Urmston Grammar School

Urmston Grammar School

Infobox Secondary school

name = Urmston Grammar School
motto = Manners Makyth Man
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type = Grammar
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gender = Mixed
headmaster = M G Spinks
teaching_staff = 65
students = 892
grades_label = Age
grades = 11 to 18
address = Newton Road
city = Urmston
state = MANCHESTER
country = United Kingdom
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free_label_1 = LEA
free_1 = Trafford
free_label_2 = Specialisms
free_2 = Science College &
Language College status
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website = [http://www.urmstongrammar.org.uk/ Urmston Grammar School]

Urmston Grammar School, also known as Urmston Grammar School Science College, is a co-educational grammar school located in Urmston, Greater Manchester, England. It is a state school within Trafford Local Authority. The school was assessed as "outstanding" in its February 2006 Ofsted report.cite web | title = Urmston Grammar School | publisher = Ofsted | date= 2006-09-05 | url = http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/portal/site/Internet/menuitem.7c7b38b14d870c7bb1890a01637046a0/?urn=106369&providerCategoryID=8192 | format = HTTP | accessdate = 2007-05-10]

Urmston Grammar was awarded specialist Science College status in 2004, In 2007 it was awarded High Performing Specialist College status and, as from April 2008, Language College status as a second specialism. In December 2007 its English department was the subject of an Ofsted inspection and was also found to be "outstanding".

The majority of the school's pupils go on to higher education; in the 2005 academic year, 89.6% went on to university.cite web
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Notable alumni

* David J. Burton, entrepreneur
* Stephen Hesford, MP
* Paul Honeyford, biographer and linguist
* Keith Hopwood, guitarist with Herman's Hermits
* Judy Loe, mother of Kate Beckinsale

References

External links

* [http://www.urmstongrammar.org.uk Urmston Grammar School Official Website]


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