Sale Grammar School
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Sale Grammar School is a selective school
with a dual specialism in the visual arts
and science
. The school is 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".
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, is used for sixth form
teaching.
The site has extensive fields towards the rear on which two football pitches, a rugby
pitch, a running track, and two sandpit
s 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 MacBook
s and Mac Mini
s too.
Selective school
A selective school is a school that admits students on the basis of some sort of selection criteria, usually academic. The term may have different connotations in different systems....
with a dual specialism in the visual arts
Visual arts
The visual arts are art forms that create works which are primarily visual in nature, such as ceramics, drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, design, crafts, and often modern visual arts and architecture...
and science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
. The school is located in Sale
Sale, Greater Manchester
Sale is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, in Greater Manchester, England. Historically part of Cheshire, the town lies on flat ground on the south bank of the River Mersey, south of Stretford, northeast of Altrincham, and southwest of the city of Manchester...
to the south of Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
, England.
The school became an Academy Trust Grammar School in 2011. Admission to the school is through its own entrance examination.
Trafford
Trafford
The Metropolitan Borough of Trafford is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It has a population of 211,800, covers , and includes the towns of Altrincham, Partington, Sale, Stretford, and Urmston...
LA operates a fully selective secondary education system with grammar and high schools.
The most recent Ofsted report rated the school as "outstanding".
History
The school was opened in 1991 by Princess AlexandraPrincess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy
Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy is the youngest granddaughter of King George V of the United Kingdom and Mary of Teck. She is the widow of Sir Angus Ogilvy...
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, is used for sixth form
Sixth form
In the education systems of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, and of Commonwealth West Indian countries such as Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Belize, Jamaica and Malta, the sixth form is the final two years of secondary education, where students, usually sixteen to eighteen years of age,...
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 main building, which includes the following:
- a three-story Science block
- a gym
- several computer suites
- most classrooms are fitted with interactive whiteboards
- the school library / learning resource centre with ICT facilities
- the canteen (which is now 'cashless' through thumb print technology)
- the Maths/Art block (including media suite with ICT Apple Mac suite)
- the Technology block (including two workshops, a new kitchen classroom, two Apple Mac ICT suites, two laptop trolleys and textile equipment)
- the English block (all classrooms are fitted with interactive whiteboards)
- the Sports Hall.
- two fully equipped music rooms
The site has extensive fields towards the rear on which two football pitches, a rugby
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
pitch, a running track, and two sandpit
Long jump
The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...
s are situated. Also between the fields and the school buildings is a large concrete area which incorporates a further two sandpits, four dedicated tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
or netball
Netball
Netball is a ball sport played between two teams of seven players. Its development, derived from early versions of basketball, began in England in the 1890s. By 1960 international playing rules had been standardised for the game, and the International Federation of Netball and Women's Basketball ...
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 MacBook
MacBook
The MacBook was a brand of Macintosh notebook computers built by Apple Inc. First introduced in May 2006, it replaced the iBook and 12-inch PowerBook series of notebooks as a part of the Apple–Intel transition. Positioned as the low end of the MacBook family, the Apple MacBook was aimed at the...
s and Mac Mini
Mac Mini
The Mac Mini is a small form factor desktop computer manufactured by Apple Inc. Like earlier mini-ITX PC designs, it is uncommonly small for a desktop computer: 7.7 inches square and 1.4 inches tall. It weighs 2.7 pounds...
s too.
Claremont Centre
Situated in Sale town centre, a mile from the main site, Claremont is used exclusively for Sixth Form lessons.Sale Boys' Grammar School
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