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Wolverhampton Grammar SchoolWolverhampton Grammar School is a fee paying mixed sex selective day school. It was founded in 1512, by Sir Stephen Jenyns a master of the ancient guild of Merchant Taylors who was also Lord Mayor of London in the year of Henry VIII's coronation. Jenyns was born in the city of Wolverhampton circa 1448, in the year 1519 he was one of the wealthiest men in the country, this is evidenced through the fact that he paid more tax than any other person in that year. In 1875, the School moved to its present site on the Compton Road from its previous site on John Street in the centre of Wolverhampton, this move was overseen by the Chairman of Governors, Sir Rupert Kettle. In 1984, the school admitted girls to the sixth form and in other embraces of modernity was the largest single user of assisted places funds, with over 40% of pupils in the 1980's and early 1990's reliant upon assisted places funding. In 1992, the school became fully co-educational, this move being seen as somewhat controversial at the time. Famous Alumni External link WGS Official Site
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