Aldenham School
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Aldenham School is a co-educational independent school
for pupils aged thirteen to eighteen, located between Elstree
and the village of Aldenham
in Hertfordshire
, England
. There is also a preparatory school
for pupils from the ages of five to thirteen.
granted him letters patent
to build "the Free Grammar School
and Almshouse
s" at Aldenham; the foundation stone was laid in 1597. Before Platt died in 1600 he obtained an endowment for the School by a covenant between himself and the Brewers' Company. It became a village elementary school, taking in private pupils.
In the early 19th century an investigation by the Education Charities Commission of the Poor led to the Tudor
Grammar School being demolished and replaced by two new schools: a lower school providing an elementary education for the local population, and a grammar school for fee paying boarders.
In the 1860s, the Platt estate in St Pancras, London
, which provided the endowment of the school, was compulsorily purchased for the construction of St Pancras railway station
.
In a measure described by the headmaster of the time as "a violent act of confiscation", more than half of the £81,000 paid in compensation was diverted by the Charity Commissioners, acting under the Endowed Schools Act 1869
.
In the scheme approved in 1875, £20,000 went to the North London Collegiate School
and Camden School for Girls
, £13,333/6/8d to support secondary education in Watford
(see Watford Grammar School for Boys), and £8000 to elementary schools at Medburn (serving Radlett
) and Delrow (serving Aldenham).
The school has expanded and girls have been admitted throughout, thus paving the way for the school to become fully co-educational.
In November 2000 a new music school was opened by Dame Janet Baker
. In September 2005 the new English and Languages classroom block was opened, housing 10 classrooms and 4 offices. These include a generously equipped Language Laboratory and custom-designed Media Studies suite.
The renovation of the theatre was completed in 2007. The modernisation and improvements included a new control room, racked seating and classroom, with an extension built to accommodate learning support with five new tuition rooms, which also double up as dressing room during major productions. Several thousand pounds have also been used to purchase brand new technical equipment for the theatre, including new lanterns, digital effect lights, a followspot and a new sound system.
A major upgrade to Kennedy’s boarding house in 2008 converted the ground floor to allow Martineau’s house (years 7 & 8) to move in, and make room for more younger students to board should they wish to.
On the 25th May 2009 Aldenham School appeared On ITV News because of 3 students making a film Via www.buyacredit.com
Maintaining, and where necessary, developing the facilities of the School are central to the school's strategy. The objectives are to improve facilities for existing and future pupils through a programme of new build and redevelopment of existing buildings and to achieve this some reallocation of use will be necessary. The first part of the plan to build an Estates and Storage building took place during 2010. This has freed up the current Maintenance building and development of this at the end of 2010 will allow the School Shop to relocate to this area close to the main car park, making it more accessible to parents and will also provide additional Music and Dance facilities for the Prep School.
Once the Shop has vacated its location that building will be free to be developed as part of a new Sixth Form Centre, providing study and recreation facilities for Sixth Formers under one roof, making better use of a high profile building in the heart of the School and linking the new building to the Music School to allow better use of the Music School Recital Room, including making it available for public performances. The new building will also provide additional Music and Sixth Form teaching facilities as well as enhanced meeting facilities.
In addition to major projects the School has a rolling programme of planned maintenance and investment in facilities in classrooms, boarding and day Houses, the Prep School, other buildings and sports surfaces together with the supporting infrastructure on the School campus. This formed part of a Vision 2013 plan approved by the Governors.
The Quatercentenary began with a launch party with fireworks and a re-enactment of Richard Platt receiving the letters patent from Elizabeth I to build the school. The guest for the evening was Cilla Black
.
There was also an OA Reunion Day and a 'Festival of the Car', along with a football match: Aldenham vs Watford F.C.
The school was also visited during the year by HRH The Princess Royal
, who came to open the new artificial turf pitch that had been built as a result of money raised by the appeal.
In 1825 Aldenham became the second place, after Eton College
, to write down rules for its code of football.
The Good Schools Guide called the Aldenham "A seriously sporty school", as well as "Intensely competitive."
Aldenham has six senior houses and one junior house.
The three oldest houses – McGill's (gold), Beevor's (red) and Paull's (sky blue) – are each named after their first Housemaster.
They were joined in 1962 by Kennedy's (orange).
Today McGill's, Beevor's and Kennedy's accommodate boarding boys.
Leeman's (pink) and Riding's (blue) were created in 1991 from the Evens and Odds parts of the former School House to cater for day boys.
Since the school became coeducational in 2003, Paull's (sky blue) has been the house of all senior girls, whether day or boarding.
