Celebrating Glastonbury Road School

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The St. Helier Estate was constructed between 1926 and 1936. It housed over 40,000 people, many of whom had transferred from poorer areas of inner-City London. As more families moved into the area, 18 new schools were constructed to meet the educational needs of their children. These buildings were initially given numbers instead of names.

No 1 School, opened in 1930. Later named “The Willows,” it held a girls’ school, plus junior and mixed infants’ departments. Built in 1933, No. 6 school was eventually renamed Glastonbury Road School.

The school was originally for boys and mixed infants but the site later housed a Central Girls' School. It celebrated its 21st anniversary in 1954, with Miss. Allen - the first headteacher cutting a specially made cake.

This animation has been produced for Merton Heritage Service by 5:25 Creative Agency in Colliers Wood. It was commissioned for "There's More to Morden," a local heritage project designed to engage people with over 100 years of history from the Morden and Merton Park area.