Strand School | |
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Address | |
Elm Park , England | |
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Type | Grammar School |
Motto | Advance |
Religious affiliation(s) | Church of England |
Established | 1893 |
Founder | William Braginton |
Closed | c.1979 |
Gender | boys |
Age | 11 to 18 |
Alumni | Old Strandians |
Strand School was a boys' grammar school in the Tulse Hill area of South London. It moved there in 1913 from its original location at King's College in London's Strand.
Distinguished in its heyday for its contribution of young men to the civil service, it finally closed its doors in 1979 after hotly contested attempts by the education authorities from the early 1950s onwards to turn it into a comprehensive school.
Former pupils included a leader of the Greater London Council, figures prominent in the world of entertainment, and the scientist and environmentalist James Lovelock, originator of the Gaia hypothesis.