Madani Girls' School

Madani Girls School is an Islamic independent secondary school in Whitechapel, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, East London.

Madani Girls School
Address
Myrdle Street
Whitechapel

London
,
E1 1HL

England
Coordinates51.515575°N 0.062898°W / 51.515575; -0.062898
Information
TypeIndependent Selective
Religious affiliation(s)Sunni Islam
Established1991
Department for Education URN100982 Tables
OfstedReports
PrincipalMl. Saleem Nawab
GenderFemale
Age11 to 19
Colour(s)Green, black and white
Websitehttp://www.madanischool.org.uk

It also operates a college and Alimah programme. The school opened in September 1991.[1]

History

The main (southern) school building was originally occupied by Myrdle Street Central School. It was designed in 1905 by Thomas Jerram Bailey,[2] the Architect of the Education Department of the London County Council.[3] Myrdle Street was one of the first of the LCC's "central schools" that offered higher than elementary education. The building is described in the Pevsner Architectural Guide for London East as a "unique, outstanding design" featuring two semicircular staircase towers with copper domes.[2] It became a Grade II Listed building in 1973.[4]

Notable former pupils of the Myrdle Street Central School include Hannah Billig, a British-Jewish doctor who worked in the East End during the London Blitz when she became known as "The Angel of Cable Street".[5] Also Morris Harold Davis, the President of the Federation of Synagogues (1928–1944) and Labour Party politician.[6]

After World War II, it became a special school changing its name to Grenfell Special School,[7] which finally closed on 31 July 1999.[8] In 1977, the school began to be used as a social centre for the local Bangladeshi community including evening language classes.[9]

References
  1. "Establishment: Madani Secondary Girls' School". Department of Education, UK. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  2. Cherry, Bridget, O'Brien, Charles and Pevsner, Nicholas (2005) Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England, London: East Vol 5 Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0300107012 (p. 439)
  3. Walder, Tim (2011). "Architects – Thomas Jerram Bailey". victorianschoolslondon.org.uk. Victorian Schools in London. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  4. "Grenfell School (Southern Building), Tower Hamlets". /www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  5. "Local legends – Dr Hannah Billig". eastendtalking.org.uk. Archived from the original on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  6. Alderman, Geoffrey (1990) M. H. Davis: the rise and fall of a communal upstart Archived 14 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Jewish Historical Studies 31 (p. 250)
  7. "Stepney: Grenfell Special School formerly Myrdle Street Special School (ESN)". Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  8. "Schools in England and Wales " London " Tower Hamlets " Grenfell Special School". schooletc.co.uk. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  9. "The Oral History Project Interviews – Mrs. Husna Matin". swadhinata.org.uk. The Swadhinata Trust. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
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