('From an acorn, an oak') , established = 1933 / 1978 , closed = , type = Public school
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, religious_affiliation = , president = , head_label = Head , head = Dr. Lorraine Earps , r_head_label = , r_head = , chair_label = Chair of Governors , chair = Trevor Brocklebank , founder = , specialist = , address = Bradburns Lane , city =

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Northwich , county = Cheshire , country =

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, postcode = CW8 1LU , local_authority = Cheshire West and Chester , dfeno = 896/6005 , ofsted = , urn = , staff = 358 , enrolment = 1218 , gender =

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Weaver , publication = The Roburian , free_label_1 = Head of the Junior School , free_1 = Guy Rands , free_label_3 = Former pupils , free_3 = Old Roburians , free_label_4 = School Hymn , free_4 =

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, free_label_2 = Affiliation , free_2 = HMC , website = http://www.grange.org.uk The Grange School is an

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near Northwich, Cheshire,

, a member of the

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. Founded in 1933 as a preparatory school, in 1978 the school made the unusual progression to the opening of a secondary school and now teaches pupils of all school ages. The school is divided across two sites; the Junior School and the Senior School and

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. 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

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,

, near Northwich, 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

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with the

Grange School Rowing Club Grange School Rowing Club is a rowing club on the River Weaver, based at the Boathouse, off Willow Green Lane, Little Leigh, Northwich, Cheshire. History The club belongs to The Grange School, Northwich ('From an acorn, an oak') , establish ...

, and a

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. There is also a Community Service programme and the school has had a link with a school in

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for many years. In 2023 there were 157 pupils in the school's

.'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

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motto, ''E Glande Robur'', meaning "from an acorn, an oak".

References

External links

The Grange School homepage

Grange School (Northwich)
at ''

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