The Grangefield Academy

The school dates back to 1896, originating as the Stockton Higher Grade School. However the current site is that of the former Grangefield Grammar Schools, which opened on 2 November 1951. Prior to this, from 1944, it was in different buildings as the Stockton Secondary Grammar School, and before that, from 1906, as Stockton Secondary School. The boys' and girls' lessons were taught separately, with separate heads of school. In 1973 the grammar schools were merged into the comprehensive and co-educational The Grange Comprehensive School, which operated until 1985. In 1985, another school merged in, and the combined entity was renamed Grangefield School. The merging school was Hardwick…

The Grangefield Academy has extensive school fields, adjacent to the town ring road and opposite the Stockton Cricket Club Ground. In 2016 plans were completed to rebuild the school, with a new building with a large sports hall, activity studio, drama studio, main hall and dining hall. The now-demolished attractive and substantial main buildings of the old Grammar Schools that stood on the site dated from the early 1950s. Comprising Grangefield Boys' and Grangefield Girls' Grammar Schools, the premises were connected to one another by a shared dining hall. The original brick, sandstone and Cumberland slate buildings faced out over the playing fields and were constructed around four…