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Highgate School

Highgate School, formally Sir Roger Cholmeley's School at Highgate,[1] is an English co-educational, fee-charging, independent day school, founded in 1565 in Highgate, London, England. It educates over 1,400 pupils in three sections – Highgate Pre-Preparatory School (ages 4–7), Highgate junior school (ages 7–11) and the senior school (11+) – which together comprise the Highgate Foundation. As part of its wider work the charity was from 2010 a founding partner of the London Academy of Excellence and it is now also the principal education sponsor of an associated Academy, the London Academy of Excellence Tottenham, which opened in September 2017.[2] The principal business sponsor is Tottenham Hotspur FC.[3] The charity also funds the Chrysalis Partnership, a scheme supporting 26 state schools in six London boroughs.[4]

Highgate School
Coat of arms of the Highgate School
Address
North Road

,
N6 4AY

Coordinates51°34′18″N 0°08′57″W / 51.5717°N 0.1493°W / 51.5717; -0.1493Coordinates: 51°34′18″N 0°08′57″W / 51.5717°N 0.1493°W / 51.5717; -0.1493
Information
Type
Motto
  • Altiora in Votis
  • (Latin: 'Higher through prayer')
Religious affiliation(s)Church of England
Established1565; 458 years ago (1565)
FounderSir Roger Cholmeley
Local authorityLondon Borough of Haringey
Department for Education URN102163 Tables
HeadAdam Pettitt
Staff126 full-time
GenderMixed
Age3 to 18
Enrolment1,456 pupils
Colour(s)    Maroon, navy
AffiliationsHMC, IAPS, Eton Group
Former pupilsOld Cholmeleians
Websitewww.highgateschool.org.uk

Administration

The foundation is governed in accordance with a Charity Commission Scheme dated 1 September 2005 (and amended in 2014).[1] Its governing body consists of 16 members; four are nominated (one each by the universities of Oxford and London, by the Bishop of London, and by the Lord Chief Justice), and the rest are co-opted. The Visitor is Queen Elizabeth II.[5] The head is assisted by principals of the pre-prep and junior schools, by deputy heads and a bursar, in managing the foundation. The school is a member of HMC and IAPS and is one of the twelve schools of the Eton Group.[6]

History

Cholmeley, a former Chief Justice and local landowner, decided to found a charitable school "for the good education and instruction of boys and young men" in Highgate and the local parishes. On 27 April 1565 he was granted by Edmund Grindal, the Bishop of London, some land on the site of the old gatehouse to the Bishop's Park and Hermit's Chapel (opposite the Gatehouse Inn, which still exists). A new chapel and buildings for the school and the local curate, who was expected to be the teacher, were built. The chapel also served as a chapel of ease for Highgate residents.[7]

However, by the early nineteenth century a dispute arose because the charity was spending more money, and the curate more time, on the local chapel than on the pupils. A House of Commons commission visited in 1819 and found the master, Samuel Mence, was paying a sexton to teach the boys. In a long and bitter action brought in the High Court against the trustees it was contended that this was contrary to its founding charitable deed. Lord Chancellor Eldon, in his 1827 judgment, agreed, finding "the charity is for the sustenance and maintenance of a free Grammar school".[8] The trustees were forced to comply and a separate local church for Highgate, St Michael's, was built in South Grove after a successful local appeal. Mence struggled on at the school until 1838 when there were only 19 pupils.[8]

An expansion of the school occurred under the next headmaster John Bradley Dyne (Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford) between 1838 and 1874. Under Dyne, by the 1870s the school had largely dropped free provision for local parish boys and alongside the day places boarding was encouraged for boys from the upper and upper middle classes; fees were introduced and academic standards improved. In the period up to this time the school was known commonly as the Free Grammar School at Highgate, the Highgate Grammar School, or the Cholmeley School. Like other public schools, Highgate followed Arnold at Rugby School in introducing the house system. Also like other public schools, Dyne flogged the pupils with a birch rod.[8]

In the 1860s land was acquired in Bishopswood Road, which provided extensive sports fields and on which several boarding houses and private residences were built. During this period the current chapel and main buildings were erected, designed by Reginald Blomfield (who had also designed Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford). A fragment of the older school building, a gateway with a rusted bell mechanism above between the porter's lodge and the main school building, remained intact until 2006 when the bell was refurbished and the old entrance itself rebuilt in a more modern style. The senior school continues to occupy today the island site in Highgate Village on which it was founded.[7]

