Stockport Grammar School
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| Stockport Grammar School | |
| Motto | Vincit qui patitur
"He who endures, conquers" |
| Established | 1487 |
| Type | Independent |
| Headteacher | Andrew Chicken |
| Founder | Sir Edmund Shaa |
| Location | Buxton Road Stockport Cheshire SK2 7AF England |
| LEA | Stockport |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Houses | Arden, Nicholson, Vernon, Warren |
| School colours | Black and yellow
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| Website | www.stockportgrammar.co.uk |
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Stockport Grammar School is a co-educational independent school in Stockport, England, founded in 1487 by the 1482 Lord Mayor of London Sir Edmund Shaa.
The school motto is "Vincit qui patitur" – He who endures, conquers. The current Headmaster of the Senior School is Mr A H Chicken, B.A., M.Ed. The current Headmaster of the Junior School is Mr L Fairclough, and the Head of Sixth Form is Mrs J White. The Bursar is Chris Watson.
The initial site for the school was St Mary's Church in the town. Since then the school has occupied various sites, its current site being a mile from the town centre on the A6 (Buxton Road) on the edge of Davenport, next to the site of the now demolished Davenport Theatre, a famous venue for many of the North West's top variety stars. The school has occupied this site since 1916.
Since becoming co-educational in 1981 the school has developed and grown rapidly. Acquisition of the adjacent convent school site allowed the enclosure of the playing fields and the creation of several football and rugby pitches.
In 1997 land was bought to extend the Junior School, and in 2001 a new sports and technology centre was built featuring a gymnasium and sports hall. Food Technology and Textiles Technology classrooms were also erected. The building further includes a Design Technology workshop featuring state-of-the-art equipment able to perform Computer Aided Design and Computer Aided Manufacture.
In September 2005 a new library and learning centre was opened with more than 14,000 books, and also new physics labs and an information technology suite. A nursery was opened the following year.
The school has a well-established newsletter, Taking Stock, and an annual publication, The Stopfordian. It also has an alumni association and a parents' committee (the Old Stopfordians' Association and the Stopfordian Parents' Association).
The school was host to a Model United Nations (MUN) conference in March 2006 and again in March 2008. Pupils have attended MUN conferences in many locations, including Yale, Belfast, Paris, Bath and Cambridge. The school has an active debating society. Many other activities take place, including Millennium Volunteers, Young Enterprise and the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme. The school has also run a series of Expeditions to places such as Venezuala and Uganda. There is a trip to Vietnam planned for 2009.
The School has four 'houses' – Arden, Nicholson, Vernon, and Warren – into which all pupils are divided for the purposes of competitive sport.
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[edit] Infamous English Teacher Episode
It was reported on 16 January 2008 that an English teacher at the school (Sarah Green) had been suspended from her job after footage of her appeared on the internet in a suggestive advertisement encouraging the purchase of building site workwear. The advert features this teacher, who worked as a model and actress before beginning work as a teacher, in explicit simulated sex acts with a workman. Due to the effect this advertisement had on her work at the school, the headmaster, Andrew Chicken, found it fit to have her suspended from the school until further notice.
The advert has been featured on such websites as YouTube; an investigation is presently under way [1]. It cannot be confirmed nor denied whether the English teacher in question will return once again to the school or whether she will seek pastures new after this episode.
[edit] Alumni
- John Amaechi former NBA Basketball star.
- Admiral George Back, Arctic explorer
- Sir Frederic Calland Williams, computer pioneer
- Peter Boardman mountaineer
- Gordon Marsden, Labour MP
- Chris Jones rugby union player
- Paul Morley, Music Journal
[edit] Notable heads
- Hugh Wright, Headmaster 1979-1985, later head of Gresham's and Chairman of the HMC
