List of direct grant grammar schools
Introduction This article lists the 179 direct grant grammar schools that existed in England and Wales between 1945 and 1976.
Early departures from the scheme A total of 164 schools were accepted onto the scheme when it opened in 1945.Of these, three schools were no longer on the list in 1965:* Kensington High School closed its senior school in 1948, becoming Kensington Preparatory School. * King Edward VI School, Southampton remained an LEA-maintained grammar school until it became independent in 1979. * Magdalen College School, Brackley remained an LEA-maintained grammar school until it merged with Brackley High School and Brackley Secondary Modern School to form a comprehensive in 1973.Five schools left the scheme between 1968 and 1974:* Trinity School of John Whitgift (Church of England, Boys), Croydon became independent in 1968, but continued to take LEA-funded pupils. * Oakham School (CE, Boys), Rutland became independent in 1970 and co-educational in the following year. * Queen Victoria High School (Girls), Stockton-on-Tees merged with The Cleveland School in 1970, forming Teesside High School. * St Joseph's Convent School (Roman Catholic, Girls), West Hartlepool merged into the new English Martyrs' Comprehensive School in 1973. * Convent of Notre Dame High School for Girls (RC), Standishgate, Wigan closed in 1974.
Schools remaining at the time of abolition When the scheme was abolished in 1976, the remaining 174 schools either opted for independence or applied to join the state system, though some applications were refused.The following table gives the outcome for these schools since 1976.Starred names indicate the 18 schools that were added when the list was re-opened between 1958 and 1961.Prior to abolition in 1976 Abolition Current LEA School name Faith Gender Outcome Gender Status Avon Bath High School for Girls – girls ind. girls merged, GDST Bristol Cathedral School CE boys ind. mixed academy Bristol Grammar School – boys ind. mixed ind., HMC King Edward's School, Bath – boys ind. mixed ind., HMC La Retraite High School, Bristol RC girls refused – closed 1982 Queen Elizabeth's Hospital School, Bristol – boys ind. boys ind., HMC Red Maids' School, Bristol – girls ind. girls merged, ind. Redland High School for Girls, Bristol* – girls ind. St Brendan's College, Bristol RC boys state mixed 6th form Bedfordshire Bedford Modern School for Boys – boys ind. mixed ind., HMC Dame Alice Harpur School, Bedford – girls ind. girls merged, ind. Berkshire The Abbey School, Reading – girls ind. girls ind. Bexley St Joseph's Convent Grammar School* RC girls refused – closed 1979 Birmingham King Edward VI High School for Girls – girls ind. girls ind. King Edward's School – boys ind. boys ind., HMC Bolton Bolton School Boys Division – boys ind. boys ind., HMC Bolton School Girls Division – girls ind. girls ind. The Canon Slade Grammar School CE mixed state mixed comp. Mount St Joseph School RC girls state mixed comp. Thornleigh Salesian College RC boys state mixed comp. Bradford Bradford Girls' Grammar School – girls ind. girls academy Bradford Grammar School – boys ind. mixed ind., HMC St Joseph's College RC girls state girls comp. Bromley Bromley High School for Girls – girls ind. girls ind., GDST Eltham College – boys ind. boys ind., HMC Bury Bury Convent Grammar School RC girls state mixed 6th form Bury Grammar School for Boys – boys ind. boys ind., HMC Bury Grammar School for Girls – girls ind. girls ind. Cambridgeshire Kimbolton School – boys ind. mixed ind., HMC Perse School for Boys, Cambridge – boys ind. boys ind., HMC Perse School for Girls, Cambridge – girls ind. girls ind. Cheshire King's School, Chester CE boys ind. mixed ind., HMC Queen's School, Chester CE girls ind. girls ind. Ursuline Convent School, Chester RC girls closed – – Cornwall Truro High School for Girls – girls ind. girls ind. Truro School Meth boys ind. mixed ind., HMC Coventry Bablake School* – boys ind. mixed ind., HMC King Henry VIII School* – boys ind. mixed ind., HMC Croydon Croydon High School for Girls – girls ind. girls ind., GDST Old Palace