Bec School

Bec School
Motto Floreat Florebit
Established 1926
Closed 1970
Type Grammar
Location Beechcroft Road
Tooting
London
SW17
England
Local authority ILEA
Gender Boys
Ages 11–18

Bec School (often referred to as Bec Grammar School) was a grammar school in South London.

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History

It was established in Tooting Bec in 1926.[1]

Comprehensive

The school closed when it was amalgamated with the adjacent Hillcroft School in 1970 to create Bec-Hillcroft comprehensive school.[2] Bec-Hillcroft was renamed Ernest Bevin School, after the former Labour minister Ernest Bevin, the next year.

Demolishing of buildings

The original Bec School buildings were demolished in 1996 and replaced by housing. Ernest Bevin School was renamed Ernest Bevin College in 1997 and occupies the former Hillcroft School site.[2]

Alumni

References

  1. ^ "Bec School (Boys), Beechcroft Road, S.W.17 (opened 1926) – Minutes of Governors – ref. LCC/EO/PS/4/15". London County Council. Access to Archives. http://www.a2a.org.uk/search/records.asp?cat=074-lcc_12-1&cid=1-4-15. Retrieved 2008-03-09. 
  2. ^ a b "College History". Ernest Bevin College. http://www.ernestbevin.org.uk/?_id=575. Retrieved 2008-03-09. 

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