During the Second World War the school's buildings were commandeered by the British government and the school was evacuated to Westward Ho! in Devon, returning to Highgate in 1943.[citation needed][9]

The poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge was buried in the school chapel, his grandson an Old Cholmeleian. However, in 1965 after a row with the council there was a ceremonial disinterring of Coleridge at which the then Poet Laureate John Masefield spoke and the remains were reburied at St Michael's parish church just a few hundred yards away.[citation needed][10]

Highgate School has the oldest public school freemasons' lodge, Cholmeley Lodge No 1731, formed in 1878, part of the Public Schools Lodges Council.[citation needed]

Until recently[when?] the school had two blocks of Eton Fives courts, one structure with ten courts (of which six were built in 1899 and a further four added c.1913); a second block of eight courts constructed in the 1920s was removed in 2014.[11]

Boarding and weekly boarding at Highgate declined in the years up to the early 1990s when the last boarders left. In 1993 one of the former houses was converted to create the coeducational pre-preparatory school.[12]

In 2001 the school announced its intention to become fully co-educational ending over four hundred years of single sex education, and girls joined the Senior and Junior schools from 2004.[13] According to the Good Schools Guide "Its decision to go co-ed has helped to put its popularity and academic standards on upward trajectories".[14]

In April 2006 the Mills Centre for Art, Design and Technology was opened, incorporating an area commemorating former director of art Sir Kyffin Williams.[citation needed]

In January 2013 the charter building was opened by former pupil and governor Lord Hill.[15]

In May 2014 the Sir Martin Gilbert Library was opened by former Prime Minister Gordon Brown.[16]

Throughout 2015 the school celebrated its 450th anniversary. In January 2015 a museum opened, which can be visited by the public on Saturday mornings in term-time.[17]

In September 2016 a new building for the junior school opened.[18]

Sexual abuse allegations

In March 2021, current and former pupils of the school published an open letter to the governors, evidencing the school's 'systematic failure' to address sexual abuse committed by Highgate pupils or on Highgate property.[19][20][better source needed][21] The letter referenced hundreds of anonymous allegations of harassment, assault, and rape against former and current pupils,[22][better source needed][23] claimed that male students at Highgate School had a widespread reputation for such behaviour, and alleged that students had been 'silenced' by the school administration. Year 11, 12 and 13 pupils staged a classroom walkout to mark the report.[24] Later the same week the school announced an independent investigation into rape culture at the school, by a panel to led by Dame Anne Rafferty, the former Lady Justice of Appeal.[25] Her subsequent report along with a safeguarding review carried out by the London Borough of Haringey stated that the school's polices met statutory requirements and that a large majority of alleged incidents took place outside of the school.[26] In addition, both reports reflected on the contrasting responses from interviews with pupils and parents with Rafferty stating: "It is striking that no one in the school community recognises the Highgate on Everyone’s Invited as the school they attend or to which they send their children or at which they work."[27] The school announced a range of policy reviews including an Anti-Sexism and Sexual Violence Plan along with implementing Rafferty's recommendation of appointing a dedicated Director of Safeguarding.[28]

Houses

 
Chapel Quad, with "Big School" on the left, and the chapel

The school operates a house system like many other public schools and upon reaching year 9,[29] pupils are placed in a house. These houses are Northgate, Southgate, Westgate, Eastgate, Queensgate, Kingsgate, Midgate, Fargate, Heathgate, The Lodge, School House and Grindal. This system, which Dyne, like other public school headmasters, copied from Arnold's at Rugby School, was established to create "house spirit" among the students, allowing for both academic and sporting competitions among the houses. Some of these, like School House, Grindal and The Lodge used to be boarding houses. However, other houses, such as Kingsgate, are newer, having been created by a disaffected group of Westgateans in the 1970s.[citation needed]

Head masters

The title head has been used since March 2015.[30]

