History and Administration

School rules from bygone eras are always fascinating and give us a glimpse into the experience of the MGS boy of the past. These dinner regulations date from 1919, and we have provided a transcript b…

David Ravenscroft (1948-55). Whilst 2015 may be better remembered as the MGS 500th Anniversary, it is also 60 years on from the year that twelve boys left Mod VI Div I, all headed for Oxford or Cambr…

Every Saturday morning, during term time, the Pavilion kitchen is buzzing as a group of keen helpers make teas and coffees as well as delicious bacon butties to help raise funds for the Parents’ Soci…

The Manchester Grammar School has been listed as one of the best schools in the UK for its outstanding cricketing programme. The School, which celebrated its Quincentenary this year, has been recogni…

The Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society is the second oldest learned body in England after the Royal Society and held a meeting at The Manchester Grammar School in conjunction with the Scho…

The Book of Refoundation,  displayed in the MGS archive room, lists all Old Mancunians and supporters of MGS who have made a donation of more than £2,000 to the Bursary fund since 1998. There are now…

Michael Wood, a former MGS pupil and a professor of public history at the Manchester University, was interviewed and filmed by a group of MGS pupils as they took the chance to practice their own broa…

Before the age of computers, every boy who entered Manchester Grammar School as a pupil was recorded in a handwritten admission register. The school archive holds eighteen registers, the earliest dat…

  The statue of Hugh Oldham was originally situated at the back of the School near the Chemistry department. In 2014, Hugh was moved to the main quad, occupying a more prominent position ready for…

The Sports Hall suffered significant damage due to a storm in 2014. It was demolished and rebuilt.