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Alleyn's School is an independent, fee-paying co-educational day school

School

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situated in Dulwich

Dulwich

Dulwich is an area of South London, England. The settlement is mostly in the London Borough of Southwark with parts in the London Borough of Lambeth...

, south London

London

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, England

England

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. It is a registered charity and was originally part of the historic Alleyn's College of God's Gift

Alleyn's College

Alleyn's College of God's Gift is a historic charity in England, founded in 1619 by the Elizabethan actor and businessman Edward Alleyn who endowed it with the ancient Manor of Dulwich in south London....

charitable foundation, which also included James Allen's Girls' School

James Allen's Girls' School

James Allen's Girls' School, or JAGS, is an independent day school situated in Dulwich, South London, England. It has a senior school for 11–18 year old girls, a prep school for 7–11 year old girls , and a pre-preparatory school — JAPPS — for 4–7 year old girls.-Jags History:The school is part of...

(JAGS), Dulwich College

Dulwich College

Dulwich College is an independent school for boys in Dulwich, southeast London, England. The college was founded in 1619 by Edward Alleyn, a successful Elizabethan actor, with the original purpose of educating 12 poor scholars as the foundation of "God's Gift". It currently has about 1,600 boys,...

and their daughter schools (JAPS and Alleyn's Junior School). The official religion is Church of England

Church of England

The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...

. The school is also listed in the Good Schools Guide.

Edward Alleyn

Edward Alleyn was an English actor who was a major figure of the Elizabethan theatre and founder of Dulwich College and Alleyn's School.-Early life:...

was a prosperous Elizabethan actor and proprietor of taverns, bear-pits and three brothels, whose Rose

The Rose (theatre)

The Rose was an Elizabethan theatre. It was the fourth of the public theatres to be built, after The Theatre , the Curtain , and the theatre at Newington Butts The Rose was an Elizabethan theatre. It was the fourth of the public theatres to be built, after The Theatre (1576), the Curtain (1577),...

and Fortune

Fortune Playhouse

The Fortune Playhouse was an historic theatre in London. It was located between Whitecross Street and the modern Golden Lane, just outside the City of London...

theatres rivalled Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...

's Globe

Globe Theatre

The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 by Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, and was destroyed by fire on 29 June 1613...

. In 1619, he established his "College of God's Gift" (the gift of love) with twelve students. Alleyn's School is a direct descendant of Edward Alleyn's original foundation and was established as a boys' school in 1882. It still exists as part of a foundation alongside Dulwich College

Dulwich College

and JAGS

James Allen's Girls' School

; it split with Dulwich College after the "Dulwich College Act" of 1857, with the upper school of the original foundation moving to a new site further south and the lower school staying put, becoming an independent boys school in 1882 and later also moving to its own site.

The Worshipful Company of Saddlers

Worshipful Company of Saddlers

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in the City became a generous sponsor of scholarships and new buildings after establishing a link with the school in 1970. Some of the original school buildings date from Alleyn's independence in 1882, but the School has followed a programme of continuous development since the 1970s.

The original school is now the foundation chapel and the offices for the Dulwich Estate, which belongs to the foundation schools. Alleyn's became a public school

Public School (UK)

A public school, in common British usage, is a school that is neither administered nor financed by the state or from taxpayer contributions, and is instead funded by a combination of endowments, tuition fees and charitable contributions, usually existing as a non profit-making charitable trust...

with the election of the Headmaster to the Headmasters' Conference (HMC) in 1919. It was a Direct Grant School from 1958 until the abolition of that status in 1975. The Governors then opted for outright independence

Independent school

An independent school is a school that is independent in its finances and governance; it is not dependent upon national or local government for financing its operations, nor reliant on taxpayer contributions, and is instead funded by a combination of tuition charges, gifts, and in some cases the...

and co-education.

The College of God's Gift

For the original College of God's Gift, 24 students had to be chosen from the four parishes with which Edward Alleyn had been connected. Saint Giles, Camberwell

Camberwell

Camberwell is a district of south London, England, and forms part of the London Borough of Southwark. It is a built-up inner city district located southeast of Charing Cross. To the west it has a boundary with the London Borough of Lambeth.-Toponymy:...

