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To celebrate the centenary of the re-foundation of the School on the Hallam Sitewe delved into the archives to bring you this short brochure that outlines the 530 year history of Stockport Grammar School.

A History of SGS

Celebrating 530 years of history at Stockport Grammar School

A History of SGS

Celebrating 530 years of history at Stockport Grammar School

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1916 - The Move to the Hallam Site

1916: Move to the Hallam Site

In 2014, Old Stopfordian Laura Cooper explored the history of Stockport Grammar and the town in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries as part of a research project. You can read her report via the link below:

Decades of Co-education

In September 1980, after 493 years of the education of boys, 66 girls joined 83 boys as the new intake at 11 while 22 girls entered the Sixth Form and 25 girls joined the Junior School at age seven-plus. Over the following few years, Stockport Grammar School underwent a process of transition that would see it successfully become a fully co-educational school.

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