Thorne Grammar School
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| Industry | Education |
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| Location | Thorne, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
| Introduction | TGS history begins with an endowment by William Brooke in 1705, for the education of boys. Brooke's Trust School on King St. was built in 1863 and, until 1925, included boarders. It housed 74 pupils at closure in 1930, and all moved to the new co-educational Grammar School on St. Nicholas Rd., under headmaster J.E. Shipley Turner. The new buildings housed 430 in 9 classrooms, a lecture room, library, 3 science labs, art, domestic subjects, woodwork, metalwork and needlework rooms, gymnasium and changing room, assembly hall, dining room and kitchen. Playing fields provided facilities for tennis, cricket, hockey and rugby. The cost was £30,000 for buildings, plus £5,000 for furniture and fittings. TGS became comprehensive in 1973, upon the retirement of headmaster P.T. Griffiths, and continued thus until 2005, when it finally closed, to be replaced by Trinity Academy, built on part of the former playing field. Most of the structure was demolished, but the main building, with Georgian-style facade, was converted into apartments. Terraced houses were built on the former grass tennis courts. The war memorial plaque and window were moved to the new Academy building and re-dedicated. |