Pinner County Grammar School

Pinner County Grammar School was a grammar school in Pinner, London from 1937 to 1982. In its latter years it became a college as Pinner Junior College and Pinner Sixth Form College.

Pinner County was built to accommodate 508 boys and girls by Middlesex County Council at a cost of £48,619. It was officially opened in November 1937.^[1]

Although the school was not especially music focussed, former pupils include Reg Dwight (otherwise known as Elton John), Simon Le Bon, Ron Goodwin and Gordon Beck, all famous musicians. The actor Tony Jay was a pupil in the early 1940s, as were the writers Bill Gunston and Wendy Holden (aka Taylor Holden), the writer and broadcaster Gay Search and the footballer David Jones.

When the college closed in 1982 it was taken over by Heathfield School. An open day for former Pinner students is held every year on the first Saturday after the first bank holiday in May.^[2]

References

↑ C W Radcliffe, Middlesex, Evan Brothers, London, 1939, pp134-136
↑ POSA official website

Schools and colleges in Harrow
Primary schools	Krishna Avanti Primary School
Secondary schools	Bentley Wood High School Canons High School Harrow High School Hatch End High School Nower Hill High School Park High School Rooks Heath College Sacred Heart Language College St Gregory's RC Science College Salvatorian College Whitmore High School
Independent schools	Harrow School The John Lyon School North London Collegiate School Orley Farm School
FE & sixth form colleges	Harrow College St Dominic's Sixth Form College Stanmore College
Defunct schools	Pinner County Grammar School Heathfield School for Girls (GDST)

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