30 Shiphay Lane, Torquay TQ2 7DY
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30 Shiphay Lane, Torquay TQ2 7DY
E: admin@tggsacademy.org T: 01803 613215
Y7-11 Absence Line: 01803 653 750
1915 | Miss Mary Jackson appointed Headmistress | |
April 1915 |
Official opening of Torquay Girls' Secondary School in Barton Road in a building shared with the Boys' School. 102 girls on the roll | |
1917 |
First Sports Day held. School houses were White, Red, Blue and Green |
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Sept 1918 |
Opening of Preparatory Department for junior boys and girls aged between 5 and 10 years |
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June 1928 |
School changed its name to the Torquay Grammar School and adopted the town coat of arms as its badge |
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July 1934 |
Miss Jackson retired |
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Sept 1934 |
Miss Caroline M. Wilkinson appointed Headmistress |
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1935 |
Green and white dresses introduced as summer uniform |
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May 1936 |
School celebrated 21st anniversary with a picnic tea on the new site at Shiphay |
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Dec 1936 |
Careers Fund inaugurated |
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Sept 1937 |
Work began on new school building at Shiphay |
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May 1939 |
School moved to new building in Shiphay Lane |
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July 1939 |
New building officially opened by Dame Georgiana Buller |
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Sept 1939 |
TGSG welcomed 147 evacuees in Autumn term from over 100 different schools |
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Feb 1940 |
TGSG has to cope with an extra 200 pupils and their own staff evacuated from Paddington & Maida Vale High School (PMVHS), London. 650 pupils in total. |
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Sept 1941 |
Two Shiphay church halls acquired as extra accommodation |
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1941 |
500 TGSG pupils plus 200 PMVHS pupils in school. |
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July 1943 |
PMVHS evacuees returned to London. 480 pupils in TGSG. |
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July 1944 |
Dagenham High School group arrived with an extra 35 girls and 1 teacher |
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1944 |
School houses of Blue, Green, Red and White were renamed as Bickleigh, Buckland, Compton, Lydford, Pomeroy and Rougemont |
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Jan 1945 |
583 pupils in main school and 224 in Prep department - 807 total |
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May 1945 |
Dagenham High School returned home |
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July 1945 |
Preparatory department closed, with exception of 10 year olds who joined the main school for one year as Form 1 (13 girls and 24 boys) |
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Aug 1945 |
Structural alterations to the kitchen (greatly enlarged) |
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Sept 1946 |
630 pupils in main school |
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1948 |
Work begins on new 'Dining Room Hut' in the east triangle |
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March 1949 |
New school dining room opened |
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July 1949 |
Additional field in use temporarily |
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Sept 1951 |
Store by West entrance converted into new 6th form room |
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1954 |
Lecture room converted to 6th form lab |
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1957 |
Miss Wilkinson retired |
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1957 |
Miss Margaret C. Robertson appointed Headmistress |
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1957 |
New 6th form block and biology lab built in west triangle |
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1965 |
TGSG Golden Jubilee celebrations |
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1965-67 |
Windows put in school corridors, including 3 stained glass windows commemorating TGSG Golden Jubilee |
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1969 |
School houses changed from 6 to 4, renamed Ansteys, Corbyn, Elbury and Redgate |
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1969 |
Miss Simpson appointed Deputy Headmistress School buildings fitted with oil central heating Two new 6th form study rooms opened off each end of library Two more stained glass windows added to corridors |
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1971 |
620 pupils Mosaic murals produced by 6th form |
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1972 |
660 pupils 6th form allowed to wear trousers to school |
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1975 |
Miss Robertson retired |
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1976 |
Dr Mavis Beal appointed Headmistress |
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1978-79 |
Acquisition of Shiphay Manor as Sixth Form Annexe |
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1980 |
Dr Beal retired |
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1981 |
Mrs Mary Cross appointed Headmistress |
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1982 |
New biology lab. Chemistry and physics labs refurbished |
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1983 |
Torquay Boys' Grammar School moved to Shiphay site |
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1990 |
TGSG purchased house in Tregourez, Brittany Miss Simpson, Deputy Headmistress, retired after 28 years at TGS |
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1995 |
Haystacks building opened TGSG 80th anniversary celebration |
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1996 |
Burton Sports Hall opened Mrs Cross retired |
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1996 |
Mrs Susan M Roberts appointed Head Teacher |
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1998 |
Refurbishment of second Chemistry Laboratory |
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2001 |
Environmental garden opened |
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2002 |
TGSG achieved Foundation Status |
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2003 |
New school dining room opened New all-weather pitch ready for use New building for biology lab in west triangle |
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2004 |
TGSG achieved Specialist Humanities School status Work began on new Humanities building to include new school library / Learning Resources Centre |
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2006 |
New Learning Resources Centre opened Work began on new Music/Drama building and new Sixth Form Centre |
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July 2006 |
Mrs Roberts retired |
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2006-2007 |
Acting Head Teachers: Mr R Ashcroft and Mrs E Cross |
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Sept 2007 |
Dr N Smith appointed Head Teacher |
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2008 |
New Drama/Music Suite and Sixth Form Centre opened |
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2011 |
TGGS becomes an Academy The school is judged "Outstanding" in all categories by Ofsted |
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2013 |
TGGS Cavanna Sports Hall opened |
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2014 |
Lecture Theatre completed | |
2015 |
Centenary celebrations including the building of Amphitheatre and Archive Expansion to 5 Form Entry with addition of new House: Cross |
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2016 |
Refurbishment of Science Lab C1 |
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2019 |
Sunday Times Good Schools Guide names TGGS "South West Secondary School of the Year" |
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2020 |
Real Schools Guide names TGGS "Top School in Devon and Cornwall" COVID-19 Pandemic forces temporary closure of school and remote learning |
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Sept 2021 |
Ms S Forster appointed Headteacher |