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Barnes Old Girls Association
History of Barnes Girls' School
School Motto: 'Not For Ourselves Alone'
FOUNDED 1921
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10th January 1921: BARNES GREEN CENTRAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS opened on Barnes Green
5th January 1931: Move to Lonsdale Road (newly built school). Now called BARNES CENTRAL SCHOOL
9th April 1945: Renamed - BARNES COUNTY SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
July 1969 : Closure of GIRLS SCHOOL
September 1969: Amalgamation of BOYS AND GIRLS SCHOOLS
1973: Renamed: BARNES COMPREHENSIVE
1977: School Closure: Merged with GAINSBOROUGH SCHOOL, the school site situated in Park
Avenue. This new school to be called 'SHENE' GIRLS SCHOOL and MORTLAKE BOYS SCHOOL
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