George Green's School

The school, which was originally located on East India Dock Road, was founded in 1828 by George Green, a shipbuilder and shipwright.^[2] A maritime connection with the school has been maintained since then. In 1884, the school moved from the original buildings to new premises which provided places for 200 boys and 200 girls, in separate classrooms. The pupils paid modest fees or were assisted with scholarships. Later it became a LCC maintained school and was the first to institute co-education. It remained open until 1979 when it became part of Tower Hamlets College. Today it is a voluntary controlled school supported by the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights.^[3] It has a comprehensive intake of pupils, and is administered by Tower Hamlets London Borough Council.

George Green's School offers GCSEs and vocational courses as programmes of study for pupils,^[4] while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A Levels^[5] and the IB Diploma Programme.^[6]