Risinghill School

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Risinghill School
Headmaster Duane and his pupils at the new school in 1960
Address
Risinghill Street, Islington London , N1 9QG England
Coordinates	51°31′59″N 0°06′45″W / 51.5330°N 0.1126°W / 51.5330; -0.1126
Information
Type	Comprehensive School
Established	1960
Closed	1965
Local authority	Islington London Borough Council
Headmaster	Michael Duane
Age	11 to 16
Enrolment	1200

Risinghill School was a progressive co-educational comprehensive secondary school that opened in Islington, north London, on 3 May 1960 and closed four and a half years later. A book chronicling its demise made publishing history in 1968 by becoming the UK's first non-fiction best-seller.