Before the school was built the land was privately owned by the Macbeth Family. A home, which was called Bleak House after the Charles Dickens Novel, was built on the property in 1851. The home remained there until 1914 when the London Board of Education purchased the property to build a school. 

 Fundraiser for the war effort in 1940. Picture taken behind the school. 

Students pose during the paper drive to raise money for the war. 

Bleak House in 1914

Lord Roberts Public School 1915