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Welcome to Alder Grange

Our school is a unique and special place. There is a real sense of family and community within the school. Alder Grange is a school where everybody is inspired to be the best they can, where excellence is nurtured by everybody and a community in which everybody cares.

Our desire is to successfully develop the whole child. We place considerable emphasis on developing the foundations of personal achievement; their emotional and physical health and well-being, their social, moral, spiritual and cultural development, creativity and individuality. Our intention is to help our young people grow to become outstanding, independent, resilient and effective citizens in an uncertain, global 21st Century world. We strive to deliver a personalised curriculum alongside a rich offer of extra-curricular activities, enrichments and life skills for all our students. Naturally, academic progress and attainment are also extremely important to us, and you will find our results reflect this. This is due to a total commitment to excellent teaching and learning by a highly skilled and dedicated staff, constantly reflecting upon and developing their own practice. Many members of staff are former pupils.

Our school is inclusive in nature and values young people of all abilities from year 7 to year 13. We encourage them to care for one another and the school, to work as a team and to take on leadership roles. There is also a genuine care for and partnership with the young people in our care and their families.

Our current priorities in school include a focus on wellbeing, particularly mental health for both staff and pupils. The development of a curriculum intent that ensures all pupils are able to develop their knowledge and passions is taking place within all subject areas in school. During the seven years our pupils are with us they are given the skills and access to opportunities needed to make the next steps in to their adult lives. As a school we are never quite satisfied and build ongoing self-evaluation in to the school calendar to allow us to constantly review and reflect on our practice in order to improve.

Alder Grangers are rightly proud of their school and our often repeated phrase, ‘once an Alder Granger always an Alder Granger,’ reflects the strength of feeling our young people have for their school.

I have been a member of staff at Alder Grange since 1998 and I feel immensely proud and privileged to be Headteacher. I love the school and am passionate about ensuring it continues to go from strength to strength.

You would be welcome to visit and see our wonderful school in action at any time.

Joanna Griffiths, Headteacher


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🍰🧀Miss Haworth’s Year 9 Food and Nutrition class have been working very hard today and requested a shoutout to showcase their amazing cheesecakes!!They were given the opportunity to add their own flavours and toppings and all worked really well to achieve the best results. They were gutted they have to leave them in the fridge for a few hours to set! Well done Year 9!🌟🌟 See MoreSee Less
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🌟🎂🌟Miss Haworth’s Year 11 Food and Nutrition class managed to make her birthday a memorable one today by surprising her with a sneakily made birthday cake.Well done Tess and Oliver for keeping the wool over Miss Haworth’s eyes and pretending to make scones 😄 See MoreSee Less
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🩷Wear it Pink day – Friday 18th October🩷On Friday 18th October, we will be raising money for Breast Cancer Now, who support research into the disease and support those affected by the disease.On the day, all pupils will still have to come in full school uniform but we would love it if every child wears an item of pink clothing or something pink, for example a t-shirt, socks, bracelet, badge or even a pink scrunchie to show their support. There will be a minimum donation of £1 on parentpay. For students who have no item of pink, we will be giving out pink ribbons for them to still show their support (as we understand not everyone may own something pink).During the day, handmade pink items will be available for sale, a raffle will be held and a staff vs. students basketball match will happen at lunchtime. Pupils are welcome to bring in extra money for these purchases.All donations will be going to Breast Cancer Now. This is the first time we have organised a ‘Wear it pink day’ and we hope this event will help us make a meaningful difference for the members of the Alder Grange family.We truly appreciate your support 🩷🩷 See MoreSee Less
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