Ilford County High School
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Ilford County High School (ICHS) is a selective boys' secondary 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 a specialist science college in the Barkingside
Barkingside
Barkingside is a district of Ilford in the London Borough of Redbridge, northeast London. It is a suburban development.It is also the place in which Barkingside FC play their home games at Oakside stadium in Station Road....

 area of the London Borough of Redbridge
London Borough of Redbridge
The London Borough of Redbridge is a London borough in outer north-east London. Its administrative headquarters is at Redbridge Town Hall in Ilford. The local authority is Redbridge London Borough Council.-Etymology:...

.

ICHS is a four-form entry school, each form comprising up to 30 pupils. Originally one of a number of selective schools in the London Borough of Redbridge, ICHS was retained in 1973 as the only boys’ selective school in the borough. Admission at 11+ takes place through tests administered by the borough as local education authority. There is also opportunity for admission at 16+, directly into the sixth form, but the majority of places each year are taken up by existing students of the lower school. In 2004/5, there were 843 pupils, including 245 in the sixth form, and 88 members of staff, including 63 teachers. The Headmaster, since 1993, was Mr S I Devereux who retired in December 2009. On 19 April 2010, Mr Michael Capon officially became the new Headmaster of Ilford County High School. He was previously Deputy Headteacher of St Martins School, Brentwood.

ICHS was designated a specialist science college in September 2004, and additionally specialist language college from 2009.

History

It was founded in 1901 in Melbourne Road, Ilford moving to its present site in 1935. It was originally called Park Higher Grade School because of its close proximity to Ilford's Valentines Park, and consequently old boys are called Old Parkonians. There was formerly also an Ilford County High School for Girls that moved to a new building at Gants Hill. The ground floor of the original building in Melbourne Road is used as an annex for the adjoining Christchurch Primary School, and the remainder of the building as Redbridge Teachers' Centre. Following the conversion of the girls' school to being part of a co-educational school (Valentines High School
Valentines High School
Valentines High School is a comprehensive high school and a specialist teaching school in the Ilford area of the London Borough of Redbridge.-History:The school was formerly a grammar school known as Ilford County High School For Girls...

), Woodford County High School
Woodford County High School (London)
Woodford County High School is a secondary all-girls grammar school in Woodford Green in the London Borough of Redbridge, England. The school opened in 1919.Woodford's brother school is Ilford County High School....

 (WCHS) is often called the 'sister school'. In recent times, it has become the "partner school" of Trinity Catholic Science College and Ilford Jewish Primary School.

Old Parkonians

Old Parkonians is a club for ex-pupils of Ilford County High School and contains football and cricket teams. There are currently nine footballing XIs under the name of Old Parkonians, all of which compete in the Southern Amateur League. The current captain of the first team is Mark Jamieson, and the chairman of the club is Edward Lennard.

The Cricket Club, now open to all, still retains strong links with the School, providing coaching during the winter and playing the annual Centenary Trophy match against the School 1st XI each year. The Cricket Club fields 4 XIs is the Shepherd Neame Essex League, an occasional 5th XI on Saturdays, and two teams playing friendlies on Sundays, as well as running a successful and very popular Colts section. For 2010, James Foley is Club Captain, and Chris Nutt continues as Chairman.

The Chronicles

The school has published a magazine since its foundation entitled "Chronicles", often showcasing students' poems and artwork, in addition to news. Prior to 2007, Chronicles had always been published in book format by Mr. A. Gill and distributed to students throughout the school. However, this was discontinued in 2007, and was replaced by an online-only version.

The Focus

"Focus" is a school newspaper written by a group of lower school pupils, supported by two members of staff- Mr. Champion & Mrs. Foucher. The first edition was released in 2010 and all editions are available to view on the school website. The newspaper discusses on-going school issues and other topics of interest to pupils.

New Facilities

Construction of a new Sports Hall was completed in November 2006 and was opened by former pupil Sir Trevor Brooking
Trevor Brooking
Sir Trevor David Brooking CBE is a football player turned manager, on-air analyst, and administrator.Brooking attended Ripple Infants School and left Ilford County High School with 11 O-levels and 2 A-levels....

. The Sports Hall provides access to gym equipment, a swimming pool and a large sports hall, catering for most indoor sports including football, cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

, badminton
Badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...

, basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 and table tennis
Table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...

