Lord Grey School

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L Lord Grey School is a comprehensive co-educational foundation secondary school in West Bletchley, Milton Keynes.General InformationLord Grey has four school houses: Lorenz, Enigma, Colossus and Turing. Three of the houses represent the code breaking machines and in Bletchley Park and Alan Turing was a British scientist who during World War II developed a machine that helped break the German Enigma code. He also laid the groundwork for modern computing and theorized about artificial intelligenceHistoryLord Grey School opened in 1973 as a community comprehensive school following the amalgamation of Bletchley Grammar and Wilton Secondary schools. New accommodation was provided to supplement the existing facilities. The school was incorporated as a Grant Maintained School on 1 April 1993 and moved to Foundation status on 1 September 1999, under the New Framework for Schools. More recently, the school has enjoyed considerable success:2009 – 2012Exam results hugely improved; 5+A*-C including English and Maths increase by 18.5% over two yearsMilton Keynes South Sixth Form created and successful; graded ‘good’ by Ofsted in June 2011 Health Schools Bronze Award achievedClassical singing star Jonathan Ansell opens new building, November 2009 New Hair Studio built New administration building and classrooms openedTeaching and Learning Academy Status gained, February 2011.2006 – 2008Gained Second Specialism in Humanities Achieved the Rugby Union Development Award Awarded the FA Football status Comenius status awarded with additional funding until 2009 SATs results for Science and Mathematics increased by 9% Refurbishment of science laboratories£7.5 million capital improvement grant.