page_title: Sutton Grammar School
section_title: Early life
hierarchical_section_title: Sutton Grammar School / History / Early life
caption_attribution_description: English: Opening of Sutton Grammar School
context_page_description: Sutton Grammar School is a selective grammar school for boys aged 11–18 and one of the top-performing schools in England. Located in South London, the school's main site is in Sutton and its playing fields are in neighbouring Cheam.
context_section_description: The school has undergone several name changes; it used to be known as Sutton County Grammar School and later Sutton Manor School (owing to its proximity with the old Sutton Manor).
  The first Headmaster of the school was Mr E H Hensley, who read Mathematics at Cambridge University and became a wrangler by achieving a first class degree. The first Second Master (or Deputy Headmaster) was Mr L A Valencia, who read Classics at Cambridge University.
  The school was founded on a site between Throwley Way and the High Street in Sutton, and officially opened in a ceremony on 21 July 1899. The main building was opened in 1928 on Manor Lane, directly opposite Manor Park in Sutton.
  The Sutton School Song was composed in 1935 by the Chairman of the Governors, Canon Courtenay Gale, and the words were written by Mr Horn, a classics master, with the school motto, "Floreat Suttona" (Latin: "May Sutton flourish"), as the refrain. In 1954, however, "Keep Faith" was adopted as a new motto, with "Floreat Suttona" being used only occasionally, for example, as a sign off in communiqués to old boys of the school (known as "Old Suttonians").
caption: Official opening of the school on 21 July 1899
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