Stretford Grammar School
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| Established | 1928 |
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| Type | Foundation grammar school |
| Headteacher | M. Mullins |
| Location |
Granby Road Stretford Greater Manchester M32 8JB England Coordinates: 53°26′37″N 2°17′52″W / 53.4437°N 2.2978°W |
| Local authority | Trafford |
| DfE URN | 106368 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 754 (440 boys, 314 girls) |
| Gender | mixed |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Website | www |
Stretford Grammar School is a grammar school located in Stretford, in the Trafford borough of Greater Manchester, England. It is located on a 15-acre plot in the heart of Stretford, Trafford.
The school has a sixth form in addition to years 7 to 11. Almost two-thirds of the school's pupils are from minority ethnic backgrounds, and approximately 30% of all pupils have a first language other than English, significantly above the national average.
The first head master was Albert Dakin. The first foundation stone of the school was laid on 1 July 1927. The building was to cost £40,745, and was built by Lancashire County Council. The boys' school opened on 12 September 1928, being officially opened on 23 October 1928 by Eustace Percy, 1st Baron Percy of Newcastle, and was situated on Great Stone Road west of Lancashire's cricket ground. The girls' grammar school was called Stretford Girls' High School on Herbert Street which opened in 1923. In January 1941 the site of the girls' school was totally destroyed by bombing. Nearby Trafford Park produced important materials for the war, not least Rolls-Royce Merlin engines made at Ford's factory. A new girls' school was built on a different site near Longford Park and south of Edge Lane (A5145): the former site was turned into playing fields. The school was administered by the Stretford Divisional Executive of the Lancashire Education Committee. From April 1974, it was administered by Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council.
In 1959 at the boys' school, 18-year-old David Murray Jones of Urmston, a goalkeeper in a seven-a-side football match collapsed and died of a fractured skull. There was a meningitis outbreak at the former boys' school in December 1971.
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