List of direct grant grammar schools explained

This article lists the 179 direct grant grammar schools that existed in England and Wales between 1945 and 1976.[1]

Early departures from the scheme

A total of 164 schools were accepted onto the scheme when it opened in 1945.[2] Of these, three schools were no longer on the list in 1965:[3]

Five schools left the scheme between 1968 and 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.[13] [14] Starred names indicate the 18 schools that were added when the list was re-opened between 1958 and 1961.[2] [3]

Prior to abolition in 1976AbolitionCurrent
LEASchool nameFaithGenderOutcomeGenderStatus
AvonBath High School for Girlsgirlsind.girlsmerged, GDST
Bristol Cathedral SchoolCEboysind.mixedacademy
Bristol Grammar Schoolboysind.mixedind., HMC
King Edward's School, Bathboysind.mixedind., HMC
La Retraite High School, BristolRCgirlsrefusedclosed 1982[15]
Queen Elizabeth's Hospital School, Bristolboysind.boysind., HMC
Red Maids' School, Bristolgirlsind.girlsmerged, ind.
Redland High School for Girls, Bristol*girlsind.
St Brendan's College, BristolRCboysstatemixed6th form
BedfordshireBedford Modern School for Boysboysind.mixedind., HMC
Dame Alice Harpur School, Bedfordgirlsind.girlsmerged, ind.
BerkshireThe Abbey School, Readinggirlsind.girlsind.
BexleySt Joseph's Convent Grammar SchoolRCgirlsrefusedclosed 1979[16]
BirminghamKing Edward VI High School for Girlsgirlsind.girlsind.
King Edward's Schoolboysind.boysind., HMC
BoltonBolton School Boys Divisionboysind.boysind., HMC
Bolton School Girls Divisiongirlsind.girlsind.
The Canon Slade Grammar SchoolCEmixedstatemixedcomp.
Mount St Joseph SchoolRCgirlsstatemixedcomp.[17]
Thornleigh Salesian CollegeRCboysstatemixedcomp.
BradfordBradford Girls' Grammar Schoolgirlsind.girlsacademy
Bradford Grammar Schoolboysind.mixedind., HMC
St Joseph's CollegeRCgirlsstategirlscomp.
BromleyBromley High School for Girlsgirlsind.girlsind., GDST
Eltham Collegeboysind.boysind., HMC
BuryBury Convent Grammar SchoolRCgirlsstatemixed6th form
Bury Grammar School for Boysboysind.boysind., HMC
Bury Grammar School for Girlsgirlsind.girlsind.
CambridgeshireKimbolton Schoolboysind.mixedind., HMC
Perse School for Boys, Cambridgeboysind.boysind., HMC
Perse School for Girls, Cambridgegirlsind.girlsind.
CheshireKing's School, ChesterCEboysind.mixedind., HMC
Queen's School, ChesterCEgirlsind.girlsind.
Ursuline Convent School, ChesterRCgirlsclosed
CornwallTruro High School for Girlsgirlsind.girlsind.
Truro SchoolMethboysind.mixedind., HMC
CoventryBablake Schoolboysind.mixedind., HMC
King Henry VIII Schoolboysind.mixedind., HMC
CroydonCroydon High School for Girlsgirlsind.girlsind., GDST
Old Palace Girls' School, Croydongirlsind.girlsind.
St Anne's College, SandersteadRCgirlsrefusedclosed 1979[18]
DevonEdgehill Girls' College, BidefordMethgirlsind.mixedmerged, ind.
Exeter Schoolboysind.mixedind., HMC
Maynard's Girls' School, Exetergirlsind.girlsind.
Notre Dame High School, PlymouthRCgirlsstategirlscomp.
Plymouth Collegeboysind.mixedind., HMC
St Boniface's College, PlymouthRCboysstateboyscomp.
Shebbear College, BearworthyMethboysind.mixedind.
West Buckland School, BarnstapleCEboysind.mixedind., HMC
DorsetTalbot Heath School, Bournemouthgirlsind.girlsind.
DurhamBarnard Castle Schoolboysind.mixedind., HMC
EalingNotting Hill and Ealing High School for Girlsgirlsind.girlsind., GDST
