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'{{Infobox UK school | name = Altrincham Grammar School for Boys | image = Altrincham Grammar School for Boys (1).JPG | size = | coordinates = {{coord|53.376925|-2.351055|type:edu_region:GB_dim:100|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | motto = ''Labor Omnia Vincit'' <br> (Work conquers all) | motto_pl = | established = 1912 | approx = | closed = | c_approx = | type = [[Grammar school]];<br>[[Academy (English school)|Academy]] | religion = | president = | head_label = Headteacher | head = T J Gartside | r_head_label = | r_head = | chair_label = | chair = | founder = | founder_pl = | street = Marlborough Road | city = [[Bowdon, Greater Manchester|Bowdon]], Altrincham | county = [[Greater Manchester]] | country = England | postcode = WA14 2RS | ofsted = yes | dfeno = 358/5404 | urn = 136458 | old_urn = 106361 | staff = | enrollment = 1152 | gender = Boys | lower_age = 11 | upper_age = 18 | houses = | colours = Green and red | publication = | free_label_1 = | free_1 = | free_label_2 = | free_2 = | free_label_3 = | free_3 = | website = http://www.agsb.co.uk | website_name = www.agsb.co.uk }} '''Altrincham Grammar School for Boys''' is a boys' [[grammar school]] in [[Altrincham]], England. ==Admissions== The school is a fully selective non-fee paying grammar school with admission via an entrance exam. It had [[foundation school]] status which allowed a degree of independence from the [[local education authority]], but from 2011 under the government's education reforms, it attained [[Academy (English school)|Academy]] status. ==History== The school was founded as Altrincham County High School for Boys (ACHS) in 1912 as a result of the [[Education Act 1902|Balfour Education Act]], to provide secondary education (partly fee-paying) for an area which stretched from [[Sale, Greater Manchester|Sale]] to [[Knutsford]]. It opened with 57 pupils and 3 staff (Headmaster, Deputy and one secretary), housed in the red brick building which still forms the central block of the school today. The south wing and the assembly hall were added in 1938 and the science block, gymnasium and workshops in 1964. In 1974, the school passed from the control of [[Cheshire County Council]] to the newly formed [[Trafford|Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council]]. It remained under Trafford's control until 1996 when it became a [[grant-maintained school]]. In 1999, it evolved into a [[foundation school]], when grant-maintained school status was abolished. In September 2003, the [[Department for Education and Skills (United Kingdom)|Department for Education and Skills (DfES)]] awarded the school [[specialist school]] status as a [[Language College]].<ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Specialist Schools Home |work= |publisher=DfES |date=July 2006 |url=http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/specialistschools/ |format= |doi= |accessdate=2 August 2006 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060803055309/http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/specialistschools/ |archivedate=3 August 2006 |deadurl=yes }}</ref> Recent {{when|date=May 2015}} additions include new blocks for Art and Design Technology, new [[Information and communication technologies in education|ICT]] suites, the new Stamford Hall canteen,a new sixth form block, a Food Technology room, and The Grammar gym. ==Notable former pupils== {{see also|Category:People educated at Altrincham Grammar School for Boys}} * [[Paul Allott]] - former Lancashire and England cricketer * [[Roger Ashton-Griffiths]] - film actor * [[Alan Barnes (musician)|Alan Barnes]] - jazz musician<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/leisure/leisure_reviews/8243249.Altrincham_jazz_great_is_coming_home___Alan_Barnes_talks_to_Messenger/|title=Altrincham jazz great is coming home - Alan Barnes talks to Messenger|work=Messenger Newspapers|date=28 June 2010|last=Bowen|first=Rick|publisher=Newsquest Media Group}}</ref> * [[Graham Brady]] - Conservative [[Member of Parliament|MP]] for [[Altrincham and Sale West (UK Parliament constituency)|Altrincham and Sale West]] from 1997 and Chairman of the [[1922 Committee]] from 2010. * [[Ian Brown]] - solo artist and lead singer of the indie rock band [[The Stone Roses]]. * [[Nick Cohen]] - journalist and author * Someone called [[Hamza Latif]] - The only genuine reason to turn to school on a daily basis, [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC104trbD01B7USZvHl7CgYw like and subscribe boys.] * [[Ashley Taylor Dawson]] - [[Hollyoaks]] actor * [[MRK1|Mark Foster]] - record-producer and DJ * [[Ronald Gow]] - dramatist, who returned to the school to teach in the 1920s * Prof [[Ian Hargreaves]], Editor of ''[[The Independent]]'' from 1994–96, and the ''[[New Statesman]]'' from 1996-8 * [[John Hopkins (conductor)|John Hopkins]] - conductor of the [[BBC Northern Orchestra]] from 1952–57, founder of the New Zealand Youth Orchestra and Director of Music at the [[Australian Broadcasting Commission]] 1963–73 * [[Steve Jackson (UK)|Steve Jackson]] - Co-founder of [[Games Workshop]] and [[Lionhead Studios|Lionhead]] * [[Ian Livingstone]] - Executive Chairman of [[Eidos Interactive]], co-founder of [[Games Workshop]] and publisher of [[Tomb Raider]] and [[Lara Croft]] * Prof [[John Morrill (historian)|John Morrill]], Professor of British and Irish History at the [[University of Cambridge]]<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/directory/jsm1000@cam.ac.uk |title=Professor John Morrill |publisher=Cambridge University |accessdate=15 May 2012}}</ref> * [[John Squire]] - Lead guitarist of the indie rock band [[The Stone Roses]] ===Former teachers=== * [[Martin Boysen]], climber and mountaineer (taught biology){{citation needed|date=May 2015}} * Bill Mills, illustrator for [[Punch (magazine)|Punch Magazine]] (taught art) * [[Fred Talbot]], weather forecaster (taught biology; convicted of indecent assault against two boys at the school)<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.mmu.ac.uk/news/news-items/673/ |title=Fred's big day&nbsp;– Green Guide presenter honoured |publisher=Manchester Metropolitan University |date=23 July 2007 |accessdate=21 June 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-31874576|title=Fred Talbot: Ex-weatherman jailed for schoolboy abuse|date=13 March 2015|work=BBC News}}</ref> ==The Old Altrinchamians' Association== The Old Altrinchamians' Association is a former pupils' society with golf, football and cricket sections. The Association also holds an Annual Reunion Dinner and publishes an annual newsletter. ==Feeder Schools== Most of the schools in the local area enter their boys into the exams{{citation needed|date=May 2015}}. The school does have a catchment area where a boy living very close-by can have a good chance, however some students travel all the way from Lymm and thus commute to and from school. Boys can also use the local [[Hale railway station]], which is very close to the school. ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{Official website|www.agsb.co.uk}} * [http://www.oldalts.com Old Altrinchamians' Website] {{Schools in Trafford}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Altrincham Grammar School For Boys}} [[Category:Educational institutions established in 1912]] [[Category:Boys' schools in Greater Manchester]] [[Category:Grammar schools in Trafford]] [[Category:1912 establishments in England]] [[Category:Altrincham]] [[Category:Academies in Trafford]]'