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department and nursery/kindergarten, while the upper building, three houses along westwards, contained the girls' and junior boys' departments. The latter was known variously as the "girls school" or "top school", the former the "boys school". The school excelled in preparing its pupils for the 11+ and Common
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Malvern Road near a water spring of the same name. In the 1950s, the school relocated and the original building was divided up into private residences.
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