List of direct grant grammar schools
Schools remaining at the time of abolition
When the scheme was abolished in 1976, the remaining 174 schools either opted for independence or applied to join the state system, though some applications were refused.

List of direct grant grammar schools

Section Title: Schools remaining at the time of abolition
Table Section Text: When the scheme was abolished in 1976, the remaining 174 schools either opted for independence or applied to join the state system, though some applications were refused.

Prior to abolition in 1976	Abolition	Current

LEA	School name	Faith	Gender	Outcome	Gender	Status

Avon	Bath High School for Girls	–	girls	ind.	girls	merged, GDST

Bristol Cathedral School	CE	boys	ind.	mixed	academy

Bristol Grammar School	–	boys	ind.	mixed	ind., HMC

King Edward's School, Bath	–	boys	ind.	mixed	ind., HMC

La Retraite High School, Bristol	RC	girls	refused	–	closed 1982

Queen Elizabeth's Hospital School, Bristol	–	boys	ind.	boys	ind., HMC

Red Maids' School, Bristol	–	girls	ind.	girls	merged, ind.

Redland High School for Girls, Bristol*	–	ind.

St Brendan's College, Bristol	RC	boys	state	mixed	6th form

Bedfordshire	Bedford Modern School for Boys	–	boys	ind.	mixed	ind., HMC

Dame Alice Harpur School, Bedford	–	girls	ind.	girls	merged, ind.

Berkshire	The Abbey School, Reading	–	girls	ind.	girls	ind.

Bexley	St Joseph's Convent Grammar School*	RC	girls	refused	–	closed 1979

Birmingham	King Edward VI High School for Girls	–	girls	ind.	girls	ind.

King Edward's School	–	boys	ind.	boys	ind., HMC

Bolton	Bolton School Boys Division	–	boys	ind.	boys	ind., HMC

Bolton School Girls Division	–	girls	ind.	girls	ind.

The Canon Slade Grammar School	CE	mixed	state	mixed	comp.

Mount St Joseph School	RC	girls	state	mixed	comp.

Thornleigh Salesian College	RC	boys	state	mixed	comp.

Bradford	Bradford Girls' Grammar School	–	girls	ind.	girls	academy

Bradford Grammar School	–	boys	ind.	mixed	ind., HMC

St Joseph's College	RC	girls	state	girls	comp.

Bromley	Bromley High School for Girls	–	girls	ind.	girls	ind., GDST

Eltham College	–	boys	ind.	boys	ind., HMC

Bury	Bury Convent Grammar School	RC	girls	state	mixed	6th form

Bury Grammar School for Boys	–	boys	ind.	boys	ind., HMC

Bury Grammar School for Girls	–	girls	ind.	girls	ind.

Cambridgeshire	Kimbolton School	–	boys	ind.	mixed	ind., HMC

Perse School for Boys, Cambridge	–	boys	ind.	boys	ind., HMC

Perse School for Girls, Cambridge	–	girls	ind.	girls	ind.

Cheshire	King's School, Chester	CE	boys	ind.	mixed	ind., HMC

Queen's School, Chester	CE	girls	ind.	girls	ind.

Ursuline Convent School, Chester	RC	girls	closed	–	–

Cornwall	Truro High School for Girls	–	girls	ind.	girls	ind.

Truro School	Meth	boys	ind.	mixed	ind., HMC

Coventry	Bablake School*	–	boys	ind.	mixed	ind., HMC

King Henry VIII School*	–	boys	ind.	mixed	ind., HMC

Croydon	Croydon High School for Girls	–	girls	ind.	girls	ind., GDST

Old Palace Girls' School, Croydon	–	girls	ind.	girls	ind.

St Anne's College, Sanderstead	RC	girls	refused	–	closed 1979

Devon	Edgehill Girls' College, Bideford	Meth	girls	ind.	mixed	merged, ind.

Exeter School	–	boys	ind.	mixed	ind., HMC

Maynard's Girls' School, Exeter	–	girls	ind.	girls	ind.

Notre Dame High School, Plymouth	RC	girls	state	girls	comp.

Plymouth College	–	boys	ind.	mixed	ind., HMC

St Boniface's College, Plymouth	RC	boys	state	boys	comp.

Shebbear College, Bearworthy	Meth	boys	ind.	mixed	ind.

West Buckland School, Barnstaple	CE	boys	ind.	mixed	ind., HMC

Dorset	Talbot Heath School, Bournemouth	–	girls	ind.	girls	ind.

Durham	Barnard Castle School	–	boys	ind.	mixed	ind., HMC

Ealing	Notting Hill and Ealing High School for Girls	–	girls	ind.	girls	ind., GDST

East Sussex	Brighton and Hove High School for Girls	–	girls	ind.	girls	ind., GDST

Essex	Brentwood School	CE	boys	ind.	mixed	ind., HMC

Ursuline Convent High School, Brentwood	RC	girls	state	girls	comp.

