Clapton Girls Technology College is a secondary school located in Hackney, London, England. There are 900 pupils in the school. Clapton Girls Technology College is amongst the top 5% of schools that have improved nationally. More than half the students that attend are eligible for free school meals and under a third have special educational needs. As well as that, more than 50 languages are spoken at the school and 70% of the students hold English as an additional language. It is situated north of Hackney town centre on the A102. It is a few hundred metres west of Homerton University Hospital. It lies in the parish of St James, Clapton. On 21 September 1906, the school opened as the County Secondary School for Girls' South Hackney. In May 1916, the name was changed to Clapton County Secondary School for Girls when it moved to new buildings in Laura Place. Due to WWII, in September 1939, the school was evacuated to Bishop's Stortford. It was called the John Howard Secondary School for Girls, named after John Howard (prison reformer) (1726-90), in 1947 and had around 450 girls. In 1966, the Queen Mother visited the school.