East SussexBrighton and Hove High School for Girlsgirlsind.girlsind., GDST
EssexBrentwood SchoolCEboysind.mixedind., HMC
Ursuline Convent High School, BrentwoodRCgirlsstategirlscomp.
GwentMonmouth School for Boysboysind.boysind., HMC
Monmouth School for Girlsgirlsind.girlsind.
GwyneddDr Williams School, Dolgellaugirlsclosed
HampshirePortsmouth Grammar Schoolboysind.mixedind., HMC
Portsmouth High School for Girlsgirlsind.girlsind., GDST
St Anne's Convent School, SouthamptonRCgirlsstategirlscomp.
St John's College, Southsea*RCboysrefusedmixedind.
HarrowNorth London Collegiate Schoolgirlsind.girlsind.
Hereford and WorcesterHereford Cathedral Grammar SchoolCEboysind.mixedind., HMC
King's School, WorcesterCEboysind.mixedind., HMC
HertfordshireHaberdashers' Aske's Girls' School, Elstreegirlsind.girlsind.
Haberdashers' Aske's School, Elstreeboysind.boysind., HMC
St Albans SchoolCEboysind.boysind., HMC
HumbersideHymers College, Kingston-upon-Hullboysind.mixedind., HMC
Pocklington Schoolboysind.mixedind., HMC
Inner LondonAlleyn's Schoolboysind.mixedind., HMC
Blackheath High School for Girlsgirlsind.girlsind., GDST
Latymer Upper School, Hammersmithboysind.mixedind., HMC
Putney High School for Girlsgirlsind.girlsind., GDST
South Hampstead High School for Girlsgirlsind.girlsind., GDST
Streatham Hill and Clapham High School for Girlsgirlsind.girlsind., GDST
Sydenham High School for Girlsgirlsind.girlsind., GDST
KentKent College, CanterburyMethboysind.mixedind., HMC
Walthamstow Hall School, Sevenoaksgirlsind.girlsind.
Kingston upon ThamesKingston Grammar Schoolboysind.mixedind., HMC
LancashireArnold School, Blackpoolboysind.mixedind., HMC
King Edward VII School, Lytham St Annesboysind.mixedind., HMC
Queen Mary School, Lytham St Annesgirlsind.
Lark Hill House SchoolRCgirlsstatemixed6th form
Preston Catholic CollegeRCboysstate
Winckley Square Convent School, Preston*RCgirlsstate
Layton Hill Convent Grammar School, BlackpoolRCgirlsstatemixedcomp.
St Joseph's College, BlackpoolRCboysstate
Notre Dame High School, BlackburnRCgirlsstatemixedmerged
Paddock House Convent Grammar School, AccringtonRCgirlsstatemixedmerged[19]
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburnboysind.mixedfree school
St Mary's College, BlackburnRCboysstatemixed6th form
LeedsLeeds Girls High Schoolgirlsind.mixedind., HMC
Leeds Grammar Schoolboysind.
Notre Dame Grammar SchoolRCgirlsstatemixed6th form
St Mary's CollegeRCgirlsstatemixedcomp.[20]
St Michael's CollegeRCboysstate
Woodhouse Grove School, AireboroughMethboysind.mixedind., HMC
LeicestershireLoughborough Grammar Schoolboysind.boysind., HMC
Loughborough High School for Girlsgirlsind.girlsind.
LincolnshireStamford High Schoolgirlsind.girlsind.
Stamford Schoolboysind.boysind., HMC
LiverpoolBellerive Convent Grammar SchoolRCgirlsstategirlscomp.
Belvedere School for Girlsgirlsind.girlsacademy, GDST
Notre Dame Collegiate SchoolRCgirlsstategirlscomp.
St Edmund's CollegeCEgirlsstategirlsmerged[21]
St Edward's CollegeRCboysstatemixedcomp.
St Francis Xavier CollegeRCboysstateboyscomp.
ManchesterThe Hollies Grammar SchoolRCgirlsstateclosed 1985[22]
Loreto CollegeRCgirlsstategirlsgrammar
Manchester Grammar Schoolboysind.boysind., HMC
Manchester High School for Girlsgirlsind.girlsind.
Notre Dame High School, CheethamRCgirlsstateclosed 1997[23]
St Bede's CollegeRCboysind.mixedind., HMC
