Established 2015 Head of School Helen Bruckdorfer Phone +44 20 7424 0202 Gender Mixed-sex education | Executive Headteacher Bavaani Nanthabalan Chair of governors Luca Salice Founded 2015 | |
Type Community Primary school Location Torriano Avenue
Kentish Town
London
NW5 2SJ
England Address Torriano Ave, London NW5 2SJ, UK Similar Torriano Primary School, Brecknock Primary School, Eleanor Palmer Primary S, Primrose Hill Primary School, Netley Primary School Profiles | ||
Torriano Primary School is a community primary school in Kentish Town, London. The school was founded in 2015 following the merger of the previous Torriano Junior School with Torriano Infants School. It is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. Torriano has inherited from its predecessor a partnership with Netley Primary School that was set up in 2012.
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Buildings and grounds
The oldest building is the Junior building which used to host the entire school. Edwardian in character, it was opened in 1910, a few years after the abolition of the London School Board and the transfer of its responsibilities to the London County Council. Pevsner comments 'Roughcast gables in an Arts and Crafts spirit'. The Infant building is a low-rise 1960s construction. The Infants' library was designed by local firm AY Architects and completed in 2013. The Gatehouse building was designed by Cullinan Studio and completed in 2010. The school grounds contain play areas designed by Erect Architecture dubbed Earthling Kingdom and Cloud Kingdom.
History
Torriano Primary School was the result of a merger between Torriano Junior School and Torriano Infants' School. Previous notable headteachers included Ros Pomeyie at Torriano Infants; and Dilys Brotia OBE and Laurence Harding at Torriano Junior School. Torriano Junior School was three times rated Outstanding by Ofsted, in 2000, 2005 and 2009. Torriano Infants School had also been an Outstanding school but was downgraded by Ofsted in 2014. The merged school retained the rating of the previous Junior School.
Awards
Torriano is a Rights Respecting Schools; its predecessor achieved level 1 in 2009 and level 2 in 2011. It was invited to join the London Schools' Gold Club for 2013/14 and for 2015/16. It achieved Eco-School Silver standard in 2012. Torriano is also part of the Camden Primary Partnership, a Teaching School Alliance. Torriano Infants and Torriano Junior Schools had both achieved the Healthy Schools Bronze award in 2013.