Archbishop Tenison'S Church Of England High School, Croydon

Archbishop Tenison's Church of England High School, commonly known as Tenison's, is a co-educational 11-18, voluntary aided, school in the London Borough of Croydon, England, part of the educational provision of the Anglican Diocese of Southwark and Croydon Council. It is a specialist Mathematics and Computing College. Its 11- to 18-year-old pupils are predominantly active in the Church of England, as selected by the Governors, with a minority of places available to members of other Christian denominations. HistorySeveral schools were founded by Thomas Tenison, an educational philanthropist, in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. In 1714, Tenison, by then Archbishop of Canterbury, founded a school for some “ten poor boys and ten poor girls” on a site which is now close to the heart of Croydon’s shopping centre. Just over 300 years and three sites later, it is thought that the School is the oldest surviving mixed-gender school in the world. Due to the hostilities of the Second World War, the School was moved away from the dangers of the Blitz in South London and relocated to Craigmore Hall in the countryside near Crowborough, East Sussex, with pupils being evacuated and billeted with the local populace. After the War, the School returned to Croydon and Craigmore Hall returned to private use.

Archbishop Tenison's Church of England High School, commonly known as Tenison's, is a co-educational 11-18, voluntary aided, school in the London Borough of Croydon, England, part of the educational provision of the Anglican Diocese of Southwark and Croydon Council. It is a specialist Mathematics and Computing College. Its 11- to 18-year-old pupils are predominantly active in the Church of England, as selected by the Governors, with a minority of places available to members of other Christian denominations. HistorySeveral schools were founded by Thomas Tenison, an educational philanthropist, in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. In 1714, Tenison, by then Archbishop of Canterbury, founded a school for some “ten poor boys and ten poor girls” on a site which is now close to the heart of Croydon’s shopping centre. Just over 300 years and three sites later, it is thought that the School is the oldest surviving mixed-gender school in the world. Due to the hostilities of the Second World War, the School was moved away from the dangers of the Blitz in South London and relocated to Craigmore Hall in the countryside near Crowborough, East Sussex, with pupils being evacuated and billeted with the local populace. After the War, the School returned to Croydon and Craigmore Hall returned to private use.