  • 2006–date Adam Sven Pettitt
  • 1989–2006 Richard Paul Kennedy
  • 1974–1989 Roy Curtis Giles
  • 1954–1974 Alfred John Farre Doulton
  • 1936–1954 Geoffrey Foxall Bell
  • 1908–1936 John Alexander Hope Johnston
  • 1893–1908 Arthur Edmund Allcock
  • 1874–1893 Charles McDowall
  • 1838–1874 John Bradley Dyne
  • 1816–1838 Samuel Mence
  • 1793–1816 Thomas Bennett
  • 1780–1793 William Porter
  • 1746–1780 William Felton
  • 1733–1746 Bexworth Liptrott
  • 1728–1733 Thomas Horton
  • 1712–1728 John Browne
  • 1712–1712 Henry Mills
  • 1699–1712 W.M.Chapman
  • 1699–1699 John Cole
  • 1694–1699 Peter Cook
  • 1686–1694 Thomas Brown
  • 1680–1686 Robert Peirce
  • 1677–1680 Robert King
  • 1673–1677 John Seely
  • 1670–1673 Ellis Price
  • 1670–1670 Richard Bestwick
  • 1670–1670 Joseph Gwillym
  • 1660–1670 Thomas Carter (restored)
  • 1659–1660 Benoni Barke
  • 1659–1659 – Chamberlaine
  • 1645–1659 George Marsden
  • 1644–1645 Christopher Laurence
  • 1639–1644 Thomas Carter (ejected)
  • 1625–1639 John Ridley
  • 1615–1625 John Bright
  • 1609–1615 John Mann
  • 1599–1609 Abdias Tuer
  • 1593–1599 Ralph Williams
  • 1592–1593 John Williams
  • 1589–1592 Christopher Goffe
  • 1586–1589 William Becket
  • 1580–1586 Edward Smythe
  • 1571–1580 Johnson Charle

Notable members of staff

With year of joining

The Cholmeleian Society and notable Cholmeleians

Former pupils of Highgate School are called Cholmeleians or Old Cholmeleians ("OCs"), after Sir Roger Cholmeley. The alumni are organised as the Cholmeleian Society, founded as the Old Cholmeleian Club in 1893, although annual dinners had been held since 1859.[31] Both the School and the Society organise social events, and a magazine, The Cholmeleian, is published twice a year. Notable Cholmeleians include:

Arts, design and literature

Business and commerce

Classical music

Film, stage and television

Law

Military

Politics and public service

Popular music

Religion

Science and engineering

Sport

References

  1. ^ a b "SIR ROGER CHOLMELEY'S SCHOOL AT HIGHGATE, registered charity no. 312765". Charity Commission for England and Wales.
  2. ^ Davies, Aanna (12 May 2016). "Tottenham Hotspur teams up with top school to open new academy". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  3. ^ "London Academy of Excellence Tottenham". Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Chrysalis Newsletter" (PDF). Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Governors". Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  6. ^ Walford, Geoffrey (1986). Life in public schools. Taylor and Francis. pp. 10–11. ISBN 978-0-416-37180-2.
  7. ^ a b Palmer, Alan, A Short History of Highgate School(1964), in Highgate School Register 1833–1964 pp9-32.
  8. ^ a b c Richardson, John, Highgate Past(1989), pp61-63.
  9. ^ "CIVILIAN EVACUATION TO DEVON IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ "Samuel Taylor Coleridge's remains rediscovered in wine cellar". TheGuardian.com. 12 April 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ Michael L. Chiavone; Simon Inglis (1 September 2014). Played in London: Charting the Heritage of a City at Play. English Heritage. p. 283. ISBN 978-1-84802-057-3.
  12. ^ "Pre-Prep". Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  13. ^ "The Coeducation Issue" (PDF). Cholmeleian (Winter 2014): 20–21, 57–59. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  14. ^ . Archived from the original on 27 February 2009. Retrieved 26 September 2008.
  15. ^ Beioley, Kate (21 January 2013). "Leader of the House of Lords opens new building at Highgate School". Ham & High. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  16. ^ "Sir Martin Gilbert Library, Highgate School". 21 May 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  17. ^ Blake, Imogen (20 January 2015). "Highgate School treasure trove including the Second World War exploded bomb on show for first time at new museum". Ham & High. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  18. ^ "New junior school opens". Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  19. ^ Ellery, Ben, News Reporter. "Rape normal at private school, says dossier of 170 testimonies". The Times. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  20. ^ "Open letter to Governors". Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  21. ^ "'Rape is normal at Highgate School' - Headteacher 'truly sorry'". 24 March 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  22. ^ "Highgate School, Sexual Violence Testimonies". Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  23. ^ "Schools 'must involve police' in rape claims". BBC News. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  24. ^ "Highgate School pupils hold walkout after claims of 'rape culture'". BBC News. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  25. ^ "Governors Confirm Dame Anne Rafferty to Lead Independent Review". Highgate School. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  26. ^ Corbett, Angela; Sutton, Paul (5 November 2021). "Haringey Safeguarding Review" (PDF). Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  27. ^ Raffray, Nathalie (26 January 2022). "Highgate School to overhaul safeguarding after sexual abuse review". Hampstead & Highgate Express. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  28. ^ "Independent Review report and Local Authority Safeguarding Review". Highgate. 25 January 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  29. ^ "Aims and ethos".
  30. ^ Blake, Imogen (28 April 2015). "Highgate School headteacher: 'Michael Gove was brilliant as education secretary'". Ham & High. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  31. ^ Hughes, Patrick; Davis, Ian (1988). Highgate School Register 1833–1988 (7th ed.). pp. 452–453.

