Grove Park School, Wrexham

{{short description|Disused school building in Wrexham, Wales}} {{Infobox building | name = Grove Park School | native_name = | former_names = Grove Park County School for Girls (1939–1972) Park Avenue Comprehensive (1972) Bromfield High School (~1970s–1983) Groves High School (1983–2003) Penymaes (2003–2005) | image = The Former Grove Park Girls Grammar School - geograph.org.uk - 3366855.jpg | caption = Disused buildings of the Chester Road site, first used as a girls grammar school. | address = Chester Road/Powell Road, [[Acton, Wrexham]], Wales | coordinates = {{coord|53.050714|-2.990848|display=inline,title}} | construction_start_date = 1936 | completion_date = 1939 | architect = Gilbert D Wiles | embedded = {{Infobox historic site | embed = yes | designation1 = UK Grade II | designation1_offname = Former Grove Park School | designation1_date = 29 November 2016 | designation1_number = 87719<ref name="Cadw GPS">{{Cadw|num=87719|desc=Full Report for Listed Buildings - Former Grove Park School |access-date=29 November 2023|grade=II|date=29 November 2016}}</ref> }} | building_type = School (1939–2003) Gallery (proposed) | architectural_style = 1930s [[Neoclassical architecture|Neo-classical]] and some [[Art Deco]] | renovation_date = 1950s–1960s | closing_date = 2003 }}

The '''Grove Park School''' (or simply the '''Groves School''') is a former [[school building]] in [[Wrexham]], North Wales, which was home to a school between 1939 and 2003. The [[secondary school]] closed in 2003, although pupils of the two successor schools continued to use the site until 2005 as their schools underwent re-development. The Groves site was proposed for demolition by [[Wrexham council]] in 2016 for two new schools, but was prevented by the [[Welsh Government]], who [[Grade II listed buildings in Wrexham County Borough|listed the building]] in 2016, following a campaign to preserve it. Various bids have been made to re-develop the site, including it becoming part of [[Coleg Cambria]], being converted into a new [[primary school]], a [[Welsh-medium education|Welsh-medium]] [[secondary school]], a medical training facility, or part of a [[National Contemporary Art Gallery for Wales|national gallery]]. Coleg Cambria announced they were discussing the site again in 2026.

There were initially two schools using the local name ''Grove Park'', a boys and a girls school, based on Grove Park Road and Chester Road respectively. They were both converted into [[Comprehensive school (England and Wales)|comprehensive schools]], with the former boys school merging to the main existing girls school site. The combined secondary school later became known as the '''Bromfield High School''' and later '''Groves High School'''. The old boys school buildings became part of Coleg Cambria's [[Yale College, Wrexham|Yale campus]].

== History ==

=== Grove Park schools === [[File:Coleg Cambria (53143381929).jpg|thumb|1902 Boys School buildings facing Chester Road, near the Grove Park Road site which would've been behind these buildings. Now part of [[Coleg Cambria]].]] A school under the name ''Grove Park'' was founded in 1895, replacing a previous school known as ''The Groves Academy'', and the new school was a [[grammar school]] for boys. It was initially housed in the ''Groves Academy (''or now ''old Grove Park School'') buildings near Grove Park Road, until they were sold to Wrexham Borough Council in return for a £11,500 ({{Inflation|UK|11500|1902|fmt=eq|cursign=£}}) fund which led to the construction of new red brick buildings closer to Chester Road, opening in 1902. While it was mainly a school for boys, some girls were educated at the school in small numbers, until they later moved to a purpose-built girls school site.<ref name="Cadw GPS" /><ref name="wrexham-history.com-2">{{Cite web |title=Grove Park Schools, Wrexham |url=https://www.wrexham-history.com/grove-park-schools-wrexham/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201081117/https://www.wrexham-history.com/grove-park-schools-wrexham/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=December 1, 2017 |website=wrexham-history.com}}</ref>

=== Construction of main building === In 1936, a separate building began construction on Chester Road/Powell Road, to the designs of Gilbert D Wiles.<ref name="Cadw GPS" /> In 1939, a girls grammar school was founded also under the name ''Grove Park'' and moved into the now-existing building on Chester Road/Powell Road (the only one that now stands) and had 580 female pupils at the end of the [[World War II]]. This girl's building was almost opposite the 1902 boys school buildings.<ref name="wrexham-history.com-2" /><ref name="wrexham-history.com">{{Cite web |title=Groves / Bromfield School in 160 pictures with some unseen |url=https://www.wrexham-history.com/groves-school-pictures/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927094739/https://www.wrexham-history.com/groves-school-pictures/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 27, 2020 |website=wrexham-history.com}}</ref> It was renamed a [[grammar school]] in the 1940s.<ref name="Cadw GPS" />

