Teddington School

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Teddington School
Motto Meret qui laborat
Established 1962
Type Community school, Comprehensive school
Head Richard Weeks
Specialism Visual arts
Location Broom Road
Teddington
Middlesex
TW11 9PJ
England
LEA Richmond upon Thames
Ofsted number 102925
Students c. 1200
Gender Co-educational
Ages 11 to 16
School colours Red and black
Website Teddington School
Coordinates: 51°25′24″N 0°18′45″W / 51.4232, -0.3124

Teddington School is a co-educational comprehensive school, designated as a specialist Visual Arts College. The school has over 1,100 pupils in the age range 11-16 and is on a large site close to the River Thames opposite Trowlock Island.

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[edit] History

The school opened in 1962 as Broom Road School, which was originally a single-sex school, taking over the senior boys of Stanley Road School when it ceased to cater for the full age-range.[1]

[edit] Notable alumni

Keira Knightley, actress Paul Holmes, Oil & Gas Design Consultant Sonal Patel, Bollywood star Reena Patel, Entrepreneur Jack Armstrong, child actor Bill Milner, child actor (Son of Rambo)

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Schools Timeline. Kids. The Twickenham Museum. Retrieved on 2008-01-07.