Central Foundation, Girls’ School 

Started in 1726, the Central Foundation, Girls’ School has its origins in the City of London.  The School, after several moves within the City, moved to Spital Square in 1881, when the Great Eastern Railway Company bought the School site for its new terminus at Liverpool Street. 

The Girls’ School at Spital Square was built for 550 pupils and was to provide the girls with a middle class education.  The building of red brick and terracotta, with buff colour dressing and ornamental feature, was topped by a roof of green slate. 

By 1960, the Girls’ School had outgrown  the site in Spittal Square and started to look for other sites for a larger School.  In 1974, plans were drawn up with a property developer to sell the half an acre site.  The School would later be demolished and a six storey office block erected.  With the proceeds from the sale the School moved to Bow in 1975.  At the same time the School merged with a local Bow Girls’ School, Bowbrook.   The Upper School moved into the Coborn School building in Bow Road and the Lower School into the Coopers Boys’ School in Tredegar Square, becoming a Comprehensive School for over 1,000 girls.  

The Central Foundation, Girls’ School is still in Bow.