Pinner County Grammar School was a

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Pinner Pinner is a London suburb in the London borough of Harrow, Greater London, England, northwest of Charing Cross, close to the border with Hillingdon, historically in the county of Middlesex. The population was 31,130 in 2011. Originally a med ...

, Middlesex, from 1937 to 1974. From 1974 to 1982 it became Pinner Junior College and then Pinner Sixth Form College. Pinner County Grammar School was built to accommodate 508 boys and girls by

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at a cost of £48,619. It was officially opened in November 1937. Although the school was not especially music focussed, former pupils include Reginald Dwight, otherwise known as

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and

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, all famous musicians. The actor

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was a pupil in the early 1940s; other former pupils who became actors include John Harding, Martin Howells and

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. Writers who were former pupils include

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and Wendy Holden, also known as Taylor Holden, the writer and broadcaster

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and the footballer David Jones. When the college closed in 1982 it was taken over by Heathfield School. An open day for former Pinner students is held every year on the first Saturday after the first bank holiday in May.POSA official website
/ref> The grounds are now occupied by Pinner High School.

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Educational institutions disestablished in 1982 Educational institutions established in 1937 Defunct schools in the London Borough of Harrow 1937 establishments in England 1982 disestablishments in England Pinner {{London-school-stub