ILFORD COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL

'Ilford County High School' (ICHS) is a Selective Boys' Secondary Grammar School in the Royal London Borough of Redbridge. At one time, it was regarded as being in Clayhall. However, more recently it has been described as being in Barkingside, and this is the address shown on its web site^[2] and school letterheads.
ICHS is a four-form entry school, whereby each form comprises 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+ to enrol into the sixth form, but competition is fierce as a majority of places each year are taken up by existing students of the lower school. In 2004-5, there were 843 pupils on roll including 245 in the sixth form. There were 88 members of staff - 63 teachers and 25 administrative and other support staff. It was designated as a Specialist Science College in September 2004. The current headmaster is Mr S I Devereux, who has been headmaster since 1993.

Contents

History

Old Parkonians

New Facilities

Notable alumni

Notable teachers

References

External links

History

It was founded in 1901 in Gants Hill, moving to its present site in the 1930s. It was originally called ''Park Higher Grade School'', and consequently old boys are called Old Parkonians. There was formerly also an Ilford County High Girls' School that took over the original ICHS building. Following the conversion of the Girls' school to being part of a co-educational school (Valentines High School), Woodford 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 six 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 Mike Sharkey, and the chairman of the club is Jim Goody.

New Facilities

Construction of a new Sports Hall was completed in November 2006 and was opened by former pupil Sir Trevor Brooking. The Sports Hall provides access to gym equipment, a swimming pool and a large sports hall, catering for most indoor sports including football, cricket, badminton, basketball and table tennis.

Construction is imminent on a new Interactive Learning Centre to replace the current library, on the site of the old gymnasium.

Notable alumni

Notable ex-pupils include:

★ Sir Husein Hasanally Abdoolcader (1890-1974), Indian-born Malayan politician

★ Alan Aldous (1923-1992), Headmaster

★ Kenneth Allen (1923-1997), Professor of Nuclear Physics, University of Oxford

★ Sanjeev Bassi, Consultant Adult and Paediatric Neurosurgeon, London [3]

★ Laurence Baxter (1954-1996), Professor of Statistics, State University of New York

★ Michael Baxter (b.1956), Statistician

★ Raymond Baxter (1922-2006), TV personality (''Tomorrow's World'')

★ Sir Trevor Brooking (b.1948), footballer

★ Geoffrey Michael Brooks (b.1944), author of ''Hitler's Terror Weapons''

★ His Honour Gerald Butler (b.1930), judge

★ Air Vice-Marshal Arthur Button (1916-1991), director of RAF Education

★ Jack Charles (1923-2006), Civil Servant and employee of the Greater London Council ^[3]

★ Varun Chopra (b.1987), cricketer for English U-19 cricket team (which he has captained) and Essex County Cricket Club

★ Roland Dobbs (b.1924), Professor of Physics, University of London

★ Francis Earwaker (b.1936), Economist, World Bank

★ John Fleming (b.1950), writer and TV producer

★ William Thomas George Gates (1908-1990), banker

★ Brian Green (b.1956), QC and law lecturer ^[3]

★ Steven Haberman (b.1951), Professor of Actuarial Science at City University

★ Ronald Hutton (b.1954), Professor of History at the University of Bristol

★ David Ian (b.1961), theatre producer ^[3]

★ Norman Lloyd Johnson (1917-2004), Professor of Statistics

★ Kenneth Lefever (b.1915), Civil Servant (Her Majesty's Customs and Excise, Civil Service Appeals Board)

★ Dame Kathleen Lonsdale (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 (1940-2006), former footballer and West Ham manager

★ Admiral Sir Raymond Lygo (b.1924), Chief of Naval Staff 1978

★ Gerald Mahlowe (b.1941), writer (BBC, Songwriter magazine)

★ Professor Neil Merritt (b.1939), law lecturer; Vice-Chancellor, University of Portsmouth

★ John Mitchell (b.1925), Assistant Director General, British Council

★ Kele Okereke (b.1981), pop singer (Bloc Party frontman)

★ Kenneth Pepper (1913-2002), Commissioner of Her Majesty's Customs and Excise

★ Raymond Peters (1918-1995), Professor of Polymer and Fibre Science, University of Manchester

★ John Reddaway (1916-1990), Deputy Head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency

★ John Rickard (b.1940), Government economist

★ Norman Ruff (b.1939), Associate Professor Emeritus, University of Victoria, Canada

★ Allen Sheppard (b.1932), Baron Sheppard of Didgemere, industrialist

★ Ralph Stead (1917-2000), Chairman, Eastern Region, British Gas

★ Glen Tarman (b.1965), global poverty campaigner, co-founder of Make Poverty History and coordinator of the Trade Justice Movement

★ Bramwell Tovey (b.1953), conductor

★ Peter Turner (b.1928), Government operations researcher

★ Geoffrey Tyler (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, Wisbech, taught at ICHS, 1980-4

★ (Archibald) Keith Dawson, born 1937, Headmaster of Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School 1987-96, began his teaching career at ICHS, 1961-63

★ David Evennett, MP 1983-1997 and 2005-, had his entire teaching career at ICHS, 1972-4

★ Paul Kitson, born 1951, Belgian Congo, Headmaster of John Spendluffe Technology College, Alford, Lincolnshire, began his teaching career at ICHS, 1972-4

★ John Moore, born 1943, Headmaster of St. Dunstan's College, Catford, was Headmaster, 1986-93

★ John Speller, born 1949, Headmaster of the Liverpool Blue Coat School and Norton Knatchbull School, Ashford, Kent, was Deputy Head, 1983-9

★ Philip White, born 1954, Headmaster of Cordeaux School, Louth, Lincolnshire and La Mare de Carteret Secondary School, Guernsey, was Deputy Head, 1989-94

★ Nigel May has taught footballer David Beckham at Chingford Foundation School.

References

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3. Who's Who (UK) 2007
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5. Who's Who (UK) 2007

External links

★ Ilford County High School website