Established 1991 Headteacher Mark Smallwood DfE URN 136498 Tables Founded 1991 | DfE number 358/4029 Phone +44 161 973 3217 | |
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Location Marsland RoadSaleGreater ManchesterM33 3NHEngland Profiles | ||
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. Trafford LA operates a fully selective secondary education system with grammar and high schools. The most recent Ofsted report rated the school as "outstanding".
Contents
- Sale grammar school specialisms successes 2008 2009
- History
- Sites
- Marsland Road
- Claremont Centre
- Sale Boys Grammar School
- Sale Girls Grammar School
- References
Sale grammar school specialisms successes 2008 2009
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 located on Moss Lane, but since the merger, this site has been converted into a housing development. At the time there was quite bitter disappointment from many parents who had spent time campaigning and fund raising to build a pavilion on the fields, which 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.
Sites
The School is split into two sites: the main Marsland Road site and the Sixth Form Claremont Centre.
Marsland Road
The main Marsland Road site as it stands today consists of:
The site has extensive fields towards the rear on which two football pitches, a rugby pitch, a running track, and two 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 ping pong 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, 4 ICT suites are available, one media suite with Apple Mac computers, and also a language lab. Technology uses mainly MacBooks and Mac Minis too.
Claremont Centre
Situated in Sale town centre, a mile from the main site, Claremont was used exclusively for Sixth Form lessons up until Friday 9 May 2014 and also for some GCSE language exams.