.

The Learning Resource Centre (Library) also came into action in October opened by Chris Ryan. This gives the pupils more books and a quiet option to study or go on the laptop. The LRC also has an internet bar which pupils can use if they need to for a short time e.g. to print documents.

Notable former pupils

Notable ex-pupils include:
  • Sir Husein Hasanally Abdoolcader
    Husein Hasanally Abdoolcader
    Sir Husein Hasanally Abdoolcader, CBE was a barrister and politician in Malaya.He was educated first in Malaya, at Raffles Institution, Singapore and Penang Free School, Penang...

     (1890-1974), India
    India
    India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

    n-born Malayan
    British Malaya
    British Malaya loosely described a set of states on the Malay Peninsula and the Island of Singapore that were brought under British control between the 18th and the 20th centuries...

     politician
  • Alan Aldous
    Alan Aldous
    Alan Aldous was a teacher who was headmaster of two schools.He was educated at Ilford County High School and Jesus College, Oxford.- Career :...

     (1923-1992), Headmaster
  • Kenneth Allen (1923-1997), Professor of Nuclear Physics
    Nuclear physics
    Nuclear physics is the field of physics that studies the building blocks and interactions of atomic nuclei. The most commonly known applications of nuclear physics are nuclear power generation and nuclear weapons technology, but the research has provided application in many fields, including those...

    , University of Oxford
    University of Oxford
    The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...

  • Laurence Baxter
    Laurence Baxter
    Laurence Alan Baxter was professor of statistics at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.-Early life:...

     (1954-1996), Professor of Statistics
    Statistics
    Statistics is the study of the collection, organization, analysis, and interpretation of data. It deals with all aspects of this, including the planning of data collection in terms of the design of surveys and experiments....

    , State University of New York
    State University of New York
    The State University of New York, abbreviated SUNY , is a system of public institutions of higher education in New York, United States. It is the largest comprehensive system of universities, colleges, and community colleges in the United States, with a total enrollment of 465,000 students, plus...

  • Raymond Baxter
    Raymond Baxter
    Raymond Frederic Baxter, OBE was a British television presenter and writer. He is best known for being the first presenter of Tomorrow's World, continuing for 12 years, from 1965 to 1977...

     (1922-2006), TV personality (Tomorrow's World
    Tomorrow's World
    Tomorrow's World was a long-running BBC television series, showcasing new developments in the world of science and technology. First aired on 7 July 1965 on BBC1, it ran for 38 years until it was cancelled at the beginning of 2003.- Content :...

    )
  • Sir Michael Berry (b.1941), Professor of Physics at Bristol University
  • Sir Trevor Brooking
    Trevor Brooking
    Sir Trevor David Brooking CBE is a football player turned manager, on-air analyst, and administrator.Brooking attended Ripple Infants School and left Ilford County High School with 11 O-levels and 2 A-levels....

     (b.1948), Footballer
  • Geoffrey Michael Brooks
    Geoffrey Michael Brooks
    Geoffrey Michael Brooks is a writer and translator. In 1960 he was awarded the ICHS School Prize in Languages....

     (b.1944), Author of Hitler's Terror Weapons
    Hitler's Terror Weapons
    Hitler's Terror Weapons: From V-1 to Vimana is Geoffrey Brooks' latest work, first published in the United Kingdom in 2002 by Leo Cooper, an imprint of Pen And Sword Books, printed in the UK by CPI UK....

  • Gerald Butler
    Gerald Butler
    His Honour Gerald Norman Butler, QC was an English judge, who was the senior judge at Southwark Crown Court. He was born in Hackney, London.-Education:...

     (b.1930, died 28 February 2010), Judge
  • Air Vice-Marshal
    Air Vice-Marshal
    Air vice-marshal is a two-star air-officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force. The rank is also used by the air forces of many countries which have historical British influence and it is sometimes used as the English translation of an equivalent rank in...

     Arthur Button
    Arthur Button
    Air Vice-Marshal Arthur Daniel Button, CB, OBE was a British Royal Air Force officer.He was educated at Ilford County High School and University College, Southampton ....

     (1916-1991), Director of RAF Education
  • Jack Charles
    Jack Charles
    Jack Charles was a British civil servant and Director of Establishments for the Greater London Council.He was educated at Ilford County High School, Essex....