(in which Dulwich was situated), Saint Saviour, Southwark

Southwark

Southwark is a district of south London, England, and the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Southwark. Situated east of Charing Cross, it forms one of the oldest parts of London and fronts the River Thames to the north...

(where the Bear Pit stood on Bankside), Saint Botolph, Bishopsgate

Bishopsgate

Bishopsgate is a road and ward in the northeast part of the City of London, extending north from Gracechurch Street to Norton Folgate. It is named after one of the original seven gates in London Wall...

(where Alleyn was born), and Saint Giles, Cripplegate

Cripplegate

Cripplegate was a city gate in the London Wall and a name for the region of the City of London outside the gate. The area was almost entirely destroyed by bombing in World War II and today is the site of the Barbican Estate and Barbican Centre...

(home to the Fortune Theatre). The Master and Warden were also chosen, with the criteria being that they had to be unmarried and with the surname Alleyn. However, the rule that the Master and Warden had to be unmarried was not strictly adhered to.

Because the Masters and Wardens had to have the surname Alleyn, this limited the applicants mainly to family of Edward Alleyn. First, Thomas Alleyn, a cousin of Edward took the post of Master in 1629, followed by Mathias Alleyn in 1631. His son, John, succeeded as Master in 1669.

It was not easy for the Foundation to run smoothly. The four parishes, as beneficiaries, were always claiming "rights" from the Foundation estates. Separately, the Masters generally seemed very unsuitable people to have in control of the College. A notable exception to this was James Allen who eventually formed James Allen's Girls' School

James Allen's Girls' School

which was at the time for poor boys and girls in Dulwich, however subsequently has become exclusively a girl's school by an Act of Parliament

Act of Parliament

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in 1841.

The Second World War

During World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

, many pupils at Alleyn's were evacuated

Emergency evacuation

Emergency evacuation is the immediate and rapid movement of people away from the threat or actual occurrence of a hazard. Examples range from the small scale evacuation of a building due to a bomb threat or fire to the large scale evacuation of a district because of a flood, bombardment or...

to the countryside, however some wished to stay in London

London

, and for this reason the South London Emergency Secondary School (SLESS) was set up and housed in Alleyn's buildings from March 1940 to March 1945. This was not undertaken only to give the boys who wished to remain in London a proper education, but in conjunction with the London County Council

London County Council

London County Council was the principal local government body for the County of London, throughout its 1889–1965 existence, and the first London-wide general municipal authority to be directly elected. It covered the area today known as Inner London and was replaced by the Greater London Council...

Education Department, to offer a 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...

education to others whose schools were evacuated but did not themselves wish to leave London. SLESS kept Alleyn's buildings alive.

On the roll were 240 boys from seventeen local schools (114 from Alleyn's) and eleven masters from six schools. The Acting Headmaster (taking over from C. R. Allison) was C. Hack, and the Second Master (who subsequently became headmaster) was C. F. Tyson. The rest of Alleyn's was evacuated to Rossall School

Rossall School

Rossall School is a British, co-educational, independent school, between Cleveleys and Fleetwood, Lancashire. Rossall was founded in 1844 by St. Vincent Beechey as a sister school to Marlborough College which had been founded the previous year...

, while Dulwich College

Dulwich College

evacuated to Tonbridge School

Tonbridge School

Tonbridge School is a British boys' independent school for both boarding and day pupils in Tonbridge, Kent, founded in 1553 by Sir Andrew Judd . It is a member of the Eton Group, and has close links with the Worshipful Company of Skinners, one of the oldest London livery companies...

.

The school was divided into houses as before. Games were played, fives

Fives

Fives is a British sport believed to derive from the same origins as many racquet sports. In fives, a ball is propelled against the walls of a special court using gloved or bare hands as though they were a racquet.-Background:...

was taught to newcomers and holidays were filled with "Holiday Clubs". The fields were used for sport, however some became unusable due as the old elm trees were felled by the blast. Underground shelters were dug between the running track and Woodwarde Road for use by local residents. The shelters for the pupils were in the basement (now home to the Maths Department), and lessons were frequently undertaken here due to enemy air activity.