All pupils in years 7 and 8 belong to Martineau's (green), which is divided into six tutor groups: Beck, Elliot, Griffin, Mason, Neale and Swayne.
and directed by Lindsay Anderson
. The most frequently used room was the main school Dining Room containing the portrait of Aldenham's founder Richard Platt. However, most of the filming occurred at the independent school Cheltenham College
in the spa town of Cheltenham
in Gloucestershire
, which was the alma mater of the film's director.
Prior to 1824, before the school was rebuilt, the Headmaster was known as the Master:
Independent school (UK)
An independent school is a school that is not financed through the taxation system by local or national government and is instead funded by private sources, predominantly in the form of tuition charges, gifts and long-term charitable endowments, and so is not subject to the conditions imposed by...
for pupils aged thirteen to eighteen, located between Elstree
Elstree
Elstree is a village in the Hertsmere borough of Hertfordshire on the A5 road, about 10 miles north of London. In 2001, its population was 4,765, and forms part of the civil parish of Elstree and Borehamwood, originally known simply as Elstree....
and the village of Aldenham
Aldenham
This article is about the village in Hertfordshire. For the London Transport Bus Overhaul Works, see Aldenham Works.Aldenham is a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, approx. three miles north-east of Watford and two miles from Radlett. It was mentioned in the Domesday Book and is one of...
in Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. There is also a preparatory school
Preparatory school (UK)
In English language usage in the former British Empire, the present-day Commonwealth, a preparatory school is an independent school preparing children up to the age of eleven or thirteen for entry into fee-paying, secondary independent schools, some of which are known as public schools...
for pupils from the ages of five to thirteen.
History
The school was founded in 1597 by Richard Platt, a proprietor of a London brewery and Master of the Brewers' Company in 1576 and 1581. In 1596 Queen Elizabeth IElizabeth I of England
Elizabeth I was queen regnant of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana, or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty...
granted him letters patent
Letters patent
Letters patent are a type of legal instrument in the form of a published written order issued by a monarch or president, generally granting an office, right, monopoly, title, or status to a person or corporation...
to build "the Free Grammar School
Grammar school
A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and some other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching classical languages but more recently an academically-oriented secondary school.The original purpose of mediaeval...
and Almshouse
Almshouse
Almshouses are charitable housing provided to enable people to live in a particular community...
s" at Aldenham; the foundation stone was laid in 1597. Before Platt died in 1600 he obtained an endowment for the School by a covenant between himself and the Brewers' Company. It became a village elementary school, taking in private pupils.
In the early 19th century an investigation by the Education Charities Commission of the Poor led to the Tudor
Tudor architecture
The Tudor architectural style is the final development of medieval architecture during the Tudor period and even beyond, for conservative college patrons...
Grammar School being demolished and replaced by two new schools: a lower school providing an elementary education for the local population, and a grammar school for fee paying boarders.
In the 1860s, the Platt estate in St Pancras, London
St Pancras, London
St Pancras is an area of London. For many centuries the name has been used for various officially-designated areas, but now is used informally and rarely having been largely superseded by several other names for overlapping districts.-Ancient parish:...
, which provided the endowment of the school, was compulsorily purchased for the construction of St Pancras railway station
St Pancras railway station
St Pancras railway station, also known as London St Pancras and since 2007 as St Pancras International, is a central London railway terminus celebrated for its Victorian architecture. The Grade I listed building stands on Euston Road in St Pancras, London Borough of Camden, between the...
.
In a measure described by the headmaster of the time as "a violent act of confiscation", more than half of the £81,000 paid in compensation was diverted by the Charity Commissioners, acting under the Endowed Schools Act 1869
Endowed Schools Act 1869
The Endowed Schools Act 1869 was introduced in Britain during William Ewart Gladstone’s first ministry.An Endowed Schools Commission was created to draw up new schemes of distribution for schools which received funding from the government; previous endowments had been seen as poorly distributed and...
.
In the scheme approved in 1875, £20,000 went to the North London Collegiate School
North London Collegiate School
North London Collegiate School is an independent day school for girls founded in 1850 in Camden Town, and now in the London Borough of Harrow.The Good Schools Guide called the school an "Academically stunning outer London school in a glorious setting which, in 2003, demonstrated its refusal to rest...
and Camden School for Girls
Camden School for Girls
The Camden School for Girls is a comprehensive secondary school for girls, with a co-educational sixth form, in the London Borough of Camden in North London. It has about one thousand students of ages eleven to eighteen, and specialist-school status as a Music College...
, £13,333/6/8d to support secondary education in Watford
Watford
Watford is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, situated northwest of central London and within the bounds of the M25 motorway. The borough is separated from Greater London to the south by the urbanised parish of Watford Rural in the Three Rivers District.Watford was created as an urban...
