Between 1907 and 1976, it was a Direct Grant grammar school, keeping the name St Albans School for most part not least because of the existence of 2 separate Boys'and Girls'Grammar Schools in St Albans and was generally referred to simply as a Direct Grant School.
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The Police Act 1976 set up a Police Complaints Board " to formalise the procedure for dealing with public complaints . " The Education Act 1976 limited the taking up of independent and Direct grant school places and required all local authorities who had failed to do so " to submit proposals for comprehensive schools, " while the Housing ( Homeless Persons ) Act 1977 extended local council responsibility " to provide accommodation for homeless people in their area, " In addition, efforts were made under the Environment Secretary Peter Shore to redistribute resources toward deprived urban areas.
