The Green School for Girls explained

The Green School for Girls (TGSG)
Coordinates:51.4791°N -0.3249°W
Motto:Matthew 5:16
“Let your light shine”
Established:1796
Type:Academy
Religious Affiliation:Church of England
Head:Sally Yarrow, Stephen Burns
Founder:Rev. William Drake
Address:Busch Corner
City:Isleworth
County:Greater London
Country:England, UK
Postcode:TW7 5BB
Ofsted:yes
Dfeno:313/4600
Urn:139989
Enrolment:900~
Gender:Girls
Lower Age:11
Upper Age:18
Website:http://www.tgsgirls.com

The Green School for Girls is in an all-girls secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Isleworth, west London, England. It also has a new boys school situated across the road.[1]

History

The Green School for Girls was originally a Sunday school for girls founded in 1796. It educated girls rejected from the heavily oversubscribed Blue School (now Isleworth and Syon School). The name supposedly originates from the fact that the school away gave free green clothes for the girls to wear as a uniform.[2] In 1906 the Duke of Northumberland whose estate was Syon Park donated a new building at Busch Corner in London Road, Isleworth, which is still occupied by the school. The junior school closed in 1919. Some of the buildings suffered damage during the Blitz on three separate occasions. The school campus underwent some renovations and additions over the years but still largely occupies the original buildings.[3]

The school's mission has always been for the children to go to school in a friendly and safe environment.[4]

House system

The Green School for Girls splits girls into five different houses from Year 7 to Year 11; each house is named after a tree and has a distinct colour.

Notable former pupils

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ofsted Report on The Green School. Cathie Munt HMI. 2007-01-18. 2018-10-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20160216091856/http://www.thegreenschool.net/attachments/download.asp?file=346&type=pdf. 2016-02-16. live.
  2. Book: Reynolds. Susan. A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 3: Shepperton, Staines, Stanwell, Sunbury, Teddington, Heston and Isleworth, Twickenham, Cowley, Cranford, West Drayton, Greenford, Hanwell, Harefield and Harlington. 1962. 133–7. Courtesy of British History Online. 2013-03-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20131224092559/http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22285. 2013-12-24. live.
  3. Web site: History of The Green School . 2013-03-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131224085351/http://www.thegreenschool.net/page/?pid=128 . 2013-12-24 . live.
  4. Web site: The Green School For Girls - Safeguarding. www.tgsgirls.com. 2020-02-27.
  5. Web site: Tessa Bonner: Soprano who sang with the Tallis Scholars for more than 25 years . Anna Picard . independent.co.uk . 2009-01-22 . 2024-07-01.