Myers Grove School

Myers Grove School
Address
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Wood Lane Sheffield , South Yorkshire , S6 5HG England
Coordinates	53°23′53″N 1°31′10″W / 53.3981°N 1.5194°W / 53.3981; -1.5194Coordinates: 53°23′53″N 1°31′10″W / 53.3981°N 1.5194°W / 53.3981; -1.5194
Information
Type	State, Secondary School
Established	c. 1960
Closed	2011
Local authority	City of Sheffield
Age	11 to 16
Enrolment	1050

Myers Grove School was a secondary school (11–16) in the north-west of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The school was bidding to become a businesses and enterprise college. It has now merged with Wisewood School & Community Sports College to become Forge Valley Community School, opened in September 2011.

Myers Grove opened in about 1960 as the first purpose-built comprehensive school in Sheffield. It originally had a 6th form, lost in a reorganisation in 1988, when the Lower School buildings became the Wood Lane buildings of Loxley College, part of Sheffield College.

Headteachers of Myers Grove School[]

• 1960 - 1978 William Hill
• 1978 - 1993 Roy Yates
• 1993 - 1998 David Lowe
• 1998 - 2003 Gerry Richardson
• 2003 - 2004 John Hull
• 2004 - 2008 John Wilkinson^[1]
• 2008 - 2011 Andrew Ireland (acting head) / Diane McKinley (executive head)^[1]

Andrew Ireland was appointed acting head, with Diane McKinley in overall charge during the ongoing merger with Wisewood School as executive head. The proposed merger was opposed by a group of parents despite the opposition being rejected by the High Court in early 2007.^{[citation needed]}

Notable former pupils[]

• Kate Bottley, Anglican priest, TV personality, and journalist
• Paul Carrack - musician. Formerly of Squeeze.
• Jonathan Harston - Sheffield City Councillor for Walkley 1999-2010, Brightside Parliamentary candidate 2005-2015.
• Chris Turner - former Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper and Manager.

References[]

External links[]

• OFSTED report, October 2003^{[permanent dead link]}, retrieved 11 February 2007

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