Rotherham Girls' High School

Rotherham Girls' Grammar School was a grammar school in Rotherham.

History

The school was taken over by Rotherham Corporation in 1906. It moved to Middle Lane in 1910. It closed in 1973 and a comprehensive school, Clifton Comprehensive School, opened in the same buildings.

Headmistresses

• 1906–1908: Miss Law
• 1908–1916: Miss Strudwick
• 1916–1920: Miss Smith
• 1920–1922: Mrs Mair (née Moss)
• 1922–1931: Miss Harding
• 1931–1938: Miss Varly
• 1938–1946: Miss Dencer
• 1947–1953: Miss Ayles
• 1953–1960: Mrs Castle
• 1960–1973: Mrs Ridge (continued as head of Clifton Comprehensive School)

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