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The Main School's West Face. The photo (left) was taken after construction in 1916. The photo (right) was taken in 2012. The school was founded in 1487 by Sir Edmund Shaa, the 1482 Lord Mayor of London whose will provided for a school and a small chapel in St Mary's Church in Stockport and funds to maintain a priest to chant masses and teach grammar. [1]
Hulme Hall Grammar School is a co-educational school in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. Established in 1928, there is a Pre-School and Senior School on site. [2] It has an average of around 50 new pupils each year. The current Headmaster is Mr Dean Grierson, The Deputy Heads are; Mr Philip Bradford and Mrs Jackie Smith.
Fred Perry (1909–1995), former World No.1 tennis player and Wimbledon Champion; born in Portwood and granted the freedom of Stockport in 1934 [103] Samuel Perry (1877–1954), MP for Kettering; father of Fred Perry [104] Christopher Priest (1943–2024), novelist and science fiction writer [105]
The school was established in 1888 and moved to its present site in 1938. In its time it has played many parts. In the 1880s Stockport was a hatting and cotton manufacturing town and education was provided by Stockport Sunday School and Mechanics Institutes. There were the old private grammar schools but the need was felt to have a technical ...
The college was inspected by Ofsted in March 2014 and September 2016 and received 'Good' grades on both occasions. [2] In the latest report, [when?] Ofsted commented that 'the principal and senior leadership team have successfully promoted a culture of high expectations and high standards of teaching, learning and assessment', and 'learners demonstrate a high level of respect for each other ...
Hillcrest Grammar School in Cale Green, Stockport, Greater Manchester was a private day school with around 200 pupils aged 3 to 16. The school was founded as a boys' preparatory school in 1940 on Hillcrest Road in Bramhall. It became co-educational in the 1950s and also started to take pupils up to age 16 and added Grammar to its title.
The second school to be built in 1960 was Goyt Bank Technical High School for Girls. It was a two-form entry grammar technical school, with girls moving there from the former Greek Street High School for Girls in Stockport. The third and final school to be built on the campus in 1964 was Stockport Technical High School for Boys.
[9] [10] [11] His brother James is a life peer and as of July 2024 is a minister in the government of Keir Starmer. He was educated at Pownall Hall School, Alderley Edge County Primary School, Stockport Grammar Junior School , Terra Nova School and Uppingham School .