Ilkeston Grammar School was a selective co-educational secondary school, admission being dependent on passing the eleven-plus examination. It stood on King George Avenue, Ilkeston, in the south east of Derbyshire in the East Midlands of England.
The photograph in the infobox shows the original school, now known as the 'King George Building', seen from the junction of King George Avenue and Scarborough Avenue, c.2002.
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