Gwent	Monmouth School for Boys	–	boys	ind.	boys	ind., HMC

Monmouth School for Girls	–	girls	ind.	girls	ind.

Gwynedd	Dr Williams School, Dolgellau	–	girls	closed	–	–

Hampshire	Portsmouth Grammar School	–	boys	ind.	mixed	ind., HMC

Portsmouth High School for Girls	–	girls	ind.	girls	ind., GDST

St Anne's Convent School, Southampton	RC	girls	state	girls	comp.

St John's College, Southsea	RC	boys	refused	mixed	ind.

Harrow	North London Collegiate School	–	girls	ind.	girls	ind.

Hereford and Worcester	Hereford Cathedral Grammar School	CE	boys	ind.	mixed	ind., HMC

King's School, Worcester	CE	boys	ind.	mixed	ind., HMC

Hertfordshire	Haberdashers' Aske's Girls' School, Elstree	–	girls	ind.	girls	ind.

Haberdashers' Aske's School, Elstree	–	boys	ind.	boys	ind., HMC

St Albans School	CE	boys	ind.	boys	ind., HMC

Humberside	Hymers College, Kingston-upon-Hull	–	boys	ind.	mixed	ind., HMC

Pocklington School	–	boys	ind.	mixed	ind., HMC

Inner London	Alleyn's School	–	boys	ind.	mixed	ind., HMC

Blackheath High School for Girls	–	girls	ind.	girls	ind., GDST

Latymer Upper School, Hammersmith	–	boys	ind.	mixed	ind., HMC

Putney High School for Girls	–	girls	ind.	girls	ind., GDST

South Hampstead High School for Girls	–	girls	ind.	girls	ind., GDST

Streatham Hill and Clapham High School for Girls	–	girls	ind.	girls	ind., GDST

Sydenham High School for Girls	–	girls	ind.	girls	ind., GDST

Kent	Kent College, Canterbury	Meth	boys	ind.	mixed	ind., HMC

Walthamstow Hall School, Sevenoaks	–	girls	ind.	girls	ind.

Kingston upon Thames	Kingston Grammar School	–	boys	ind.	mixed	ind., HMC

Lancashire	Arnold School, Blackpool	–	boys	ind.	mixed	ind., HMC

King Edward VII School, Lytham St Annes	–	boys	ind.	mixed	ind., HMC

Queen Mary School, Lytham St Annes	–	girls	ind.

Lark Hill House School*	RC	girls	state	mixed	6th form

Preston Catholic College*	RC	boys	state

Winckley Square Convent School, Preston*	RC	girls	state

Layton Hill Convent Grammar School, Blackpool	RC	girls	state	mixed	comp.

St Joseph's College, Blackpool	RC	boys	state

Notre Dame High School, Blackburn	RC	girls	state	mixed	merged

Paddock House Convent Grammar School, Accrington	RC	girls	state	mixed	merged

Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn*	–	boys	ind.	mixed	free school

St Mary's College, Blackburn	RC	boys	state	mixed	6th form

Leeds	Leeds Girls High School*	–	girls	ind.	mixed	ind., HMC

Leeds Grammar School*	–	boys	ind.

Notre Dame Grammar School	RC	girls	state	mixed	6th form

St Mary's College	RC	girls	state	mixed	comp.

St Michael's College	RC	boys	state

Woodhouse Grove School, Aireborough	Meth	boys	ind.	mixed	ind., HMC

Leicestershire	Loughborough Grammar School	–	boys	ind.	boys	ind., HMC

Loughborough High School for Girls	–	girls	ind.	girls	ind.

Lincolnshire	Stamford High School*	–	girls	ind.	girls	ind.

Stamford School*	–	boys	ind.	boys	ind., HMC

Liverpool	Bellerive Convent Grammar School	RC	girls	state	girls	comp.

Belvedere School for Girls	–	girls	ind.	girls	academy, GDST

Notre Dame Collegiate School	RC	girls	state	girls	comp.

St Edmund's College	CE	girls	state	girls	merged

St Edward's College	RC	boys	state	mixed	comp.

St Francis Xavier College	RC	boys	state	boys	comp.

Manchester	The Hollies Grammar School	RC	girls	state	–	closed 1985

Loreto College	RC	girls	state	girls	grammar

Manchester Grammar School	–	boys	ind.	boys	ind., HMC

Manchester High School for Girls	–	girls	ind.	girls	ind.

Notre Dame High School, Cheetham	RC	girls	state	–	closed 1997

St Bede's College	RC	boys	ind.	mixed	ind., HMC

William Hulme Grammar School	–	boys	ind.	mixed	academy

Withington Girls' School	–	girls	ind.	girls	ind.