Girls' School, Croydon – girls ind. girls ind. St Anne's College, Sanderstead RC girls refused – closed 1979 Devon Edgehill Girls' College, Bideford Meth girls ind. mixed merged, ind. Exeter School – boys ind. mixed ind., HMC Maynard's Girls' School, Exeter – girls ind. girls ind. Notre Dame High School, Plymouth RC girls state girls comp. Plymouth College – boys ind. mixed ind., HMC St Boniface's College, Plymouth RC boys state boys comp. Shebbear College, Bearworthy Meth boys ind. mixed ind. West Buckland School, Barnstaple CE boys ind. mixed ind., HMC Dorset Talbot Heath School, Bournemouth – girls ind. girls ind. Durham Barnard Castle School – boys ind. mixed ind., HMC Ealing Notting Hill and Ealing High School for Girls – girls ind. girls ind., GDST East Sussex Brighton and Hove High School for Girls – girls ind. girls ind., GDST Essex Brentwood School CE boys ind. mixed ind., HMC Ursuline Convent High School, Brentwood RC girls state girls comp. Gwent Monmouth School for Boys – boys ind. boys ind., HMC Monmouth School for Girls – girls ind. girls ind. Gwynedd Dr Williams School, Dolgellau – girls closed – – Hampshire Portsmouth Grammar School – boys ind. mixed ind., HMC Portsmouth High School for Girls – girls ind. girls ind., GDST St Anne's Convent School, Southampton RC girls state girls comp. St John's College, Southsea* RC boys refused mixed ind. Harrow North London Collegiate School – girls ind. girls ind. Hereford and Worcester Hereford Cathedral Grammar School CE boys ind. mixed ind., HMC King's School, Worcester CE boys ind. mixed ind., HMC Hertfordshire Haberdashers' Aske's Girls' School, Elstree – girls ind. girls ind. Haberdashers' Aske's School, Elstree – boys ind. boys ind., HMC St Albans School CE boys ind. boys ind., HMC Humberside Hymers College, Kingston-upon-Hull – boys ind. mixed ind., HMC Pocklington School – boys ind. mixed ind., HMC Inner London Alleyn's School* – boys ind. mixed ind., HMC Blackheath High School for Girls – girls ind. girls ind., GDST Latymer Upper School, Hammersmith – boys ind. mixed ind., HMC Putney High School for Girls – girls ind. girls ind., GDST South Hampstead High School for Girls – girls ind. girls ind., GDST Streatham Hill and Clapham High School for Girls – girls ind. girls ind., GDST Sydenham High School for Girls – girls ind. girls ind., GDST Kent Kent College, Canterbury Meth boys ind. mixed ind., HMC Walthamstow Hall School, Sevenoaks – girls ind. girls ind. Kingston upon Thames Kingston Grammar School – boys ind. mixed ind., HMC Lancashire Arnold School, Blackpool – boys ind. mixed ind., HMC King Edward VII School, Lytham St Annes – boys ind. mixed ind., HMC Queen Mary School, Lytham St Annes – girls ind. Lark Hill House School* RC girls state mixed 6th form Preston Catholic College* RC boys state Winckley Square Convent School, Preston* RC girls state Layton Hill Convent Grammar School, Blackpool RC girls state mixed comp. St Joseph's College, Blackpool RC boys state Notre Dame High School, Blackburn RC girls state mixed merged Paddock House Convent Grammar School, Accrington RC girls state mixed merged Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn* – boys ind. mixed free school St Mary's College, Blackburn RC boys state mixed 6th form Leeds Leeds Girls High School* – girls ind. mixed ind., HMC Leeds Grammar School* – boys ind. Notre Dame Grammar School RC girls state mixed 6th form St Mary's College RC girls state mixed comp. St Michael's College RC boys state Woodhouse Grove School, Aireborough Meth boys ind. mixed ind., HMC Leicestershire Loughborough Grammar School – boys ind. boys ind., HMC Loughborough High School for Girls – girls ind. girls ind. Lincolnshire Stamford High School* – girls ind. girls ind. Stamford School* – boys ind. boys ind., HMC Liverpool Bellerive Convent Grammar School RC girls state girls comp. Belvedere School for Girls – girls ind. girls academy, GDST Notre Dame Collegiate School RC girls state girls comp. St Edmund's College CE girls state girls merged St Edward's College RC boys state mixed comp. St Francis Xavier College RC boys state boys comp. Manchester