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'''Isleworth and Syon School''' is an all-male secondary comprehensive school, with sixth form, for boys aged 11 to 18 years. It is situated in Ridgeway Road, [[Isleworth]], within the [[London Borough of Hounslow]] in [[England]]. The current head master is Euan Ferguson.
{{More citations needed|date=October 2009}}
The school is oversubscribed and the number of pupils is now more than a thousand - up from eight hundred in 1995.
{{Infobox school
| name = Isleworth & Syon School
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==Academics==
| image = IS_Logo.gif
In 2003 the school gained [[Specialist school|Sports College]] status.
| coordinates = {{coord|51.480280|-0.34128|type:edu_region:GB_dim:100|format=dec|display=inline,title}}
The school is one of the [[Hounslow]] consortium schools, comprising Brentford School for Girls, [[Hounslow Manor School]], Green School and Isleworth and Syon School. Consortium schools have a common academic timetable, allowing sixth form students to interact and exchange lessons.
| motto = Finis coronat opus<br>("The end crowns the work")
| established = 1630 (as The Blue School)<br>1903
| type = [[Academy (English school)|Academy]]
| head_label =
| head = Euan Ferguson
| chair_label =
| chair =
| address = Ridgeway Road
| city = [[Isleworth]]
| county = [[Greater London]]
| country = [[England]]
| postcode = TW7 5LJ
| ofsted = yes
| dfeno = 313/4500
| urn = 137940
| gender = Male
| enrolment = 1016
| lower_age = 11
| upper_age = 18
| houses = Brunel, Shackleton, Turner, Adam
| colours = Red, Orange, Yellow
| website = http://www.isleworthsyon.org
}}


'''Isleworth & Syon School''' (formerly '''Isleworth Grammar School''') is a non-denomination [[secondary school]] and [[sixth form]] for boys aged 11 to 18 years old. Girls are admitted to the school's sixth form, which is part of a consortium with other secondary schools in the borough. The school is situated on Ridgeway Road, [[Isleworth]], within the [[London Borough of Hounslow]], [[England]]. It is close to the [[A4 road (England)|A4]], just south of [[Osterley Park]]. It has many travel links including [[Isleworth railway station]], [[Osterley tube station]] and [[London Buses route H98|London Buses]]
The school prides itself on its devotion to learning and sporting excellence.
The school motto is "Together we learn, achieve and succeed".


== Head Master ==
==History==
Isleworth & Syon School can trace its history to the establishment of a [[charity school]] in 1630, making it one of the oldest schools in the area.<ref>{{Cite web |title=This History of Isleworth & Syon – school website. |url=http://www.isleworthsyon.org/?page_id=3951 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150105122554/http://www.isleworthsyon.org/?page_id=3951 |archive-date=5 January 2015 |access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> During the 18th century it became known as The Blue School. Due to expansion it became a boys' school and the girls were moved out to a separate building in North Street in 1870. An upper school was added in 1883 to educate older boys. It was used as a "model school" for trainee teachers from [[Borough Road College]], a teacher training school which merged with other similar colleges to form [[Brunel University]]'s education faculty. It became a state school in 1903 when [[Middlesex County Council]] assumed control and renamed Isleworth County School several years later.
*Mr Adolf Hitler


The North Street Girls' School was the female counterpart to the original Blue School. A separate infant school was founded near the girls' school and many children continued their education at the boys' school. It only came under the Blue Schools Foundation in the early 20th century. During the [[interwar period]] the girls' school became a coeducational junior school, later merging with the infant school. This school is still operating to this day under the original name "The Blue School".<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Blue School |url=http://www.theblueschool.com/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929014134/http://www.theblueschool.com/ |archive-date=29 September 2013 |access-date=9 March 2013}}</ref>
== Deputy Head Teachers ==
*Ms braun
*Mr Heydrich
*Ms goebbels
*Mr goebbels
*Mr Himler
*Mr fegelein
*Mr Goering


In 1939 the boys' school, named Isleworth County School, moved to Ridgeway Road where it has been ever since. Under the [[Education Act 1944]] it became a [[Grammar schools in the United Kingdom|grammar school]]. During the 1950s and 60's 'IGS' gained a particularly high academic reputation under the paternalistic if firm leadership of headmasters Arthur Brierley and then G.J.P. 'Toad' Courtney. When Hounslow Council adopted the comprehensive system, it merged with Syon School for Boys in 1979 to form the current school and appropriately renamed Isleworth & Syon School.<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22285 |title=A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 3: Shepperton, Staines, Stanwell, Sunbury, Teddington, Heston and Isleworth, Twickenham, Cowley, Cranford, West Drayton, Greenford, Hanwell, Harefield and Harlington |publisher=Courtesy of [[British History Online]] |year=1962 |editor-last=Reynolds |editor-first=Susan |pages=133–7 |access-date=9 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224092559/http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22285 |archive-date=24 December 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>
== Assistant Head Teacher ==
*Mr A Speer


