Direct grant grammar school
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A direct grant grammar school was a type of selective secondary school in the United Kingdom that existed between 1945 and 1976. One quarter of the places in these schools were directly funded by central government, while the remainder attracted fees, some paid by a Local Education Authority and some by the pupils' parents or guardians. On average, the schools received just over half of their income from the state.
The Manchester Grammar School, the best-known of the direct grant grammar schools, was significantly larger than most.
Frances Buss, a pioneer of women's education and founding head of North London Collegiate School
Bradford Grammar School, originally a large secular boys school (now mixed)
Culford School, the first and eventually one of only three mixed direct grant grammars
Manchester Grammar School
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The Manchester Grammar School (MGS) in Manchester, England, is the largest private day school for boys in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1515 as a free grammar school next to Manchester Parish Church, it moved in 1931 to its present site at Rusholme. In accordance with its founder's wishes, MGS remains a predominantly academic school and belongs to the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference.
Sapere Aude, Manchester Grammar School's motto
A drawing of the Chetham's Gatehouse circa 1600.
Classroom at MGS' old site
Manchester Grammar extension built in the 1870s (old site)