The Royal Air Force

Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...

housed their barrage balloon crews in the local brick and concrete buildings at the bottom of the school fields. The huge balloons would constantly overshadow the school's main building, and, at times, settled on the School's roof.

All staff had to undertake fire watching at nights and at the weekends. In 1942, the General Schools Certificate (GSE) was undertaken whilst the lights were failing and bombs dropping. Despite this, fourteen received Matriculation

Matriculation

Matriculation, in the broadest sense, means to be registered or added to a list, from the Latin matricula – little list. In Scottish heraldry, for instance, a matriculation is a registration of armorial bearings...

and five the Certificate.

Post-war

The post-war years saw the development of the School as an Independent Public School developing in three very contrasting areas, the theatre, medicine, and the military. In particular, the secondment of the Head of English, Michael Croft, to set up the National Youth Theatre

National Youth Theatre

The National Youth Theatre is a registered charity in London, Great Britain, committed to creative, personal and social development of young people through the medium of creative arts....

was the start of the worldwide youth theatre movement, and the School has produced an unusually high number of eminent actors and musicians. At the same time, the Music Department developed a close relationship with Benjamin Britten

Benjamin Britten

Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten, OM CH was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. He showed talent from an early age, and first came to public attention with the a cappella choral work A Boy Was Born in 1934. With the premiere of his opera Peter Grimes in 1945, he leapt to...

, providing a considerable number of boy sopranos for his works, and in particular the young David Hemmings

David Hemmings

David Edward Leslie Hemmings was an English film, theatre and television actor as well as a film and television director and producer....

who started his stage career as Miles in the opera Turn of the Screw

The Turn of the Screw (opera)

The Turn of the Screw is a 20th century English chamber opera composed by Benjamin Britten with a libretto by Myfanwy Piper, "wife of the artist John Piper, who had been a friend of the composer since 1935 and had provided designs for several of the operas". The libretto is based on the novella...

May 2009 H1N1 flu cases

On 4 May 2009, six children in Year 7 were diagnosed with Influenza A virus subtype H1N1 2009 swine flu outbreak. The school was closed for one week to contain the outbreak and exams were rescheduled. All pupils and staff were offered a course of the anti-viral drug Tamiflu, distributed from the School. All the infected pupils responded to treatment, and were named with quotes in the newspapers.

Headmasters

The Revd J. H. Smith	1882–1902
Herbert B. Baker	1902–1903
Francis Collins	1903–1920
Ralph B. Henderson	1920–1940
C. R. Allison	1940–1945
S. R. Hudson	1945–1963
Charles W Lloyd	1963–1966
John Lewis Fanner	1967–1975
Derek A. Fenner	1976–1992
Dr. Colin H. R. Niven	1992–2002
Dr. Colin Diggory	2002–2010
Dr. Gary Savage	2010-

Development of facilities

Since 1970, Alleyn's has had continuous development, both in physical buildings but also in the facilities it offers.The Spring lower-school building was built in 1965, followed by the swimming pool/gym complex. In 1983 the Wolfenden Sports Hall was created, which is now a prominent feature of the school. In 1990 (completed in 1992) the Hooper Music School and Junior School were added.

The Junior School was subsequently opened to 200 boys and girls aged from 4 to 11, and is successful for preparing entry into the Senior School (and other, external schools) in a supportive atmosphere tailored to the children's needs, participating in a great range of activities through a structured timetable.

The Great Hall was refurbished in 2000 and in 2002 the Fenner library was opened. The Edward Alleyn Building containing the state-of-the-art Michael Croft Theatre was completed in 2008.

The facilities that are offered at the school have increased in par with the buildings. The addition of the Lower School meant that the students in the lowest two years (7 and 8) could be educated semi-separately from the rest of the school, providing a sheltered environment. The swimming pool block and sports hall have increased the facilities for the physical education

Physical education

Physical education or gymnastics is a course taken during primary and secondary education that encourages psychomotor learning in a play or movement exploration setting....

activities run at the school, as have the music school and expanded library for musical activities and a general work area respectively.

