Altrincham Grammar School for Girls

Altrincham Grammar School for Girls (AGGS) is a girls' grammar school with academy status in Bowdon, Greater Manchester, England. With about 1,250 students aged 11 to 18, it is the biggest single-sex grammar school in England.

Brief overview

Altrincham Grammar School for Girls was founded in 1910. AGGS was found to be "an extremely effective school that sets very high standards and achieves these through high quality teaching and excellent management and leadership".

History

AGGS was a product, alongside many other schools, of the 1902 Education Act which set out to build new schools especially motivated towards the provision of enhanced education for girls. It was not originally planned as a girl's school but as a dual school with boys. However it was finally agreed that the lot (the area was an originally inhabited by a substantial derelict house with spacious grounds called Bowdon Lodge) was not big enough for both the boys and girls school and the Bowdon lodge site was reserved for a girl's school and the provision for the boys was sought elsewhere.

Seghe Airport

Seghe Airport is an airport on Seghe in the Solomon Islands (IATA: EGM, ICAO: AGGS).

Segi Point Airfield was built in late July 1943 by Seabees supported by Marine Raiders. The field was constructed in less than 11 days. The field was then used as a fighter strip to support the Rendova and Munda Point Landings.

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