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===Primary schools=== * Darell Primary and Nursery School is on Darell Road and Niton Road. It opened in 1906, as the Darell Road Schools, at the southern end of what had been the Leyborne-Popham estate.<ref>Blomfield 1994, pp.114β115</ref> It was [[Municipal Borough of Richmond (Surrey)|Richmond Borough Council]]'s first primary school and was built in the [[Queen Anne style architecture|Queen Anne Revival style]], in brick with white stone facings. Although it has been extended several times, it is now the only Richmond borough primary school still in its historic original pre-1914 building.<ref name="Darell history">{{cite web | url=https://www.darell.richmond.sch.uk/history | title=History | publisher=Darell Primary and Nursery School | access-date=19 May 2021}}</ref> * Kew Riverside Primary School, on Courtlands Avenue, opened in 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/133343|title=Kew Riverside Primary School|website= [[GOV.UK]]|date = 8 January 2025|access-date= 8 February 2025}}</ref> * The Kingβs Church of England Primary School is in Cumberland Road, where it moved in 1969.<ref name="King's History">{{cite web | url=https://www.queens.richmond.sch.uk/page/?title=History+of+The+School&pid=79| title= School history|publisher=The King's C of E Primary School, Kew | access-date=14 April 2025}}</ref> In her will of 1719, Dorothy, Lady Capel of Kew House left to four trustees Perry Court Farm in Kent, which she had inherited from her father. One twelfth of the rent from the farm was to be given to St Anne's Church to establish a school in Kew.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk/collections/getrecord/SHCOL_8306|title=The Queen's School, Kew: Records | work=Exploring Surrey's Past| publisher= [[Surrey History Centre]] archives | access-date=28 May 2017}}</ref> In 1810, a "Free School" was opened in the church for 50 children, financed by subscribers who gave one [[Guinea (coin)|guinea]] a year, in addition to a contribution by King George III. In 1824 the school moved to a site near the pond on Kew Green. The foundation stone was laid on 12 August, the birthday of King [[George IV]], who gave Β£300 on condition that it be called "The King's Free School". Queen Victoria gave permission for it to be called "The Queen's School" and decreed that its title should change with that of the monarch.<ref name="King's History"/> In 2016, the building that had been created after the move to the Cumberland Road site in 1970 was demolished and a new structure installed in its place.<ref name="King's History"/>
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