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George Green's School

School in Isle of Dogs, London, England

51°29′16″N 0°00′28″W / 51.48786°N 0.00787°W / 51.48786; -0.00787InformationTypeVoluntary controlled comprehensive schoolMottoesLatin: Fideleter (Faithfully);
Aspiration, Equality, ExcellenceEstablished1828; 196 years ago (1828)FounderGeorge GreenLocal authorityTower HamletsDepartment for Education URN100974 TablesOfstedReportsPrincipalJon RyderGenderCoeducationalAge11 to 19Enrolment1219 (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

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

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

Comprehensive

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

Admissions

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

George Green's Grammar School

Prof Roderic Alfred Gregory CBE FRS, George Holt Professor of Physiology from 1948 to 1981 at the University of Liverpool, who studied gastrin
Prof Kenneth Harrap CBE, Professor of Biochemical Pharmacology from 1984 to 1997
Sam Lesser, Daily Worker/Morning Star journalist, veteran of the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War.^[7]
John Scurr, Labour MP

George Green's Comprehensive

Jane Martinson, journalist on The Guardian^[8]

References

^ "George Green's School". Georgegreens.com. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
^ Foley, Michael (2014). London's Docklands through time (2014 ed.). Amberley Publishing. p. 32. ISBN 9781445640495.
^ "George Green's School - The Worshipful Company of Shipwrights". Shipwrights.co.uk. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
^ "Curriculum". Georgegreens.com. Archived from the original on 7 September 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
^ "Sixth Form". Georgegreens.com. Archived from the original on 7 September 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
^ 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.
^ Chambers, Colin (11 October 2010). "Sam Russell obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
^ Martinson, Jane (8 April 2018). "Canary Wharf: life in the shadow of the towers". The Observer. Retrieved 8 April 2018.