History of Charlton Manor

In February 1928, the Greenwich Borough Council sold a site, part of the Hornfair Estate, bounded by Hornfair, Nigeria and Indus Roads, to the London County Council for £1,450 for the erection of a new school. Two years later Messrs. F. Hipperson & Son Ltd secured the contract to build at a cost of £20,500. It opened without undue formality on 20 April 1931 with junior mixed and infant departments only (240 places Junior mixed and 288 Infants), and for a brief period was known as Nigeria Road School. Mr F.R. Simpson who welcomed all the children remained Headmaster until he retired in 1956.

In 1935, the school was enlarged at a cost of £10,800 to accommodate another 156 juniors and 172 Infants: a total of 816 places. The school closed on the outbreak of war, but an emergency school reopened on 24 January 1940, part of the premises being used by the London Auxiliary Fire Service as a substation and workshop for the repair of pumps.

After the war the school reopened (junior mixed and infants) and has continued as such to the present day.