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church into a social centre for the needy and destitute of central London. The name thus resonated with that of the local girls’ grammar school, St Martin-In-The-Fields High School. The school was at its inception well equipped and, like Tulse Hill School, was seen at the time as in the vanguard of
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that to make the school a co-educational establishment would be to go against those wishes. By the late 1970s, however, Strand School was closed down. Its remnants were merged with Dick
Sheppard, resulting in its becoming a co-educational school after all.
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was quoted as saying that Dick
Sheppard was closed because "like many other schools in the area, it was failing." The supposed "near bankruptcy" of the local education authority has also been suggested. The site was sold by
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enquiry into "Britain's failing comprehensive schools", and was later in the vanguard of schools engaged in 'non-competitive sport' which attracted national varied interest. An unofficial walk-out by the staff in support of
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described the school as a "ray of hope...now making strenuous efforts to improve itself, not without success", while The London
Evening Standard in a 'fact file' on the area listed the school as "one of the best".
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proposed that Strand School be closed and its pupils transferred to Dick
Sheppard. The Strand and Tulse Hill buildings, within close proximity of each other, were to form a single new comprehensive school.
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