Hillcroft School
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| Hillcroft Secondary School | |
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| Location | |
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Beechcroft Road , London , SW17 England | |
| Coordinates | 51°26′17″N 0°10′05″W / 51.438°N 0.168°W |
| Information | |
| Established | 1960 |
| Closed | 1970 |
| Local authority | ILEA |
| Head teacher | John Owen |
| Gender | Boys |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrolment | c. 1000 |
| Houses | Churchill, Faraday, Shaftesbury, Wellington |
Hillcroft School was a boys' secondary school in South London. In 1960, it was established in Tooting Bec, being built on playing fields of, and adjacent to, the premises of Bec School.[1] The initial complement of pupils were drawn from Hillbrook Secondary School in Hillbrook Road, Tooting, and Estreham Secondary School in Penwortham Road, Streatham (housed in the same building as Penwortham Primary School). Hillbrook and Estreham then closed.
The school closed when it was amalgamated with Bec School in 1971 to create Bec-Hillcroft Comprehensive School.[1] Bec-Hillcroft was renamed Ernest Bevin School, after the former Labour minister Ernest Bevin, in the next year. In 1996, the school was renamed to Ernest Bevin College. It is now known as Ernest Bevin Academy.
