 Plans to merge the grammar school with the two secondary modern establishments to form a comprehensive school were resisted by the Grammar School 's governors ; in a voluntary @-@ aided school , the local education authority was responsible for its finances , but the governors and headmaster had autonomy over all other school policy . As a result of the governors ' refusal , the LEA ceased to maintain the school , which became legally independent on 1 September 1983 . The separate Queen 's Schools , meanwhile , were merged to become a co @-@ educational comprehensive school , now named Thomas Clarkson Academy . 