The Edward Alleyn Building

Alleyn's started developing a new theatre complex, named the Edward Alleyn Building, on 10 February 2007. The building was completed in 2008 and had a Grand Gala Opening in 2009 featuring many performances by several pupils and oldboys. The building includes the state-of-the-art Michael Croft theatre, the Robert Laurie Lecture Theatre, NYT studio, a new café, classrooms, and a sixth form

Sixth form

In the education systems of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, and of Commonwealth West Indian countries such as Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Belize, Jamaica and Malta, the sixth form is the final two years of secondary education, where students, usually sixteen to eighteen years of age,...

study area.

School charities

There are a number of different charities that the school donates to. Each term the Charity Committee, run by staff and pupils, chooses a charity to raise money for. The charities often have a connection to the school, and are usually dedicated to helping children.

Extra-curricular activities

The school has a Combined Cadet Force

Combined Cadet Force

The Combined Cadet Force is a Ministry of Defence sponsored youth organisation in the United Kingdom. Its aim is to "provide a disciplined organisation in a school so that pupils may develop powers of leadership by means of training to promote the qualities of responsibility, self reliance,...

and a Duke of Edinburgh's Award scheme

The Duke of Edinburgh's Award

The Duke of Edinburgh's Award , is a programme of activities that can be undertaken by anyone aged 14 to 24, regardless of personal ability....

. There is also a volunteer work programme: gardening for the elderly in the surrounding area of Dulwich

Dulwich

Dulwich is an area of South London, England. The settlement is mostly in the London Borough of Southwark with parts in the London Borough of Lambeth...

and Fun Fizzical, working with children with special needs and disabilities in Sydenham

Sydenham

Sydenham is an area and electoral ward in the London Borough of Lewisham; although some streets towards Crystal Palace Park, Forest Hill and Penge are outside the ward and in the London Borough of Bromley, and some streets off Sydenham Hill are in the London Borough of Southwark. Sydenham was in...

Theatrical activities

The school's pupils operate their own independent theatrical company, the Bear Pit, which maintains traditions thought to date back to Shakespeare's company, whence the large number of performers in the alumni list. It was in particular active in the establishment of the National Youth Theatre

National Youth Theatre

The National Youth Theatre is a registered charity in London, Great Britain, committed to creative, personal and social development of young people through the medium of creative arts....

, established in 1956 by Michael Croft, the Head of English, and its performers were active in the more developmental wing of the London theatre in the 1960s - the uniforms of the film of Oh What a Lovely War were copied from originals unearthed from the depths of the Cadet Force stores, for example! The Bear Pit does not constrain itself to school pupils, however, as it has a vocation in the community and has developed strong relationships with other state schools in Southwark.
The Michael Croft Theatre now plays host to a variety of school and visiting productions. In 2011 there have been events as diverse as Moths Ate My Dr. Who Scarf, An Evening with Geoff Miller and Mark Butcher and The Dante Quartet. An online booking facility has recently been implemented to facilitate ticket sales to the general public.

Sport

Alleyn's has a strong record in sports, and caters for every level of enthusiasm and ability. The sports hall, swimming pool and the new all-weather surface for hockey

Hockey

Hockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.-Etymology:...

and tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

enable everyone to enjoy games periods even in winter. Sport for all and physical fitness are seen as preparation for a healthy and active life.
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During the first year pupils are introduced to a variety of sports: swimming

Swimming (sport)

Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...

, football, hockey

Hockey

Hockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.-Etymology:...

, netball

Netball

Netball is a ball sport played between two teams of seven players. Its development, derived from early versions of basketball, began in England in the 1890s. By 1960 international playing rules had been standardised for the game, and the International Federation of Netball and Women's Basketball ...

, 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...

, gymnastics

Gymnastics

Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body...

, dance

Dance

Dance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting....

, water polo

Water polo

Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...

, cross country

Cross country running

Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...

, fives

Fives

, tennis

Tennis

, athletics

Athletics (track and field)

Athletics is an exclusive collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, and race walking...

, rounders

Rounders

Rounders is a game played between two teams of either gender. The game originated in England where it was played in Tudor times. Rounders is a striking and fielding team game that involves hitting a small, hard, leather-cased ball with a round wooden, plastic or metal bat. The players score by...

, fencing

Fencing

Fencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games...

, and 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...

. Trampolining

Trampolining

Trampolining is a competitive Olympic sport in which gymnasts perform acrobatics while bouncing on a trampoline. These can include simple jumps in the pike, tuck or straddle position to more complex combinations of forward or backward somersaults and twists....

