Tulse Hill School

The school was opened on 11 September 1956 Later, the school moved away from a house system, replacing it with pastoral group units. The school operated this system until its closure in 1990. Changing population figures for the area have been given as the reason for closure. In 1988, an ILEA (Inner London Education Authority) quadrant review proposed a merger between this school and one in the neighbouring borough of Southwark, William Penn Boys. However the two boroughs failed to agree on a combined school, and the demise of ILEA as a supervisory body in 1990 made this no longer enforceable.

The buildings were large enough to accommodate the over 2,000 students that attended. The main building was a large glass-clad building with eight floors, served by four lifts. The empty school buildings prior to demolition can be seen in the first filming of Helen Mirren's 1990 detective series written by Linda La Plante. As the Lambeth and the London Residuary Body gave permission for it to be used as a film location. In 1997, the school entrance and the caretaker's cottage remained on site. House builders on site said that the school building basement (plant) level remained, as it had simply been "filled" in. After the school had been demolished in the 1990s, excavations revealed an…

The Croft was Tulse Hill School's study centre situated in the village of Etchingham in Sussex. It was a former hotel, converted in 1971 for the school's use and stood in 14 acre of its own grounds. Every Monday a party of up to 30 boys with one or more teachers would leave the school to spend up to five days at the Croft on specially designed study courses. Activities for first-year students included visits to Bodiam Castle and Hastings, visits to farms and route-finding exercises using the Croft's own resources, which included an assault course. Cycling enthusiasts at the school would bike the 50 mi to the Croft and back some weekends. The Croft continues in operation as a Lambeth Council…