We are delighted to introduce you to Lord Grey School, a Specialist Language and Humanities College.
Lord Grey opened in 1973 as a community comprehensive school following the amalgamation off Bletchley Grammar and Wilton Secondary schools. New accommodation was provided to supplement the existing facilities. The school was incorporated as a Grant Maintained School on 1st April 1993 and moved to Foundation status on 1st September 1999, under the New Framework for Schools.
More recently, the school has enjoyed considerable success:
2009 – present day
- Exam results hugely improved; 5+A*-C including English and Maths increase by 18.5% over two years
- Milton Keynes South Sixth Form created and successful; graded ‘good’ by Ofsted in June 2011
- Health Schools Bronze Award achieved
- Classical singing star Jonathan Ansell opens new building, November 2009
- New Hair Studio built
- New administration building and classrooms opened
- Teaching and Learning Academy Status gained, February 2011.
2006 – 2008
- Gained Second Specialism in Humanities
- Achieved the Rugby Union Development Award (RFU)
- Awarded the FA Football status
- Comenius status awarded with additional funding until 2009
- SATs results for Science and Mathematics increased by 9%
- Refurbishment of science laboratories
- £7.5 million capital improvement grant.
2003 – 2005
- Additional buildings and refurbishments to prepare for expansion to accommodate Year 7 (2005)
- School roll to surpass 1,500
- Ofsted confirms that “Lord Grey is a Good School with a Good Sixth Form”
- Recognition as one ofthe “Most Improved Schools” in England by the Specialist Schools Academies Trust
- Securing the School Achievement Award from the DfES
- Achieving the Investor in People standard on our first attempt.
1998 – 2002
- Substantial improvement in GCSE results – an increase of 14% on the previous year
- Refurbishment and upgrade of most school areas
- Opening of Learning Resource Centre
- Links developed with Action Research – National College for School Leadership, Open University, and British Educational Research Association
- Specialist College status (MFL) gained.
This school is an exciting place to be, in which to learn and teach, the facilities have been improved and enhanced. As the school grows, so too will the opportunities for our students and staff.