Les écoles / The schools
The Grange School, Northwich is an independent school for boys and girls aged from 4 to 18.
The Grange was founded as a Preparatory School in 1933, and in response to parental demand, a Senior School was opened in 1978.
The school is divided into three departments, a Kindergarten, a Junior School and a Senior School. The Junior school has six forms, for National Curriculum Years 1 to 6, while 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. The Junior School is in Beechwood Avenue, Hartford, 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.
Extra-curricular activities include music, drama, rowing, 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 2011 there were 194 pupils in the school's Sixth Form.[ Almost all children leaving the school go on to higher education. Former pupils are called Old Roburians, from the school's Latin motto, E Glande Robur, meaning "the strength of the acorn".
Please watch the introductory video below:
http://www.grange.org.uk/news-and-events/media-gallery/video/an-introduction-to-the-grange
Life at the Senior School is always busy and stimulating. Whether in lessons, or through the enormous number of enrichment activities, or in the day-to-day care shown by the staff here, all pupils will find themselves challenged to bring the best of their gifts and energies to school life. They will also find that, if they do, they will have their best brought out of them and will be prepared for a rich and flourishing future.
For more details, consult the school's website: www.grange.org.uk