External links

  • Highgate School website

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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Highgate School news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Highgate School formally Sir Roger Cholmeley s School at Highgate 1 is an English co educational fee charging independent day school founded in 1565 in Highgate London England It educates over 1 400 pupils in three sections Highgate Pre Preparatory School ages 4 7 Highgate junior school ages 7 11 and the senior school 11 which together comprise the Highgate Foundation As part of its wider work the charity was from 2010 a founding partner of the London Academy of Excellence and it is now also the principal education sponsor of an associated Academy the London Academy of Excellence Tottenham which opened in September 2017 2 The principal business sponsor is Tottenham Hotspur FC 3 The charity also funds the Chrysalis Partnership a scheme supporting 26 state schools in six London boroughs 4 Highgate SchoolCoat of arms of the Highgate SchoolAddressNorth RoadLondon N6 4AYEnglandCoordinates51 34 18 N 0 08 57 W 51 5717 N 0 1493 W 51 5717 0 1493 Coordinates 51 34 18 N 0 08 57 W 51 5717 N 0 1493 W 51 5717 0 1493InformationTypePublic schoolIndependent SchoolDay schoolMottoAltiora in Votis Latin Higher through prayer Religious affiliation s Church of EnglandEstablished1565 458 years ago 1565 FounderSir Roger CholmeleyLocal authorityLondon Borough of HaringeyDepartment for Education URN102163 TablesHeadAdam PettittStaff126 full timeGenderMixedAge3 to 18Enrolment1 456 pupilsColour s Maroon navyAffiliationsHMC IAPS Eton GroupFormer pupilsOld CholmeleiansWebsitewww wbr highgateschool wbr org wbr uk Contents 1 Administration 2 History 3 Sexual abuse allegations 4 Houses 5 Head masters 6 Notable members of staff 7 The Cholmeleian Society and notable Cholmeleians 7 1 Arts design and literature 7 2 Business and commerce 7 3 Classical music 7 4 Film stage and television 7 5 Law 7 6 Military 7 7 Politics and public service 7 8 Popular music 7 9 Religion 7 10 Science and engineering 7 11 Sport 8 References 9 External linksAdministration EditThe foundation is governed in accordance with a Charity Commission Scheme dated 1 September 2005 and amended in 2014 1 Its governing body consists of 16 members four are nominated one each by the universities of Oxford and London by the Bishop of London and by the Lord Chief Justice and the rest are co opted The Visitor is Queen Elizabeth II 5 The head is assisted by principals of the pre prep and junior schools by deputy heads and a bursar in managing the foundation The school is a member of HMC and IAPS and is one of the twelve schools of the Eton Group 6 History EditCholmeley a former Chief Justice and local landowner decided to found a charitable school for the good education and instruction of boys and young men in Highgate and the local parishes On 27 April 1565 he was granted by Edmund Grindal the Bishop of London some land on the site of the old gatehouse to the Bishop s Park and Hermit s Chapel opposite the Gatehouse Inn which still exists A new chapel and buildings for the school and the local curate who was expected to be the teacher were built The chapel also served as a chapel of ease for Highgate residents 7 However by the early nineteenth century a dispute arose because the charity was spending more money and the curate more time on the local chapel than on the pupils A House of Commons commission visited in 1819 and found the master Samuel Mence was paying a sexton to teach the boys In a long and bitter action brought in the High Court against the trustees it was contended that this was contrary to its founding charitable deed Lord Chancellor Eldon in his 1827 judgment agreed finding the charity is for the sustenance and maintenance of a free Grammar school 8 The trustees were forced to comply and a separate local church for Highgate St Michael s was built in South Grove after a successful local appeal Mence struggled on at the school until 1838 when there were only 19 pupils 8 An expansion of the school occurred under the next headmaster John Bradley Dyne Fellow of Wadham College Oxford between 1838 and 1874 Under Dyne by the 1870s the school had largely dropped free provision for local parish boys and