Battersea Grammar School
| Motto | Rather Deathe than False of Faythe |
|---|---|
| Established | 1875 |
| Closed | 1977 |
| Type | Grammar |
| Headmaster | John A. Phillips, BA (Oxon) |
| Location |
Abbotswood Road Streatham London SW16 England Coordinates: 51°26′06″N 0°08′17″W / 51.435°N 0.138°W |
| Local authority | ILEA |
| Staff | c. 40 |
| Students | c. 540 |
| Gender | Boys |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses | 6 |
| Badge | Gold falcon rising |
Battersea Grammar School was a Voluntary-Controlled Secondary Grammar School in South London. It was established in Battersea in 1875 by the Sir Walter St John Trust and moved to larger premises in Streatham in 1936.
The school closed when it was amalgamated with Rosa Bassett School, a grammar school for girls, in 1977 to create the new Furzedown Secondary School, a mixed comprehensive school in Tooting.
Although the school was only formally established in 1875 it shares its early history with that of the Sir Walter St John's School in Battersea. The joint history dates back to the late 1660s, when Sir Walter St John, 3rd Baronet founded a school on his estate at Battersea. Sir Walter assured the future of his school by means of an endowment signed on the 7 September 1700, stating in the Trust Deed that "being minded to found and forever to establish a charity in the said Parish of Battersea, wherein he now dwelleth for the benefit of the said Parish and Towne, Battersea, and to erect and endow a school for the Education of 20 Free Scholars, he gave a house and garden to be forever hereafter used as a school house for the teaching of scholars therein." The scholars were "to be elected and putt into the said schoole in a mannere hereinafter mentioned to read write and to cast accounts."
The establishment of Battersea Grammar as a separate school was prompted by the changes resulting from the Elementary Education Act 1870. There was considerable debate as to how best to proceed, but eventually a proposal for a new trust scheme, under the Endowed Schools Act 1869, was put before Parliament and approved at a meeting of the Privy Council on the 9 August 1873.
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