The Hollies Grammar School RC girls state – closed 1985 Loreto College RC girls state girls grammar Manchester Grammar School – boys ind. boys ind., HMC Manchester High School for Girls – girls ind. girls ind. Notre Dame High School, Cheetham RC girls state – closed 1997 St Bede's College RC boys ind. mixed ind., HMC William Hulme Grammar School – boys ind. mixed academy Withington Girls' School – girls ind. girls ind. Xaverian College RC boys state mixed 6th form Merton Wimbledon High School for Girls – girls ind. girls ind., GDST Newcastle upon Tyne Central High School for Girls – girls ind. girls ind., GDST Convent of the Sacred Heart Grammar School RC girls state girls comp. Dame Allan's Boys School – boys ind. boys ind., HMC Dame Allan's Girls School – girls ind. girls ind. Royal Grammar School – boys ind. mixed ind., HMC St Cuthbert's Grammar School RC boys state boys comp. Norfolk King Edward VI Grammar School, Norwich – boys ind. mixed ind., HMC Norwich High School for Girls – girls ind. mixed ind., GDST Notre Dame High School, Norwich RC girls state mixed comp. Northamptonshire Northampton High School for Girls – girls ind. girls ind., GDST Notre Dame High School, Northampton RC girls closed – – North Yorkshire Ashville College, Harrogate – boys ind. mixed ind., HMC The Bar Convent Grammar School, York RC girls state mixed merged Ladies of Mary, Scarborough RC girls closed – – Nottinghamshire Nottingham High School for Girls – girls ind. girls ind., GDST Oldham Hulme Grammar School for Boys* – boys ind. mixed ind., HMC Hulme Grammar School for Girls* – girls ind. Oxfordshire Abingdon School CE boys ind. boys ind., HMC Magdalen College School, Oxford – boys ind. boys ind., HMC Oxford High School for Girls – girls ind. girls ind., GDST School of St Helen and St Katharine, Abingdon* CE girls ind. girls ind. Redbridge Bancroft's School, Woodford – boys ind. mixed ind., HMC Ursuline High School, Ilford RC girls state girls comp. Salford Adelphi House Grammar School RC girls state – closed 1977 De La Salle College RC boys state mixed merged Sefton The Merchant Taylors' Boys' School, Crosby – boys ind. boys ind., HMC The Merchant Taylors' School for Girls, Crosby – girls ind. girls ind. St Mary's College, Crosby RC boys ind. mixed ind., HMC Seafield Convent Grammar School, Sefton RC girls state mixed merged Sheffield De La Salle College RC boys state mixed merged Notre Dame High School RC girls state mixed comp. Sheffield High School for Girls – girls ind. girls ind., GDST Shropshire Shrewsbury High School for Girls – girls ind. girls ind., GDST Somerset Wellington School – boys refused mixed ind., HMC South Glamorgan Howell's School, Cardiff – girls ind. girls ind., GDST Staffordshire St Dominic's High School, Stoke-on-Trent RC girls state – closed St Joseph's College, Stoke-on-Trent RC boys ind. mixed grammar St Helens Notre Dame High School RC girls state mixed comp. West Park Grammar School RC boys state Stockport Cheadle Hulme School – mixed ind. mixed ind., HMC Stockport Grammar School – boys ind. mixed ind., HMC Suffolk Culford School, Bury St Edmunds Meth boys ind. mixed ind., HMC Framlingham College – boys ind. mixed ind., HMC Ipswich High School for Girls – girls ind. girls ind., GDST Woodbridge School – boys ind. mixed ind., HMC Sunderland St Anthony's School RC girls state girls comp. Surrey Caterham School – boys ind. mixed ind., HMC Sutton Sutton High School for Girls – girls ind. girls ind., GDST Wakefield Queen Elizabeth Grammar School – boys ind. boys ind., HMC Wakefield Girls' High School – girls ind. girls ind. Warwickshire The King's High School for Girls, Warwick* – girls ind. girls ind. Wiltshire Dauntsey's School, West Lavington – boys ind. mixed ind., HMC Wirral Birkenhead High School for Girls – girls ind. girls academy, GDST Birkenhead School – boys ind. mixed ind., HMC Holt Hill Convent School, Birkenhead RC girls state – closed St Anselm's College, Birkenhead RC boys ind. boys grammarKey:GSDT=Girls' Day School TrustHMC=Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference
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