(see Watford Grammar School for Boys), and £8000 to elementary schools at Medburn (serving Radlett
Radlett
Radlett is a small town in the county of Hertfordshire between St Albans and Borehamwood on Watling Street with a population of approximately 8,000. It is located in the council district of Hertsmere and is covered by two wards, Aldenham East and Aldenham West...
) and Delrow (serving Aldenham).
The school has expanded and girls have been admitted throughout, thus paving the way for the school to become fully co-educational.
In November 2000 a new music school was opened by Dame Janet Baker
Janet Baker
Dame Janet Abbott Baker, CH, DBE, FRSA is an English mezzo-soprano best known as an opera, concert, and lieder singer.She was particularly closely associated with baroque and early Italian opera and the works of Benjamin Britten...
. In September 2005 the new English and Languages classroom block was opened, housing 10 classrooms and 4 offices. These include a generously equipped Language Laboratory and custom-designed Media Studies suite.
The renovation of the theatre was completed in 2007. The modernisation and improvements included a new control room, racked seating and classroom, with an extension built to accommodate learning support with five new tuition rooms, which also double up as dressing room during major productions. Several thousand pounds have also been used to purchase brand new technical equipment for the theatre, including new lanterns, digital effect lights, a followspot and a new sound system.
A major upgrade to Kennedy’s boarding house in 2008 converted the ground floor to allow Martineau’s house (years 7 & 8) to move in, and make room for more younger students to board should they wish to.
On the 25th May 2009 Aldenham School appeared On ITV News because of 3 students making a film Via www.buyacredit.com
Maintaining, and where necessary, developing the facilities of the School are central to the school's strategy. The objectives are to improve facilities for existing and future pupils through a programme of new build and redevelopment of existing buildings and to achieve this some reallocation of use will be necessary. The first part of the plan to build an Estates and Storage building took place during 2010. This has freed up the current Maintenance building and development of this at the end of 2010 will allow the School Shop to relocate to this area close to the main car park, making it more accessible to parents and will also provide additional Music and Dance facilities for the Prep School.
Once the Shop has vacated its location that building will be free to be developed as part of a new Sixth Form Centre, providing study and recreation facilities for Sixth Formers under one roof, making better use of a high profile building in the heart of the School and linking the new building to the Music School to allow better use of the Music School Recital Room, including making it available for public performances. The new building will also provide additional Music and Sixth Form teaching facilities as well as enhanced meeting facilities.
In addition to major projects the School has a rolling programme of planned maintenance and investment in facilities in classrooms, boarding and day Houses, the Prep School, other buildings and sports surfaces together with the supporting infrastructure on the School campus. This formed part of a Vision 2013 plan approved by the Governors.
Quatercentenary
In 1997, Aldenham celebrated its 400th anniversary, or Quatercentenary, which led to what was know at 'The 400 Appeal' being established. Through different events the appeal aimed to raise as much money as possible, to help the school expand ready for the 21st century.The Quatercentenary began with a launch party with fireworks and a re-enactment of Richard Platt receiving the letters patent from Elizabeth I to build the school. The guest for the evening was Cilla Black
Cilla Black
Cilla Black OBE is an English singer, actress, entertainer and media personality, who has been consistently popular as a light entertainment figure since 1963. She is most famous for her singles Anyone Who Had A Heart, You're My World, and Alfie...
.
There was also an OA Reunion Day and a 'Festival of the Car', along with a football match: Aldenham vs Watford F.C.
Watford F.C.
Watford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. It is often referred to as Watford F.C., Watford, or by the team's nickname The Hornets . Watford Rovers, Founded in 1881, entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1886, and the Southern League a decade...
The school was also visited during the year by HRH The Princess Royal
Anne, Princess Royal
Princess Anne, Princess Royal , is the only daughter of Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh...
, who came to open the new artificial turf pitch that had been built as a result of money raised by the appeal.
Sport
Sport has long been major part of the extracurricular activities at the school.In 1825 Aldenham became the second place, after Eton College
Eton College
Eton College, often referred to simply as Eton, is a British independent school for boys aged 13 to 18. It was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor"....
, to write down rules for its code of football.
The Good Schools Guide called the Aldenham "A seriously sporty school", as well as "Intensely competitive."
Houses
The three oldest houses – McGill's (gold), Beevor's (red) and Paull's (sky blue) – are each named after their first Housemaster.
They were joined in 1962 by Kennedy's (orange).
Today McGill's, Beevor's and Kennedy's accommodate boarding boys.
Leeman's (pink) and Riding's (blue) were created in 1991 from the Evens and Odds parts of the former School House to cater for day boys.
Since the school became coeducational in 2003, Paull's (sky blue) has been the house of all senior girls, whether day or boarding.
