List of direct grant grammar schools

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This article lists the 179 direct grant grammar schools that existed in England and Wales between 1945 and 1976. [1]

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Early departures from the scheme

A total of 164 schools were accepted onto the scheme when it opened in 1945. [2] Of these, three schools were no longer on the list in 1965: [3]

Five schools left the scheme between 1968 and 1974:

Schools remaining at the time of abolition

When the scheme was abolished in 1976, the remaining 174 schools either opted for independence or applied to join the state system, though some applications were refused. The following table gives the outcome for these schools since 1976. [13] [14] Starred names indicate the 18 schools that were added when the list was re-opened between 1958 and 1961. [2] [3]

Prior to abolition in 1976AbolitionCurrent
LEASchool nameFaithGenderOutcomeGenderStatus
Avon Bath High School for Girls –girlsind.girlsmerged, GDST
Bristol Cathedral School CEboysind.mixed academy
Bristol Grammar School –boysind.mixedind., HMC
King Edward's School, Bath–boysind.mixedind., HMC
La Retraite High School, BristolRCgirlsrefused–closed 1982 [15]
Queen Elizabeth's Hospital School, Bristol–boysind.boysind., HMC
Red Maids' School, Bristol–girlsind.girlsmerged, ind.
Redland High School for Girls, Bristol*–girlsind.
St Brendan's College, BristolRCboysstatemixed 6th form
Bedfordshire Bedford Modern School for Boys –boysind.mixedind., HMC
Dame Alice Harpur School, Bedford–girlsind.girlsmerged, ind.
Berkshire The Abbey School, Reading–girlsind.girlsind.
Bexley St Joseph's Convent Grammar School*RCgirlsrefused–closed 1979 [16]
Birmingham King Edward VI High School for Girls –girlsind.girlsind.
King Edward's School –boysind.boysind., HMC
Bolton Bolton School Boys Division –boysind.boysind., HMC
Bolton School Girls Division –girlsind.girlsind.
The Canon Slade Grammar School CEmixedstatemixedcomp.
Mount St Joseph School RCgirlsstatemixedcomp. [17]
Thornleigh Salesian College RCboysstatemixedcomp.
Bradford Bradford Girls' Grammar School –girlsind.girlsacademy
Bradford Grammar School –boysind.mixedind., HMC
St Joseph's College RCgirlsstategirlscomp.
Bromley Bromley High School for Girls –girlsind.girlsind., GDST
Eltham College –boysind.boysind., HMC
Bury Bury Convent Grammar School RCgirlsstatemixed6th form
Bury Grammar School for Boys –boysind.boysind., HMC
Bury Grammar School for Girls –girlsind.girlsind.
Cambridgeshire Kimbolton School –boysind.mixedind., HMC
Perse School for Boys, Cambridge–boysind.boysind., HMC
Perse School for Girls, Cambridge–girlsind.girlsind.
Cheshire King's School, ChesterCEboysind.mixedind., HMC
Queen's School, ChesterCEgirlsind.girlsind.
Ursuline Convent School, ChesterRCgirlsclosed––
Cornwall Truro High School for Girls –girlsind.girlsind.
Truro School Methboysind.mixedind., HMC
Coventry Bablake School*–boysind.mixedind., HMC
King Henry VIII School*–boysind.mixedind., HMC
Croydon Croydon High School for Girls –girlsind.girlsind., GDST
Old Palace Girls' School, Croydon–girlsind.girlsind.
St Anne's College, SandersteadRCgirlsrefused–closed 1979 [18]
Devon Edgehill Girls' College, BidefordMethgirlsind.mixedmerged, ind.
Exeter School –boysind.mixedind., HMC
Maynard's Girls' School, Exeter–girlsind.girlsind.
Notre Dame High School, PlymouthRCgirlsstategirlscomp.
Plymouth College –boysind.mixedind., HMC
St Boniface's College, PlymouthRCboysstateboyscomp.
Shebbear College, BearworthyMethboysind.mixedind.
West Buckland School, BarnstapleCEboysind.mixedind., HMC
