List of grammar schools in England explained
This is a list of the current 163 state-funded fully selective schools (grammar schools) in England, as enumerated by Statutory Instrument.[1] [2] [3] The 1998 Statutory Instrument listed 166 such schools. However, in 2000 Bristol Local Education Authority, following consultation, implemented changes removing selection by 11+ exam from the entry requirements for two of the schools on this original list.[4] Two schools (Chatham House Grammar School and Clarendon House Grammar School) merged in 2013.[5] This list does not include former direct grant grammar schools which elected to remain independent, often retaining the title grammar school. For such schools see the list of direct grant grammar schools.
Under the Tripartite System of secondary education in England between the 1940s and 1960s, approximately a quarter of children were selected by the eleven plus exam for entry to grammar schools, either LEA-maintained grammar schools fully funded by the local education authority, or direct grant grammar schools funded by the Ministry of Education. Most of the maintained grammar schools were closed or converted to comprehensive schools in the 1960s and 1970s, though a few local authorities resisted this move and retained a selective system.There are also a number of isolated grammar schools, which admit the candidates who score highest on their entry tests.[6] [7]
The remaining 163 English state grammar schools are listed here grouped by region (from north to south) and Local Education Authority.There are no remaining state grammar schools in North East England.The gender indicated is that of the main school (ages 11–16). Several single-sex schools have sixth forms that also admit a small number of students of the opposite sex.
North West England
Cumbria
Lancashire
Liverpool
Trafford
Wirral
Yorkshire and the Humber
Calderdale
Kirklees
North Yorkshire
East Midlands
Lincolnshire
- Boston Grammar School, Boston (boys)
- Boston High School, Boston (girls)
- Bourne Grammar School, Bourne (mixed)
- Caistor Grammar School, Caistor (mixed)
- Carre's Grammar School, Sleaford (boys)
- Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School, Grantham (girls)
- Kesteven and Sleaford High School, Sleaford (girls)
- King Edward VI Grammar School, Louth (mixed)
- The King's School, Grantham (boys)
- Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Alford (mixed)
- Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle (mixed)
- Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough (mixed)
- Skegness Grammar School, Skegness (mixed)
- Spalding Grammar School, Spalding (boys)
- Spalding High School, Spalding (girls)
West Midlands
Birmingham
Stoke-on-Trent
Telford and Wrekin
Walsall
Warwickshire
Wolverhampton
East of England
Essex
Southend-on-Sea
South East England
Buckinghamshire
- Aylesbury Grammar School, Aylesbury (boys)
- Aylesbury High School, Aylesbury (girls)
- Beaconsfield High School, Beaconsfield (girls)
- Burnham Grammar School, Burnham (mixed)
- Chesham Grammar School, Chesham (mixed)
- Dr Challoner's Grammar School, Amersham (boys)
- Dr Challoner's High School, Little Chalfont (girls)
- John Hampden Grammar School, High Wycombe (boys)
- Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe (boys)
- Royal Latin School, Buckingham (mixed)
- Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School, Aylesbury (mixed)
- Sir William Borlase's Grammar School, Marlow (mixed)
- Wycombe High School, High Wycombe (girls)
Kent
- Barton Court Grammar School, Canterbury (mixed)
- Borden Grammar School, Sittingbourne (boys)
- Chatham and Clarendon Grammar School, Ramsgate (mixed)
- Cranbrook School, Cranbrook (mixed)
- Dane Court Grammar School, Broadstairs (mixed)
- Dartford Grammar School, Dartford (boys)
- Dartford Grammar School for Girls, Dartford (girls)
- Dover Grammar School for Boys, Dover (boys)
- Dover Grammar School for Girls, Dover (girls)
- Folkestone School for Girls, Folkestone (girls)
- Gravesend Grammar School, Gravesend (boys)
- Mayfield Grammar School, Gravesend (girls)
- Harvey Grammar School, Folkestone (boys)
- Highsted Grammar School, Sittingbourne (girls)
- Highworth Grammar School for Girls, Ashford (girls)
- Invicta Grammar School, Maidstone (girls)
- The Judd School, Tonbridge (boys)
- Maidstone Grammar School, Maidstone (boys)
- Maidstone Grammar School for Girls, Maidstone (girls)
- The Norton Knatchbull School, Ashford (boys)
- Oakwood Park Grammar School, Maidstone (boys)
- Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Faversham (mixed)
- Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys, Canterbury (boys)
- Simon Langton Grammar School for Girls, Canterbury (girls)
- Sir Roger Manwood's School, Sandwich (mixed)
- The Skinners' School, Tunbridge Wells (boys)
- Tonbridge Grammar School, Tonbridge (girls)
- Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School, Tunbridge Wells (girls)
- Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys, Tunbridge Wells (boys)
- Weald of Kent Grammar School, Tonbridge (girls)
- Wilmington Grammar School for Boys, Wilmington (boys)
- Wilmington Grammar School for Girls, Wilmington (girls)
Medway
Reading
Slough
South West England
Bournemouth
Devon
Gloucestershire
Plymouth
Poole
Torbay
Wiltshire
Greater London
Barnet
Bexley
Bromley
Enfield
Kingston upon Thames
Redbridge
Sutton
See also
References
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- https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld199900/ldhansrd/vo001010/text/01010-03.htm Lords Hansard Col 156 10 October 2000
- https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/23/136382 Chatham & Clarendon Grammar School
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