     (1923-2006), Civil Servant and employee of the Greater London Council
    Greater London Council
    The Greater London Council was the top-tier local government administrative body for Greater London from 1965 to 1986. It replaced the earlier London County Council which had covered a much smaller area...

  • Varun Chopra
    Varun Chopra
    Varun Chopra is an English cricketer, and has captained the English U-19 cricket team in series against Sri Lanka in 2005 and India in 2006....

     (b.1987), Batsmen for Essex County Cricket Club
    Essex County Cricket Club
    Essex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Essex. Its limited overs team is called the Essex Eagles, their team colours this season are blue.The club plays most of its home games...

     and former captain of the English U-19 cricket team
    English U-19 cricket team
    The English Under-19 cricket team have been playing official Under-19 test matches since 1974. Prior to 1991/92 they were known as England Young Cricketers....

    .
  • Roland Dobbs
    Roland Dobbs
    Roland Dobbs is a British physicist, best known for his work in physical acoustics.- Education :Professor Dobbs was educated at Ilford County High School, Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet and University College London....

     (b.1924), Professor of Physics, University of London
    University of London
    -20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...

  • Marion Foale
    Marion Foale
    Marion Foale artist and fashion designer.Foale attended Ilford County High School, where she entered several painting contests. After school she attended Walthamstow School of Art...

     (b.1939), Fashion Designer
  • William Thomas George Gates
    William Thomas George Gates
    William Thomas George Gates CBE, 21 January 1908 - 23 November 1990 was a banker and expert on Africa.Education: Ilford County High School.- Career :He began work with the National Bank of New Zealand at their London office, 1925-30....

     (1908-1990), Banker
  • Jeffrey Alan Gray
    Jeffrey Alan Gray
    Jeffrey Alan Gray was a British psychologist. He was born in the East End of London. His father was a tailor, but died when Jeffrey was only seven. His mother, who ran a haberdashery, brought him up alone....

     (1934-2004), Psychologist and Linguist
  • Steven Haberman
    Steven Haberman
    Steven Haberman is the professor of actuarial science and a senior administrator at City University, London.He was educated at Ilford County High School, Trinity College, Cambridge and City University .- Career :...

     (b.1951), Professor of Actuarial Science at City University
    City University, London
    City University London , is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom. It was founded in 1894 as the Northampton Institute and became a university in 1966, when it adopted its present name....

  • Boyd Hilton
    Boyd Hilton
    Boyd Hilton is a British historian and a professor and fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. He specialises in modern British history, from the mid-18th century to the mid-19th century.Hilton was elected a fellow of Trinity College in 1974...

     (b.1967) TV Editor, Heat Magazine and broadcaster
  • Ronald Hutton
    Ronald Hutton
    Ronald Hutton is an English historian who specializes in the study of Early Modern Britain, British folklore, pre-Christian religion and contemporary Paganism. A reader in the subject at the University of Bristol, Hutton has published fourteen books and has appeared on British television and radio...

     (b.1954), Professor of History at the University of Bristol
    University of Bristol
    The University of Bristol is a public research university located in Bristol, United Kingdom. One of the so-called "red brick" universities, it received its Royal Charter in 1909, although its predecessor institution, University College, Bristol, had been in existence since 1876.The University is...

  • David Ian
    David Ian
    David Ian Lane , is a former actor and now a theatre producer who The Stage has called "the most powerful man in UK theatre".-Biography:...

     (b.1961), Theatre Producer
  • Norman Lloyd Johnson
    Norman Lloyd Johnson
    Norman Lloyd Johnson was a professor of statistics and author or editor of several standard reference works in statistics and probability theory.-Education:...

     (1917-2004), Professor of Statistics
  • Kathleen Lonsdale
    Kathleen Lonsdale
    Dame Kathleen Lonsdale, DBE FRS was a crystallographer, who established the structure of benzene by X-ray diffraction methods in 1929, and hexachlorobenzene by Fourier spectral methods in 1931...

     (1903-1971), Chemist, who had studied at the girls' school and transferred to the boys' school at the age of 16 so she could study science.
  • John Lyall
    John Lyall
    John Angus Lyall was an English footballer and manager of Scottish descent. His mother, Catherine, was from the Isle of Lewis, his father, James, was from Kirriemuir. He was born in Ilford, Essex.- Youth team career :...

