Myers Grove School

Myers Grove School
Established c. 1960-2011
Type State, Secondary School
Location Wood Lane
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S6 5HG
England
Coordinates: 53°23′53″N 1°31′10″W / 53.3981°N 1.5194°W / 53.3981; -1.5194
Local authority City of Sheffield
Students 1050
Ages 11–16

Myers Grove School was a secondary school (1116) in the north-west of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The school was bidding to become a businesses and enterprise college. It has now merged with Wisewood School & Community Sports College to become Forge Valley Community School, opened in September 2011.

Myers Grove opened in about 1960 as the first purpose-built comprehensive school in Sheffield. It originally had a 6th form, lost in a reorganisation in 1988, when the Lower School buildings became the Wood Lane buildings of Loxley College, part of Sheffield College.

Headteachers of Myers Grove School

Andrew Ireland was appointed acting head, with Diane McKinley in overall charge during the ongoing merger with Wisewood School as executive head. The proposed merger was opposed by a group of parents despite the opposition being rejected by the High Court in early 2007.

References

  1. 1 2 "Merger school head in quit shock", The Star, 8 August 2008

Roy Yates 1979 - 1994 John Lowe 1995 - 1998

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