Mulberry School for Girls (formerly known as Tower Hamlets School for Girls) is a

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and

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for girls located in the

Shadwell Shadwell is a district of East London, England, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets , east of Charing Cross. It lies on the north bank of the Thames between Wapping (to the west) and Ratcliff (to the east). This riverside location has meant ...

area of the

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, England. Approximately 1400 students aged between 11 and 19 years attend Mulberry school. The current headteacher is Dr Vanessa Ogden who joined Mulberry in 2006. Mulberry School for Girls is the lead school in the Mulberry Schools Trust. In 2006 Mulberry school was designated a specialist school for the Arts in English, Media and the Expressive Arts. In 2015, Mulberry School was visited by the First Lady of the United States,

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, who launched her campaign Let Girls Learn and gave a speech to the girls at Mulberry School.

Headteachers

Notable pupils

Notable people to have attended the school include: * Apsana Begum – Labour MP

References

External links

Mulberry School for Girls School Website
{{authority control Secondary schools in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets Girls' schools in London Academies in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets