George Green's School is a

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and

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, located in

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on the

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in the

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, England.

History

The school, which was originally located on

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, was founded in 1828 by George Green, a shipbuilder and shipwright. A maritime connection with the school has been maintained since then. In 1884, 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

Tower Hamlets College New City College (NCC) is a large college of further education with campuses in east London and Essex. The college was formed in 2016 with the amalgamation of separate colleges, beginning with the merger between Tower Hamlets College and Hackney ...

. 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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located on East India Dock Road Poplar.

Comprehensive

In 1975 it became a comprehensive, moving to a new site on the

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

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and the

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Notable former pupils

George Green's Grammar School

* Prof

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CBE FRS, George Holt Professor of Physiology from 1948 to 1981 at the

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, who studied

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* Prof Kenneth Harrap CBE, Professor of Biochemical Pharmacology from 1984 to 1997 *

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, ''Daily Worker''/''

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'' journalist, veteran of the

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during the

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. *

John Scurr John Scurr (born John Rennie; 6 April 1876 – 10 July 1932) was an English Labour Party politician and trade union official who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Mile End from 1923 to 1931. Scurr was born in Brisbane, Australia, the s ...

, 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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