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Grammar School before the establishment of the Middle Schools in the area, entry was directly from Primary School usually at age 11 yet sometimes, for a few pupils, at age 10, pupils being from Primary Schools both in Evesham itself, and also surrounding villages up to around ten miles away, and the nearby town of Pershore.
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