Highams Park School
Encyclopedia
Highams Park School is a mixed, comprehensive 11-18 school in Highams Park
, London
. The school is a dual specialist Technology College
and Sports College
.
The house names come from:
Highams Park
Highams Park is a district in the London Borough of Waltham Forest, England, adjacent to Epping Forest. The forest at Highams Park contains a boating lake formed by Humphry Repton after damming the River Ching. There are parks and basic shopping facilities such as Budgens, but no major supermarket...
, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
. The school is a dual specialist Technology College
Technology College
Technology College is a term used in the United Kingdom for a secondary specialist school that focuses on design and technology, mathematics and science. These were the first type of specialist schools, beginning in 1994. In 2008 there were 598 Technology Colleges in England, of which 12 also...
and Sports College
Sports College
Sports Colleges were introduced in 1997 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enables secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, PE, sports and dance. Schools that successfully apply to the Specialist Schools Trust and become Sports...
.
Houses
The school has four houses:- Burnell (Yellow)
- Payling (Blue)
- Gibson (Red)
- Forest (Green)
The house names come from:
- Sidney Burnell, Director of Education in 1920;
- Elizabeth Payling, an outstanding academic ex-student who is the Head of Regulation Programme Management at Royal Mail ;
- Terry Gibson, an ex-pupil, professional footballer and sky commentator;
- Epping Forest, the nearby forest.
Notable alumni
- Terry GibsonTerry GibsonTerence Bradley "Terry" Gibson is an English former footballer who played as a forward for several clubs, including Tottenham Hotspur, Coventry City, Manchester United and Wimbledon.-Playing career:...
, footballer - David BentleyDavid BentleyDavid Michael Bentley is an English footballer who plays for West Ham United as a winger, on loan from Tottenham Hotspur....
(Arsenal, Blackburn, Tottenham) - Steven Dominique CheungSteven Dominique CheungSteven Dominique Cheung is a British Chinese Broadcaster. He was one of the youngest candidates who stood in the European Parliament elections on 4 June 2009.-Background :...
Politician, Broadcaster - Jamie O'Hara (footballer) (Arsenal, Tottenham, Portsmouth)
- Jermaine PennantJermaine PennantJermaine Lloyd Pennant is a footballer who plays for Stoke City in the Premier League.Born in Nottingham, Pennant played for his local side Notts County as a youngster. He earned promising reviews in the youth team at County and Arsenal signed him in 1999...
- KenzieKenzieJames Victor MacKenzie , better known as Kenzie or MC Kenzie, is a British rapper and former member of 10-piece UK pop-rap band Blazin' Squad. He now makes a living as a personal fitness instructor in Fairlop.- Blazin Squad :Blazin' Squad was a ten-piece UK pop-rap vocal band...