outside the state sector, there are three fee-paying independent schools. derby grammar school was founded in 1994 and was for boys only, until 2007, when they accepted girls into the sixth form for the first time. they aim to continue the work and traditions of the former derby school, which closed in 1989, one of the oldest schools in england. derby high school is for girls-only for senior and sixth form and for girls and boys at primary level.