The new Royal Free Secondary Modern School for Boys was built at Bourne Avenue and opened in 1967/68 some of the boys helped with the move during the Easter to Summer period. One of the main advantages of the new school was the inclusion of a large sports field.

Several of the teaching staff changed during that period but the headmaster since 1965 Geoff Finney remained until 1978 when he moved to St Edwards.

The school was renamed the Princess Margaret Royal Free School in 1978 when the Princess Margaret Rose girls School closed and the two schools were combined into the Bourne Avenue site. It remained a Church of England secondary school for 13-18 years old.

All Saints Church Dedworth Road Windsor has a cross, designed and built by 6th form members of the Princess Margaret Royal Free School (PMRF) as part of their A-level Engineering course work. It was installed in early 1985 and since 1993 the cross has been specially lit each Christmas and travellers on Dedworth Road cannot fail to notice it.

Royal Free School marks 300 years¹By Francis Batt Assistant Editor Windsor and Eton Express

Pupils memories of school 1800-2000

On 31st August 2000 the Princess Margaret Royal Free School was closed and the Bourne Avenue site remained empty for a few years.

Eventually The Trevelyan Middle School moved in to the Bourne Avenue site and the old Trevelyan site on Dedworth Road was sold for redevelopment.

New Schools have been created as successors and form the present day Royal Free Foundation.

Queen Anne Royal Free First School

St Edwards Royal Free Ecumenical Middle School

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1700 – 1862 Free School (St Albans Street, Church Lane)

1859 – 1968 Batchelors Acre, Alexander Road and Spital