The Stationers' Company's School was a former boys'

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History

The school started as the Stationers' Company's Foundation School. The Master from 1858 to 1882 was

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. In 1861 it was established at Bolt Court near

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. In 1891 it moved to Mayfield Road in Hornsey, northeast from

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Grammar school

The speech night was sometimes held at the

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and early on at the

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. The analogous girls' school was Hornsey High School, which became Hornsey Secondary School for Girls. In 1933 the school was extended and a new assembly hall, gymnasium, dining hall and workshops were accommodated in a new brick extension on Mayfield Road. Founded as a

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, it became

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in 1966.

Comprehensive

Stationers' Company's Grammar School became a comprehensive boys' school in 1967, merging first with Priory Vale School in Hornsey and then with William Forster School in

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before closing in 1983. The buildings were totally demolished and part of the grounds turned into Stationers' Park, with the balance developed as housing.

Alumni

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