Selhurst Grammar School for Girls (Surrey)

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Selhurst Grammar School for Girls (Surrey)
The Crescent, Selhurst, Croydon

Badge as depicted in Bunty #1 (18 Jan 1958)

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Opened in September 1904 as The Borough Secondary School for Girls in the premises of the South Norwood branch of Croydon Polytechnic. The school moved to The Crescent, Selhurst in 1910, but returned to its earlier location during Wold War One, while the new school building was in use as a hospital. Renamed Selhurst Grammar School for Girls in 1922. In 1939, the school was evacuated to Hove, moved to Virginia Water in 1940 and later to The Beeches at Guildford. The school became an age 14+ comprehensive from 1971, becoming known as Selhurst High School for Girls. It closed, because of falling rolls and reorganisation on 31 August 1988

[Source: https://museumofcroydoncollections.com/catalogues/index.php/selhurst-high-school-for-girls ]

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1958 OS maps showing the location of the school in Selhurst
(Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland)

The buildings now house The Crescent Primary School and The Btit School.