George Green's School is a

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secondary school and

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, located in

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on the Isle of Dogs in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England.

History

The school was founded in 1828 by George Green, a shipbuilder and shipwright. It was originally located on

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. A maritime connection with the school has been maintained since then. In 1883, 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

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. Today it is a

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supported by the

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. It has a comprehensive intake of pupils, and is administered by

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Grammar school

It was a voluntary-controlled coeducational

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in Poplar.

Comprehensive

In 1976 it became a comprehensive, moving to a new site on the Isle of Dogs.

Admissions

George Green's School offers

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and vocational courses as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A Levels and the

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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

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, 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

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. * John Scurr, Labour MP

George Green's Comprehensive

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, journalist on ''

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References

External links

George Green's School official website
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