Corporate NA2253 Olga Primary School Olga Primary School

Bethnal Green

Olga Primary School opened in 1874 as Olga Street Board School with a roll of 324 boys, 325 girls and 418 infants. The school was enlarged in 1881 and could accommodate about 1,500 children. Further improvements were made in 1898. In 1931 it was remodelled for 333 senior boys, 380 senior girls and 462 infants. After the Second World War it reorganised as a junior mixed and infant school briefly called John Bartlett Primary but by 1951, Olga Primary School. A new single-storeyed open-plan building designed by Anne Webb fronting Lanfranc Road was opened in 1982. The former buildings were converted for residential use. 28/07/2003 MBH 19/10/2004 Staff International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 3b5304ae-18fa-433a-a127-71771c236e72