Urmston Grammar School

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Urmston Grammar School
Motto Manners Makyth Man
Type Grammar
Gender Mixed
Headmaster M G Spinks
Teaching staff 65
Students 892
Age 11 to 18
Location Newton Road,
Urmston, MANCHESTER, United Kingdom
LEA Trafford
Specialisms Science College &
Language College status
Website Urmston Grammar School

Urmston Grammar School, also known as Urmston Grammar School Science College, is a co-educational grammar school located in Urmston, Greater Manchester, England. It is a state school within Trafford Local Authority. The school was assessed as "outstanding" in its February 2006 Ofsted report.[1]

Urmston Grammar was awarded specialist Science College status in 2004, In 2007 it was awarded High Performing Specialist College status and, as from April 2008, Language College status as a second specialism. In December 2007 its English department was the subject of an Ofsted inspection and was also found to be "outstanding".

The majority of the school's pupils go on to higher education; in the 2005 academic year, 89.6% went on to university.[2]

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  1. ^ Urmston Grammar School (HTTP). Ofsted (2006-09-05). Retrieved on 2007-05-10.
  2. ^ Urmston Grammar School Profile (PDF). Urmston Grammar school. Retrieved on 2007-05-10.

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