Wandsworth School

Wandsworth School was a local authority maintained boys' secondary school in Southfields, London. Established in 1895, it became a selective grammar school, then an all-ability comprehensive school, before merging in 1986 and finally closing in 1991. From the 1960s it became well known for its choir.
Wandsworth School was founded in 1895 as a Day Science School in adapted premises in Wandsworth High Street, and was renamed Wandsworth Technical Institute Secondary School in 1900. After the passing of the Education Act 1902 the school developed an academic based grammar school curriculum, and in 1908 became the Wandsworth County School. Initially co-educational, the School became boys-only when Mayfield Girls Grammar School opened in 1909. By 1920 the school had over 500 boys and was one of the largest grammar schools in London. In 1927 it moved to a new building in Sutherland Grove in Southfields, and became known as Wandsworth School. During the Second World War, the school was evacuated to Woking and education continued there. While continuing a largely academic curriculum, the technical origins of the school were maintained, and in 1947 Wandsworth School took over administration of the secondary technical school of the Brixton School of Building. This began the process of the school's expansion that continued in the 1950s.

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