Ensham School
| Ensham School | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
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Franciscan Road , , SW17 8HE | |
| Coordinates | 51°25′34″N 0°09′47″W / 51.426°N 0.163°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Comprehensive |
| Established | c. 1905 |
| Closed | 1986 |
| Local authority | ILEA |
| Gender | Girls |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
Ensham School was a girls' comprehensive school in Tooting, South London. During the 1930s, it was a mixed central school. By the 1950s, it had become a girls' secondary modern school. It was later made a comprehensive school.
The school closed when it was amalgamated in 1986 with Furzedown Secondary School, a mixed comprehensive school, to create the new Graveney School on the former Furzedown Secondary School site.
History
[edit]Ensham School was constructed during the period of expansion of Tooting at turn of the 20th century.
By the 1930s, it was known as Ensham Central (Mixed) School.[1][2] In the late 1950s, the school was called Ensham County Secondary School.[3] It later became Ensham Secondary School.
In the 1930s, the school was a mixed central school, becoming a girls' secondary modern school by the 1950s and a girls' comprehensive school by the early 1960s.
In 1986, Ensham was amalgamated with Furzedown Secondary School, a mixed comprehensive school, to create the new Graveney School.[4] Initially the school operated in both the former Ensham and Furzedown buildings, but eventually the Ensham site was closed.
Notable former pupils
[edit]- Jean Scrivens, 100m runner, won the silver in the 4x100m relay at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics
References
[edit]- ^ "Ensham Central (Mixed) School, Franciscan Road, S.W.17 – Minutes of Managers – ref. LCC/EO/PS/5/11". London County Council. Access to Archives. Retrieved 8 December 2007.
- ^ "Two Adolescent Years – Chamberlain to Blitz – Part One". WW2 People's War. BBC. 2004. Retrieved 8 December 2007.
- ^ "Wandsworth: Ensham County Secondary School". ED 109/9330. The National Archives. Retrieved 8 December 2007.
- ^ Graveney School [Prospectus] for September 2008. Graveney School. 2007. p. 5. Retrieved 8 December 2007.[permanent dead link]