Editing Wanstead (section)

===Schools and education===
The Royal Commercial Travellers Schools were sited in Wanstead from their foundation in 1845 by [[John Robert Cuffley]] until their move to [[Pinner]] in 1855. The schools at Wanstead provided housing, food, clothing and education for up to 130 children of commercial travellers who had died or became unable to earn their livelihood.<ref name="royalcommercialtravellersschools">{{cite web|url=http://www.royalcommercialtravellersschools.org.uk/history.html|website=royalcommercialtravellersschools.org.uk|title=History|access-date=8 October 2018}}</ref>

The Royal Merchant Navy School was founded in [[St George in the East]], [[London]] in 1827 before moving to Hermon Hill, Wanstead in 1862. The new building provided for 300 orphans of [[Merchant Navy]] seamen. It moved again to [[Bearwood House, Sindlesham|Bearwood House]] near [[Wokingham]] in 1921.<ref name="merchantnavy">{{cite web|url=http://www.merchantnavy.org.uk/about.htm|website=merchantnavy.org.uk|title=About|access-date=8 October 2018}}</ref> The building then became a convent refuge for women and girls and later [[Wanstead Hospital]].<ref name="british-history">{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42785|title=British History Online &#124; The core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles|website=british-history.ac.uk|access-date=8 October 2018}}</ref>

The Royal Wanstead School was by the Eagle Pond, Snaresbrook up to about 1970. It subsequently became the site of a Crown Court.

Wanstead is home to a large comprehensive school, [[Wanstead High School]]. Primary schools in Wanstead include Wanstead Church, Our Lady of Lourdes RC, Aldersbrook and Nightingale.

From 1957 until 1987 Wanstead had a secondary Modern School called Nightingale Secondary Modern School. There was also Nightingale Primary School on the site which is still in existence. These schools were within the boundaries of Ashbourne Avenue, Colvin Gdns. and Elmcroft Ave.

[[Forest School, Walthamstow]] is close to Eagle Pond and Snaresbrook Crown Court.