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The school was re-launched in September 2000 on the old East side building (the original St Mary's site), which was considerably refurbished and expanded with art and textile rooms technical block housing science laboratories, design and technology workshops and food tech room, as well as a full-size
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The school had links with St Edward the Confessor RC school which had opened in 1954. The two schools ran a joint sixth form during the late 1960s but this proved to be a short-lived experiment. In 1978, St Edward the Confessor RC School merged with the St Mary Magdalene School to form Christs
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The school's origins date back to 1658 when John Frederick Bentley, a local business man and justice of the peace, offered to build a school at his own expense. However, the school was not formally established until 25 May 1713, when a number of well-intentioned citizens of Richmond, headed by
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in the Parish of Richmond, for teaching poor children to read, and instructing them in the knowledge and practice of Christian religion as professed and taught in the Church of England."
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The original school building was located at the corner of George Street and Brewer's Lane and was attached to the local parish church of St Mary Magdalene. It was informally known as a
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In 1997, by mutual agreement, the Roman Catholic Church withdrew from the management arrangement and Christ's School returned to being a Church of England maintained secondary school.
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In 1854, the school moved to a bigger building at the junction of Eton Street and Paradise road. A century later this was considered too small and ill-equipped by the standards of the
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sports hall. The West side building (the original St Edward's site) was sold off and is now a gated housing development and a primary school.
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As with other schools, latest exam results and related data are published in the Department for Education's national tables.
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as the pupils were then provided with blue gowns – a tradition carried on with the current uniform of blue blazers.
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School under the headship of Mr Baker. This was one of the first
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Church of England secondary schools in the Diocese of Southwark
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Secondary schools in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
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Notable students include Grammy Award-winner, singer/rapper
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Voluntary aided school in Richmond, Greater London, England
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