Year 7 pupil Sophie Trueman has landed a part in The Royal Exchange’s musical production of ‘Gypsy’. Sophie, a member of the Denton-based Stagebox Theatre Company, attended numerous auditions and even saw two plum children’s roles offered to her best friends before an email landed in her mother’s inbox to…
It’s That Time of Year Again… …and this year, it’s the Wirral Way. Each year, Mr Dickson embarks on a physical challenge in order to raise money for Christmas parties that will be hosted by our sixth form, one for pupils from Delamere Special School and one for local senior…
It was Roald Dahl Day this week and to celebrate an author, who has a special place for many on their reading journey from childhood, and to welcome our new Year 7s to the library at Urmston Grammar, we hosted a quiz on his popular books. It was fantastic to…
As the main doors at Urmston Grammar opened, our students, and many of their parents, headed for the school gym. There was much nervous anticipation as students opened envelopes to see how they had performed in the summer exams. It was wonderful to see students’ smiles, tears of joy and…
Urmston Girls have won the Girls without Boundaries competition in partnership with the Michael Carrick Foundation. This was a dance competition that took place at the Point, Lancashire Cricket Club, Old Trafford. Our girls competed against girls from 8 other schools, and, alongside Hazel Grove High, they achieved joint first…
In contrast to the grisly drizzle that accompanied last year’s sports day (one of the few days of rain that was had at all last summer), this year’s event at the Etihad was blessed with… well, initially, cloud – which was a good thing, because it didn’t get too hot…
Congratulations to our Go4Set team who won the People’s Choice Award for their brilliant eco-friendly ‘re-design’ of Urmston Grammar. The team was made up of students: Abby Bowden, Tom Davies, Cahill Holder, Nathaniel McMurray, Muhammad Rajeb and Eleni Vourliotis. Congratulations also to staff members, J. Leech, A.Wilson, T. Barber and…
Two companies are currently recruiting local families they will pay to host a young Spanish pupil. As a school, we are happy for your child to bring a Spanish partner into our school for a maximum of 10 school days during the final weeks of term. For the placement to…
Congratulations to Liza Breykina and her Ribby Hall team mates who have been representing Great Britain in the Irini Cup 2019 international gymnastics competition, in Greece, and have come back cup winners! Selection took place in December, and – as the best junior (Under 15) team in the country –…
The Urmston Grammar Urmston Grammar debating duo of Harriet Short and Ange Boli got through regional rounds to make it to the final of ICYD competition on the 27th of April.The International Competition for Young Debaters (ICYD) is an annual debating competition in the British Parliamentary format in which young…
