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construction of a three-storey extension at the south end of the school, connected to the existing three-storey block by a corridor, housing social studies, maths, business studies, languages and administration. In addition, a new single-storey block at the north end of the complex was home to the new music and art departments. Work started on 22 April 1991 and was completed in August 1992, three months earlier than expected. The following month, bulldozers moved in to demolish the UNISECO building and the huts were removed. Landscaping work was carried out to create a new car park and sports field. However, these works were delayed as a result of the Perth flooding of
January 1993. The extension was officially opened on 22 September 1993 in the year of the school's 21st anniversary.
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programme, which had long outlived their projected lifespan of ten years. With only one gymnasium the school often had to use outside facilities such as Bell's Sports Centre. It was hoped a new building could be constructed ahead of the
Grammar becoming a full six-year facility in 1976, but a series
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Grammar School of Perth had been founded in the 12th century, the modern Perth Grammar School was a product of the Scotland-wide move from selective to comprehensive secondary education in the 1960s. Perth and Kinross Education Authority decided in 1967 to create three fully comprehensive
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Grammar School opened at the start of the new term on Tuesday 24 August 1971 with 280 first year pupils, building up to full six-year status in the 1976/77 school year. By 1977/78 the school roll was 1,314 pupils. The school's first headmaster was Robert Heeps, formerly the headmaster of
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The new art department incorporated a dedicated audio-visual unit with a full SVHS system installed, giving the school a semi-professional studio including an editing facility, mixing banks and cameras. See:
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the English department and a large resources centre, was eventually opened at the start of the new term on Monday 16 August 1976, with the administrative heart of the complex following in October.
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