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George Green's School

Coordinates: 51°29′16″N 0°00′28″W / 51.48786°N 0.00787°W / 51.48786; -0.00787
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George Green's School
Main entrance to George Green's School in Manchester Road
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Coordinates51°29′16″N 0°00′28″W / 51.48786°N 0.00787°W / 51.48786; -0.00787
Information
TypeVoluntary controlled comprehensive school
MottoesLatin: Fideleter (Faithfully);
Aspiration, Equality, Excellence
Established1828; 196 years ago (1828)
FounderGeorge Green
Local authorityTower Hamlets
Department for Education URN100974 Tables
OfstedReports
PrincipalJon Ryder
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 19
Enrolment1219 (Ofsted report 2022)
Websitewww.georgegreens.com

George Green's School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form, located in Cubitt Town on the Isle of Dogs in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England.[1]

History

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Former premises of George Green's Grammar School, located in Poplar.

The school, which was originally located on East India Dock Road, was founded in 1828 by George Green, a shipbuilder and shipwright.[2] A maritime connection with the school has been maintained since then. In 1884, the school moved from the original buildings to new premises which provided places for 200 boys and 200 girls, in separate classrooms. The pupils paid modest fees or were assisted with scholarships. Later it became a LCC maintained school and was the first to institute co-education. It remained open until 1979 when it became part of Tower Hamlets College. Today it is a voluntary controlled school supported by the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights.[3] It has a comprehensive intake of pupils, and is administered by Tower Hamlets London Borough Council.

Grammar school

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It was a voluntary-controlled coeducational grammar school located on East India Dock Road Poplar.

Comprehensive

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In 1975 it became a comprehensive, moving to a new site on the Isle of Dogs.

Admissions

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George Green's School offers GCSEs and vocational courses as programmes of study for pupils,[4] while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A Levels[5] and the IB Diploma Programme.[6]

Notable former pupils

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George Green's Grammar School

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George Green's Comprehensive

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References

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  1. ^ "George Green's School". Georgegreens.com. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  2. ^ Foley, Michael (2014). London's Docklands through time (2014 ed.). Amberley Publishing. p. 32. ISBN 9781445640495.
  3. ^ "George Green's School - The Worshipful Company of Shipwrights". Shipwrights.co.uk. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  4. ^ "Curriculum". Georgegreens.com. Archived from the original on 7 September 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  5. ^ "Sixth Form". Georgegreens.com. Archived from the original on 7 September 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  6. ^ Jeremy Sutcliffe (31 May 2012). "How George Green's School brought the International Baccalaureate to the East End - Schools - Education". The Independent. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  7. ^ Chambers, Colin (11 October 2010). "Sam Russell obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  8. ^ Martinson, Jane (8 April 2018). "Canary Wharf: life in the shadow of the towers". The Observer. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
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