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The Principal of the Hulme Grammar Schools is Dr. Paul G. Neeson. Previously the boys' and girls' schools had separate heads. The girls' head retired and the governors of the schools decided it was more appropriate to appoint a new head of both schools rather than to keep the last head of the boys' school, Mr Kenneth Jones, who left in 2006.
There are Tuition fees applicable, although bursaries are available for pupils who perform well in the entrance examination as well as means-tested bursaries for those who would otherwise be unable to afford the full fees.
Boys and girls are taught separately from the ages of 11 to 16, but there is a joint sixth form. The combined number of pupils is around 1,200.
Both the boys' and girls' schools have associated preparatory schools (in the British sense) for pupils aged 7 to 11 - "Hulme Court" for the boys, and "Hulme Estcourt" for the girls. There is also a mixed kindergarten.
In recent years the number of admissions to the school has been reduced. Thus up to the mid 1990s the school was admitting 120 boys per year; in recent years the number admitted has been in the 90s, though in 2009, 120 were admitted.
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