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==Academics==
== Heads of Houses ==
In 2003, the school gained [[Specialist school|sports college]] status. On 1 March 2012, the school gained [[Academy (English school)|academy status]].
*Mr S McAlinden - Leute
*Ms H Tobin - vaterland
*Ms S Wilson - Reich

== Pastoral Leaders ==
*Mr M Newton ( Years 7 & 8 )
*Mr J Doyle ( Years 9 & 10 )
*Mr G Jones ( Year 11 & Sixth Form )


The school forms a consortium with other secondary schools in the [[London Borough of Hounslow|borough]]. Consortium schools have a common academic timetable, allowing sixth form students to interact and exchange lessons.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sixth Form – Isleworth & Syon School website |url=http://www.isleworthsyon.org/?page_id=927 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323004903/http://www.isleworthsyon.org/?page_id=927 |archive-date=23 March 2016 |access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref>
== Caretaker ==


In 2005, the school was named sports college of the year in the UK under the guidance of former [[Olympic Games|olympian]] [[Jason Wing]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 June 2011 |title=Former Olympian hails 'dream job' as new Principal of Neale-Wade Community College |publisher=Cambs Times |url=http://www.cambstimes.co.uk/news/former_olympian_hails_dream_job_as_new_principal_of_neale_wade_community_college_1_928719 |url-status=live |access-date=31 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120602181346/http://www.cambstimes.co.uk/news/former_olympian_hails_dream_job_as_new_principal_of_neale_wade_community_college_1_928719 |archive-date=2 June 2012}}</ref>
*Mr Zsaki Sidhu


== Dinner Lady ==
== Notable former pupils ==
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* [[Mo Farah]] – Olympic 10,000m and 5000m champion
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* [[Owais Shah]] – England cricketer
* [[Gautam Malkani]] – author and journalist
* [[Chris Plummer]] – former professional footballer for [[Queens Park Rangers F.C.|Queens Park Rangers]]
* [[Michael Bryan (footballer)|Michael Bryan]] – former professional footballer for [[Watford F.C.|Watford]]
* [[Reece James (footballer, born 1999)|Reece James]] – [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] footballer<ref name="JamesPeartHarris">{{Cite web |title=Buoyant mood at Isleworth & Syon on A-level results day |url=https://hounslowherald.com/buoyant-mood-at-isleworth-syon-on-alevel-results-day-p13285-95.htm |access-date=9 September 2023 |website=hounslowherald.com}}</ref>
* [[Prince Patel]] – professional boxer
* [[Myles Peart-Harris]] – professional footballer<ref name="JamesPeartHarris" />


=== Isleworth Grammar School ===
*Mrs Amrik Sidhu
* [[Roger Carrick|Sir Roger Carrick]] – ambassador to Indonesia 1990–1994, high commissioner to Australia 1994–1997
* [[Tom Newman (musician)]] – co-founder of Virgin Records, producer of Mike Oldfield's 'Tubular Bells', composer, guitarist (1954–1956)
* [[Frederick William Hedges]], British Army lieutenant and recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]] during the First World War (Isleworth County School)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Frederick William Hedges VC |url=http://bedfordregiment.org.uk/6thbn/hedgesvc.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114190806/http://www.bedfordregiment.org.uk/6thbn/hedgesvc.html |archive-date=14 November 2013 |access-date=29 October 2013 |publisher=www.bedfordregiment.org.uk}}</ref>
* [[Geoffrey Lilley]] – professor of aeronautics and astronautics at the [[University of Southampton]] from 1964 to 1982
* [[Richard Shepherd|Sir Richard Shepherd]] – Conservative MP for [[Aldridge-Brownhills (UK Parliament constituency)|Aldridge-Brownhills]] from 1979 to 2015
* [[Alan Whitehead]] – Labour MP for [[Southampton Test (UK Parliament constituency)|Southampton Test]] since 1997
* [[Mark Woodnutt]] – Conservative MP for the [[Isle of Wight (UK Parliament constituency)|Isle of Wight]] from 1959 to 1974


== Notable Alumni ==
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
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*[[Mo Farah]] (Olympic athlete)
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*[[Owais Shah]] (England cricketer)
*[[Richard Shepherd]] (MP for Aldridge-Brownhills)


== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/index.cfm?fuseaction=summary&id=102541 Ofsted Reports]
* [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/137940 Ofsted reports]
* [http://www.foxtons.co.uk/education/schools/8959.html School information via Foxtons.co.uk]
* [http://www.foxtons.co.uk/education/hounslow/secondary/isleworth-and-syon-school-for-boys.html Foxtons School information]
* [http://www.education.gov.uk/edubase/establishment/summary.xhtml?urn=102541 EduBase]
* [http://www.oirfc.co.uk Old Isleworthians Rugby Club]


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Latest revision as of 20:40, 8 December 2024

Isleworth & Syon School
Address
Map
Ridgeway Road

Isleworth
,
Greater London
,
TW7 5LJ

England
Coordinates51°28′49″N 0°20′29″W / 51.480280°N 0.34128°W / 51.480280; -0.34128
Information
TypeAcademy
MottoFinis coronat opus
("The end crowns the work")
Established1630 (as The Blue School)
1903
Department for Education URN137940 Tables
OfstedReports
Head teacherEuan Ferguson
GenderMale
Age11 to 18
Enrolment1016
HousesBrunel, Shackleton, Turner, Adam
Colour(s)Red, Orange, Yellow
Websitehttp://www.isleworthsyon.org

Isleworth & Syon School (formerly Isleworth Grammar School) is a non-denomination secondary school and sixth form for boys aged 11 to 18 years old. Girls are admitted to the school's sixth form, which is part of a consortium with other secondary schools in the borough. The school is situated on Ridgeway Road, Isleworth, within the London Borough of Hounslow, England. It is close to the A4, just south of Osterley Park. It has many travel links including Isleworth railway station, Osterley tube station and London Buses

History

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Isleworth & Syon School can trace its history to the establishment of a charity school in 1630, making it one of the oldest schools in the area.[1] During the 18th century it became known as The Blue School. Due to expansion it became a boys' school and the girls were moved out to a separate building in North Street in 1870. An upper school was added in 1883 to educate older boys. It was used as a "model school" for trainee teachers from Borough Road College, a teacher training school which merged with other similar colleges to form Brunel University's education faculty. It became a state school in 1903 when Middlesex County Council assumed control and renamed Isleworth County School several years later.

The North Street Girls' School was the female counterpart to the original Blue School. A separate infant school was founded near the girls' school and many children continued their education at the boys' school. It only came under the Blue Schools Foundation in the early 20th century. During the interwar period the girls' school became a coeducational junior school, later merging with the infant school. This school is still operating to this day under the original name "The Blue School".[2]

In 1939 the boys' school, named Isleworth County School, moved to Ridgeway Road where it has been ever since. Under the Education Act 1944 it became a grammar school. During the 1950s and 60's 'IGS' gained a particularly high academic reputation under the paternalistic if firm leadership of headmasters Arthur Brierley and then G.J.P. 'Toad' Courtney. When Hounslow Council adopted the comprehensive system, it merged with Syon School for Boys in 1979 to form the current school and appropriately renamed Isleworth & Syon School.[3]

Academics

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In 2003, the school gained sports college status. On 1 March 2012, the school gained academy status.

The school forms a consortium with other secondary schools in the borough. Consortium schools have a common academic timetable, allowing sixth form students to interact and exchange lessons.[4]

In 2005, the school was named sports college of the year in the UK under the guidance of former olympian Jason Wing.[5]

Notable former pupils

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Isleworth Grammar School

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References

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  1. ^ "This History of Isleworth & Syon – school website". Archived from the original on 5 January 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  2. ^ "The Blue School". Archived from the original on 29 September 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
  3. ^ Reynolds, Susan, ed. (1962). A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 3: Shepperton, Staines, Stanwell, Sunbury, Teddington, Heston and Isleworth, Twickenham, Cowley, Cranford, West Drayton, Greenford, Hanwell, Harefield and Harlington. Courtesy of British History Online. pp. 133–7. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
  4. ^ "Sixth Form – Isleworth & Syon School website". Archived from the original on 23 March 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  5. ^ "Former Olympian hails 'dream job' as new Principal of Neale-Wade Community College". Cambs Times. 21 June 2011. Archived from the original on 2 June 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
  6. ^ a b "Buoyant mood at Isleworth & Syon on A-level results day". hounslowherald.com. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  7. ^ "Frederick William Hedges VC". www.bedfordregiment.org.uk. Archived from the original on 14 November 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
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