alongside the day places boarding was encouraged for boys from the upper and upper middle classes fees were introduced and academic standards improved In the period up to this time the school was known commonly as the Free Grammar School at Highgate the Highgate Grammar School or the Cholmeley School Like other public schools Highgate followed Arnold at Rugby School in introducing the house system Also like other public schools Dyne flogged the pupils with a birch rod 8 In the 1860s land was acquired in Bishopswood Road which provided extensive sports fields and on which several boarding houses and private residences were built During this period the current chapel and main buildings were erected designed by Reginald Blomfield who had also designed Lady Margaret Hall Oxford A fragment of the older school building a gateway with a rusted bell mechanism above between the porter s lodge and the main school building remained intact until 2006 when the bell was refurbished and the old entrance itself rebuilt in a more modern style The senior school continues to occupy today the island site in Highgate Village on which it was founded 7 During the Second World War the school s buildings were commandeered by the British government and the school was evacuated to Westward Ho in Devon returning to Highgate in 1943 citation needed 9 The poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge was buried in the school chapel his grandson an Old Cholmeleian However in 1965 after a row with the council there was a ceremonial disinterring of Coleridge at which the then Poet Laureate John Masefield spoke and the remains were reburied at St Michael s parish church just a few hundred yards away citation needed 10 Highgate School has the oldest public school freemasons lodge Cholmeley Lodge No 1731 formed in 1878 part of the Public Schools Lodges Council citation needed Until recently when the school had two blocks of Eton Fives courts one structure with ten courts of which six were built in 1899 and a further four added c 1913 a second block of eight courts constructed in the 1920s was removed in 2014 11 Boarding and weekly boarding at Highgate declined in the years up to the early 1990s when the last boarders left In 1993 one of the former houses was converted to create the coeducational pre preparatory school 12 In 2001 the school announced its intention to become fully co educational ending over four hundred years of single sex education and girls joined the Senior and Junior schools from 2004 13 According to the Good Schools Guide Its decision to go co ed has helped to put its popularity and academic standards on upward trajectories 14 In April 2006 the Mills Centre for Art Design and Technology was opened incorporating an area commemorating former director of art Sir Kyffin Williams citation needed In January 2013 the charter building was opened by former pupil and governor Lord Hill 15 In May 2014 the Sir Martin Gilbert Library was opened by former Prime Minister Gordon Brown 16 Throughout 2015 the school celebrated its 450th anniversary In January 2015 a museum opened which can be visited by the public on Saturday mornings in term time 17 In September 2016 a new building for the junior school opened 18 Sexual abuse allegations EditIn March 2021 current and former pupils of the school published an open letter to the governors evidencing the school s systematic failure to address sexual abuse committed by Highgate pupils or on Highgate property 19 20 better source needed 21 The letter referenced hundreds of anonymous allegations of harassment assault and rape against former and current pupils 22 better source needed 23 claimed that male students at Highgate School had a widespread reputation for such behaviour and alleged that students had been silenced by the school administration Year 11 12 and 13 pupils staged a classroom walkout to mark the report 24 Later the same week the school announced an independent investigation into rape culture at the school by a panel to led by Dame Anne Rafferty the former Lady Justice of Appeal 25 Her subsequent report along with a safeguarding review carried out by the London Borough of Haringey stated that the school s polices met statutory requirements and that a large majority of alleged incidents took place outside of the school 