History Series / GrangeHill

* TeenPregnancy: ''Grange Hill'' was the first British soap opera to deal with it.

* PetTheDog: Michael Doyle, in the 1983 Christmas Special, is an example of this, when he helps to fight off the rival school students who are trying to steal a music system and the proceeds from the school disco.
** Repeated with Nigel and Jimmy at the end of series 7, who having spent the entire season robbing other people of their money, step into save the schools takings at the disco.

*** In a poll run as part of ''UsefulNotes/ComicRelief'' 1989, viewers were asked to nominate someone, out of all the people appearing on BBC Children's TV, to be dropped into a "gunk tank" on Red Nose Day. Mr Bronson swiftly became the top choice. But then he appeared with the link presenter during one of the links between the shows, and sternly warned the nation's children to stop voting for him. And it ''worked''. [[labelnote:Or...]] more likely, he just made it known to the Powers That Be that he would not actually sit down and allow himself to be gunked, and since there was no clause in his contract that could force him to do this, they had to fudge things so that someone else ended up in the hot seat. Notably, while the 1988 gunking was preceded by a rundown of the top ten finishers in the vote, in 1989 viewers were only told who had topped the poll.[[/labelnote]]

* BaldOfAwesome: Mr Baxter, who is liked by most of the pupils, despite being a SternTeacher.

* YouMakeMeSic: Mr Sutcliffe mis-spells one of his signs, directing new pupils around the school.
--> '''Mr Keating''': Excellent, you've done a splendid job, Graeme. Just one thing: "secretary" has two R's in it.
--> '''Mr Sutcliffe''': Two R's? (The sign is spelled "secetary")
--> '''Mr Keating''': Back to school.

* AntiSchoolUniformPlot: This happens in the second series, with an anti-uniform pressure group causing trouble in the school, forcing pupils to boycott sports matches, WavingSignsAround, and finally occupying the secretary's office.

* TheGlassesComeOff: Done twice in one episode of series 2 by the stern maths teacher Mr Keating, when pupils try to argue with him.

** In series 3, Andrew Stanton and Alan Humphries sneak off for a cigarette during a school trip, accidentally setting fire to dry grass.

* CorporalPunishment: There was a very brief scene in which Cathy Hargreaves was caned by Mrs [=McClusky=].

--> '''Gary''': You didn't have to tell us he was dead, did you?

* GymClassHell: Mr Hicks, a OneEpisodeWonder teacher who victimises one pupil, throwing him to floor so he cuts his head, telling the head teacher that the boy slipped on the wet floor. Later, Mr Baxter sees Mr Hicks doing the same to another boy, and puts him in his place (in front of the pupils):

* NeverLearnedToRead: Simon Shaw in an early series, and this seems to go unnoticed by his unseen parents, and teachers; every time one of them asks him to read, he invents an excuse. Simon confesses being unable to read to fellow pupil Trisha Yates, who very kindly tries to teach him to read, but it does not go well.

* MathematiciansAnswer: During an end-of-term quiz at ''Series/GrangeHill'':

* BaitAndSwitch: In the 1979 series, episode 8 is about a "prowler" following girls home from school. When Cathy and Trisha walk home, a man is seen in the background following them, who has been seen throughout the episode; this man then runs after Cathy. He turns out not to be the prowler, [[spoiler:but Cathy's estranged father, wanting to reunite with her. The true prowler is aught, but never seen.]]