{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Use British English|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox school | name = Torriano Primary School | image = | image_size = 250px | caption = | coordinates = {{coord|51.549736|-0.132521|type:edu_region:GB_dim:100|format=dec|display=inline,title}} | motto = | established = 1910 | closed = | type = [[Community school (England and Wales)|Community]] [[Primary school]] | president = | r_head_label = Head of School | r_head = Helen Bruckdorfer | chair_label = Chair of governors | chair = Luca Salice | founder = | address = Torriano Avenue | city = [[Kentish Town]] | county = [[London]] | country = [[England]] | postal_code = NW5 2SJ | local_authority = [[Camden London Borough Council|Camden]] | urn = 100023 | ofsted = yes | staff = | capacity = | enrolment = | gender = [[Mixed-sex education|Coeducational]] | lower_age = 3 | upper_age = 11 | houses = | colours = | publication = | free_label1 = | free_text1 = | free_label2 = | free_text2 = | free_label3 = | free_text3 = | website = [https://www.torriano.camden.sch.uk www.torriano.camden.sch.uk] }} <!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:Torriano Primary - main gate through Gatehouse Building.jpg|thumb|The school's main gate through the Gatehouse building as seen from Torriano Avenue]] --> [[File:Torriano Primary School.jpg|thumb|Torriano Primary School. The silver triangle on the roof is the STEM lab.]] '''Torriano Primary School''' is a [[Community school (England and Wales)|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.<ref>{{cite web |url =http://democracy.camden.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=460&MId=5666&Ver=4 |title =Camden Council, Cabinet Member for Children |last = |first = |date =2015-09-10 |website = |publisher = |access-date =2015-10-06 | quote = }}</ref> It is rated Outstanding by [[Ofsted]]. Torriano has inherited from its predecessor a partnership with [[Netley Primary School]] that was set up in 2012. Torriano Primary School is in a federation with Brecknock Primary School.
==Buildings and grounds== The oldest building is the Junior building which used to host the entire school. [[Edwardian architecture|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 Architectural Guides|Pevsner]] comments 'Roughcast gables in an Arts and Crafts spirit'.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cherry |first1=Bridget |last2=Pevsner |first2=Nikolaus |date=1998 |title=London v. 4; North |url=https://archive.org/details/london4north0000unse/page/358 |location= |publisher=Yale University Press |page=[https://archive.org/details/london4north0000unse/page/358 358] |isbn=9780300096538 }}</ref> 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 [[Edward Cullinan|Cullinan Studio]] and completed in 2010.<ref>{{cite news |last=Foot |first=Tom |date=2010-11-11 |title=Love and gate! 'Futuristic' building for Torriano Junior School |url=http://www.camdennewjournal.com/news/2010/nov/love-and-gate-%E2%80%98futuristic%E2%80%99-building-torriano-junior-school |newspaper=Camden New Journal |location=London |access-date=2015-10-08 }}</ref> The school grounds contain play areas designed by Erect Architecture dubbed Earthling Kingdom and Cloud Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web |url =http://www.erectarchitecture.co.uk/projects/8-c-play.html |title =Camden Active Spaces |last = |first = |date =2015 |website = |publisher =Erect Architecture |access-date =2015-10-15 | quote = }}</ref>
The most recent addition is the [[Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics]] activity lab, [http://hayhurstand.co.uk/projects/torriano/ designed by Hayhurst & Co Architects]<ref>{{cite journal |title=Imagination seems to run riot in this inspired transformation of a disused roof space in a primary school into a learning environment for science|journal=The Architects' Journal |date=2019-09-19 |page=246 |url=https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/digital-edition}}</ref> which was a RIBA London Award winner in 2019 and won the RIBA London Small Project of the Year Award 2019<ref>{{cite web |title=RIBA London Award winners |url=https://www.architecture.com/awards-and-competitions-landing-page/awards/riba-regional-awards/riba-london-award-winners/2019/torriano-primary-school-stem-lab |access-date=19 April 2021}}</ref> and was displayed as part of [[Open House London]].
