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The school operated as a direct-grant Grammar school for boys, so that state pupils who had passed the 11-plus examination were able to attend with their fees paid by the local authority. When the direct-grant system was ended in the 1970s it chose to go fully independent and fee-paying. A junior school was added in the 1980s and the school bought the old Macclesfield High School for Girls to set up a girls' division which opened in 1993 (the Sixth Form had been co-educational since 1986 ). The Boys' Division and Sixth Form are located on the Cumberland Street site and the Junior School, Infants and Girls' Division are all situated on Fence Avenue. The current headmaster is Dr. Steven Coyne, Principle of the Boys' Division is Mr Ian Robertson, Principle of the Sixth Form is Mr. T H Andrew and the Principal of the Girls' Division Mrs Elizabeth Spence. The school takes great pride in its musical exploits, particularly since the Foundation Choir won BBC Songs of Praise Choir of the Year 2002, and they have started performing yearly musicals starting this year (2006), with Salad Days. Rugby is another of the school prided activities and there are many teams for boys and in the sixth form girls have the opportunity to play too. Acting is also a popular extra-curricular activity and the school performs 2 or 3 plays a year (one by the Boys' Division and Sixth form, one by the Girls' Division, and one by the Juniors). Recent titles include Cyrano de Bergerac, Under Milkwood, Beauty and the Beast, Wind in the Willows and Alice in Wonderland. Among famous former pupils are priest and historian Rev. Thomas Taylor , politician Alan Beith , musician Ian Curtis , the members of the rock group 'The Macc Lads', and '' Big Brother '' 2004 contestant Stuart Wilson (who was Head Boy). Numerous teachers from the School have published books, such as Dr Gillian Banner's "Holocaust Literature: Schulz, Levi, Spiegelman and the Memory of the Offence", Dr Lynda Palazzo's "Christina Rossetti's Feminist Theology" and Mr D C Hill's "For King's and Country" EXTERNAL LINK |
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