Between the late 1950s and early 1960s, the girls school had large extensions built onto it, providing a new gymnasium, science block and extra classrooms. The science block was constructed in anticipation of the introduction of mixed-sex [[comprehensive education]] in the area by 1972.<ref name="wrexham-history.com-2" />

=== School re-organisation === By the 1960s, [[Comprehensive school (England and Wales)|comprehensive schools]] were emerging in [[Denbighshire (historic)|Denbighshire]], leading to the eventual amalgamation and dissolution of [[single-sex school]]s, despite a local campaign to maintain them. The ''Grove Park County School for Boys'' and the ''Grove Park County School for Girls'' were amalgamated with each other, and two comprehensive schools were then formed on the two sites in 1972. The boys school on Grove Park Road became the ''Grove Park School'', while the girls school on Chester Road became ''Park Avenue Comprehensive'', although later changed to ''Bromfield High School''.<ref name="wrexham-history.com-2" /><ref name="wrexham-history.com" /> Bromfield was situated in the buildings of the former girls school and was to serve the areas around Chester Road, Maesydre, and Queens Park (now [[Caia Park]]).<ref name="wrexham-history.com-2" /> School children from the Groves also utilised the nearby [[Parks and open spaces in Wrexham#Nine Acre Field|Nine Acres]] field.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=2004-06-07 |title=Protesters win playing field row |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/north_east/3783181.stm |access-date=2026-05-23 |work=[[BBC News]] |language=en-GB}}</ref>

In 1983, the ''Grove Park School'' situated on the former red brick boys school site merged with Bromfield High School becoming ''the Groves High School'', with pupils from the Grove Park Road/Chester Road site moving to the Chester Road site.<ref name="wrexham-history.com-2" /><ref name="wrexham-history.com" /> The red brick buildings facing Chester Road and near Grove Park Road, were then left vacant for a few years until it became the [[NEWI]] (now Wrexham University; formerly Glyndŵr) School of Art. Until the early 1990s when it was transferred to [[Yale College, Wrexham|Yale College]], with the entire 1972 Grove Park School site becoming part of the college, which itself is now part of [[Coleg Cambria]].<ref name="wrexham-history.com-2" />

=== Closure and proposed demolition === The former high school closed down in July 2003,<ref>{{Cite news |date=2003-07-11 |title=School bells rings for last time |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/north_east/3058081.stm |access-date=2026-05-23 |work=[[BBC News]] |language=en-GB}}</ref> amid a reorganisation of Wrexham's secondary school education.<ref name=":2" /><ref name="BBC News-2016">{{Cite news |date=2016-01-12 |title=Wrexham's Groves School to be demolished |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-35282185 |access-date=2023-11-29}}</ref> Pupils of the school were split into two "super" high schools, [[Ysgol Clywedog]] (previously Bryn Offa) and [[Rhosnesni High School]] (previously St Davids).<ref name="WalesOnline-2012">{{Cite web |last=WalesOnline |date=2012-12-06 |title=Eyesore former Wrexham school building set to be demolished. |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/eyesore-former-wrexham-school-building-2012969 |access-date=2023-11-29 |website=Wales Online |language=en}}</ref> Although the Groves site continued to be used until 2005 for pupils of the two new schools during their re-development, but under the name "Penymaes".<ref>{{Cite news |date=2003-09-02 |title=Wrexham 'super' schools open |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_east/3200519.stm |access-date=2026-05-23 |work=[[BBC News]] |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2004-06-02 |title=School site could be developed |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/north_east/3757323.stm |access-date=2026-05-23 |work=[[BBC News]] |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2004-09-14 |title=School spend findings stay secret |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/north_east/3656134.stm |access-date=2026-05-23 |work=[[BBC News]] |language=en-GB}}</ref> It was also planned, prior in 2002, for the Groves to be purchased by nearby [[Yale College, Wrexham|Yale College]], with Yale needing to raise "major investment" for it.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2002-01-11 |title=Debate over school closure |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/1754838.stm |access-date=2024-11-22 |language=en-GB}}</ref> However by the end of 2002, Yale admitted it could not afford to purchase the Groves School building.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2002-11-01 |title='Super' schools plan given green light |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/2386087.stm |access-date=2024-11-22 |language=en-GB}}</ref> The council looked into selling other council property as a result.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2002-10-02 |title=Property sale to pay for 'super' schools |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/2292955.stm |access-date=2026-05-23 |work=[[BBC News]] |language=en-GB}}</ref>

