[6] The first headmaster was Walter Day, from Norfolk, who moved to the area in 1953 as the head of Fieldside primary school.

He helped with the local scouts, and his wife with the guides; he left in 1963 to go to Laindon secondary school in Essex.

[7] Harold Dent, Professor of Education at the University of Sheffield, handed out prizes in July 1959.

The headmaster L George wanted a wider curriculum, and there would be cooperation with South Axholme Secondary School and North Lindsey Technical College.

[10] Rural teachers, in 1964, wanted Lindsey County Council to keep the Frederick Gough Grammar School, as it was, with no significant change.

In December 1991, 13 year old Tim Buttrick [14] collapsed at a school disco at 7pm and died in Scunthorpe General Hospital at 9pm; he had a heart defect from birth.[relevant?]

The new headmaster from September 1993 was Lee Smith, who had attended Brigg Grammar School and the University of Nottingham, teaching German and French.