See Royal Grammar School for the other schools with the name RGS.
Clitheroe Royal Grammar School is a secondary school in Clitheroe, Lancashire that used to be an all boys school. It was founded in 1554 as "The Free Grammar School of King Philip and Queen Mary" “for the education, instruction and learning of boys and young men in grammar; to be and to continue for ever.”
After 44 years of sharing the school buildings with the boys, the newly-buil...
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See Royal Grammar School for the other schools with the name RGS.
Clitheroe Royal Grammar School is a secondary school in Clitheroe, Lancashire that used to be an all boys school. It was founded in 1554 as "The Free Grammar School of King Philip and Queen Mary" “for the education, instruction and learning of boys and young men in grammar; to be and to continue for ever.”
After 44 years of sharing the school buildings with the boys, the newly-built Girls Grammar School opened in 1958 and amalgamated with the Boys Grammar School in 1985. CRGS celebrated its 450th anniversary in 2004, an event marked by the planting of a tree by HRH The Duke of York.
Clitheroe Royal Grammar School continues to thrive on two sites with the Sixth Form Centre occupying the historic buildings in York Street and the Main School at the former Girls Grammar School buildings on Chatburn Road.
The main school uniform consists of:
The Main School intake each year is 120 children who have each passed the 11-plus...
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