North Halifax Grammar School
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| Established | 1985 |
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| Type | Grammar school; Academy |
| Headteacher | Andrew Fisher. |
| Chair of Governors | Colin Hartley |
| Location |
Moorbottom Road Illingworth, Halifax West Yorkshire HX2 9SU England Coordinates: 53°45′20″N 1°52′58″W / 53.7556°N 1.8828°W |
| Local authority | Calderdale |
| DfE number | ???/5400 |
| DfE URN | 136788 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 1090 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses | Lister, Ackroyd, Waterhouse |
| Colours | red & grey |
| Former name | North Halifax High School, The Highlands School |
| Website | www |
The North Halifax Grammar School (NHGS) is a state grammar school, and Science college (with academy status) in Illingworth, Halifax, West Yorkshire, England.
The school has approximately one thousand students, aged 11 to 18. NHGS works with Crossley Heath Grammar School to administer an admissions test, admitting 155 students at age 11+ each year through an entrance examination which consists of Verbal Reasoning, Mathematics and English tests. Admissions are accepted between ages 11 and 16 from other schools, with tests at an appropriate level administered. Admissions at age 16 to the Sixth Form requires high enough GCSE grades but no formal exam.
The Princess Mary High School (which was known as Halifax High School for Girls before 1931) had around 350 girls and was opened on 21 September 1931 by Princess Mary. It became known as the Princess Mary School in 1969 and was situated on Francis Street. When the school closed, there was a Service of Thanksgiving in July 1985 at the Halifax Parish Church. The buildings became part of Percival Whitley College, and then were part of Halifax New College (which eventually became Calderdale College when it combined with the Halifax School of Integrated Arts). The site is currently scheduled to be demolished and redeveloped.
The Halifax Technical High School was formed in 1957. This was before its Moorbottom Road premises were completed and opened in May 1959 by the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leeds. It had around 725 boys and girls. It became the Highlands School in 1969.
The North Halifax High School was formed with the 1987 amalgamation of the Highlands Grammar School and the Princess Mary School with some current teachers working at one of these schools before the amalgamation.
The school was grant-maintained in the early 1990s, being funded directly from the government rather than via the local authority. Around 1993/4 the school changed its name from North Halifax High School to North Halifax Grammar School (it had been selective before this). In 1999, the school became a foundation school, giving the governing body ownership of the buildings and site and expanded executive powers. After a long fundraising campaign, the school achieved Specialist Science College status in 2004, which funded the refurbishment and extension of existing laboratories and the construction of a new one. The previous headteacher, Graham Maslen, retired in September 2013.
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