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Hillcrest Grammar School in Cale Green, Stockport, Greater Manchester was an independent day school with around 200 pupils aged 3 to 16. The school was founded as a boys' preparatory school in 1940 in Bramhall. It became co-educational in the 1950s and also started to take pupils up to age 16 and added Grammar to its title. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.isi.net/reports/2004/0521_04.htm ) 〕 The school moved in 1983 to the former "Stockport High School for Girls" building built in 1910〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:4mqm_UBcfbkJ:jobs.tes.co.uk/assets/download.ashx%3FfileId%3D3447+Hillcrest+grammar+school+Bramhall&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=14&gl=uk&client=firefox ) 〕 in the Cale Green district of Stockport, close to Davenport railway station. The old part of the building is locally listed. A sports hall with four badminton courts was built in 1994 and a new pre-preparatory department in 2003. A new Preparatory Building with facilities for the Nursery was opened by Olympic Swimmer Michael Rock in October 2009. The school closed in July 2014 due to financial issues that began in 2007. Hillcrest was accredited by the Independent Schools Council.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.isc.co.uk/school_HillcrestGrammarSchool_Stockport.htm ) 〕 The school was owned and operated by a registered charity "Hillcrest Grammar School (Bramhall Educational Trust Limited)",〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/registeredcharities/SIRLatest.asp?regno=525928 ) 〕 which is also a limited company.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk/6327f62697f27a5e0bb5baeaed7878ff/compdetails )〕 The last headmaster was Mr Richard Mace. Mr Mace has an MA in Education, a PGCE and a BA in History and Archaeology from the University of Exeter. After completing an EAL diploma, Mr Mace taught in South Africa and Poland after which he taught at West Buckland School, Brighton College and S. Anselm's School. Mr Mace took up his post in September 2012. ==Notable former pupils and history== Past pupils include TV presenter Yvette Fielding, known especially as the youngest presenter of ''Blue Peter'', former professional footballer Nicky Summerbee, Anabel Kutay, dancer and finalist on BBC's "So you think you can Dance" and Robert Garside the first person to run around the world. Hillcrest occupied the site of the former Stockport High School for Girls. Stockport High was founded in 1894.〔 〕〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATID=6058629&CATLN=6&accessmethod=5&j=1 ) 〕 It merged with Fylde Lodge High School in 1974, to form Priestnall School (at the time, a single sex comprehensive school with a sixth form). Priestnall occupies the old Fylde Lodge site. The Stockport High School site has been used by Hillcrest since 1983. Stockport High School for Girls was the inspiration for Dame Joan Bakewell's novel "All the Nice Girls".〔 〕 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「Hillcrest Grammar School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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