, 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...

and volleyball

Volleyball

Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

are introduced in the Middle School. In the Upper School, weight training

Weight training

Weight training is a common type of strength training for developing the strength and size of skeletal muscles. It uses the weight force of gravity to oppose the force generated by muscle through concentric or eccentric contraction...

, squash

Squash (sport)

Squash is a high-speed racquet sport played by two players in a four-walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball...

, golf

Golf

Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

, and horse riding are added to the list of sports available.

There is regular county and regional representation in gym, swimming, hockey, cricket, badminton, fencing, basketball, fives, judo, netball, football, athletics, cross country.

Extracurricular sport at Alleyn's extends to regular sports tours at home and abroad. In addition to the annual school ski trip the last 18 months has seen a boys' cricket tour to Barbados (July), a girls' hockey and netball tour to Barbados (October), a mixed hockey tour to the Netherlands (October), a boys football tour to the Netherlands (October) and boys football tour to Duisburg in Germany (August).

After the separation from Dulwich College, Alleyn's was initially not allowed to play rugby football

Rugby football

Rugby football is a style of football named after Rugby School in the United Kingdom. It is seen most prominently in two current sports, rugby league and rugby union.-History:...

. Upon the split the two schools played a rugby match to determine which school would have the right to play the game. When Dulwich College won they confirmed their right to play rugby, whilst Alleyn's would play association football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

. Alleyn's did make tentative moves towards introducing rugby football very briefly in the late 1970s when the then chaplain (a keen rugby player) set up a team and began organising matches. There was little interest, however, and the attempt did not survive the chaplain's retirement. Especially as the matches played resulted in severe losses despite valiant attempts by the team. This explanation contradicts the popular rumor that Rugby stopped at Alleyn's in the 1970s due to a boy breaking his neck and dying when a scrum collapsed. another attempt was made to introduce rugby in 2007/8 when a DT teacher, Mr MacMillan, showed enthusiasm and began an exclusive lunchtime club. whilst the club ran through winter it never gained enough following or reached a high enough standard to form a team.

In 2010, the girls U18 Indoor Hockey team qualified through the county and then regional rounds, to represent the South of England at the National Indoor Hockey Finals in Sheffield.

Scriblerus

Scriblerus is the official school magazine

Magazine

Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...

, which provides a summary to the previous year in the form of reports on sport, clubs and societies, academic results and field trips throughout the year. A large section of the magazine is devoted to the activities by the CCF and DofE activities. Scriblerus is published in early July, in conjunction with the end of the Trinity term.

Lower School Magazine

The Lower School Magazine is edited by the Deputy Headmistress of the Lower School and features content written by the lower school pupils, much like Scriblerus. It is naturally focused on the youngest two years which form the lower school, and is aimed at the pupils rather than parents (arguably, unlike Scriblerus).

Blue

Blue is the termly magazine produced by Tyson's House to raise money for charity. This charity is determined by Tyson House, and tends to reflect the long term association that Tyson's have with certain charities. Tyson's House delegates the editing of the magazine to a year 13 student each year. Last issue Blue raised over £300 for the school charity.
Blue was set up in 1999 by Mrs Thompson (Housemistress of Tyson's).

ed.

ed. magazine is the student-run termly magazine which provides a witty take on life both in and outside of school. Free to the Middle and Upper School, it was set up by four year elevens (Frances Beddow, Lanikai Krishnadasan-Torrens, Connie Mckimm & Margarita Milne) in 2009 and relies on a dedicated team who write, photograph, design, publicise, distribute and raise money for the magazine.

Edward Alleyn Club Magazine

This is the magazine for Alleyn's alumni and it is produced twice a year. Former pupils who supply their email addresses also receive an alumni e-bulletin each term. For further details, see [www.edwardalleynclub.com], the website for Alleyn's alumni.

End of term newsletter

The end of term newsletter is produced at the end of each term by the headmaster.

Fees

As of March 2008, the termly fee (payable three times annually) is £4,027. This fee is reviewed every year by the school's governors. The fees are reduced if the child's parent is a teacher

Teacher

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at the school, however the child must still pass all entrance requirements. Teachers with children actively send them to Alleyn's.
Bursaries and Scholarships are available.

