1509-1523 Thomas Ruthall, Bishop of Durham, was educated at the
school and later made further endowments. The location of
the school (possibly in Dyer Street) remains unclear.

1539 The Winchcombe Abbey funds ceased.

1548 The people of Cirencester wished the school, now in Park
Lane, to continue and the government guaranteed the sum of £7 per annum.

1560 Queen Elizabeth I restored the master’s salary and increased it
to £20 per annum.

1620 Statutes (rules) for the school were drawn up.

1868 The ‘Endowed Schools Commission’ classified the school as
being a “second-class, semi-classical school of fairly successful character”.

1881 The school moved to new purpose-built premises in New Rd.

1887 New Road became ‘Victoria Road’ to mark Queen Victoria’s
Golden Jubilee.

1901 A girls’ High School was set up at premises in The Avenue.

1902/3 Extensions to the school completed and the girls’ High
School invited to transfer to Victoria Road, as a separate school, within the same premises.

1944 Passing of the Education Act declaring secondary education
for all from the ages of 11/15 - thus leading to thoughts of a new ‘secondary modern’ school in Cirencester.’

1952 Nissen huts of the American hospital in Deer Park used as a
secondary modern school.

1958 The Grammar School celebrated its Quincentenary with a
grand civic occasion.

1959 A secondary modern school for girls was opened in a new
building on the Deer Park site with Miss Davis as its head.

1962 A secondary modern school for boys was opened in new
buildings at the Deer Park with Mr Turner as the head.

1960/64 Further extensions to the Grammar School in Victoria Road
completed.

1966 Decision made to amalgamate the Cirencester’s 2 grammar
school and two secondary modern schools at the Deer Park
to form a new ‘comprehensive school’.

1970 The Grammar School premises in Victoria Road ceased to be
used as such - all children of secondary school age now being accommodated at the Deer Park.

Mid 1970’s The County Infants School and County Junior School were
transferred from Lewis Lane to the former Grammar School
premises in Victoria Road.