     (1940-2006), Former Footballer and West Ham manager
  • Raymond Lygo
    Raymond Lygo
    Admiral Sir Raymond Lygo KCB is a former Royal Navy officer who went on to be Vice Chief of the Naval Staff.-Naval career:...

     (b.1924), Chief of Naval Staff 1978
  • Neil Merritt
    Neil Merritt
    Neil Merritt was the last President of Portsmouth Polytechnic and the first Vice-Chancellor of the University of Portsmouth , from which he resigned after financial irregularities...

     (b.1939), Law Lecturer; Vice-Chancellor, University of Portsmouth
    University of Portsmouth
    The University of Portsmouth is a university in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. The University was ranked 60th out of 122 in The Sunday Times University Guide...

  • John Mitchell
    John Matthew Mitchell
    John Matthew Mitchell was Assistant Director-General, 1981–84, and Senior Research Fellow, 1984-85 of the British Council....

     (b.1925), Assistant Director General, British Council
    British Council
    The British Council is a United Kingdom-based organisation specialising in international educational and cultural opportunities. It is registered as a charity both in England and Wales, and in Scotland...

  • Kele Okereke
    Kele Okereke
    Kelechukwu "Kele" Rowland Okereke is a British musician, best known as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the indie rock band Bloc Party.-Early life:...

     (b.1981), Singer, Bloc Party
    Bloc Party
    Bloc Party are a British Indie rock band, composed of Kele Okereke , Russell Lissack , Gordon Moakes , and Matt Tong...

  • Kenneth Pepper
    Kenneth Pepper
    Kenneth Bruce Pepper was a Commissioner of HM Customs and Excise, 1957-73.He was educated at Ilford County High School and the London School of Economics. He then spent his entire career at Customs and Excise apart from a spell as Lieutenant, Intelligence Corps, 1944-5. He was made a CB in 1965....

     (1913-2002), Commissioner of Her Majesty's Customs and Excise
    Her Majesty's Customs and Excise
    HM Customs and Excise was, until April 2005, a department of the British Government in the UK. It was responsible for the collection of Value added tax , Customs Duties, Excise Duties, and other indirect taxes such as Air Passenger Duty, Climate Change Levy, Insurance Premium Tax, Landfill Tax and...

  • Raymond Peters
    Raymond Peters
    Raymond Harry Peters was Professor of Polymer and Fibre Science, University of Manchester, 1955-1984, then Professor Emeritus....

     (1918-1995), Professor of Polymer and Fibre Science, University of Manchester
    University of Manchester
    The University of Manchester is a public research university located in Manchester, United Kingdom. It is a "red brick" university and a member of the Russell Group of research-intensive British universities and the N8 Group...

  • John Reddaway
    John Reddaway
    John Reddaway CMG, OBE was a diplomat who served as Deputy Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, 1960-68....

     (1916-1990), Deputy Head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency
  • John Rickard
    John Rickard
    John Hellyar Rickard is a former Chief Economic Advisor to the British Government.- Education :* Ilford County High School* St John's College, Oxford * University of Aston in Birmingham ....

     (b.1940), Government economist
  • Allen Sheppard (b.1932), Baron Sheppard of Didgemere, industrialist
  • Derek Smith
    Derek Smith
    Derek Smith may refer to:* Derek Smith , American former NFL tight end* Derek Smith , American NFL linebacker* Derek Smith , Canadian former NHL ice hockey player* Derek Smith Derek Smith may refer to:* Derek Smith (tight end) (born 1980), American former NFL tight end* Derek Smith (linebacker)...

     (b.1931) Jazz pianist ex Johnny Dankworth and Benny Goodman - hailed as finest Jazz pianist ever to go to USA
  • Ralph Stead
    Ralph Stead
    Ralph Edmund Stead was Chairman of the Eastern Region of the British Gas Corporation, 1977-81.Education: Manchester Grammar School and Ilford County High School....

     (1917-2000), Chairman, Eastern Region, British Gas
    British Gas plc
    British Gas plc was formerly the monopoly gas supplier and is a private sector in the United Kingdom.- History :In the early 1900s the gas market in the United Kingdom was mainly run by county councils and small private firms...

  • Bramwell Tovey
    Bramwell Tovey
    Bramwell Tovey, OM is an English-born Grammy Award winning conductor and composer. His musical roots are in The Salvation Army. He was educated at Ilford County High School, the Royal Academy of Music and the University of London. His formal music education was as a pianist and composer...

