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Trinity Academy Grammar, formerly known as Trinity Academy Sowerby Bridge, is a coeducational secondary school in Sowerby Bridge, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England.[1] The school specialises in maths and computing, and is attended by over 1000 students.[2]
| Trinity Academy Grammar | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
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Albert Road , , HX6 2NW England | |
| Information | |
| Type | Academy |
| Local authority | Calderdale |
| Trust | Trinity Multi Academy Trust |
| Department for Education URN | 144946 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Principal | Charlie Johnson |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Age | 11 to 16 |
| Website | https://grammar.trinitymat.org/ |
History edit
Originally the School which became Sowerby Bridge High School, then later Trinity Academy Grammar, existed in conjunction with the Sowerby Bridge Technical Institute in the Town Hall Chambers on Wharf Street in Sowerby Bridge.[3] In January 1903 it was decided the School should move into the proposed Public Library & Technical Institute on Hollins Mill Lane however this plan did not come to fruition[4] and instead opened as a single storey Carnegie library. In 1905 the new School on Albert Road was opened at Sowerby Bridge Secondary School. This later became Sowerby Bridge Grammar School.[2][5]
In 1980
the school reverted from its Grammar School status to a High School. Sowerby Bridge High School was assessed by Ofsted throughout the 2000s and 2010s which showed a downfall in standards at the School until, on 18 October 2016, the School was deemed inadequate and thereafter closed on 30 September 2018[6] in late 2018 the school was placed under Trinity Multi-Academy Trust and renamed Trinity Academy Sowerby Bridge.[7] In 2021 the school was renamed Trinity Academy Grammar.[8] As of July 2022 no further Ofsted report has been carried out.
Alumni and notable staff edit
(Sowerby Bridge Grammar School) edit
- Roger Hargreaves - Author (Mr. Men)[9]
- Sally Wainwright - TV drama writer[10]
- Peter Brook (painter) - Head of Art, painter, particularly of Pennine landscapes, elected to the Royal Society of British Artists 1962
References edit
- ^ "Trinity Academy Grammar".
- ^ a b Sowerby Bridge High Old Boy or Girl at Halifax Courier. Retrieved 25 May 2015
- ^ "Malcolm Bull's Calderdale Companion". Malcolm Bull. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
- ^ "Malcolm Bull's Calderdale Companion". Malcolm Bull. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
- ^ "Milton Avenue, Sowerby Bridge". From Weaver to Web: Online digital archive of Calderdale history. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
- ^ "Ofsted Sowerby Bridge High School". Ofsted. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
- ^ "Failing school to be renamed after link-up with Trinity Academy". Halifax Courier. 19 June 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
- ^ Hirst, Ian (16 June 2021). "Trinity Academy Sowerby Bridge reveals plan to be 'most transformational academy in England'". Halifax Courier.
- ^ "Page on the Hargreaves Surname". Calderdale Companion.
- ^ Sally Wainwright: My Yorkshire, Yorkshire Post, retrieved 5 October 2014