Raine's Foundation School

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Raine's Foundation School
Address
Approach Road Bethnal Green , London , E2 9LY England
Coordinates	51°31′52″N 0°03′04″W / 51.5312°N 0.0511°W / 51.5312; -0.0511
Information
Type	Voluntary aided school
Motto	Come in and learn your duty to God and man
Religious affiliation(s)	Church of England
Established	1719; 305 years ago (1719)
Founder	Henry Raine
Closed	2020
Local authority	Tower Hamlets
Department for Education URN	100979 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Gender	Mixed
Age	11 to 18
Enrolment	815
Colour(s)	Black, blue
Former name	Raine's Foundation Grammar School

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.

It was situated in the north of Bethnal Green, just to the east of Cambridge Heath Road (A107) and half a mile south of the Regent's Canal and not far from the Cambridge Heath railway station. It was opposite the London Chest Hospital, just off the Old Ford Road and in the parish of St James-the-Less, Bethnal Green.

Henry Raine, a very rich man who lived in Wapping, decided to create a school where poor children could get an education for free, so that they could go into skilled labour when they left. In 1719, the Lower School opened. It has moved many times and before closure the school had two separate buildings, one for Years 7 and 8, and one for Year 9 and above. From September 2010, due to works associated with the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) scheme, the Lower School site accommodated Years 7 to 8, with Years 9 to 13 remaining at the Upper School. The school closed in 2020 due to low pupil numbers.