Burnage High School

Burnage Academy for Boys is a secondary school with academy status, located in Burnage, Manchester, England. HistoryGrammar schoolThe school was founded in 1933 as Burnage High School for Boys in a building situated on Burnage Lane. In World War II (1939-45), Luftwaffe bombs were dropped on Burnage during the Manchester Blitz, and Burnage school was hit by three bombs, causing severe damage to the school hall and demolishing the organ. After the war, the hall was repaired but not until many years later was the organ replaced by a vastly inferior instrument. Around 1950 the school was given Grammar School status with the traditional grammar school ethos and curriculum. In 1958, a four-storey concrete building was added at the rear of the old buildings. This building accommodated extra classrooms (following the post-war baby-bulge) with the art rooms on the top floor. In the late '50s to mid-'60s this Grammar School was highly rated and competition for places was strong. In those days its intake was from Burnage, Didsbury, Levenshulme and Withington. Comprehensive schoolIn 1967, the school became a non-selective comprehensive, at a time when most grammar schools in Manchester were being disestablished following the abolition of the Tripartite system in British schools. It became Burnage High School for Boys and merged with Ladybarn Secondary Modern School, which was on nearby Briarfield Road /Parrs Wood Road in Withington. The Briarfield /Parrs Wood Road site then became the lower school (for years 7 to 9) while the Burnage Lane site remained the upper school (for years 10 and 11 plus the sixth form). This remained the case until 2000 when the sixth form was disestablished and the lower and upper schools were amalgamated on the Burnage Lane site, which was expanded by a new buildings including a Sports Hall. The old school buildings on Briarfield /Parrs Wood Road were then demolished and the site has since become a new housing development.

Burnage Academy for Boys is a secondary school with academy status, located in Burnage, Manchester, England. HistoryGrammar schoolThe school was founded in 1933 as Burnage High School for Boys in a building situated on Burnage Lane. In World War II (1939-45), Luftwaffe bombs were dropped on Burnage during the Manchester Blitz, and Burnage school was hit by three bombs, causing severe damage to the school hall and demolishing the organ. After the war, the hall was repaired but not until many years later was the organ replaced by a vastly inferior instrument. Around 1950 the school was given Grammar School status with the traditional grammar school ethos and curriculum. In 1958, a four-storey concrete building was added at the rear of the old buildings. This building accommodated extra classrooms (following the post-war baby-bulge) with the art rooms on the top floor. In the late '50s to mid-'60s this Grammar School was highly rated and competition for places was strong. In those days its intake was from Burnage, Didsbury, Levenshulme and Withington. Comprehensive schoolIn 1967, the school became a non-selective comprehensive, at a time when most grammar schools in Manchester were being disestablished following the abolition of the Tripartite system in British schools. It became Burnage High School for Boys and merged with Ladybarn Secondary Modern School, which was on nearby Briarfield Road /Parrs Wood Road in Withington. The Briarfield /Parrs Wood Road site then became the lower school (for years 7 to 9) while the Burnage Lane site remained the upper school (for years 10 and 11 plus the sixth form). This remained the case until 2000 when the sixth form was disestablished and the lower and upper schools were amalgamated on the Burnage Lane site, which was expanded by a new buildings including a Sports Hall. The old school buildings on Briarfield /Parrs Wood Road were then demolished and the site has since become a new housing development.