Grove School, Market Drayton

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The Grove School
Address
Grove School, Market Drayton
Newcastle Road

Market Drayton
,
Shropshire
,
TF9 1HF

England
Coordinates 52°54′21″N2°28′38″W / 52.90577°N 2.47734°W / 52.90577; -2.47734
Information
Type Academy
MottoA Mindset To Succeed
Local authority Shropshire Council
TrustMarches Academy Trust
Department for Education URN 146580 Tables
Ofsted Reports
HeadteacherMitchell Allsopp [1]
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 18
Enrolment950
Colour(s)Blue
Website Official website

Grove School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Market Drayton, Shropshire, England, for pupils aged between 11 and 18. [2]

Contents

Grove School is Market Drayton's only secondary school. The school has facilities including large sports and playing fields and a sixth form college.

History

The school formed from Market Drayton Grammar School.

From 1968 [3] [4] to 1973 the headteacher was Arthur Behenna. He sacked the 42 year old head of drama, Raymond Gregory, from his £2,200 job, for not teaching the expected syllabus, as the drama teacher wanted a more 'modern' syllabus, with 'free expression'; 200 children subsequently went on a banner-waving protest throughout the town, to reinstate the drama teacher, but the teacher was not reinstated. [5] [6] The dispute lasted until May 1971. At the time, Shropshire County Council were more interested in how the school's results had plummeted over five years since becoming a comprehensive. [7]

Mr Behenna grew up in Mevagissey, [8] and attended St Austell County Grammar School, taking a Geography degree at Worcester College, Oxford, and had served in the RAF Air Sea Rescue Service (Royal Air Force Marine Branch) in the Second World War, then taught from 1959 at Melbourn Village College, where he became headteacher. [9] He became headteacher of Lincoln School, a boys' grammar school, in 1973. He left Lincoln Christ's Hospital School in 1985.

In December 2018, the school converted to an academy as part of the Marches Academy Trust. [10] Mitchell Allsopp was appointed as headteacher in January 2024. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Market Drayton secondary school appoints new headteacher for January 2024". shropshirelive.com. 25 July 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  2. ↑ "Home". Grove School and Sixth Form. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  3. ↑ Lincolnshire Echo Saturday 11 December 1971, page 1
  4. ↑ Staffordshire Sentinel Friday 2 August 1968, page 10
  5. ↑ Birmingham Daily Post Friday 18 December 1970, page 14
  6. ↑ Staffordshire Sentinel Saturday 18 December 1971, page 10
  7. ↑ Staffordshire Sentinel Friday 7 May 1971, page 14
  8. ↑ Cornish Guardian Thursday 10 October 1968, page 10
  9. ↑ Lincolnshire Echo Wednesday 15 December 1971, page 8
  10. ↑ Smith, Rob (21 September 2018). "Market Drayton school set to sign up to trust". www.shropshirestar.com. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  11. ↑ "Headteacher's Welcome". Grove School and Sixth Form. Retrieved 22 March 2024.


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