TheGibraltar Public School, also known asCommittee of the Public School was a government-owned school located onFlat Bastion Road inGibraltar. The school was established in 1832 and closed in 1897.
Gibraltar became aCrown colony in 1830 and although theofficial language wasEnglish the children were mostly taught inSpanish. In 1832 the thenGovernor of GibraltarGeorge Don arranged for a new school to open in Flat Bastion Road.[1] This school opened the same year as Methodist Dr.William Harris Rule established another new school in Gibraltar. The diversity in the supply and quality of education arose from the political debates over the use of English and the choice of religion and denomination. 181 boys and 99 girls attended in 1833. In 1835 there were six private schools in Gibraltar.[2] The school closed in 1897.[3]
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