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Herschel Grammar School is a co-educational grammar school with academy status, located in Slough, Berkshire, England. The headteacher is Mrs Joanne Rockall.〔(Herschel Grammar School website Accessed 13 September 2009 )〕 The school has around 900 pupils, 250 of whom are in the sixth form. ==History== The school was established in town centre buildings formerly occupied by Slough Secondary School in William Street (a site now occupied by the Slough campus of Thames Valley University) in about 1952. In 1958, the school moved to a purpose-built site on Northampton Avenue, occupying land that had (before the Second World War) been used as 'Timbertown', an area of temporary houses.〔pp 75, 82, ''The Changing Face of Slough'', Slough Museum, Breedon Books, 2003〕 The school has remained at Northampton Avenue, although for the 1988/89 academic year it temporarily moved to the site of the former Orchard Secondary Modern School while the permanent buildings were refurbished after damage to the roof in the storms of 1987.〔pp 82, ''The Changing Face of Slough'', Slough Museum, Breedon Books, Derby 2003〕 Within its present buildings, the school has had a number of names and forms, including: :''Slough Technical School'' :''Slough Technical High School'' (to 1972) :''Herschel High School'' (1972 to 1984) :''Sir William Herschel Grammar School'' (from 1984) :''Herschel Grammar School'' In 2004, the school completed a sports centre, which now serves as ''( Herschel Sports )'' to the public when out of school hours. The sports complex includes a full-size astro-turf football, hockey pitch, four full-size tennis courts, six full-size indoor badminton courts, one full-size indoor basketball court, a dance studio and changing facilities with lockers. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Herschel Grammar School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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