Trinity Academy Grammar
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| trust = Trinity Multi Academy Trust
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| head = Charlie Johnson
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| address = Albert Road
| city = Sowerby Bridge
| county = West Yorkshire
| country = England
| postcode = HX6 2NW
| local_authority = Calderdale
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| urn = 144946
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Trinity Academy Grammar, formerly known as Trinity Academy Sowerby Bridge, is a coeducational secondary school in Sowerby Bridge, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England.{{cite web| url = https://grammar.trinitymat.org/| title = Trinity Academy Grammar}} The school specialises in maths and computing, and is attended by over 1000 students.[http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/calderdale/are-you-a-sowerby-bridge-high-old-boy-or-girl-share-your-memories-online-at-www-halifaxcourier-co-uk-1-1948091 Sowerby Bridge High Old Boy or Girl at Halifax Courier]. Retrieved 25 May 2015
History
Originally the School which became Sowerby Bridge High School, then later Trinity Academy Grammar, existed in conjunction with the Sowerby Bridge Technical Institute in the Town Hall Chambers on Wharf Street in Sowerby Bridge.{{cite web|title=Malcolm Bull's Calderdale Companion|url=http://www.calderdalecompanion.co.uk/s70_s.html#378|work=Malcolm Bull|access-date=14 July 2022}} In January 1903 it was decided the School should move into the proposed Public Library & Technical Institute on Hollins Mill Lane however this plan did not come to fruition{{cite web|title=Malcolm Bull's Calderdale Companion|url=http://www.calderdalecompanion.co.uk/p.html#p1058|work=Malcolm Bull|access-date=14 July 2022}} and instead opened as a single storey Carnegie library. In 1905 the new School on Albert Road was opened at Sowerby Bridge Secondary School. This later became Sowerby Bridge Grammar School.{{cite web|title=Milton Avenue, Sowerby Bridge|url=http://www.calderdale.gov.uk/wtw/search/controlservlet?PageId=Detail&DocId=101836|work=From Weaver to Web: Online digital archive of Calderdale history|access-date=6 March 2012}}
In 1980 the school reverted from its Grammar School status to a High School. Sowerby Bridge High School was assessed by Ofsted throughout the 2000s and 2010s which showed a downfall in standards at the School until, on 18 October 2016, the School was deemed inadequate and thereafter closed on 30 September 2018{{cite web|title=Ofsted Sowerby Bridge High School|url=https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/23/107563|work=Ofsted|access-date=14 July 2022}} in late 2018 the school was placed under Trinity Multi-Academy Trust and renamed Trinity Academy Sowerby Bridge.{{cite news|title=Failing school to be renamed after link-up with Trinity Academy|url=http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/education/failing-school-to-be-renamed-after-link-up-with-trinity-academy-1-8603736|access-date=9 September 2017|work=Halifax Courier|date=19 June 2017}} In 2021 the school was renamed Trinity Academy Grammar.{{cite news |last1=Hirst|first1=Ian|title=Trinity Academy Sowerby Bridge reveals plan to be 'most transformational academy in England' |url=https://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/education/trinity-academy-sowerby-bridge-reveals-plan-to-be-most-transformational-academy-in-england-3275273 |work=Halifax Courier |date=16 June 2021}} As of July 2022 no further Ofsted report has been carried out.
Alumni and notable staff
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- Roger Hargreaves - Author (Mr. Men){{cite web|url=http://www.calderdalecompanion.co.uk/mmh712.html |title=Page on the Hargreaves Surname|work=Calderdale Companion}}
- Sally Wainwright - TV drama writer[http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/community/nostalgia/sally-wainwright-my-yorkshire-1-3453120 Sally Wainwright: My Yorkshire], Yorkshire Post, retrieved 5 October 2014
- Peter Brook (painter) - Head of Art, painter, particularly of Pennine landscapes, elected to the Royal Society of British Artists 1962
References
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External links
- {{official|https://sowerby.trinitymat.org/}}
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Category:Secondary schools in Calderdale