Myers Grove School

Myers Grove School

Established	c.1960-2011
Type	State, Secondary School
Headteacher	Andrew Ireland (Acting Head)[1]
Location	Wood Lane Sheffield South Yorkshire S6 5HG England
Local authority	City of Sheffield
Students	1050
Ages	11–16
Website	www.myersgrove.sheffield.sch.uk

Coordinates: 53°23′53″N 1°31′10″W / 53.3981°N 1.5194°W / 53.3981; -1.5194

Myers Grove School was a secondary school (11–16) in the north of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The school was bidding to become a businesses and enterprise college. The school has now merged with Wisewood School & Community Sports College and this new school is called (Forge Valley Community School) and that opened in September 2011.

Myers Grove opened in approximately 1960 as the first purpose built comprehensive school in Sheffield. It originally had a 6th form, lost in a reorganisation in 1988, when the 6th form buildings became Loxley College, part of Sheffield College.

Headteachers of Myers Grove School

• 1960 - 1978 William Hill
• 1978 - 1993 Roy Yates
• 1993 - 1998 David Lowe
• 1998 - 2003 Gerry Richardson
• 2003 - 2004 John Hull
• 2004 - 2008 John Wilkinson^[1]
• 2008 - 2011 Andrew Ireland (acting head) / Diane McKinley (executive head)^[1]

Andrew Ireland had been appointed acting head, with Diane McKinley in overall charge during the ongoing merger with Wisewood School as executive head. The proposed merger is being opposed by a group of parents despite being rejected by the High Court in early 2007.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Merger school head in quit shock", The Star, 8 August 2008

External links

• Official Website
• OFSTED report, October 2003, retrieved 11 February 2007