Dorset Talbot Heath School, Bournemouth–girlsind.girlsind.
Durham Barnard Castle School –boysind.mixedind., HMC
Ealing Notting Hill and Ealing High School for Girls –girlsind.girlsind., GDST
East Sussex Brighton and Hove High School for Girls –girlsind.girlsind., GDST
Essex Brentwood School CEboysind.mixedind., HMC
Ursuline Convent High School, BrentwoodRCgirlsstategirlscomp.
Gwent Monmouth School for Boys –boysind.boysind., HMC
Monmouth School for Girls –girlsind.girlsind.
Gwynedd Dr Williams School, Dolgellau–girlsclosed––
Hampshire Portsmouth Grammar School –boysind.mixedind., HMC
Portsmouth High School for Girls –girlsind.girlsind., GDST
St Anne's Convent School, SouthamptonRCgirlsstategirlscomp.
St John's College, Southsea*RCboysrefusedmixedind.
Harrow North London Collegiate School –girlsind.girlsind.
Hereford and Worcester Hereford Cathedral Grammar School CEboysind.mixedind., HMC
King's School, Worcester CEboysind.mixedind., HMC
Hertfordshire Haberdashers' Aske's Girls' School, Elstree–girlsind.girlsind.
Haberdashers' Aske's School, Elstree–boysind.boysind., HMC
St Albans School CEboysind.boysind., HMC
Humberside Hymers College, Kingston-upon-Hull–boysind.mixedind., HMC
Pocklington School –boysind.mixedind., HMC
Inner London Alleyn's School*–boysind.mixedind., HMC
Blackheath High School for Girls –girlsind.girlsind., GDST
Latymer Upper School, Hammersmith–boysind.mixedind., HMC
Putney High School for Girls –girlsind.girlsind., GDST
South Hampstead High School for Girls –girlsind.girlsind., GDST
Streatham Hill and Clapham High School for Girls –girlsind.girlsind., GDST
Sydenham High School for Girls –girlsind.girlsind., GDST
Kent Kent College, CanterburyMethboysind.mixedind., HMC
Walthamstow Hall School, Sevenoaks–girlsind.girlsind.
Kingston upon Thames Kingston Grammar School –boysind.mixedind., HMC
Lancashire Arnold School, Blackpool–boysind.mixedind., HMC
King Edward VII School, Lytham St Annes–boysind.mixedind., HMC
Queen Mary School, Lytham St Annes–girlsind.
Lark Hill House School*RCgirlsstatemixed6th form
Preston Catholic College*RCboysstate
Winckley Square Convent School, Preston*RCgirlsstate
Layton Hill Convent Grammar School, BlackpoolRCgirlsstatemixedcomp.
St Joseph's College, BlackpoolRCboysstate
Notre Dame High School, BlackburnRCgirlsstatemixedmerged
Paddock House Convent Grammar School, AccringtonRCgirlsstatemixedmerged [19]
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn*–boysind.mixed free school
St Mary's College, BlackburnRCboysstatemixed6th form
Leeds Leeds Girls High School*–girlsind.mixedind., HMC
Leeds Grammar School*–boysind.
Notre Dame Grammar School RCgirlsstatemixed6th form
St Mary's College RCgirlsstatemixedcomp. [20]
St Michael's College RCboysstate
Woodhouse Grove School, AireboroughMethboysind.mixedind., HMC
Leicestershire Loughborough Grammar School –boysind.boysind., HMC
Loughborough High School for Girls –girlsind.girlsind.
Lincolnshire Stamford High School*–girlsind.girlsind.
Stamford School*–boysind.boysind., HMC
Liverpool Bellerive Convent Grammar School RCgirlsstategirlscomp.
Belvedere School for Girls –girlsind.girlsacademy, GDST
Notre Dame Collegiate School RCgirlsstategirlscomp.
St Edmund's College CEgirlsstategirlsmerged [21]
St Edward's College RCboysstatemixedcomp.
St Francis Xavier College RCboysstateboyscomp.
Manchester The Hollies Grammar School RCgirlsstate–closed 1985 [22]
Loreto College RCgirlsstategirlsgrammar
Manchester Grammar School –boysind.boysind., HMC
Manchester High School for Girls –girlsind.girlsind.
Notre Dame High School, CheethamRCgirlsstate–closed 1997 [23]
St Bede's College RCboysind.mixedind., HMC
