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, website = http://www.grange.org.uk The Grange School is an independent day school near

, England, a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. Founded in 1933 as a preparatory school, in 1978 the school made the unusual progression to the opening of a

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and now teaches pupils of all school ages. The school is divided across two sites; the Junior School and the Senior School and Sixth Form. The Junior school has six forms, for National Curriculum Years 1 to 6, as well as a Reception class. The senior school has First, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Forms, for Years 7 to 11, plus a Lower and Upper Sixth Form for Years 12 and 13.Independent Schools Inspectorate, Inspection Report 2011
at grange.org.uk, accessed 18 March 2012 The Junior School is in Beechwood Avenue, Hartford, near

, the Senior School in Bradburns Lane, Hartford. The school has its own theatre, built in 2005 as part of the Senior School campus and named the Grange Theatre. It can be hired for community and conference use. The school also has a £6m purpose-built Sport Centre that is used by the school and the Hartford community. Extra-curricular activities include music, drama, rowing with the Grange School Rowing Club, and a Duke of Edinburgh's Award scheme. There is also a Community Service programme and the school has had a link with a school in the Gambia for many years. In 2023 there were 157 pupils in the school's Sixth Form.'The Grange School' in ''Which School? 2011'' (2011), p. D-405 Almost all school leavers progress to higher education.Inspection Report, 2011, para. 3.1 Former pupils are called Old Roburians,Old Roburians
at grange.org.uk, accessed 18 March 2012 from the school's Latin motto, ''E Glande Robur'', meaning "from an acorn, an oak".

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External links

The Grange School homepage

Grange School (Northwich)
at '' Financial Times'' school rankings web site {{DEFAULTSORT:Grange School, Northwich, The Private schools in Cheshire West and Chester Member schools of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference Educational institutions established in 1933 1933 establishments in England Member schools of the Independent Schools Association (UK)