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Raine's Foundation School was a Church of England voluntary aided school based on two sites in Bethnal Green in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England.
In 1719, Henry Raine founded Raine's Foundation School to provide an education for local poor children (50 boys and 50 girls). When Henry Raine died in 1738, he left in his Will a large bequest to the boys and girls schools he had founded during his lifetime.
In 1736 Raine's Asylum, or Hospital, was established nearby as a boarding school for 40 girls, trained by a Matron for four years in order to take up domestic service on leaving. Girls were...
With the legacy of Henry Raine foremost in our minds, the current Trustees intend to continue to support children and the local community. Education is our main focus, but in difficult times, the Trust recognises the dilemma of the most disadvantaged in the East End and aspires to help young people to survive and achieve.
Preserved in facade of modern school are the 2 original figures of boy and girl and the original tablet inscribed "Come in and learn your duty to God and Man, 1719" from the first Raine's School in Raine Street, Wapping (qv).
Raine's Foundation School was a Church of England voluntary aided school in Bethnal Green, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The school closed in August 2020. Henry Raine, a very rich man who lived in Wapping, decided to create a school where poor children could get an education for free...
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Celebrating 300 years. Raine's celebrated its Tercentenary on 8th May 2019 at St Paul's Cathedral. An evensong service to celebrate our Foundation was very well attended by current and past students and teachers.