==History== Torriano Primary School was the result of a merger between Torriano Junior School and Torriano Infants' School. Previous notable headteachers included Ros Pomeyie<ref>{{cite news |last=Lamden |first=Tim |date=2012-12-22 |title=Tributes paid to inspirational Kentish Town headteacher and librarian |url=http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/tributes_paid_to_inspirational_kentish_town_headteacher_and_librarian_1_1749435 |newspaper=Ham&High |location=London |access-date=2015-10-08 }}</ref> at Torriano Infants; and Dilys Brotia [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Wright |first=Jane |date=2003-01-02 |title=Primary head leads New Year gongs list |url=http://www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/archive/n0203_02.htm |newspaper=Camden New Journal |location=London |access-date=2015-10-08 }}</ref> Laurence Harding<ref>{{cite news |last=Hinton |first=Josie |date=2010-11-11 |title=Laurence Harding – 'Pupils wanted to be in Mr Harding's class' |url=http://www.camdennewjournal.com/laurence-harding-%E2%80%93-%E2%80%98pupils-wanted-be-mr-harding%E2%80%99s-class%E2%80%99 |newspaper=Camden New Journal |location=London |access-date=2015-10-08 }}</ref> and Bavaani Nanthabalan<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wilkey |first1=Susanna |title=Top marks for Torriano School |url=https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/education/top-marks-for-torriano-school-3398446 |access-date=23 April 2021 |date=2009-05-11}}</ref> 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.
The school notable for its long tradition of democratic change, as shown in the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnVpFq02VJ8 Pathe News film "We Want A Zebra!"] (1962). In 2017, artist [[Cornelia Parker]] made a series of blackboard drawings with the collaboration of 5-10 year-olds from the school. The children were asked to copy out news headlines collected from various UK and US newspapers. 'At that age, children have a barely formed view of the news and world affairs - they don't yet have a vote, but the political turmoil unfolding in their young lives will have a profound effect on their futures'.<ref>{{cite web |title=News at Eight (Make the Moon Great Again) |url=https://frithstreetgallery.viewingrooms.com/content/feature/97/artworks-9378-cornelia-parker-news-at-eight-make-the-moon-great-again-2017/ |access-date=19 April 2021}}</ref> From September 2018 to July 2019, the school took part in a pilot study to improve gender equality through education.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ferguson |first1=Donna |title=A year to clean five schools of sexism – shouldn't others do the same? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/nov/12/clean-five-schools-of-sexism-teachers-pupils-gender-equality |website=The Guardian |access-date=19 April 2021}}</ref>
==Awards== Torriano is a [[Rights Respecting Schools Award|Rights Respecting School]]; 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.<ref>{{cite web |url =http://www.londonschoolsgoldclub.org.uk/gold-club-members-201516 |title =Gold Club members 2015/16 |last = |first = |date = |website = |publisher =Greater London Authority |access-date =2015-10-08 | quote = }}</ref> It achieved [[Eco-School]] Silver standard in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url =http://www.eco-schools.org.uk/schoolsearch?name=torriano |title =Eco-Schools England |last = |first = |date = |website = |publisher = |access-date =2015-10-08 | quote = }}</ref> Torriano is also part of the Camden Primary Partnership,<ref>{{cite web |url =http://www.camdentsa.org.uk/ |title =Camden Primary Partnership |last = |first = |date = |website = |publisher = |access-date =2015-10-08 | quote = }}</ref> a Teaching School Alliance. Torriano Infants and Torriano Junior Schools had both achieved the Healthy Schools Bronze award in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.healthyschoolslondon.org.uk/get-award/schools-taking-part/torriano-infants |title =Torriano Infants |last = |first = |date = |website = |publisher =Healthy Schools London, Mayor of London |access-date =2015-10-14 | quote = }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.healthyschoolslondon.org.uk/get-award/schools-taking-part/torriano-junior-school |title =Torriano Junior School |last = |first = |date = |website = |publisher =Healthy Schools London, Mayor of London |access-date =2015-10-14 | quote = }}</ref>
==Notable alumni== Actor [[Daniel Kaluuya]] was educated at the school.<ref>{{cite web |title=Decolonising Our Education System: The Primary School Reforming Its Curriculum |url=http://vle.wolvcoll.ac.uk/reporter/decolonising-our-education-system-the-primary-school-reforming-its-curriculum/ |website=Wolf Reporter |access-date=19 April 2021}}</ref>
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{{Schools and colleges in Camden}}
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