[3] The school was founded in 1902 as Crewe County Secondary School in rooms at the then Technical College in Flag Lane and moved to the new Ruskin Road building in 1909.

The name changed to Crewe County Grammar School after the Education Act 1944.

[3] The last CCGS reunion was held in 2012 for pupils who entered the school in 1971 or 1972.

When the school was awarded Sports College Status, five floodlit tennis courts were built at a cost of almost £250,000.

Assembly was followed by a tree planting service and concluded with a memorial service, during which a bench was dedicated to each of the three pupils who lost their lives while pupils at the school.