Urmston Grammar School
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| name = Urmston Grammar School
| motto = Manners Makyth Man
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| type = [[Grammar schools in the United Kingdom|Grammar]]
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| gender = Mixed
| headmaster = M G Spinks
| teaching_staff = 65
| students = 892
| grades_label = Age
| grades = 11 to 18
| address = Newton Road
| city = Urmston
| state = MANCHESTER
| country = United Kingdom
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| free_label_2 = Specialisms
| free_2 = [[Science College]] & <br />[[Language College]] status
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| website = [http://www.urmstongrammar.org.uk/ Urmston Grammar School]
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'''Urmston Grammar School''', also known as '''Urmston Grammar School Science College''', is a co-educational [[Grammar schools in the United Kingdom|grammar school]] located in [[Urmston]], [[Greater Manchester]], [[England]]. It is a [[state school]] within [[Trafford]] [[Local Authority]]. The school was assessed as "outstanding" in its February 2006 [[Office for Standards in Education|Ofsted]] report.<ref name="OfstedUrmstonGrammar">{{cite web | title = Urmston Grammar School | publisher = Ofsted | date= 2006-09-05 | url = http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/portal/site/Internet/menuitem.7c7b38b14d870c7bb1890a01637046a0/?urn=106369&providerCategoryID=8192 | format = [[HTTP]] | accessdate = 2007-05-10}}</ref>
Urmston Grammar was awarded specialist [[Science College]] status in 2004, In 2007 it was awarded High Performing Specialist College status and, as from April 2008, [[Language College]] status as a second specialism. In December 2007 its English department was the subject of an Ofsted inspection and was also found to be "outstanding".
The majority of the school's pupils go on to higher education; in the 2005 academic year, 89.6% went on to university.<ref name="ProfileUrmstonGrammar">{{cite web
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| title = Urmston Grammar School Profile
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| publisher = Urmston Grammar school
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==Notable alumni==
*[[Stephen Hesford]], MP
*[[Paul Honeyford]], biographer and linguist
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.urmstongrammar.org.uk Urmston Grammar School Official Website]
{{Schools in Trafford}}
[[Category:Schools in Trafford]]
[[Category:Science Colleges in England]]
[[Category:Language Colleges in England]]
[[Category:Grammar schools in England]]
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