The Grange School, Northwich
The Grange School is an independent school near Northwich, Cheshire, England, a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference.
Founded in 1933 as a preparatory school, in 1978 the school made the unusual progression to the opening of a secondary school and now teaches children of all school ages.
The school is divided into three departments, a Kindergarten, a Junior School and a Senior School. The Junior school has six forms, for National Curriculum Years 1 to 6, while the senior school has First, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Forms, for Years 7 to 11, plus a Lower and Upper Sixth Form for Years 12 and 13.
The Junior School is in Beechwood Avenue, Hartford, near Northwich, the Senior School in Bradburns Lane, Hartford. The school has its own theatre, built in 2005 as part of the Senior School campus and named the Grange Theatre. It can be hired for community and conference use.
Extra-curricular activities include music, drama, rowing, and a Duke of Edinburgh's Award scheme. There is also a Community Service programme and the school has had a link with a school in the Gambia for many years.
In 2011 there were 194 pupils in the school's Sixth Form. Almost all children leaving the school go on to higher education. Former pupils are called Old Roburians, from the school's Latin motto, E Glande Robur, meaning "from an acorn, an oak".