In 2012, the first arguments for demolishing the deteriorating building were raised,<ref name="WalesOnline-2012" /> with the building's newer science tower being demolished later in the same year.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2025-08-10 |title='Frustrating' - Cost of running former Groves School revealed by Wrexham Council |url=https://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/25369368.ongoing-cost-looking-groves-school-wrexham/ |access-date=2025-08-13 |website=The Leader |language=en}}</ref>

In 2014, [[Coleg Cambria]] (replacing [[Yale College, Wrexham|Yale]]) revealed plans to develop the site into part of its Wrexham central campus.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2014-09-04 |title=Coleg Cambria in bid for Groves school site in Wrexham |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-29059645 |access-date=2023-11-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bagnall |first=Steve |date=2014-09-03 |title=Coleg Cambria reveals plans to transform Groves School site in Wrexham |url=http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/coleg-cambria-reveals-plans-transform-7716134 |access-date=2023-11-29 |website=North Wales Live |language=en}}</ref> In 2015, the original 1902 buildings, part of Coleg Cambria, were refurbished.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Groves School Refurbishment - Phases 1 & 2 |url=http://agarchitects.co.uk/projects/2015-09-18-the-groves-school-refurbishment-phases-1-2 |access-date=2023-11-29 |website=agarchitects.co.uk}}</ref>

In 2016, it was announced to be demolished,<ref name="BBC News-2016" /> and replaced with up to two new schools on the site.<ref name="The Leader-2022">{{Cite web |date=2022-06-08 |title=What next? Hopes raised that solution could be on horizon for Wrexham’s Groves School |url=https://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/20194745.wrexham-hopes-raised-solution-horizon-groves-school/ |access-date=2023-11-29 |website=The Leader |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Old Groves School To Be Fully Demolished For New School |url=https://www.wrexham.com/news/old-groves-school-to-be-fully-demolished-for-new-school-105642.html |access-date=2023-11-29 |website=Wrexham.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2017-08-08 |title=Grove Park: Demolition-threatened site set for two schools |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-40861904 |access-date=2023-11-29}}</ref> 250 and later 1,000 people<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bagnall |first=Steve |date=2016-01-23 |title=Wrexham campaign to save former school hits the streets |url=http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/wrexham-campaign-save-former-school-10779281 |access-date=2023-11-29 |website=North Wales Live |language=en}}</ref> signed a petition urging the site be retained. [[Coleg Cambria]] considered the site to become part of its campus,<ref name="BBC News-2016" /> however the plans did not fall through.<ref name="The Leader-2022" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Porter |first=Gary |date=2015-11-10 |title=Wrexham's Groves High School site will not be sold to Coleg Cambria |url=http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/wrexhams-groves-high-school-site-10422599 |access-date=2023-11-29 |website=North Wales Live |language=en}}</ref> The council rejected requests<ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-01-26 |title=Wrexham's Groves School demolition decision 'called in' |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-35412810 |access-date=2023-11-29}}</ref> to re-evaluate the decision,<ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-02-03 |title=Wrexham's Groves School demolition decision upheld |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-35485728 |access-date=2023-11-29}}</ref> and 55 local campaigners gathered outside the building to oppose its demolition.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bagnall |first=Steve |date=2016-02-13 |title=Wrexham's Groves School campaigners hold Valentine's weekend demonstration |url=http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/wrexhams-groves-school-campaigners-hold-10887706 |access-date=2023-11-29 |website=North Wales Live |language=en}}</ref> Threats were also made to the council's leader over the announcement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Porter |first=Gary |date=2016-04-12 |title=Wrexham council leader threatened over school demolition scheme |url=http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/wrexham-council-leader-threatened-over-11175489 |access-date=2023-11-29 |website=North Wales Live |language=en}}</ref> The site has cost £100,000 in upkeep to maintain since its closure in 2003, and an additional £900,000 between 2006 and 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bagnall |first=Steve |date=2020-02-03 |title=The school with no pupils that's cost taxpayers more than £1m so far |url=https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/north-wales-school-no-pupils-17648987 |access-date=2023-11-29 |website=North Wales Live |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Porter |first=Gary |date=2016-01-02 |title=Wrexham's empty Groves School site racks up bill of almost £900,000 |url=http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/wrexhams-empty-groves-school-site-10670492 |access-date=2023-11-29 |website=North Wales Live |language=en}}</ref>

