1998 No. 2219

EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Education (Grammar School Designation) Order 1998

Made

Coming into force

Whereas the Secretary of State for Education and Employment is satisfied that the schools specified in the Schedule to this Order had selective admission arrangements at the beginning of the 1997–98 school year;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by section 104(1) of the School Standards and Framework Act 19981 the Secretary of State for Education and Employment hereby makes the following Order:–

Citation and commencement1

This Order may be cited as the Education (Grammar School Designation) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st October 1998.

Designation of grammar schools2

The schools specified in the Schedule to this Order (which are maintained by the local education authorities specified in the left hand column of that Schedule or, in the case of grant-maintained schools within the meaning of the Education Act 19962, situated in the areas of those authorities) are designated as grammar schools for the purposes of Chapter II of Part III of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.

SCHEDULESchools designated under Article 2

Article 2

LEA Area

School

Barnet

Queen Elizabeth’s School

St Michael’s Catholic Grammar School

The Henrietta Barnet School

Bexley

Bexley Grammar School

Bexley-Erith Technical High School for Boys

Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School

Townley Grammar School for Girls

Birmingham

Bishop Vesey’s Grammar School

Handsworth Grammar School

King Edward VI Aston School

King Edward VI Camp Hill Girls' School

King Edward VI Camp Hill School (Boys)

King Edward VI Five Ways School

King Edward VI Handsworth School

Sutton Coldfield Girls' School

Bournemouth

Bournemouth School

Bournemouth School for Girls (GM)

Bristol

Cotham Grammar School

Fairfield Grammar School

Bromley

Newstead Wood School for Girls (GM)

St Olave’s & St Saviour’s Grammar School

Buckinghamshire

Aylesbury Grammar School

Aylesbury High School

Beaconsfield High School

Burnham Grammar School

Chesham High School

Dr Challoner’s Grammar School

Dr Challoner’s High School

John Hampden Grammar School

Royal Grammar School

Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School

Sir William Borlase’s Grammar School

The Royal Latin School

Wycombe High School

Calderdale

Crossley Heath School

The North Halifax Grammar School

Cumbria

Queen Elizabeth Grammar School

Devon

Colyton Grammar School

Enfield

The Latymer School

Essex

Chelmsford County High School for Girls

Colchester County High School for Girls

Colchester Royal Grammar School

King Edward VI Grammar School (GM)

Gloucestershire

High School for Girls

Marling School

Pate’s Grammar School

Ribston Hall High School

Sir Thomas Rich’s School

Stroud High School

The Crypt School

Kent

Barton Court Grammar School

Borden Grammar School

Chatham House Grammar School for Boys

Clarendon House Grammar School

Cranbrook School

Dane Court Grammar School

Dartford Grammar School

Dartford Grammar School for Girls

Dover Grammar School for Boys

Dover Grammar School for Girls

Gravesend Grammar School for Boys

Gravesend Grammar School for Girls

Highsted School

Highworth Grammar School for Girls

Invicta Grammar School

Maidstone Grammar School

Maidstone Grammar School for Girls

Oakwood Park Grammar School

Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School

Simon Langton Girls' School

Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys

Sir Roger Manwood’s School

The Folkestone School for Girls

The Grammar School for Girls Wilmington

The Harvey Grammar School

The Judd School

The Norton Knatchbull School

The Skinners' School

Tonbridge Grammar School for Girls

Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School

Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys

Weald of Kent Grammar School

Wilmington Grammar School for Boys

Kingston upon Thames

The Tiffin Girls' School

Tiffin School

Kirklees

Heckmondwike Grammar School

Lancashire

Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School

Clitheroe Royal Grammar School

Lancaster Girls' Grammar School

Lancaster Royal Grammar School

Lincolnshire

Boston Grammar School

Boston High School for Girls

Bourne Grammar School

Caistor Grammar School

Carre’s Grammar School

Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School

Kesteven and Sleaford High School

King Edward VI School

Queen Elizabeth’s GM Grammar School

Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School–Horncastle

Queen Elizabeth’s High School

Skegness Grammar School

Spalding Queen Elizabeth Royal Free Grammar School

Spalding High School

The King’s School

Liverpool

The Liverpool Blue Coat School

Medway Towns

Chatham Boys' Grammar School

Chatham Girls' Grammar School

Fort Pitt Grammar School

Rainham Mark Grammar School

Sir Joseph Williamson’s Mathematical School

The Rochester Girls' Grammar School

North Yorkshire

Ermysted’s Grammar School

Ripon Grammar School

Skipton Girls' High School

Plymouth

Devonport High School for Boys

Devonport High School for Girls

Plymouth High School for Girls

Poole

Parkstone Grammar School (Girls)

Poole Grammar School

Reading

Kendrick Girls' Grammar School

Reading School

Redbridge

Ilford County High School

Woodford County High School

Slough

Herschel Grammar School

Langley Grammar School

Slough Grammar School

St Bernard’s Convent School

Southend

Southend High School for Boys

Southend High School for Girls

Westcliff High School for Boys

Westcliff High School for Girls

Stoke on Trent

St Joseph’s College

Surrey

Nonsuch High School for Girls

Sutton

Sutton Grammar School for Boys

Wallington County Grammar School

Wallington High School for Girls

Wilson’s School

Torbay

Churston Grammar School

Torquay Boys' Grammar School

Torquay Grammar School for Girls

Trafford

Altrincham Grammar School for Boys

Altrincham Grammar School for Girls

Loreto Grammar School

Sale Grammar School

St. Ambrose College

Stretford Grammar School

Urmston Grammar School

Walsall

Queen Mary’s Grammar School

Queen Mary’s High School

Warwickshire

Alcester Grammar School

King Edward VI Grammar School

Lawrence Sheriff School

Rugby High School for Girls

Stratford-upon-Avon Grammar School for Girls

Wiltshire

Bishop Wordsworth’s Grammar School

South Wilts Grammar School for Girls

Wirral

Calday Grange Grammar School

St. Anselm’s College

Upton Hall Convent School FCJ

West Kirby Grammar School for Girls

Wirral County Grammar School (Girls)

Wirral Grammar School for Boys

Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton Girls' High School

The Wrekin

Adams' Grammar School

Newport Girls' High School

Estelle MorrisMinister of State,Department for Education and Employment

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order designates the schools listed in the Schedule as grammar schools for the purposes of Chapter II of Part III of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.