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The City of London School, also known as CLS and City, is a private day school for boys in the City of London, England, on the banks of the River Thames next to the Millennium Bridge, opposite Tate Modern. It is a partner school of the City of London School for Girls and the City of London Freemen's School.
The school was founded using a bequest by William Ward, a merchant of Brixton, in 1881 and opened in Carmelite Street in 1894. [2] It was his conviction that girls should be given a broad and liberal education with an emphasis on scholarship; he left a third of his fortune to the City of London to fund the foundation of a girls' school.
Pages in category "People educated at the City of London School" The following 189 pages are in this category, out of 189 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
David Game College (independent school, City of London) See also. List of former schools in the City of London This page was last edited on 4 March 2023, at ...
The school was founded in 1854 by the Corporation of London, and was originally located in Brixton, London to educate orphans of freemen of the city. [4] It is still possible for such children to be educated as "Foundationers" at the school with the costs of their education borne by the City of London Corporation.
The school's old boy association is called the John Carpenter Club after John Carpenter, town clerk of London, whose bequest led to the founding of the school. This list is not comprehensive; over 140 people listed in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , which includes only people dead at the time of publication, were educated at the ...
The City of London controls three other private schools – the City of London School (for boys), the City of London School for Girls, and the co-educational City of London Freemen's School. The Lord Mayor also holds the posts of Rector of City University and President of Gresham College , an educational institution for advanced study.
The City of London School for Girls and City of London Freemen's School have their own preparatory departments for entrance at age seven. It is the principal sponsor of The City Academy, Hackney, City of London Academy Islington, and City of London Academy, Southwark. [108]