=== Listed status and proposals === In August 2016, the [[Welsh Government]] prevented its demolition by making it a [[listed building]] with [[Cadw]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-08-22 |title=Demolition-threatened Groves school in Wrexham listed |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-37156804 |access-date=2023-11-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Welsh Government Confirm Groves School WILL Be Listed ‘With Immediate Effect’ |url=https://www.wrexham.com/news/welsh-government-confirm-groves-school-will-be-listed-with-immediate-effect-118115.html |access-date=2023-11-29 |website=Wrexham.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-06-07 |title=Listed status would make Wrexham school "difficult" to demolish |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-36467632 |access-date=2023-11-29}}</ref> Its listing by the government has led Wrexham council to argue the Welsh Government should pay for the site.<ref name="The Leader-2022" /> In November 2016, the listed status was overturned<ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-11-21 |title=Under-threat Wrexham Grove School building's listing revoked |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-38050649 |access-date=2023-11-29}}</ref> following a [[High Court of Justice|High Court]]-issued<ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-11-29 |title=Wrexham Grove Park school's listed status reinstated |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-38148563 |access-date=2023-11-29}}</ref> judicial review raised by Wrexham council. It asked Welsh economy and infrastructure secretary, [[Ken Skates]] to review his decision for listing. However, [[Mark Drakeford]], finance and local government secretary, backed the listing, re-instating it with immediate effect. Skates backed his original decision to list the building, stating it was the "right one", but accepted the original decision lacked detail.<ref name="The Leader-2016">{{Cite web |date=2016-11-30 |title=Wrexham's Groves school saga rumbles on as listed status is reinstated |url=https://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/15957292.wrexhams-groves-school-saga-rumbles-on-as-listed-status-is-reinstated/ |access-date=2023-11-29 |website=The Leader |language=en}}</ref> The site is subject to a [[Covenant (law)|covenant]] meaning it can only be redeveloped for educational use,<ref name="The Leader-2016" /> with Wrexham council initially wanting to build a new school on the site by demolishing the building prior to its listed status. In 2017, the council abandoned its bid to demolish the site.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2017-01-10 |title=Wrexham council abandons bid to flatten Grove Park School |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-38578356 |access-date=2023-11-29}}</ref>

In 2018, Wrexham council looked into re-using the building for education, such as a [[primary school]] for 480 pupils. However, the estimated cost of £11.5 million to refurbish the building was stated to be too expensive to pursue. The council then considered using the land adjacent to the building to construct a new school building costing £6.7 million.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-09-21 |title=No plans to use Wrexham's former Groves School for education because of £11.5m costs |url=https://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/16895217.no-plans-use-wrexhams-former-groves-school-education-11-5m-costs/ |access-date=2023-11-29 |website=The Leader |language=en}}</ref>

In 2020, following plans to build a new school on the nearby Nine Acre field, campaigners opposing a school on that site, urged Wrexham Council to construct the new school on the Groves site instead.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-11-25 |title=Campaigners urge Wrexham Council to consider relocating proposed new primary school development to Groves site |url=https://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/18898260.campaigners-urge-wrexham-council-consider-relocating-proposed-new-primary-school-development-groves-site/ |access-date=2023-11-29 |website=The Leader |language=en}}</ref> In 2021, the site was considered to become a medical training facility, however Wales' travel restrictions at the time were stated to have hampered the proposal.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-04-12 |title=Former school could be used as medical training facility – but plans held up by travel restrictions |url=https://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/19227242.former-wrexham-groves-school-used-medical-training-facility---plans-held-covid-travel-restrictions/ |access-date=2023-11-29 |website=The Leader |language=en}}</ref> In 2022, a local councillor argued the site should be used to create Wrexham's second [[Welsh-medium education|Welsh-medium]] high school.<ref name="The Leader-2022" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-02-17 |title=Calls for new Welsh secondary school in Wrexham |url=https://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/18240174.calls-new-welsh-secondary-school-wrexham/ |access-date=2023-11-29 |website=The Leader |language=en}}</ref>