26 In addition both reports reflected on the contrasting responses from interviews with pupils and parents with Rafferty stating It is striking that no one in the school community recognises the Highgate on Everyone s Invited as the school they attend or to which they send their children or at which they work 27 The school announced a range of policy reviews including an Anti Sexism and Sexual Violence Plan along with implementing Rafferty s recommendation of appointing a dedicated Director of Safeguarding 28 Houses Edit Chapel Quad with Big School on the left and the chapel The school operates a house system like many other public schools and upon reaching year 9 29 pupils are placed in a house These houses are Northgate Southgate Westgate Eastgate Queensgate Kingsgate Midgate Fargate Heathgate The Lodge School House and Grindal This system which Dyne like other public school headmasters copied from Arnold s at Rugby School was established to create house spirit among the students allowing for both academic and sporting competitions among the houses Some of these like School House Grindal and The Lodge used to be boarding houses However other houses such as Kingsgate are newer having been created by a disaffected group of Westgateans in the 1970s citation needed Head masters EditThe title head has been used since March 2015 30 2006 date Adam Sven Pettitt 1989 2006 Richard Paul Kennedy 1974 1989 Roy Curtis Giles 1954 1974 Alfred John Farre Doulton 1936 1954 Geoffrey Foxall Bell 1908 1936 John Alexander Hope Johnston 1893 1908 Arthur Edmund Allcock 1874 1893 Charles McDowall 1838 1874 John Bradley Dyne 1816 1838 Samuel Mence 1793 1816 Thomas Bennett 1780 1793 William Porter 1746 1780 William Felton 1733 1746 Bexworth Liptrott 1728 1733 Thomas Horton 1712 1728 John Browne 1712 1712 Henry Mills 1699 1712 W M Chapman 1699 1699 John Cole 1694 1699 Peter Cook 1686 1694 Thomas Brown 1680 1686 Robert Peirce 1677 1680 Robert King 1673 1677 John Seely 1670 1673 Ellis Price 1670 1670 Richard Bestwick 1670 1670 Joseph Gwillym 1660 1670 Thomas Carter restored 1659 1660 Benoni Barke 1659 1659 Chamberlaine 1645 1659 George Marsden 1644 1645 Christopher Laurence 1639 1644 Thomas Carter ejected 1625 1639 John Ridley 1615 1625 John Bright 1609 1615 John Mann 1599 1609 Abdias Tuer 1593 1599 Ralph Williams 1592 1593 John Williams 1589 1592 Christopher Goffe 1586 1589 William Becket 1580 1586 Edward Smythe 1571 1580 Johnson CharleNotable members of staff EditWith year of joining Jon Ingold 2002 author of interactive fiction and video game developer Andrew Zbigniew Szydlo 1975 chemist and biographer Anthony Cooke 1955 organist and composer Adrian Berg 1955 landscape painter Alan Palmer 1951 historian and author Sir Kyffin Williams RA 1944 artist Sir Daniel Pettit 1939 industrialist and England footballer Sir Robert Stopford 1924 Bishop of London Chaplain to The Queen Howard Fabian 1932 footballer also OC Frank Sandon 1921 statistician and Olympic swimmer John Metcalfe 1920 novelist T S Eliot 1916 Nobel prize winning poet dramatist and literary critic Albert Knight 1913 England cricketer Kenneth Hunt 1908 footballer and Olympic gold medallist Sir Richard Terry 1895 musicologist Charles Marriott 1892 Rugby Union international and administrator Graham Wallas 1885 socialist and founder of the Fabian Society Stephen Newton 1876 cricketer William Grylls Adams 1864 professor of astronomy Richard Watson Dixon 1861 poet correspondent of Gerard Manley Hopkins Charles Burney 1781 book collector and scholarThe Cholmeleian Society and notable Cholmeleians EditThis article s list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia s verifiability policy Please improve this article by removing names that do not have independent reliable sources showing they merit inclusion in this article AND are alumni or by incorporating the relevant publications into the body of the article through appropriate citations May 2018 Former pupils of Highgate School are called Cholmeleians or Old Cholmeleians OCs after Sir Roger Cholmeley The alumni are organised as the Cholmeleian Society founded as the Old Cholmeleian Club in 1893 although annual dinners had been held since 1859 31 Both the School and the Society organise social events and a magazine The Cholmeleian is published twice a year Notable