Ilford County High School
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| Type | Grammar (Selective) |
| Founded | 1901 |
| Local authority | Redbridge |
| Category | Community |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Headteacher | Mr S I Devereux, BA BEd |
| Staff | 88 |
| Gender | Male |
| Number of students | 855[1] |
Ilford County High School (ICHS) is a boys' secondary grammar school in the 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. 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. 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.
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 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.
Notable alumni
Distinguished old boys (and one old girl) 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
- Laurence Baxter, 1954-1996, Professor of Statistics, State University of New York
- Michael Baxter, born 1956, Statistician
- Raymond Baxter, 1922-2006, TV personality (Tomorrow's World)
- Sir Trevor Brooking, born 1948, footballer
- Geoffrey Michael Brooks, born 1944, author of Hitler's Terror Weapons
- His Honour Gerald Butler, born 1930, judge
- Air Vice-Marshal Arthur Button, 1916-1991, director of RAF Education
- Jack Charles, born 1923, Civil Servant and employee of the Greater London Council
- Varun Chopra, born 1987, cricketer for English U-19 cricket team and Essex County Cricket Club
- Roland Dobbs, born 1924, Professor of Physics, University of London
- Francis Earwaker, born 1936, Economist, World Bank
- John Fleming, born 1950, writer and TV producer
- William Thomas George Gates, 1908-1990, banker
- Brian Green, born 1956, QC and law lecturer
- Steven Haberman, born 1951, Professor of Actuarial Science at City University
- Ronald Hutton, born 1954, Professor of History at the University of Bristol
- Norman Lloyd Johnson, 1917-2004, Professor of Statistics
- Kenneth Lefever, born 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, born 1924, Chief of Naval Staff 1978
- Professor Neil Merritt, born 1939, law lecturer; Vice-Chancellor, University of Portsmouth
- John Mitchell, born 1925, Assistant Director General, British Council
- Kele Okereke, born 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, born 1940, Government economist
- Allen Sheppard, born 1932, Baron Sheppard of Didgemere, industrialist
- Ralph Stead, 1917-2000, Chairman, Eastern Region, British Gas
- Bramwell Tovey, born 1953, conductor
- Peter Turner, born 1928, Government operations researcher
- Geoffrey Tyler, born 1920, educationalist
- Gerald Mahlowe, born 1941, writer (BBC, Songwriter magazine)
- Glen Tarman, born 1965, global poverty campaigner, co-founder of Make Poverty History and coordinator of the Trade Justice Movement
- Nayan Tolia
- Andrew Woodliffe
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