Royal Naval School Tal-Handaq

Formerly known as the Naval Children's School and HM Dockyard Children's School, it had occupied sites at Ta'Xbiex, Cottonera, Senglea and the Dockyard before moving to Tal Handaq, a military camp, built during World War 2, to resemble a Maltese village when viewed from the air.

The remaining buildings were constructed in the early to late 1950s, initially with the objective of supporting a complement of some 800 British Forces pupils.

The following Anglicised spelling may occasionally be found on internal documents issued during the Royal Naval School period (refer: Etymology section).

British people tend to pronounce Handaq as "Hand-Ack", unaware that the Maltese Q should be silent.

Some printed documents relating to the school incorrectly replace the Q with a K as "Tal Handak".