In May 2023, the site was shortlisted, alongside five others, as a potential contender of the main site of the [[National Contemporary Art Gallery for Wales]], with Wrexham Council receiving £25,000 to develop its proposal.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-14 |title=Groves School in Wrexham shortlisted for new National Art Gallery site |url=https://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/23520985.wrexham-groves-school-shortlisted-national-art-gallery-site/ |access-date=2023-11-29 |website=The Leader |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Could Groves be location for new main National Contemporary Art Gallery for Wales? |url=https://www.wrexham.com/news/could-groves-be-location-for-new-main-national-contemporary-art-gallery-for-wales-234542.html |access-date=2023-11-29 |website=Wrexham.com |language=en}}</ref> A proposed main site for the gallery was scrapped in July 2024.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2024-07-10 |title=National museum: Additional £3.7m funding 'a very small amount' |url=https://www.bbc.com/articles/cj7dzdjdeyeo |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref>

In 2024, local heritage campaigners accused the council of allowing the building to fall into disrepair.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-11 |title=Campaigners 'despair' over deteriorating state of Wrexham's old Groves School |url=https://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/24646250.campaigners-despair-state-wrexhams-groves-school/ |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=The Leader |language=en}}</ref> On 10 August 2025, Wrexham Council stated that the headline summary costs for the site since its closure in 2003 was £821,255, with the council describing the situation concerning the former school as "frustrating" and they "worked tirelessly" searching for a solution to it. The cost is attributed to insurance and security to protect the site from issues like vandalism and adverse weather.<ref name=":1" /> On 13 August 2025, local Plaid Cymru councillors called for the site to be turned into a [[community hospital]]. The [[local health board]], [[Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board]], stated they have "no plans" to progress with the proposal.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-13 |title=Wrexham: Campaign to open community hospital at The Groves |url=https://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/25382828.wrexham-campaign-open-community-hospital-groves/ |access-date=2025-08-13 |website=The Leader |language=en}}</ref>

In April 2026, the council and Coleg Cambria announced an agreement for the college to use the site for an educational purpose, as required by the site's legal covenant. The college previously was interested in the site in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-04-25 |title=Future of Groves could be same as it was twelve years ago |url=https://wrexham.com/news/future-of-groves-could-be-same-as-it-was-twelve-years-ago-290730.html |access-date=2026-05-23 |website=Wrexham.com |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Evans |first=Owen |date=2026-04-27 |title=Fresh hopes for future of North Wales school site with no pupils |url=https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/fresh-hopes-future-north-wales-33846796 |access-date=2026-05-23 |website=North Wales Live |language=en}}</ref>

== Description == The building is largely in the [[Neoclassical architecture|neoclassical]] styles, although a 1930s interpretation, with some [[Art Deco|art deco]] elements. It is made of brushed brick, with herringbone panels and geometric arrangements. The building main western-facing entrance range is of a wide 15-bay symmetrical façade, with advanced hipped end bays, while its central entrance is advanced with stone or artificial stone. There is a dedication stone located next to the entrance doors, which was laid by William Jones JP, who was chairman of the Governors, and laid the stone in June 1938. The building has three wings projecting backwards, a central hall wing, and from the outside it also has two mirrored classroom wings. There are quadrangles and cloistered walkways filling the spaces between the wings.<ref name="Cadw GPS" />

Inside the building, there is a double sweep stair, located in the main entrance hall which has [[terrazzo]] treads and a [[baluster]] of cast iron. Small stairs of a similar design are present in the rears of each side wing. The classroom layouts are largely still intact, containing some of its original detailing such as dado panelling, parquet flooring and doors.<ref name="Cadw GPS" />

== Notable alumni ==

* {{annotated link|Martyn Jones}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=2009-05-07 |title=MP to revive lager on retirement |language=en-GB |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/north_east/8036310.stm |access-date=2023-11-29}}</ref> * {{annotated link|Frederick Rosier}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC - Wales History |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/waleshistory/2010/08 |access-date=2023-11-29 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en}}</ref> * {{annotated link|John Eyton-Jones}} * {{annotated link|Robert Armstrong-Jones}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dictionary of Welsh Biography |url=https://biography.wales/article/s2-ARMS-ROB-1857 |access-date=2026-01-02 |website=biography.wales |language=en}}</ref>

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == * [https://johnmills.wales/gallery/grove-park-schools/ Johnmills.Wales – Grove Park School] – Historic photographs of the multiple buildings of the Grove Park Schools.

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