William Hulme Grammar Schoolboysind.mixedacademy
Withington Girls' Schoolgirlsind.girlsind.
Xaverian CollegeRCboysstatemixed6th form
MertonWimbledon High School for Girlsgirlsind.girlsind., GDST
Newcastle upon TyneCentral High School for Girlsgirlsind.girlsind., GDST
Convent of the Sacred Heart Grammar SchoolRCgirlsstategirlscomp.
Dame Allan's Boys Schoolboysind.boysind., HMC
Dame Allan's Girls Schoolgirlsind.girlsind.
Royal Grammar Schoolboysind.mixedind., HMC
St Cuthbert's Grammar SchoolRCboysstateboyscomp.
NorfolkKing Edward VI Grammar School, Norwichboysind.mixedind., HMC
Norwich High School for Girlsgirlsind.mixedind., GDST
Notre Dame High School, NorwichRCgirlsstatemixedcomp.
NorthamptonshireNorthampton High School for Girlsgirlsind.girlsind., GDST
Notre Dame High School, NorthamptonRCgirlsclosed
North YorkshireAshville College, Harrogateboysind.mixedind., HMC
The Bar Convent Grammar School, YorkRCgirlsstatemixedmerged[24]
Ladies of Mary, ScarboroughRCgirlsclosed[25]
NottinghamshireNottingham High School for Girlsgirlsind.girlsind., GDST
OldhamHulme Grammar School for Boysboysind.mixedind., HMC
Hulme Grammar School for Girlsgirlsind.
OxfordshireAbingdon SchoolCEboysind.boysind., HMC
Magdalen College School, Oxfordboysind.boysind., HMC
Oxford High School for Girlsgirlsind.girlsind., GDST
School of St Helen and St Katharine, Abingdon*CEgirlsind.girlsind.
RedbridgeBancroft's School, Woodfordboysind.mixedind., HMC
Ursuline High School, IlfordRCgirlsstategirlscomp.[26]
SalfordAdelphi House Grammar SchoolRCgirlsstateclosed 1977[27]
De La Salle CollegeRCboysstatemixedmerged[28]
SeftonThe Merchant Taylors' Boys' School, Crosbyboysind.boysind., HMC
The Merchant Taylors' School for Girls, Crosbygirlsind.girlsind.
St Mary's College, CrosbyRCboysind.mixedind., HMC
Seafield Convent Grammar School, SeftonRCgirlsstatemixedmerged
SheffieldDe La Salle CollegeRCboysstatemixedmerged
Notre Dame High SchoolRCgirlsstatemixedcomp.
Sheffield High School for Girlsgirlsind.girlsind., GDST
ShropshireShrewsbury High School for Girlsgirlsind.girlsind., GDST
SomersetWellington Schoolboysrefusedmixedind., HMC
South GlamorganHowell's School, Cardiffgirlsind.girlsind., GDST
StaffordshireSt Dominic's High School, Stoke-on-TrentRCgirlsstateclosed[29]
St Joseph's College, Stoke-on-TrentRCboysind.[30] mixedgrammar
St HelensNotre Dame High SchoolRCgirlsstatemixedcomp.[31]
West Park Grammar SchoolRCboysstate
StockportCheadle Hulme Schoolmixedind.mixedind., HMC
Stockport Grammar Schoolboysind.mixedind., HMC
SuffolkCulford School, Bury St EdmundsMethboysind.mixedind., HMC
Framlingham Collegeboysind.mixedind., HMC
Ipswich High School for Girlsgirlsind.girlsind., GDST
Woodbridge Schoolboysind.mixedind., HMC
SunderlandSt Anthony's SchoolRCgirlsstategirlscomp.
SurreyCaterham Schoolboysind.mixedind., HMC
SuttonSutton High School for Girlsgirlsind.girlsind., GDST
WakefieldQueen Elizabeth Grammar Schoolboysind.boysind., HMC
Wakefield Girls' High Schoolgirlsind.girlsind.
WarwickshireThe King's High School for Girls, Warwick*girlsind.girlsind.
WiltshireDauntsey's School, West Lavingtonboysind.mixedind., HMC
WirralBirkenhead High School for Girlsgirlsind.girlsacademy, GDST
Birkenhead Schoolboysind.mixedind., HMC
Holt Hill Convent School, BirkenheadRCgirlsstateclosed[32]
St Anselm's College, BirkenheadRCboysind.boysgrammar
Key:

