Junior School News
A list of Junior School news stories from the start of the 2021-2022 academic year to the present day.
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Book your place for our 2024 Open Events
We are delighted to launch our Open Event dates for the 2024-2025 autumn term! You are warmly invited to join us to discover how we inspire, develop and support our pupils.
Monday 9th September 2024
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Juniors relish their time on residentials
Residentials are a great way for pupils to build relationships with others in their year group and to develop new skills. In the summer term, Years 3, 5 and 6 enjoyed their fun-filled trips.
Wednesday 4th September 2024
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Old Stops’ Review Issue 14 now available
The latest edition of Old Stops’ Review, our annual magazine featuring news from and interviews with Old Stopfordians, is out now.
Tuesday 3rd September 2024
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Prize Giving celebrates hard work of Juniors
Parents, pupils, and staff gathered in the Dining Hall to ring in the final event of the Junior School academic year – Prize Giving.
Thursday 1st August 2024
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Charity afternoon delights Juniors
The Junior School’s Charity team were thrilled to raise a spectacular £1,774 for The British Red Cross during the final charity event of the year.
Wednesday 24th July 2024
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Eighty Happy Years! Congratulations to the Junior School
This year we are delighted to celebrate the 80th Anniversary of the opening of our Junior School.
Friday 28th June 2024
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Golf Day raises record amount for Bursary Fund
Now in its 21st year, the Stockport Grammar School Bursary Golf Day in association with Vernon Building Society saw golfers take to the course at Stockport Golf Club to raise money for the Bursary Fund.
Thursday 27th June 2024
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Junior School choir wow Blenheim and Oxford
The Year 5 and 6 Choir enjoyed a successful music tour to Blenheim and Oxford, during which they performed in Blenheim Palace Chapel and Merton College Chapel to hugely appreciative audiences.
Tuesday 25th June 2024
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Year 6 enjoy Food and Nutrition practical session
Excited Year 6 pupils were invited in to the Senior School’s Design and Technology building to participate in a Food and Nutrition practical session.
Friday 14th June 2024
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Year 6 immerse themselves in wartime experience
Year 6 pupils ventured to the Stockport Air Raid Shelters and Staircase House to experience what it would have been like to be an evacuee during wartime.
Tuesday 4th June 2024
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Taking Stock Issue 85 now available
The Spring 2024 edition of the school’s termly magazine, Taking Stock, is now available to download and read from the Magazines and Publications section of the school website.
Tuesday 14th May 2024
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Successful Scottish sports tour for Year 6 pupils
Year 6 pupils spent four action-packed days in Scotland on a Sports Tour which catered for football, netball and hockey.
Tuesday 23rd April 2024
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SGS welcomes HMC General Secretary Dr Simon Hyde
Thank you to Dr Simon Hyde, General Secretary of HMC (The Heads’ Conference), for joining us at SGS this morning. Established in 1869, HMC comprises Heads from some of the world’s finest schools and, with a membership that includes 300 Heads in the UK and Ireland, along with an additional 60 international members, HMC plays […]
Wednesday 17th April 2024
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Nursery, Reception and Years 1 to 4 Open Event 2024
If your child is inquisitive of mind with an energy to explore, it sounds like they are ready to embark on their educational journey at Stockport Grammar Junior School (SGJS).
Wednesday 17th April 2024
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Junior School pupils relish robotics workshops
Nick from JuniorSTEM spent three fun days in the Junior School as he ran LEGO Robotics workshops for Year 3, 4 and 5 pupils.
Monday 15th April 2024
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Sunday Times crowns Stockport best place to live in northwest
We’re delighted to share the news that the Sunday Times has crowned Stockport the best place to live in the northwest. We are super proud (although we knew it already, of course!).
Monday 8th April 2024
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Macbeth workshop thrills Year 6 pupils
Year 6 children enjoyed a Macbeth workshop with Rik Brown, the Junior School’s visiting LAMDA teacher.
Wednesday 27th March 2024
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Year 6 pupils shine in swashbuckling show on the high seas
Year 6 pupils had the time of their life putting on this year’s show, ‘Pirates Of The Curry Bean’.
Monday 25th March 2024
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Bursary Golf Day 2024 – Play and Sponsorship Opportunities
We are delighted to be hosting our annual Bursary Golf Day on Thursday 13th June 2024 at Stockport Golf Club, one of Cheshire’s premier golf venues.
Thursday 21st March 2024
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‘Vibrant and Welcoming’: Inspection 2023
We are delighted to share the results of our Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) Routine Inspection Report from November 2023. Our school is one of the first in the North West to be inspected under the new ISI Inspection Framework which came into effect in September 2023. vibrant and welcoming community children are happy and thriving […]
Thursday 29th February 2024