All pupils in years 7 and 8 belong to Martineau's (green), which is divided into six tutor groups: Beck, Elliot, Griffin, Mason, Neale and Swayne.
If....
Aldenham was used to film additional interior scenes in the 1968 classic British film If...., starring Malcolm McDowellMalcolm McDowell
Malcolm McDowell is an English actor with a career spanning over forty years.McDowell is principally known for his roles in the controversial films If...., O Lucky Man!, A Clockwork Orange and Caligula...
and directed by Lindsay Anderson
Lindsay Anderson
Lindsay Gordon Anderson was an Indian-born, British feature film, theatre and documentary director, film critic, and leading light of the Free Cinema movement and the British New Wave...
. The most frequently used room was the main school Dining Room containing the portrait of Aldenham's founder Richard Platt. However, most of the filming occurred at the independent school Cheltenham College
Cheltenham College
Cheltenham College is a co-educational independent school, located in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England.One of the public schools of the Victorian period, it was opened in July 1841. An Anglican foundation, it is known for its classical, military and sporting traditions.The 1893 book Great...
in the spa town of Cheltenham
Cheltenham
Cheltenham , also known as Cheltenham Spa, is a large spa town and borough in Gloucestershire, on the edge of the Cotswolds in the South-West region of England. It is the home of the flagship race of British steeplechase horse racing, the Gold Cup, the main event of the Cheltenham Festival held...
in Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean....
, which was the alma mater of the film's director.
Headmasters
- James Fowler (2006–Present)
- Richard Harman (2000–2006)
- Stephen Borthwick (1994–2000)
- Michael Higginbottom (1983–1994)
- Peter Boorman (1974–1983)
- Paul Griffin (1962–1974)
- Geoffrey Mason (1949–1961)
- George Riding (1933–1949)
- Harvey Beck (1920–1933)
- Alfred Cooke (1900–1920)
- John Kennedy (1877–1899)
- Alfred Leeman (1843–1876)
- Thomas Spyers (1836–1842)
- Richard Foster (1834–1836)
- Jonathan Wilkinson (1824–1833)
Prior to 1824, before the school was rebuilt, the Headmaster was known as the Master:
- Joseph Summersby (1823–1825)
- Methusalem Davies (1800–1823)
- John Griffin (1792–1799)
- Rice Hughes (1785–1792)
- Samuel White (1774–1785)
- Joseph Cantrell (1767–1774)
- William Ellis (1757–1767)
- Gilber Allenson (1738–1757)
- Allen Allenson (1714–1738)
- Francis Thompson (1703–1714)
- John Button (1703–1703)
- Randolph Nicoll (1678–1703)
- William Swayne (1673–1678)
- Andrew Campion (1663–1673)
- William Elliot (1653–1663)
- Jeremy Collier (1648–1653)
- Robert Cresswell (1643–1648)
- Christopher Smyth (1634–1643)
- Roland Greenwood (1623–1634)
- Thomas Neale (1598–1623)
Notable Old Aldenhamians
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, 1988–1995 - Sir Hugh LaddieHugh LaddieSir Hugh Ian Lang Laddie was a British High Court judge, lawyer, professor, and a specialist in intellectual property law. He was considered one the leading English judges and academics in the field of intellectual property law...
(1946–2008), High Court Judge - Sir Martin Sweeting, Director of the Surrey Space Centre and Chief Executive Officer of Surrey Satellite Technology LtdSurrey Satellite Technology LtdSurrey Satellite Technology Ltd, or SSTL, is a spin-off company of the University of Surrey, now fully owned by EADS Astrium, that builds and operates small satellites. Its satellites began as amateur radio satellites known by the UoSAT name or by an OSCAR designation...
- Dale WintonDale WintonDale Winton is an English radio DJ and television presenter.-Early life:Winton's father, Gary, was "domineering" and died when Winton was 13. Winton was brought up by his mother, actress Sheree Winton...
(born 1955), television presenter,BBC Radio 2 DJ, - Adrian NicholasAdrian NicholasAdrian Nicholas was a British skydiver who completed more than 8,000 jumps in 30 countries.He is best known for his successful test of Leonardo da Vinci's parachute design, proving it to be in retrospective the world's first working parachute...
(1962–2005), skydiverSkydiverA skydiver is a person who engages in the sport of parachuting. It may also refer to:* SkyDiver a futuristic submarine featured in the TV series UFO* "Skydiver" a carnival ride produced by Chance Morgan... - Karren BradyKarren BradyKarren Brady is an English sporting executive, television broadcaster, newspaper columnist, author and novelist. She is the former managing director of Birmingham City Football Club and current vice-chairman of West Ham United...
(born 1969), Managing Director of West Ham United FC