GSDT=Girls' Day School Trust

HMC=Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference

Notes and References

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  2. Grammar Schools (Direct Grant Status) . House of Commons . 31 May 1946 . 233W . 236W.
  3. Direct Grant Schools (List) . House of Commons . 22 July 1965 . 256W.
  4. Web site: Kensington Prep School – Our History . Kensington Prep School . 24 April 2014 . 19 April 2022.
  5. Schools (Reorganisation) . House of Commons . 2 July 1979 . 483W.
  6. Web site: History . Magdalen College School, Brackley . 19 April 2022.
  7. Web site: History of School . Trinity School of John Whitgift . 8 June 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110622002357/http://www.trinity-school.org/page/?title=History+of+School&pid=44 . 22 June 2011 . dead .
  8. Web site: Outline History Of The Whitgift Foundation . The Friends Of The Old Palace . 13 May 2009.
  9. Book: Report on independent day schools and direct grant grammar schools . Public Schools Commission, Second Report . 1 . David . Donnison . Her Majesty's Stationery Office . London . 1970 . 0-11-270170-1 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120505085044/http://educationengland.org.uk/documents/psc2/index.html . dead . 5 May 2012 . 49.
  10. News: John Buchanan . The Telegraph . 14 October 2005 . 8 June 2010.
  11. Web site: School History . Teesside High School . 8 Mar 2020 .
  12. Web site: Hartlepool, Northeast England, 1885–1985 . Sr Bernadette . Cassidy . . 27 April 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716170603/http://www.fcjsisters.org/golive/golive_network/site_britain/heritage-hartlepool.html . 16 July 2011 .
  13. Direct Grant Schools . House of Commons . 26 January 1976 . 52W . 55W.
  14. Direct Grant Schools . House of Commons . 22 March 1978 . 582W . 586W.
  15. Web site: History . Emmaus House . 5 July 2017.
  16. News: Pupils at former Abbey Wood school sought . News Shopper . 17 September 2008 . 22 August 2009.
  17. Web site: History and Ethos . Mount St Joseph Business and Enterprise College . 18 January 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20050830201113/http://www.msj.bolton.sch.uk/ethos.htm . 30 August 2005 .
  18. Web site: St Anne's Old Girls Association . Coloma Convent Girls' School . 30 March 2015.
  19. News: Our school ... Mount Carmel RC High School . Lancashire Evening Telegraph . 21 October 2002 .
  20. Web site: The History of MSM 1853-2005 . Mount St Mary's Catholic High School . 2 August 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111008153531/http://www.mount-st-maryshigh.leeds.sch.uk/about-us/ . 8 October 2011 . dead .
  21. Web site: St Edmund's . 12 May 2009.
  22. Web site: Girls' Grammar Schools . . . 11 April 2002 . 12 May 2009.
  23. Web site: Schools and Associations . British Federation of Notre Dame de Namur . 5 July 2017.
  24. Web site: About the Bar Convent . The Bar Convent, York . 12 May 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080614042416/http://www.bar-convent.org.uk/about.htm . 14 June 2008.
  25. The school applied to become maintained, but is recorded in 1978 as closed.
  26. Web site: Ilford Ursuline High School . 22 August 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090624235206/http://www.ilfordursuline-high.org.uk/ . 24 June 2009 . dead .
  27. Web site: Adelphi Bexley Square, Appendix B – Unlisted Buildings of Local Significance . Salford City Council . 5 July 2017.
  28. Web site: Message from the Principal . Martin . Sim . Pendleton Sixth Form College . 31 May 2009.
  29. Web site: No 17 - St. Dominic's High School, Hartshill . Malkin . Neville . thepotteries.org . 14 December 2020.
  30. Web site: History of St. Joseph's College . St. Joseph's College . 11 May 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080521224130/http://www.sjc.staffs.sch.uk/ethos/history.htm . 21 May 2008.
  31. Web site: Annual Prospectus & Governors' Report to Parents . De La Salle School . 8 June 2010.
  32. Web site: Comprehensive . Holt Hill Convent . 5 July 2017.