Thames Valley Grammar School
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Thames Valley Grammar School was a co-educational grammar school
in Twickenham
, Middlesex
, England.
Its final secondary intake was in 1972 and from 1973 it gradually changed into a sixth-form college; Thames Valley Sixth Form College.
In 1977, the college merged with the Shene College and Twickenham Technical College at the Technical College site in Egerton Road to become Richmond upon Thames College
. The Thames Valley site became home for Kneller Girls' School in 1978 who merged on the same site with Twickenham County School for Girls in 1980 to become Waldegrave School for Girls
.
Grammar school
A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and some other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching classical languages but more recently an academically-oriented secondary school.The original purpose of mediaeval...
in Twickenham
Twickenham
Twickenham is a large suburban town southwest of central London. It is the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and one of the locally important district centres identified in the London Plan...
, Middlesex
Middlesex
Middlesex is one of the historic counties of England and the second smallest by area. The low-lying county contained the wealthy and politically independent City of London on its southern boundary and was dominated by it from a very early time...
, England.
History
Thames Valley Grammar School opened in 1928 under one of the youngest headmasters in the country, Mr H. W, Bligh. Initially conceived as a boys school, unusually for the time it opened, and remained, as a co-educational establishment. Bligh remained at the school until his retirement in 1960, succeed by Dr. Mortimer who, in turn, remained at the school until its closure.Its final secondary intake was in 1972 and from 1973 it gradually changed into a sixth-form college; Thames Valley Sixth Form College.
In 1977, the college merged with the Shene College and Twickenham Technical College at the Technical College site in Egerton Road to become Richmond upon Thames College
Richmond upon Thames College
Richmond upon Thames College is a further education college in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, which provides education primarily to 16-19 year olds...
. The Thames Valley site became home for Kneller Girls' School in 1978 who merged on the same site with Twickenham County School for Girls in 1980 to become Waldegrave School for Girls
Waldegrave School for Girls
Waldegrave School for Girls is a girls comprehensive secondary school Science College in Twickenham, London, England.-Description:Waldegrave School for Girls is part of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames LEA...
.
Thames Valley County Grammar School
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