Alleyn's School
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 The School in 2007 | |
| Motto | God's Gift |
|---|---|
| Established | 1619 as part of Edward Alleyn's College of God's Gift, although separated from Dulwich College in 1882[1] |
| Type |
Private school Independent day school |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Headmaster | Gary Savage |
| Chairman of the Governing Board | Iain Barbour |
| Founder | Edward Alleyn |
| Location |
Townley Road Dulwich London SE22 8SU England |
| DfE URN | 100864 Tables |
| Students | 1,218 |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Ages | 4–18 |
| Houses | 8 |
| Colours |
Red, black, white and navy |
| Former pupils | Alleyn's Old Boys / Girls |
| Affiliation | Alleyn's College of God's Gift |
| Website | www.alleyns.org.uk |
Alleyn's School is an independent, co-educational day school in Dulwich, south London, England. It is a registered charity[2] and was originally part of the Alleyn's College of God's Gift charitable foundation, which also included James Allen's Girls' School (JAGS), Dulwich College and their affiliate schools (JAPS and Alleyn's Junior School). The official religion is Church of England.[3] The school is also listed in the Good Schools Guide.[4]
History
Edward Alleyn
In 1619, Edward Alleyn established his "College of God's Gift" (the gift of love) with twelve pupils.[5][6] Alleyn's School is a direct descendant of Edward Alleyn's original foundation and was established as a boys' school in 1882. It still exists as part of a foundation alongside Dulwich College and JAGS; it split with Dulwich College after the "Dulwich College Act" of 1857, with the upper school of the original foundation moving to a new site further south and the lower school staying put, becoming an independent boys' school in 1882 and later also moving to its own site.
The original school is now the foundation chapel and the offices for the Dulwich Estate, which belongs to the foundation schools.[5] Alleyn's became a public school with the election of the Headmaster to the Headmasters' Conference (HMC) in 1919. It was a direct grant grammar school from 1958 until the abolition of that status in 1975. The Governors then opted for outright independence and co-education.
The College of God's Gift
For the original College of God's Gift, 24 students had to be chosen from the four parishes with which Edward Alleyn had been connected. Saint Giles, Camberwell (in which Dulwich was situated), Saint Saviour, Southwark (where the Bear Pit stood on Bankside), Saint Botolph, Bishopsgate (where Alleyn was born), and Saint Giles, Cripplegate (home to the Fortune Theatre).[5]
May 2009 H1N1 flu cases
On 4 May 2009, six children in Year 7 were diagnosed with Influenza A virus subtype H1N1 2009 swine flu outbreak.[7] The school was closed for one week to contain the outbreak and exams were rescheduled. All pupils and staff were offered a course of the anti-viral drug Tamiflu, distributed from the school. All the infected pupils responded to treatment, and were named with quotes in the newspapers.[8]
Staff
Headmasters
| The Revd J. H. Smith | 1882–1902 |
| Herbert B. Baker | 1902–1903 |
| Francis Collins | 1903–1920 |
| Ralph B. Henderson | 1920–1940 |
| C. R. Allison | 1940–1945 |
| S. R. Hudson | 1945–1963 |
| Charles W Lloyd | 1963–1966 |
| John Lewis Fanner | 1967–1975 |
| Derek A. Fenner | 1976–1992 |
| Dr. Colin H. R. Niven | 1992–2002 |
| Dr. Colin Diggory | 2002–2010 |
| Dr. Gary Savage | 2010– |
Notable staff
- The novelist Edward Upward was an English master at Alleyn's from 1932 to 1961.
The Edward Alleyn Building
Alleyn's started developing a new theatre complex, named the Edward Alleyn Building, on 10 February 2007. The £8.5million building was completed in 2008 and had a Grand Gala Opening in 2009.[9]
Extra-curricular activities
The school has one of the largest Combined Cadet Forces in the country.[10]
Alleyn's Old Boys and Girls
- Felix Barrett, theatre director[11][12]
- Stuart Blanch, Baron Blanch (1918–1994), Bishop of Liverpool, 1966–1975,; Archbishop of York, 1975–1983[13]
- Harold Bradfield (1898–1960), Bishop of Bath and Wells
- Nancy Carroll (born 1974), actress[11]
- Jack Chalker (1918–2014), artist[14]
- Donal Coonan (born 1981), presenter of Channel 4's web show, thisisaknife
- Ray Cooney (born 1932), playwright and actor[11]
- Sir Henry Cotton (1907–1987), golfer[11][13]
- Peter Darling, choreographer[11]
- Michael Edwards (born 1940), cricketer
- Ken Farrington (born 1936), actor
- C. S. Forester (1899–1966), novelist[11][13][15]
- Rich Fownes (born 1983), songwriter, Nine Inch Nails bassist
- Pixie Geldof (born 1990), British model, socialite and daughter of Bob Geldof (Roper's House)
- Julian Glover (born 1935), actor[13]
- Air Marshal Sir Victor Groom KCVO, KBE, CB, DFC & Bar (1898–1990), senior officer in the Royal Air Force
- Harry Guntrip (1901–1975), psychotherapist and Congregational minister[13]
- Eddie Hardin (born 1949), keyboard player for Spencer Davis Group
- Michael Edwards (born 1940), cricketer
- Air Marshal Sir Christopher Harper, Air Marshal, RAF, Director General of NATO International Military Staff, 2013–2015
- Michael Hastings (born 1937), author and playwright