Cholmeleians include See also Category People educated at Highgate School Arts design and literature Edit Owen Barfield philosopher and writer Sir John Betjeman Poet Laureate taught by T S Eliot Sir Reginald Blomfield architect Hussein Chalayan fashion designer Marcus Clarke Australian novelist and poet Ernest Hartley Coleridge literary scholar grandson of Samuel Taylor Coleridge Henry Fairlie journalist and broadcaster Vivian Hunter Galbraith historian Sir Martin Gilbert historian and biographer of Sir Winston Churchill Anthony Green artist Francis Llewellyn Griffith Egyptologist Ernest Hardy classicist and Principal of Jesus College Oxford Gerard Hoffnung cartoonist and musician Richard Rivington Holmes archivist Royal librarian and archaeologist Gerard Manley Hopkins poet Anthony Howard journalist and editor George Jowett poet Peter Kingsley writer on ancient Greek culture Charles Lee novelist Archibald Marshall author publisher and journalist James Augustus Cotter Morison essayist and historian Mike Ockrent theatre director Alfred Chilton Pearson classical scholar H G Pelissier theatrical producer and satirist Patrick Procktor artist Graham Reynolds art historian Sir Charles Robertson historian and vice chancellor tutor to HM King Edward VIII Nicholas Rowe 1674 1718 Poet Laureate and dramatist Geoffrey Scott architectural historian Howard Hayes Scullard historian editor of the Oxford Classical Dictionary Martin Seymour Smith poet and biographer Walter William Skeat philologist Ion Trewin publisher editor and biographer Arthur Graeme West war poet Nigel Williams author screenwriter and playwright Philip Stanhope Worsley translator of the Odyssey and Iliad Allan G Wyon die engraver sculptor and medallist Edmund Yates journalist and author Business and commerce Edit Piers Adam nightclub and restaurant entrepreneur Peter Austin brewer Sir Edward Beauchamp MP and chairman of Lloyd s David Buchler corporate recovery and restructuring expert Victor Chandler founder of BetVictor Sir Robert Clark company chairman and SOE officer Sir Ronald Grierson industrialist Sir Arthur Hetherington chairman of British Gas Peter Hetherington chief executive of IG Group Sir Percy Graham MacKinnon chairman of Lloyd s Bernard Shapero dealer in antiquarian rare books and works on paper Sir Alexander Valentine chairman of London Transport Executive and London Transport Board Michael Payne marketing executive for the IOC and Formula 1 Classical music Edit Simon Bainbridge composer John Blakely pianist Alan Bush composer Brian Chapple composer Gerard Hoffnung tubist Daniel Hope violinist Jan Latham Koenig conductor Milton Mermikides composer and academic John Rutter composer Howard Shelley pianist Henry Smart organist and composer Sir John Tavener composer Graham Waterhouse cellist and composer Peter Wright organist Film stage and television Edit Richard Attree film and TV composer formerly with BBC Radiophonic Workshop Richard Bebb actor John Box Oscar winning film production designer and art director Roland Culver actor Donald Eccles actor Robin Ellis actor Matthew Garber actor Philip Harben TV chef Freddie Highmore actor Tom Hooper Oscar winning film director John Leyton actor and singer Adrian Lyne film director Christopher Morahan theatre television and film director Barry Norman film critic Robert Nisbet TV correspondent and presenter Kayvan Novak actor and comedian Lloyd Owen actor Geoffrey Palmer actor Robin Ray broadcaster and musician Paul Rotha documentary film maker Harry Thompson TV writer and producer Murray Walker motorsport commentator Gregg Sulkin actor Law Edit Lord Ackner Law Lord Sir Richard Arnold Court of Appeal Judge Sir Archibald Bodkin Director of Public Prosecutions Sir Roy Goode academic lawyer Sir Maurice Gwyer Chief Justice of India Sir George Hayes High Court Judge Sir Frank MacKinnon Court of Appeal Judge Michael Mansfield barrister Brian Neill Court of Appeal Judge Lord Neill of Bladen barrister Vice Chancellor of Oxford University Warden of All Souls College Oxford Sir Anthony Plowman Vice Chancellor of the Chancery Division Thomas Sargant law reformer and human rights campaigner Military Edit Bill Bailey mine clearance expert awarded George Medal and Bar General Joyanta N Chaudhuri Commander in Chief Indian Army Lieutenant Colonel Pug Davis co