     (b.1953), Conductor
  • Geoffrey Tyler
    Geoffrey Tyler
    Geoffrey Tyler is an English educationalist.- Education :* Ilford County High School* Manchester University* University College, Oxford.- Career :* Armament Supply Officer, Admiralty HQ, 1938-46...

     (b.1920), Educationalist

Notable teachers

ICHS teachers notable in other fields, or who became head of a school, include:
  • John Bennett, born ? 1954, Headmaster of Marshland High School
    Marshland High School
    Marshland High School is an 11-16 co-educational comprehensive secondary modern school in the Fenland area of Norfolk, England, situated in the village of West Walton, Wisbech. The school itself is different from most neighbouring secondary schools in that it is relatively small...

    , Wisbech
    Wisbech
    Wisbech is a market town, inland port and civil parish with a population of 20,200 in the Fens of Cambridgeshire. The tidal River Nene runs through the centre of the town and is spanned by two bridges...

    , taught at ICHS, 1980-4
  • (Archibald) Keith Dawson, born 1937, Headmaster of Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School
    Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School
    The Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School is a British independent school for boys aged 4–19. It is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference and of the Haileybury Group....

     1987-96, began his teaching career at ICHS, 1961-63
  • David Evennett
    David Evennett
    David Anthony Evennett is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Bexleyheath and Crayford.-Early life:He was educated at Buckhurst Hill County High School and the London School of Economics where he was awarded an MSc in Economics...

    , MP 1983-1997 and 2005-, had his entire teaching career at ICHS, 1972-4
  • Paul Kitson, born 1951, Belgian Congo
    Belgian Congo
    The Belgian Congo was the formal title of present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo between King Leopold II's formal relinquishment of his personal control over the state to Belgium on 15 November 1908, and Congolese independence on 30 June 1960.-Congo Free State, 1884–1908:Until the latter...

    , Headmaster of John Spendluffe Technology College, Alford
    Alford, Lincolnshire
    - Notable residents :* Captain John Smith who lived in nearby Willoughby* Anne Hutchinson, pioneer settler and religious reformer in the United States* Thomas Paine, who was an excise officer in the town....

    , Lincolnshire
    Lincolnshire
    Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...

    , began his teaching career at ICHS, 1972-4
  • John Moore, born 1943, Headmaster of St. Dunstan's College, Catford
    Catford
    Catford is a district in south London, England, located in the London Borough of Lewisham. It is situated south-east of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.-Architecture:...

    , was Headmaster, 1986-93
  • John Speller, born 1949, Headmaster of the Liverpool Blue Coat School
    Liverpool Blue Coat School
    The Liverpool Blue Coat School is a voluntary aided secondary school located in Wavertree, Liverpool and is Liverpool's only Grammar School. The school was for many years a boys' school but as of September 2002 it has reverted to its original coeducational remit.The Blue Coat School holds a...

     and Norton Knatchbull School, Ashford, Kent
    Ashford, Kent
    Ashford is a town in the borough of Ashford in Kent, England. In 2005 it was voted the fourth best place to live in the United Kingdom. It lies on the Great Stour river, the M20 motorway, and the South Eastern Main Line and High Speed 1 railways. Its agricultural market is one of the most...

    , was Deputy Head, 1983-9
  • Philip White, born 1954, Headmaster of Cordeaux School
    Cordeaux School
    Cordeaux School is a secondary modern school on North Holme Road in Louth, Lincolnshire, England. Cordeaux School - A Specialist Engineering College currently is ranked 46th out of 73 in the 2009 Lincolnshire County League Table....

    , Louth, Lincolnshire
    Louth, Lincolnshire
    Louth is a market town and civil parish within the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.-Geography:Known as the "capital of the Lincolnshire Wolds", it is situated where the ancient trackway Barton Street crosses the River Lud, and has a total resident population of 15,930.The Greenwich...

     and La Mare de Carteret Secondary School, Guernsey
    Guernsey
    Guernsey, officially the Bailiwick of Guernsey is a British Crown dependency in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy.The Bailiwick, as a governing entity, embraces not only all 10 parishes on the Island of Guernsey, but also the islands of Herm, Jethou, Burhou, and Lihou and their islet...

    , was Deputy Head, 1989-94

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