- David Hemmings (1941–2003), film, theatre and television actor
- Terence Higgins, Baron Higgins (born 1928), politician
- Douglas Higgs (born 1951), director, Molecular Haematology Unit of the Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford
- Sir Joe Hooper (1914–1994), director, Government Communications Headquarters, 1965–1973; Government Intelligence Co-ordinator, 1973–1978[13]
- Leslie Howard (1893–1943), actor, 1907–1910[16]
- Zezi Ifore (born 1985), broadcaster and art consultant
- R. V. Jones (1911–1997), physicist, military intelligence expert; Professor of Natural Philosophy, University of Aberdeen, 1946–1981[11][13]
- Baron Ajay Kakkar (born 1964), Professor of Surgical Science, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London (Roper's House; also a school governor)[11]
- Jude Law (born 1972), actor[11][13]
- Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen (born 1965), television presenter and architect[17]
- Peter Lyons. Musician. Director of Music, Royal Naval College, Greenwich; Master of Choristers and Director of Music, Wells Cathedral and Wells Cathedral School; Headmaster, Witham Hall School[18][19]
- Kelvin MacKenzie (born 1946), former editor of The Sun, left the school with 1 O-Level
- James Bolivar Manson (1879–1945), painter and director of Tate Gallery, 1930–1938[13]
- Mitch McGugan, musician[11][20]
- Jack Peñate (born 1984), singer-songwriter (Spurgeon's House)[11]
- Air Marshall Sir Walter Pretty KBE CB (1909–1975), Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at Signals Command
- Sir V. S. Pritchett (1900–1997), writer and critic[11][13]
- Marcus Reeves (born 1979), writer and performer (Dutton's House)
- Colin Robbins (born 1964), software engineer and company director (Roper's House)
- Jacob Shaw (born 1988), cellist[21] (Dutton's House)
- Robin Shroot (born 1988), Birmingham City F.C. midfielder
- Ed Simons (born 1970), one half of the Chemical Brothers
- Kenneth Spring (1921–1997), British Army officer and painter
- Mickey Stewart (born 1933), cricketer[11]
- John Stride (1936–2018), actor[11]
- Dobrinka Tabakova, composer
- Frank Thornton (1921–2013), actor
- Simon Ward (1941–2012), actor[11][13]
- Hannah Ware (born 1982), model and actress, Boss[22]
- Jessie Ware, singer, journalist[23]
- Arthur Watson (1880–1969), editor, Daily Telegraph, 1924–1950[13]
- Sir Cullum Welch, 1st Baronet (1895–1980), Lord Mayor of London
- Florence Welch (born 1986), vocalist of Florence and the Machine (Spurgeon's House)[11]
- Samuel West (born 1966), actor[24]
- David Weston (born 1938), actor
- Felix White, guitarist and vocalist of The Maccabees[11]
- Sir Philip Woodfield (1923–2000), British civil servant
- Sir Frank George Young (1908–1988), biochemist; first Master of Darwin College, Cambridge, 1964–1976[13]
References
- ↑ http://www.alleyns.org.uk/page.aspx?id=864
- ↑ Charity Commission. Alleyn's School, registered charity no. 1057971.
- ↑ "Chaplaincy at Alleyn's". Alleyns.org.uk. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
- ↑ "Good Schools Guide". Good Schools Guide. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
- 1 2 3 "Dulwich Estate talks about the history". Dulwichestate.co.uk. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
- ↑ "Home". Henslowe-Alleyn. 17 March 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
- ↑ "Nine more UK cases of swine flu". BBC News. 4 May 2009. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
- ↑ The Guardian Wednesday 6 May pg.31
- ↑ http://www.ajbuildingslibrary.co.uk/projects/display/id/520
- ↑ http://www.tatler.com/guides/schools-guide/2013/public/alleyns
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "Independent School Guide". Guidetoindependentschools.com. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
- ↑ "Felix Barrett".
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "History of Art". 5 February 2013.
- ↑ "UWE awards honorary degree to Jack Chalker". University of the West of England. 17 November 2003. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
- ↑ Liukkonen, Petri. "C. S. Forester". Books and Writers (kirjasto.sci.fi). Finland: Kuusankoski Public Library. Archived from the original on 27 November 2006.
- ↑ Eforgan, E. (2010) Leslie Howard: The Lost Actor. London: Vallentine Mitchell. pp.10–16. ISBN 978-0-85303-971-6
- ↑ "ITP Events {The Emirates Home Show 2004: About Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen}". Itp.net. 11 March 1965. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
- ↑ Entry for Lyons, Peter Stanley, in Register of Twentieth Century Johnians, Volume I, 1900–1949nn. St John's College, Cambridge.
- ↑ Obituary for Lyons, Peter Stanley, Rutland and Stamford Mercury, Friday, 20 April 2007.
- ↑ "Mitch McGugan".
- ↑ "Jacob Shaw, cellist – Official Website". Jacobshaw.de. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
- ↑ "Hannah Ware Bio Page". Archived from the original on 21 September 2013.
- ↑ One to watch: Jessie Ware Publisher: The Guardian newspaper. Published: 26 February 2012. Retrieved: 27 April 2013.
- ↑ Michael Billington (16 September 2005). "The Guardian profile: Sam West | UK news | The Guardian". London: Arts.guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
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