Barclay Junior School
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Barclay Primary School is located in Leyton
, east London
, England; Leyton is part of the London Borough of Waltham Forest, but before 1965, was a Municipal Borough in Essex
. The school provides education for some 1,500 children aged up to 11, and operates a nursery taking children from the age of 3; on entry to main-school reception classes, children are between 4 and 5 years old.
It was formed in 2006 through the amalgamation of the former Barclay Junior School and Barclay Infants' School, which had operated as two adjacent schools on the same overall site.
The name of the school comes from The BARCLAY PARK estate, on which the buildings stand; the estate was built up in the 19th century by the Barclay family of well known bankers who lived nearby at Knotts Green House..
Notable attendees include the football player Paul Hayes
and popular pianist Bobby Crush
.
Leyton
Leyton is an area of north-east London and part of the London Borough of Waltham Forest, located north east of Charing Cross. It borders Walthamstow and Leytonstone; Stratford in Newham; and Homerton and Lower Clapton in the London Borough of Hackney....
, east London
London
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, England; Leyton is part of the London Borough of Waltham Forest, but before 1965, was a Municipal Borough in Essex
Essex
Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...
. The school provides education for some 1,500 children aged up to 11, and operates a nursery taking children from the age of 3; on entry to main-school reception classes, children are between 4 and 5 years old.
It was formed in 2006 through the amalgamation of the former Barclay Junior School and Barclay Infants' School, which had operated as two adjacent schools on the same overall site.
History
The Barclay Junior Mixed and Infants Schools originated as Canterbury Road Council School, which opened in 1908 in temporary buildings; the permanent school was completed in 1910. It was enlarged and reorganized in 1914–15 for boys, girls, and infants, but the boys remained in temporary accommodation in St. Andrew's and St. Paul's church halls until 1924, when a new building was opened for them. The school was enlarged again in 1929–31, and an extension was completed in 1952. The amalgamation of the former infant and junior schools in September 2006 produced the new name Barclay Primary School. The school was further expanded in 2011 to facilitate an increase from four-form to six-form entry from September of that year.The name of the school comes from The BARCLAY PARK estate, on which the buildings stand; the estate was built up in the 19th century by the Barclay family of well known bankers who lived nearby at Knotts Green House..
Notable attendees include the football player Paul Hayes
Paul Hayes
Paul Edward Hayes is an English footballer who plays for Charlton Athletic.-Scunthorpe United:Born in Dagenham, London, Hayes grew up in East London and went to Barclay Junior School in Leyton, where he captained the school football team from the age of 7...
and popular pianist Bobby Crush
Bobby Crush
Bobby Crush is an English pianist, songwriter and television presenter.-Career:Crush first came to public attention after making six winning appearances on Hughie Green's British ITV talent show, Opportunity Knocks, in the early 1970s...
.