Local Carshalton School: Camden Junior School name now under threat…

An important message is in from the campaigners about the future of this local school.

The name of Camden Junior School goes back to the 1870s. The Carshalton Schools Board opened its first junior school – for girls – on the Camden Road site in December 1874, and it was known as Camden Road School from March 1875. A second school, for boys, was opened alongside it in January 1878 and an infants school in June 1883. 

But this heritage and link to the history of Carshalton is under threat. The Department for Education (DfE) has decided that Camden should become a sponsored academy and their preferred sponsor is the Harris Federation. Local school Greenshaw has put itself forward as an alternative sponsor, with the support of Camden’s governing body, many of its parents and other local stakeholders.

The Harris Federation say that if they become the sponsors of Camden Junior School they will change its name. Greenshaw have said that if they were its sponsor, Camden would keep its name. There is no good reason to change the established name of the school – and every reason to retain the name Camden that has served the school and community well for so many years.

Find out more about the issues and how you can support Greenshaw and help prevent the Harris Federation from trashing 138 years of local history:

Mike Cooper
Chair of Governors
Greenshaw High School
Grennell Road
Sutton SM1 3DY
 
Camden Junior School, Carshalton

Camden Junior School, Carshalton

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