Walthamstow School for Girls is single sex girls' secondary school situated in
Walthamstow
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,
London
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. It currently educates 900 girls between the ages of 11–16..
Locally, the school is known as 'Green School'. It is close to Walthamstow Central and the
Prime Meridian
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History
It opened in 1890 as a private school on ''West Avenue'', then moved to ''Church Hill''. The school was refurbished in 2009. It occupies three main buildings, which have areas dedicated to subjects taught in the school. The school saw a new head teacher take over in September 2012.
Notable former pupils
* Miranda Grell, Labour Councillor and first person to be found guilty of making false statements under the
Representation of the People Act 1983
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Ada Maddocks
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Born in Felixstowe, Maddocks grew up in Walthamstow and was educated at Walthamstow High School before working in a laboratory for the Co-operative Wholesal ...
, trade unionist
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Patricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal
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Attorney General for England and Wales
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from 2007 to 2010
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Dorothy Wedderburn
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Royal Holloway College
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Naomi Ackie
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