Barclay Primary School

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Barclay Primary School is located in Leyton, east London, England; Leyton is part of the London Borough of Waltham Forest, but before 1965, was a Municipal Borough in Essex. The school provides education for some 1,500 children aged up to 11, and operates a nursery taking children from the age of 3; on entry to main-school reception classes, children are between 4 and 5 years old.

It was formed in 2006 through the amalgamation of the former Barclay Junior School and Barclay Infants' School, which had operated as two adjacent schools on the same overall site.

History

The Barclay Junior Mixed and Infants Schools originated as Canterbury Road Council School, which opened in 1908 in temporary buildings; the permanent school was completed in 1910. It was enlarged and reorganized in 1914–15 for boys, girls, and infants, but the boys remained in temporary accommodation in St. Andrew's and St. Paul's church halls until 1924, when a new building was opened for them. The school was enlarged again in 1929–31, and an extension was completed in 1952.^[1] The amalgamation of the former infant and junior schools in September 2006 produced the new name Barclay Primary School.^[2] The school was further expanded in 2011 to facilitate an increase from four-form to six-form entry from September of that year. The school converted to academy status on 1 September 2012.

The name of the school comes from The BARCLAY PARK estate, on which the buildings stand; the estate was built up in the 19th century by the Barclay family of well known bankers who lived nearby at Knotts Green House.^[3]

Notable attendees include the football player Paul Hayes and popular pianist Bobby Crush.

References

↑ A History of the County of Essex: Volume 6 (1973), pp. 233-240. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42774
↑ http://www.edubase.gov.uk/establishment/links.xhtml?urn=131517
↑ A History of the County of Essex: Volume 6 (1973), pp. 184-197. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42768

External links

v t e Schools and colleges in Waltham Forest

Primary schools	Barclay Primary School Buxton School George Mitchell School Selwyn Primary School

Secondary schools	Buxton School Chingford Foundation School Connaught School for Girls Frederick Bremer School George Mitchell School Heathcote School Highams Park School Holy Family Catholic School Kelmscott School The Lammas School Leytonstone Business and Enterprise Specialist School Norlington School for Boys Rush Croft Foundation School Walthamstow Academy Walthamstow School for Girls Willowfield School

Special schools	Joseph Clarke School Whitefield Schools and Centre

Independent schools	Forest School Normanhurst School

FE & sixth form colleges	Leyton Sixth Form College Sir George Monoux College Waltham Forest College

Defunct schools	Aveling Park School Warwick School for Boys

Coordinates: 51°34′34″N 0°00′04″W / 51.576°N 0.001°W / 51.576; -0.001

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