The Green School for Girls (TGSG)
Address
Busch Corner

, ,
TW7 5BB

England
Coordinates51°28′45″N 0°19′30″W / 51.47911°N 0.32492°W / 51.47911; -0.32492
Information
TypeAcademy
MottoMatthew 5:16
“Let your light shine”
Religious affiliation(s)Church of England
Established1796
FounderRev. William Drake
Department for Education URN139989 Tables
OfstedReports
Head teacherSally Yarrow, Stephen Burns
GenderGirls
Age11 to 18
Enrolment900~
Websitehttp://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.

  • Beeches - Red
  • Chestnuts - Green
  • Elms - Blue
  • Oaks - Yellow
  • Willows - Orange

Notable former pupils

References

  1. Cathie Munt HMI (18 January 2007). "Ofsted Report on The Green School". Archived from the original on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  2. Reynolds, Susan, ed. (1962). 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. Courtesy of British History Online. pp. 133–7. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
  3. "History of The Green School". Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
  4. "The Green School For Girls - Safeguarding". www.tgsgirls.com. Retrieved 27 February 2020.


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