In 1858, the Scheme for the Management and Regulation of the Free Grammar School at Burton-on-Trent was produced and approved by The High Court of…
The School Regulations for the late 1930s and early 1940s provide a good feel for the school in those times. The standard fee which applied…
The original crest dates back to around 1876 and is thought to have been designed by the Headmaster at the time, Mr C.Tripp, in preparation…
In the 1880s there was a school magazine called ‘The Lyre’. This was leather-bound and hand-written and illustrated so was not distributed in any number…
The following poem, which has managed to survive trapped inside another item for over 75 years, probably didn’t make it to a 1933 Cygnet although…
This first form school report for 1951 gives some idea of the curriculum. Form Teacher: A satisfactory report but he will find that an intensified…
This advert appeared on the cover of the very first issue of the Grammar School Cygnet magazine in Spring 1919. Aside from offering the ‘utmost…
For some years, Tarvers ran a series of adverts on the cover of the Burton Grammar School Cygnet magazine. Tarvers were the slightly cheaper alternative…