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Sir Graham Balfour School

Field	Value
name	Sir Graham Balfour School
coordinates
motto	Learning, Working, Succeeding Together
type	Academy
head_label	Headteacher
head	Matthew Mason
address	North Avenue
city	Stafford
county	Staffordshire
country	England
postcode	ST16 1NR
local_authority	Staffordshire
urn	142983
ofsted	yes
gender	Coeducational
lower_age	11
upper_age	18
houses	Chetwynd, Sandon, Tixall, Weston, Shugborough
colours
Green, yellow, red, white and purple
website	https://www.sirgrahambalfour.co.uk

Green, yellow, red, white and purple

Sir Graham Balfour School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Stafford, England. It is named after Graham Balfour, son of the Victorian statistician, who became Director of Education in Staffordshire.

The original school was demolished in 2001, with the new school building being constructed and completed in 2002. It achieved specialist Maths and Computing School status from September 2006. The school converted to academy status in September 2016. As of June 2021, the school is building a new set of classrooms, behind the sports hall, which will soon be where modern foreign languages (French, Spanish and German) will be taught.

Sir Graham Balfour School also offers post-16 education. The sixth form is an integral part of the Stafford Collegiate which involves all Stafford High Schools and Stafford College.

On 22 July 2016 David Wright retired as Head Teacher and Lesley Beck took over. In July 2022, Lesley Beck became CEO of the Trust and Matthew Mason took over.

Controversy

In May 2005, then-headteacher David Hill banned charity wristbands due to uniform regulations. This resulted in some students protesting on the school tennis grounds. Police were called after students began leaving the school grounds. Hill later retracted the ban on the bands.

Notable alumni

Michael Beasley (bishop), bishop and epidemiologist
Morgan Gibbs-White, footballer

References

(10 May 2005). "School row over charity bracelets". BBC News.
(3 November 2017). "Wolves' Morgan Gibbs-White back from conquering the world".

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