Positions of responsibility

School Captain	Vice Captain	Vice Captain
Sam Udy	Zara Boyd	Archie Henderson-Cleland
Dutton's	Tyson's	Tulley's

Houses

The house system

House system

The house system is a traditional feature of British schools, and schools in the Commonwealth. Historically, it was associated with established public schools, where a 'house' refers to a boarding house or dormitory of a boarding school...

was inaugurated in 1907 during the Headmastership of F. Collins. It was at this time that the first six houses were created, with the latter two being added in 1921.

House	Abbr.	Founded	House Colours		Current Administration
House	Abbr.	Founded	House Colours		Housemaster	House Captain
Bradings	Br	1907		Brown	Mr. G Reid	Isabella Keeling
Browns	Bw	1907		Green	Mr. R Alldrick	Amy Hodgkiss
Cribbs	Cr	1907		Purple	Miss RL Ottey	Charlie Handy
Duttons	Du	1921		Dark Blue	Mr. J Shelton	Dido Chubb
Ropers	Ro	1907		Yellow	Mr. P Cochrane	Anabel Savage
Spurgeons	Sp	1907		Old Rose	Mr. L Geldeard	FRICKERS
Tulleys	Tu	1907		Red	Mr. P Sherlock	Maksim Hartley
Tysons	Ty	1921		Light Blue	Mr. N Green	Abigail Browne

Originally the house colours were not allowed to be any shade of blue, since this was the colour designated for Oxford and Cambridge and it were thought 'inappropriate' to have blue as a House colour as that was associated in one's mind with the two universities.

In 1921 when two new houses were created (due to their increasing role in the school but also to allow for knock-out sports and inter-house competitions), Henderson (the headmaster) had no qualms about the use of university colours, hence allowing them to use dark blue (Oxford) and light blue (Cambridge).

The colours denote the house colour, which appears on the school tie for middle-school pupils and on the "house shirts" which are used during inter-house sports competitions. Until 1984 the colour was also found on the school cap (for boys). All middle school and upper school pupils have badges of their house colour with a silver Alleyns crest on it. Teachers also have these. House badges were introduced in 2004 and the house scarf in 2007.

Pupils with relatives who are either currently attending or have previously been pupils are allocated to the same house as those family members.

When house names are quoted on paper the apostrophe is almost always not included (e.g. Cribbs not Cribb's). Some believe this is because the house names are now disassociated with the original housemasters, so an apostrophe is not necessary.

Alleyns Lower School does not use the house system, but rather competes for ones class in 'inter-form competitions'. Pupils are then allocated a house at random (unless relatives are in or have been in the school in which case they are allocated to that house) in year 9, the beginning of the Middle School.

Victor Ludorum

The Victor Ludorum is the annual trophy contested for by each house during the school year. The winning house is determined by the amount of points it has won throughout the course of the year in inter-house sporting events, within years 9-13.

Tulleys has won the Victor Ludorum for the past four years running.

Notable former pupils

Sir Frederick Keeble (1870–1952), Sherardian Professor of Botany, 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...

, 1920–1927, Scientific Adviser to ICI
Imperial Chemical Industries
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, 1927–1938, and Fullerian Professor, Royal Institution
Royal Institution
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, 1938–1941
James Bolivar Manson (1879–1945), painter and Director, Tate Gallery
Tate Gallery
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, 1930–1938
Arthur Watson
Arthur Watson (journalist)
Arthur E. Watson was a British newspaper editor.Watson attended Alleyn's School in Dulwich, Rutherford College of Technology in Newcastle, and Armstrong College of the University of Durham, before entering journalism. After a spell with the Newcastle Daily Leader, he joined the Daily Telegraph in...

(1880–1969), Editor, Daily Telegraph, 1924–1950
Arthur Ewins (1882–1957), chemist
Chemistry
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Alexander Glenny (1882–1965), immunologist
Immunology
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Leslie Howard
Leslie Howard (actor)
Leslie Howard was an English stage and film actor, director, and producer. Among his best-known roles was Ashley Wilkes in Gone with the Wind and roles in Berkeley Square , Of Human Bondage , The Scarlet Pimpernel , The Petrified Forest , Pygmalion , Intermezzo , Pimpernel Smith...

