Whereas the Secretary of State for Education and Employment is satisfied that the schools specified in the Schedule to this Order had selective admission arrangements at the beginning of the 1997-98 school year;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by section 104(1) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998[1] the Secretary of State for Education and Employment hereby makes the following Order:-
This Order may be cited as the Education (Grammar School Designation) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st October 1998.
The schools specified in the Schedule to this Order (which are maintained by the local education authorities specified in the left hand column of that Schedule or, in the case of grant-maintained schools within the meaning of the Education Act 1996[2], situated in the areas of those authorities) are designated as grammar schools for the purposes of Chapter II of Part III of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.
| LEA Area | School |
| Barnet | Queen Elizabeth's School |
| | St Michael's Catholic Grammar School |
| | The Henrietta Barnet School |
| Bexley | Bexley Grammar School |
| | Bexley-Erith Technical High School for Boys |
| | Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School |
| | Townley Grammar School for Girls |
| Birmingham | Bishop Vesey's Grammar School |
| | Handsworth Grammar School |
| | King Edward VI Aston School |
| | King Edward VI Camp Hill Girls' School |
| | King Edward VI Camp Hill School (Boys) |
| | King Edward VI Five Ways School |
| | King Edward VI Handsworth School |
| | Sutton Coldfield Girls' School |
| Bournemouth | Bournemouth School |
| | Bournemouth School for Girls (GM) |
| Bristol | Cotham Grammar School |
| | Fairfield Grammar School |
| Bromley | Newstead Wood School for Girls (GM) |
| | St Olave's & St Saviour's Grammar School |
| Buckinghamshire | Aylesbury Grammar School |
| | Aylesbury High School |
| | Beaconsfield High School |
| | Burnham Grammar School |
| | Chesham High School |
| | Dr Challoner's Grammar School |
| | Dr Challoner's High School |
| | John Hampden Grammar School |
| | Royal Grammar School |
| | Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School |
| | Sir William Borlase's Grammar School |
| | The Royal Latin School |
| | Wycombe High School |
| Calderdale | Crossley Heath School |
| | The North Halifax Grammar School |
| Cumbria | Queen Elizabeth Grammar School |
| Devon | Colyton Grammar School |
| Enfield | The Latymer School |
| Essex | Chelmsford County High School for Girls |
| | Colchester County High School for Girls |
| | Colchester Royal Grammar School |
| | King Edward VI Grammar School (GM) |
| Gloucestershire | High School for Girls |
| | Marling School |
| | Pate's Grammar School |
| | Ribston Hall High School |
| | Sir Thomas Rich's School |
| | Stroud High School |
| | The Crypt School |
| Kent | Barton Court Grammar School |
| | Borden Grammar School |
| | Chatham House Grammar School for Boys |
| | Clarendon House Grammar School |
| | Cranbrook School |
| | Dane Court Grammar School |
| | Dartford Grammar School |
| | Dartford Grammar School for Girls |
| | Dover Grammar School for Boys |
| | Dover Grammar School for Girls |
| | Gravesend Grammar School for Boys |
| | Gravesend Grammar School for Girls |
| | Highsted School |
| | Highworth Grammar School for Girls |
| | Invicta Grammar School |
| | Maidstone Grammar School |
| | Maidstone Grammar School for Girls |
| | Oakwood Park Grammar School |
| | Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School |
| | Simon Langton Girls' School |
| | Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys |
| | Sir Roger Manwood's School |
| | The Folkestone School for Girls |
| | The Grammar School for Girls Wilmington |
| | The Harvey Grammar School |
| | The Judd School |
| | The Norton Knatchbull School |
| | The Skinners' School |
| | Tonbridge Grammar School for Girls |
| | Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School |
| | Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys |
| | Weald of Kent Grammar School |
| | Wilmington Grammar School for Boys |
| Kingston upon Thames | The Tiffin Girls' School |
| | Tiffin School |
| Kirklees | Heckmondwike Grammar School |
| Lancashire | Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School |
| | Clitheroe Royal Grammar School |
| | Lancaster Girls' Grammar School |
| | Lancaster Royal Grammar School |
| Lincolnshire | Boston Grammar School |
| | Boston High School for Girls |
| | Bourne Grammar School |
| | Caistor Grammar School |
| | Carre's Grammar School |
| | Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School |
| | Kesteven and Sleaford High School |
| | King Edward VI School |
| | Queen Elizabeth's GM Grammar School |
| | Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School-Horncastle |
| | Queen Elizabeth's High School |
| | Skegness Grammar School |
| | Spalding Queen Elizabeth Royal Free Grammar School |
| | Spalding High School |
| | The King's School |
| Liverpool | The Liverpool Blue Coat School |
| Medway Towns | Chatham Boys' Grammar School |
| | Chatham Girls' Grammar School |
| | Fort Pitt Grammar School |
| | Rainham Mark Grammar School |
| | Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School |
| | The Rochester Girls' Grammar School |
| North Yorkshire | Ermysted's Grammar School |
| | Ripon Grammar School |
| | Skipton Girls' High School |
| Plymouth | Devonport High School for Boys |
| | Devonport High School for Girls |
| | Plymouth High School for Girls |
| Poole | Parkstone Grammar School (Girls) |
| | Poole Grammar School |
| Reading | Kendrick Girls' Grammar School |
| | Reading School |
| Redbridge | Ilford County High School |
| | Woodford County High School |
| Slough | Herschel Grammar School |
| | Langley Grammar School |
| | Slough Grammar School |
| | St Bernard's Convent School |
| Southend | Southend High School for Boys |
| | Southend High School for Girls |
| | Westcliff High School for Boys |
| | Westcliff High School for Girls |
| Stoke on Trent | St Joseph's College |
| Surrey | Nonsuch High School for Girls |
| Sutton | Sutton Grammar School for Boys |
| | Wallington County Grammar School |
| | Wallington High School for Girls |
| | Wilson's School |
| Torbay | Churston Grammar School |
| | Torquay Boys' Grammar School |
| | Torquay Grammar School for Girls |
| Trafford | Altrincham Grammar School for Boys |
| | Altrincham Grammar School for Girls |
| | Loreto Grammar School |
| | Sale Grammar School |
| | St. Ambrose College |
| | Stretford Grammar School |
| | Urmston Grammar School |
| Walsall | Queen Mary's Grammar School |
| | Queen Mary's High School |
| Warwickshire | Alcester Grammar School |
| | King Edward VI Grammar School |
| | Lawrence Sheriff School |
| | Rugby High School for Girls |
| | Stratford-upon-Avon Grammar School for Girls |
| Wiltshire | Bishop Wordsworth's Grammar School |
| | South Wilts Grammar School for Girls |
| Wirral | Calday Grange Grammar School |
| | St. Anselm's College |
| | Upton Hall Convent School FCJ |
| | West Kirby Grammar School for Girls |
| | Wirral County Grammar School (Girls) |
| | Wirral Grammar School for Boys |
| Wolverhampton | Wolverhampton Girls' High School |
| The Wrekin | Adams' Grammar School |
| | Newport Girls' High School |
This Order designates the schools listed in the Schedule as grammar schools for the purposes of Chapter II of Part III of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.
[1] 1998 c. 31.back
[2] 1996 c. 56.back
