Wolverhampton Grammar School

at Compton Road, Wolverhampton , WV3 9 United Kingdom

1. High School
2. Local Business

Description

Wolverhampton Grammar School is a co-educational independent school located in the city of Wolverhampton.HistoryInitially Wolverhampton Boys Grammar School, it was founded in 1512 by Sir Stephen Jenyns, a master of the ancient guild of Merchant Taylors, who was also Lord Mayor of London in the year of Henry VIII's coronation. Jenyns was born in the city of Wolverhampton circa 1448.In 1875, the school moved to its present site on the Compton Road from its previous site on John Street in the centre of Wolverhampton. This move was overseen by the Chairman of Governors, Sir Rupert Kettle.In September 1984, after 472 years as an all-boys school, the school admitted girls to the sixth form and in other embraces of modernity was the largest single user of assisted places funds, with over 40% of pupils in the 1980s and early 1990s reliant upon assisted places funding. This resulted in the school adopting its current name of Wolverhampton Grammar School.In September 1992, the school became fully co-educational, admitting girls from the age of 11, a move seen as somewhat controversial at the time; however, other mixed grammar schools had existed for many years previously, while other single sex grammar schools had merged to continue as mixed grammar schools or mixed comprehensives. Unusually, Wolverhampton Girls High School has remained in existence alongside it, pressure for places at that school being eased by girls now being able to attend the grammar school. It has never been disclosed why the grammar school became mixed while the Girls High School has remained open as an all-girls school.

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Summary

Wolverhampton Grammar School is Wolverhampton based place and this enity listed in High School category. Located at Compton Road WV3 9. Contact phone number of Wolverhampton Grammar School: 01902 421326