Sale Grammar School

Sale Grammar School is a grammar school located in Sale to the south of Manchester, England. The school became an Academy Trust Grammar School in 2011. Admission to the school is through its own entrance examination.[3] Trafford LA operates a fully selective secondary education system with grammar and high schools. The most recent Ofsted report rated the school as "outstanding".[4]

Sale Grammar School
Address
Marsland Road

Sale
,
Greater Manchester
,
M33 3NH

England
Coordinates53.418009°N 2.315019°W / 53.418009; -2.315019
Information
TypeAcademy/Grammar School
Established1991
Department for Education URN136498 Tables
OfstedReports
Head teacherMark Smallwood [1]
Staff100 (approx.)
GenderMixed
Age11 to 18
Enrolment1,260 (approx.) including 315 Sixth Form students [2]
Colour(s)Purple and Silver
Websitehttp://www.salegrammar.co.uk/

History

The school was opened in 1991 by Princess Alexandra following the merger of Sale Boys' Grammar School and Sale Girls' Grammar School on the site of the old girls' school on Marsland Road. The boys' school was on Moss Lane, but since the merger, this site has been converted into a housing development. A pavilion was demolished to make way for the new houses. A second site, the Claremont Centre located near Sale town centre, was formerly used for sixth form teaching.[5]

Sites

The School only has one main site now: the main Marsland Road site. The Sixth Form Claremont Centre used to be the exclusive sixth form area.

Marsland Road

The main Marsland Road site as it stands today consists of:

  • the main building, which includes the following:
    • a three-story Science block
    • a gym
    • Seven computer suites
    • the school library with ICT facilities
    • the refectory - the canteen area (which is now 'cashless' through thumb print technology)
    • the Maths/Art block (including media suite with ICT suite)
    • the Technology block (including two workshops, a new kitchen classroom, an ICT suite, two laptop trolleys, and textile equipment)
    • the English block (all classrooms are fitted with interactive whiteboards)
    • the Sports Hall
    • an all weather Artificial turf pitch
    • 2 music rooms

The site has extensive fields towards the rear on which two football pitches, a rugby pitch, a running track, and 2 sandpits are situated. Also between the fields and the school buildings is a large concrete area which incorporates a further two sandpits, four dedicated tennis or netball courts, 4 table tennis tables, a basketball pitch and an area used by pupils to play sports during break and lunch periods.

The school has more than 400 computers with 7 ICT suites available (including a Language Lab). Software on computers is Windows 10

Claremont Centre

Situated in Sale town centre, a mile from the main site, the Claremont Centre was used exclusively for Sixth Form lessons and for some GCSE language exams, up until Friday 9 May 2014, when Trafford Music Service started to use the facility.

Notable former pupils

Sale Boys' Grammar School

Sale Girls' Grammar School

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 August 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. http://www.salegrammar.co.uk/
  3. Admission Information
  4. Inspection report for Sale Grammar Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 November 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. https://www.politics.co.uk/reference/yvonne-fovargue
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