- Over its 500-year history this highly selective boys’ school has cemented its reputation as one of the country’s top academic schools.
- Its founding principle was to provide “godliness and good learning” to the poor boys of Manchester. The high master, Martin Boulton, says the core mission today is still “to educate the brightest young men in the north of England, regardless of their social, cultural, religious and financial background”.
- The 300-plus school trips each year include three annual treks — most recently to the Atlas Mountains in North Africa and Wahiba Sands in Oman — along with diving expeditions, gliding trips and regular activity days in the Lake District and Snowdonia.
- Over 200 pupils receive full or partial bursaries, with the vast majority being full. Bursary places are available for boys joining year 7 and the sixth form to families who are permanently resident in the UK and living in the northwest of England at the point of application.
- Means-tested financial assistance is available depending on the level of funding available.
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