a quarter of students achieved at least 10 grades at A/A*.[citation needed]
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