Stafford Grammar School

Stafford Grammar School
Motto	Quod Tibi Hoc Alteri
Established	1982
Type	Independent day school
Headmaster	M R Darley
Location	Burton Manor Stafford Staffordshire ST18 9AT England Coordinates: 52°47′00″N 2°07′42″W / 52.783206°N 2.128368°W / 52.783206; -2.128368
Local authority	Staffordshire
DfE number	860/6009
Students	400+
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	5–18
Houses	3
Website	www.stafford-grammar.co.uk

Stafford Grammar School is a mixed independent day school at Burton Manor, located on the outskirts of Stafford, the county town of Staffordshire. Founded in 1982, the school inhabits a building built by the famous Victorian architect Augustus Pugin.

History

The school was founded in 1982 after a group of local parents, lamenting the closure of King Edward VI Grammar School in Stafford, decided to establish a selective, independent school to provide a liberal education with the ethos and quality of a grammar school.

Chosen to house the school was a Victorian manor house, originally designed and built for the Whitgreave family by Augustus Pugin. Pugin was and remains famous for his pivotal role in the Gothic Revival, his work on churches, and the British Houses of Parliament. Initially this property was leased but the school now has full ownership of the house and attendant 50 acres (200,000 m²) of grounds. Still intact are many of the original design features such as the integrated chapel and the folly, neither of which are currently in use.

In September 1982, in a leased building, the School was officially opened by its first patron the Right Honourable, the Earl of Shrewsbury. Dr J R Garrood, the founder Headmaster began his first day with 17 pupils and 3 part-time teachers. Since then, the School has grown to over 400 pupils and obtained ownership of its buildings and grounds.

The main school building is a fine Victorian manor house designed by Augustus Pugin and originally owned by the Whitgreave family. Set in 38 acres of grounds there are facilities for all major team sports as well as floodlit tennis courts. Recent building additions include the Sports and Music Centre extension (2004), Sixth Form Centre, Science and Stafford Preparatory School (2007), 16 acres of additional sports fields (2008) and a new School Shop (2008).

The Independent Schools Joint Council accredited the School in 1985 and the Headmaster was elected to the Society of Headmasters and Headmistresses of Independent Schools (SHIMS) in 1991.

Curriculum

According to government school performance indicators, Stafford Grammar School is one of the top schools in Staffordshire. In 2010, 100% of A-level results were at grades A*-E with 68% being at grades A*-B, at AS level 98% of results were at grades A-E with 64% being at grades A-B and 97% of GCSE results were at grades A*-C with 53% being at grades A/A*. 100% of students achieved the benchmark of 5 or more GCSE passes at grades A*-C including English and Mathematics. In the academic year that finished in June 2006 the school was ranked top in Staffordshire based on league table results.^[1] In 2009, 95% of pupils at the school gained five or more GCSEs at grade C or above, placing it second in the county's ranking of secondary schools.^[2]

References

↑ "2006 GCSEs". BBC.
↑ "2009 GCSEs". BBC.

External links

Schools in Staffordshire (including Stoke-on-Trent)

Primary	St Patrick's Catholic Primary School

Middle	Oldfields Hall Middle School Windsor Park Middle School

Secondary	Abbot Beyne School Alleyne's Academy Biddulph High School Birches Head Academy Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Sports College Blessed William Howard Catholic School Blythe Bridge High School Cannock Chase High School Cardinal Griffin Catholic High School Chase Terrace Technology College The Cheadle Academy Cheslyn Hay Sport & Community High School Chesterton Community Sports College Clayton Hall Academy Codsall Community High School The de Ferrers Academy Endon High School Erasmus Darwin Academy Excel Academy Fair Oak Academy The Friary School Great Wyrley High School Hagley Park Academy Haywood Academy JCB Academy John Taylor High School King Edward VI School, Lichfield King Edward VI High School, Stafford The King's Church of England School Kingsmead School Kinver High School Landau Forte Academy Amington Landau Forte Academy QEMS Leek High School Moorside High School Nether Stowe School Newcastle Academy Norton Canes High School Ormiston Horizon Academy Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy Ounsdale High School Paget High School Painsley Catholic College Paulet High School The Rawlett School St John Fisher Catholic College St Peter's Academy Sandon High School Sir Graham Balfour School Sir Thomas Boughey High School Stafford Manor High School Staffordshire University Academy Tamworth Enterprise College Thistley Hough Academy Thomas Alleyne's High School Trentham High School University Academy Kidsgrove Walton High School Weston Road Academy Westwood College Wilnecote High School Wolgarston High School Wolstanton High School

Grammar	St Joseph's College

Special	Abbey Hill School and Performing Arts College Blackfriars Academy Shenstone Lodge School

Further education	Burton & South Derbyshire College Buxton & Leek College Landau Forte Academy Tamworth Sixth Form Moorlands Sixth Form College Newcastle-under-Lyme College South Staffordshire College Stafford College Stafford Collegiate

Independent	Abbotsholme School Abbots Bromley School Denstone College Lichfield Cathedral School Newcastle-under-Lyme School Stafford Grammar School St Dominic's High School for Girls St Dominic's Priory School

Independent (preparatory)	St Joseph's Preparatory School Vernon Lodge Preparatory School Yarlet School

Former	Berry Hill High School and Sports College Brewood Grammar School Edial Hall School Longton High School Mitchell High School

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