Harrogate Grammar School

Harrogate Grammar School, is a coeducational academy school and sixth form located in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. It has about 1,700 pupils and there are about 600 pupils in the sixth form. The current headmaster is Richard Sheriff who became the full-time headmaster of the school in January 2007.Early historyHarrogate Grammar School was founded in 1903 as the Municipal Secondary Day School of Harrogate. Its original premises were simply a collection of rented rooms in Haywra Crescent. By the time the school achieved Grammar School status in 1931 the school had outgrown its premises as the original roll of 44 pupils had grown to 530. Work began on the 'new' Grammar School in Arthurs Avenue, to which the staff and pupils transferred in 1933.ExpansionDuring the Second World War evacuees poured into Harrogate from the cities. This swelled the roll at the school to 900, still a small number compared with the roll of 1740 in 2006.To keep pace with these numbers there have been various periods of building expansion, notably in the 1970s with the addition of a sports hall, gymnasium, music, reflexology and technology facilities.Between 1976–77 a new sports hall was built together with a new classroom block. This eventually enabled the removal of the temporary classrooms situated in the old playground. An all weather shale pitch, primarily for hockey, was created at the Otley Road end of the playing field. A new Sixth Form block, including a common room, a new library and new science labs was added, these were situated to the rear and eastern aspect of the school. This has recently been further extended. A humanities building was added in the 1990s.