William Hulme Grammar School –boysind.mixedacademy
Withington Girls' School –girlsind.girlsind.
Xaverian College RCboysstatemixed6th form
Merton Wimbledon High School for Girls –girlsind.girlsind., GDST
Newcastle upon Tyne Central High School for Girls –girlsind.girlsind., GDST
Convent of the Sacred Heart Grammar School RCgirlsstategirlscomp.
Dame Allan's Boys School –boysind.boysind., HMC
Dame Allan's Girls School –girlsind.girlsind.
Royal Grammar School –boysind.mixedind., HMC
St Cuthbert's Grammar School RCboysstateboyscomp.
Norfolk King Edward VI Grammar School, Norwich–boysind.mixedind., HMC
Norwich High School for Girls –girlsind.mixedind., GDST
Notre Dame High School, NorwichRCgirlsstatemixedcomp.
Northamptonshire Northampton High School for Girls –girlsind.girlsind., GDST
Notre Dame High School, Northampton RCgirlsclosed [23] ––
North Yorkshire Ashville College, Harrogate–boysind.mixedind., HMC
The Bar Convent Grammar School, YorkRCgirlsstatemixedmerged [24]
Ladies of Mary, ScarboroughRCgirlsclosed [25] ––
Nottinghamshire Nottingham High School for Girls –girlsind.girlsind., GDST
Oldham Hulme Grammar School for Boys*–boysind.mixedind., HMC
Hulme Grammar School for Girls*–girlsind.
Oxfordshire Abingdon School CEboysind.boysind., HMC
Magdalen College School, Oxford–boysind.boysind., HMC
Oxford High School for Girls –girlsind.girlsind., GDST
School of St Helen and St Katharine, Abingdon*CEgirlsind.girlsind.
Redbridge Bancroft's School, Woodford–boysind.mixedind., HMC
Ursuline High School, IlfordRCgirlsstategirlscomp. [26]
Salford Adelphi House Grammar School RCgirlsstate–closed 1977 [27]
De La Salle College RCboysstatemixedmerged [28]
Sefton The Merchant Taylors' Boys' School, Crosby–boysind.boysind., HMC
The Merchant Taylors' School for Girls, Crosby–girlsind.girlsind.
St Mary's College, CrosbyRCboysind.mixedind., HMC
Seafield Convent Grammar School, SeftonRCgirlsstatemixedmerged
Sheffield De La Salle College RCboysstatemixedmerged
Notre Dame High School RCgirlsstatemixedcomp.
Sheffield High School for Girls –girlsind.girlsind., GDST
Shropshire Shrewsbury High School for Girls –girlsind.girlsind., GDST
Somerset Wellington School –boysrefusedmixedind., HMC
South Glamorgan Howell's School, Cardiff–girlsind.girlsind., GDST
Staffordshire St Dominic's High School, Stoke-on-TrentRCgirlsstate–closed [29]
St Joseph's College, Stoke-on-TrentRCboysind. [30] mixedgrammar
St Helens Notre Dame High School RCgirlsstatemixedcomp. [31]
West Park Grammar School RCboysstate
Stockport Cheadle Hulme School –mixedind.mixedind., HMC
Stockport Grammar School –boysind.mixedind., HMC
Suffolk Culford School, Bury St EdmundsMethboysind.mixedind., HMC
Framlingham College –boysind.mixedind., HMC
Ipswich High School for Girls –girlsind.girlsind., GDST
Woodbridge School –boysind.mixedind., HMC
Sunderland St Anthony's School RCgirlsstategirlscomp.
Surrey Caterham School –boysind.mixedind., HMC
Sutton Sutton High School for Girls –girlsind.girlsind., GDST
Wakefield Queen Elizabeth Grammar School –boysind.boysind., HMC
Wakefield Girls' High School –girlsind.girlsind.
Warwickshire The King's High School for Girls, Warwick*–girlsind.girlsind.
Wiltshire Dauntsey's School, West Lavington–boysind.mixedind., HMC
Wirral Birkenhead High School for Girls –girlsind.girlsacademy, GDST
Birkenhead School –boysind.mixedind., HMC
Holt Hill Convent School, BirkenheadRCgirlsstate–closed [32]
St Anselm's College, BirkenheadRCboysind.boysgrammar

Key:

GSDT=Girls' Day School Trust

HMC=Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference

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