Statutory Instruments
1998 No. 2219

EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Education (Grammar School Designation) Order 1998

Made
8th September 1998

Coming into force
1st October 1998

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 1998(1) the Secretary of State for Education and Employment hereby makes the following Order:–

Citation and commencement

1.  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 schools

2.  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 1996(2), 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.

Article 2

SCHEDULESchools designated under 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 Morris
Minister of State,
Department for Education and Employment
8th September 1998

Explanatory Note

(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.


(1)
1998 c. 31.

(2)
1996 c. 56.