History
The school was opened in 1904 as the Salford Municipal Secondary School for Boys, in the buildings of the Salford Royal Technical Institute (SRTI), now the University of Salford. In its early years, the school's headmaster was the principal of the SRTI, but in 1909 the two were separated. In July 1914, the school moved into a new building in Leaf Square, but only a few weeks later the First World War broke out and that building was requisitioned as a military hospital. The school did not return there until March 1920. [2]
The school was renamed as Salford Grammar School in 1932. [2]
In September 1939, the Second World War broke out, and the fear of air raids from Germany led to the school being evacuated to Lancaster, where it shared the buildings and sports fields of the Lancaster Royal Grammar School. However, it returned to Salford when the air raids failed to happen. [3]
In 1945, the headmaster of the school, C. J. Gill, joined HM Inspectorate of Schools and later rose to become Chief Inspector of Teacher Training. [4]
After the war, in the late 1940s, Brian Simon taught at the school for three years. He was struck by the success of the small number of boys who passed an exam to transfer from a secondary modern school and later made much of this in his arguments for comprehensive education. [5]
In 1937, the Salford Education Committee had bought a house on Eccles Old Road called Claremont, formerly the residence of Sir Arthur Percival Heywood, which had large grounds. New school buildings were begun on the Claremont site in 1953, and on 12 January 1956 the school moved into them. The new building was officially opened by the Mayor of Salford on 21 March 1956. Demolition of the old school building at Leaf Square began in 1964, and in 1955 the new Salford College of Technology opened on that site. [2]
In the 1950s and 1960s there was a strong tradition of drama in the school, and the school library was well supplied with newly published plays. Notable old boys from the period include Les Blair and Mike Leigh, who worked together on the film Bleak Moments (1971), [6] and the actor Albert Finney. [7]
On 1 September 1969, Salford Grammar School merged with Salford Technical High School to form Salford Grammar Technical School on the Claremont site. [2]
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