founder of the Special Boat Service Admiral Frank Finnis George Goodman RAF officer flying ace and one of The Few Brigadier General Sir William Horwood chief commissioner of the Metropolitan Police General Sir Edward Pemberton Leach awarded the Victoria Cross in the 2nd Afghan War Lieutenant General Sir Michael Rimington HQ Staff Indian Cavalry Corps Vice Admiral Sir Guy Sayer Air Marshal Sir Anthony Selway Air Officer Commanding at RAF Coastal Command Politics and public service Edit Robert Aickman writer and campaigner for inland waterways Sir Frank Alexander Lord Mayor of London Sir 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Stuart Rogers cricketer William Seagrove double Olympic silver medallist Robert Stuart Argentine cricketer Phil Tufnell England cricketer TV personality Graham Walker motorcycle racer and broadcaster Robert Warton England cricket team manager and umpire Tagge Webster president of MCC and England amateur footballer Amin Zahir Olympic fencerReferences Edit a b SIR ROGER CHOLMELEY S SCHOOL AT HIGHGATE registered charity no 312765 Charity Commission for England and Wales Davies Aanna 12 May 2016 Tottenham Hotspur teams up with top school to open new academy London Evening Standard Retrieved 28 September 2016 London Academy of Excellence Tottenham Retrieved 28 September 2016 Chrysalis Newsletter PDF Retrieved 28 September 2016 Governors Retrieved 28 September 2016 Walford Geoffrey 1986 Life in public schools Taylor and Francis pp 10 11 ISBN 978 0 416 37180 2 a b Palmer Alan A Short History of Highgate School 1964 in Highgate School Register 1833 1964 pp9 32 a b c Richardson John Highgate Past 1989 pp61 63 CIVILIAN EVACUATION TO DEVON IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR PDF a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Samuel Taylor Coleridge s remains rediscovered in wine cellar TheGuardian com 12 April 2018 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Michael L Chiavone Simon Inglis 1 September 2014 Played in London Charting the Heritage of a City at Play English Heritage p 283 ISBN 978 1 84802 057 3 Pre Prep Retrieved 28 September 2016 The Coeducation Issue PDF Cholmeleian Winter 2014 20 21 57 59 Retrieved 28 September 2016 Highgate School London the Good School Guide Archived from the original on 27 February 2009 Retrieved 26 September 2008 Beioley Kate 21 January 2013 Leader of the House of Lords opens new building at Highgate School Ham amp High Retrieved 28 September 2016 Sir Martin Gilbert Library Highgate School 21 May 2015 Retrieved 28 September 2016 Blake Imogen 20 January 2015 Highgate School treasure trove including the Second World War exploded bomb on show for first time at new museum Ham amp High Retrieved 28 September 2016 New junior school opens Retrieved 28 September 2016 Ellery Ben News Reporter Rape normal at private school says dossier of 170 testimonies The Times Retrieved 24 March 2021 Open letter to Governors Retrieved 24 March 2021 Rape is normal at Highgate School Headteacher truly sorry 24 March 2021 Retrieved 16 June 2022 Highgate School Sexual Violence Testimonies Retrieved 24 March 2021 Schools must involve police in rape claims BBC News 26 March 2021 Retrieved 26 March 2021 Highgate School pupils hold walkout after claims of rape culture BBC News 25 March 2021 Retrieved 26 March 2021 Governors Confirm Dame Anne Rafferty to Lead Independent Review Highgate School 26 March 2021 Retrieved 26 March 2021 Corbett Angela Sutton Paul 5 November 2021 Haringey Safeguarding Review PDF Retrieved 15 August 2022 Raffray Nathalie 26 January 2022 Highgate School to overhaul safeguarding after sexual abuse review Hampstead amp Highgate Express Retrieved 15 August 2022 Independent Review report and Local Authority Safeguarding Review Highgate 25 January 2022 Retrieved 15 August 2022 Aims and ethos Blake Imogen 28 April 2015 Highgate School headteacher Michael Gove was brilliant as education secretary Ham amp High Retrieved 28 September 2016 Hughes Patrick Davis Ian 1988 Highgate School Register 1833 1988 7th ed pp 452 453 External links EditHighgate School website The Cholmeleian Society Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Highgate School amp oldid 1127470965, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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