page_title: Durand Academy
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Durand Academy / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: Blue plaque erected in 1973 by Greater London Council at 87 Hackford Road, South Lambeth, London SW9 0RE, London Borough of Lambeth
context_page_description: Durand Academy Trust was an early academy trust, much quoted by Conservative ministers. It was wound up in 2018. The Durand Educational Trust is a related private company, that is still extant. Assets of Durand Academy Trust, including the land and the school buildings were passed over to the Durant Educational Trust before Durand Academy Trust was liquidated. London Horizons, is a wholly owned the company that has built and manages a leisure centre on Durand Educational Trust land.
context_section_description: Durant Primary School was a Victorian ‘triple-decker’ constructed following the 1870 Elementary Education Act (sometimes referred to as The Forster Act) which provided primary education for all children aged five to 13. It was one of 62 primary schools extant in the London Borough of Lambeth built in the residential district of Stockwell, between Liberty Street and Hackford Road. Vincent van Gogh lived on Hackford Street in 1873-4 and has given his name to a local street and the successor school.
caption: Blue plaque
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