Xaverian College	RC	boys	state	mixed	6th form

Merton	Wimbledon High School for Girls	–	girls	ind.	girls	ind., GDST

Newcastle upon Tyne	Central High School for Girls	–	girls	ind.	girls	ind., GDST

Convent of the Sacred Heart Grammar School	RC	girls	state	girls	comp.

Dame Allan's Boys School	–	boys	ind.	boys	ind., HMC

Dame Allan's Girls School	–	girls	ind.	girls	ind.

Royal Grammar School	–	boys	ind.	mixed	ind., HMC

St Cuthbert's Grammar School	RC	boys	state	boys	comp.

Norfolk	King Edward VI Grammar School, Norwich	–	boys	ind.	mixed	ind., HMC

Norwich High School for Girls	–	girls	ind.	mixed	ind., GDST

Notre Dame High School, Norwich	RC	girls	state	mixed	comp.

Northamptonshire	Northampton High School for Girls	–	girls	ind.	girls	ind., GDST

Notre Dame High School, Northampton	RC	girls	closed	–	–

North Yorkshire	Ashville College, Harrogate	–	boys	ind.	mixed	ind., HMC

The Bar Convent Grammar School, York	RC	girls	state	mixed	merged

Ladies of Mary, Scarborough	RC	girls	closed	–	–

Nottinghamshire	Nottingham High School for Girls	–	girls	ind.	girls	ind., GDST

Oldham	Hulme Grammar School for Boys*	–	boys	ind.	mixed	ind., HMC

Hulme Grammar School for Girls*	–	girls	ind.

Oxfordshire	Abingdon School	CE	boys	ind.	boys	ind., HMC

Magdalen College School, Oxford	–	boys	ind.	boys	ind., HMC

Oxford High School for Girls	–	girls	ind.	girls	ind., GDST

School of St Helen and St Katharine, Abingdon*	CE	girls	ind.	girls	ind.

Redbridge	Bancroft's School, Woodford	–	boys	ind.	mixed	ind., HMC

Ursuline High School, Ilford	RC	girls	state	girls	comp.

Salford	Adelphi House Grammar School	RC	girls	state	–	closed 1977

De La Salle College	RC	boys	state	mixed	merged

Sefton	The Merchant Taylors' Boys' School, Crosby	–	boys	ind.	boys	ind., HMC

The Merchant Taylors' School for Girls, Crosby	–	girls	ind.	girls	ind.

St Mary's College, Crosby	RC	boys	ind.	mixed	ind., HMC

Seafield Convent Grammar School, Sefton	RC	girls	state	mixed	merged

Sheffield	De La Salle College	RC	boys	state	mixed	merged

Notre Dame High School	RC	girls	state	mixed	comp.

Sheffield High School for Girls	–	girls	ind.	girls	ind., GDST

Shropshire	Shrewsbury High School for Girls	–	girls	ind.	girls	ind., GDST

Somerset	Wellington School	–	boys	refused	mixed	ind., HMC

South Glamorgan	Howell's School, Cardiff	–	girls	ind.	girls	ind., GDST

Staffordshire	St Dominic's High School, Stoke-on-Trent	RC	girls	state	–	closed

St Joseph's College, Stoke-on-Trent	RC	boys	ind.	mixed	grammar

St Helens	Notre Dame High School	RC	girls	state	mixed	comp.

West Park Grammar School	RC	boys	state

Stockport	Cheadle Hulme School	–	mixed	ind.	mixed	ind., HMC

Stockport Grammar School	–	boys	ind.	mixed	ind., HMC

Suffolk	Culford School, Bury St Edmunds	Meth	mixed	ind.	mixed	ind., HMC

Framlingham College	–	boys	ind.	mixed	ind., HMC

Ipswich High School for Girls	–	girls	ind.	girls	ind., GDST

Woodbridge School	–	boys	ind.	mixed	ind., HMC

Sunderland	St Anthony's School	RC	girls	state	girls	comp.

Surrey	Caterham School	–	boys	ind.	mixed	ind., HMC

Sutton	Sutton High School for Girls	–	girls	ind.	girls	ind., GDST

Wakefield	Queen Elizabeth Grammar School	–	boys	ind.	boys	ind., HMC

Wakefield Girls' High School	–	girls	ind.	girls	ind.

Warwickshire	The King's High School for Girls, Warwick*	–	girls	ind.	girls	ind.

Wiltshire	Dauntsey's School, West Lavington	–	boys	ind.	mixed	ind., HMC

Wirral	Birkenhead High School for Girls	–	girls	ind.	girls	academy, GDST

Birkenhead School	–	boys	ind.	mixed	ind., HMC

Holt Hill Convent School, Birkenhead	RC	girls	state	–	closed

St Anselm's College, Birkenhead	RC	boys	ind.	boys	grammar

Sentence(s)

The Hollies School was a girls' direct-grant RC grammar school in Manchester.

final_sentence: The Hollies School was a girls' direct-grant RC grammar school in Manchester.