(1893–1943), actor 1907-1917
C Paul Davis, Architect, partner Paul Davis + Partners; (born 1951)
C. S. Forester
C. S. Forester
Cecil Scott "C.S." Forester was the pen name of Cecil Louis Troughton Smith , an English novelist who rose to fame with tales of naval warfare. His most notable works were the 11-book Horatio Hornblower series, depicting a Royal Navy officer during the Napoleonic era, and The African Queen...

(1899–1966), novelist
Sir Harold Bishop (1900–1983), Director of Technical Services/Engineering, BBC
BBC
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, 1952–1963
Sir V. S. Pritchett
V. S. Pritchett
Sir Victor Sawdon Pritchett CH CBE , was a British writer and critic. He was particularly known for his short stories, collected in a number of volumes...

(1900–1997), writer and critic
Harry Guntrip
Harry Guntrip
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(1901–1975), psychotherapist
Psychotherapy
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and Congregational
Congregational church
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minister
Sir Henry Cotton (1907–1987), golf
Golf
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er
Sir Ronald Leach (1907–1996), Senior Partner, Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co.
KPMG
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Sir Frank George Young
Frank George Young
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(1908–1988), biochemist
Biochemistry
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and first Master of Darwin College, Cambridge
Darwin College, Cambridge
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, 1964–1976
R. V. Jones
Reginald Victor Jones
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(1911–1997), physicist
Physics
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, military intelligence
Military intelligence
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expert, and Professor of Natural Philosophy, University of Aberdeen
University of Aberdeen
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, 1946–1981
Sir Joe Hooper
Leonard James Hooper
Sir Leonard James Hooper KCMG CBE was a former director of the British signals intelligence agency, GCHQ, a post he held from 1965 to 1973.-Career:...

(1914–1994), Director, Government Communications Headquarters
Government Communications Headquarters
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, 1965–1973, and Government Intelligence Co-ordinator, 1973–1978
Stuart Blanch, Baron Blanch (1918–1994), Bishop of Liverpool
Bishop of Liverpool
The Bishop of Liverpool is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Liverpool in the Province of York.The diocese stretches from Southport in the north, to Widnes in the south, and from the River Mersey to Wigan in the east. Its see is in the City of Liverpool at the Cathedral Church of...

, 1966–1975, and Archbishop of York
Archbishop of York
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, 1975–1983
Frank Thornton
Frank Thornton
Frank Thornton is an English actor who is best known for playing Captain Peacock in Are You Being Served? and its sequel Grace & Favour and as Truly in Last of the Summer Wine.-Early life:...

(born 1921), actor
Kenneth Spring
Kenneth Spring
Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth Arthur Spring OBE was a British soldier and artist. He was the son of Albert Spring, the headmaster of Alleyn’s Junior School, and the composer, Dorothy Spring. He was educated at Alleyn's School in London and Goldsmiths College, University of London...

(born 1921), painter
Terence Higgins, Baron Higgins
Terence Higgins, Baron Higgins
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(born 1928), politician
Mickey Stewart (born 1933), cricketer
Julian Glover
Julian Glover
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(born 1935), actor
Ken Farrington
Ken Farrington
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(born 1936), actor
John Stride
John Stride
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(born 1936), actor
Michael Edwards (born 1940), cricketer
Simon Ward
Simon Ward
Simon Ward is an English stage and film actor.-Early life:Simon Ward was born in Beckenham, Kent, near London, the son of a car dealer. From an early age he wanted to be an actor. He was educated at Alleyn's School, London, the home of the National Youth Theatre, which he joined at age 13 and...

(born 1941), actor
Kelvin MacKenzie
Kelvin MacKenzie
Kelvin Calder MacKenzie is an English media executive and former newspaper editor. He is best known for being editor of The Sun newspaper between 1981 and 1994, an era in which the paper was established as Britain's best selling newspaper.- Biography :MacKenzie was educated at Alleyn's School...

(born 1946), former editor of The Sun
The Sun (newspaper)
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Ajay Kakkar, Professor of Surgical Science, St Bartholomew's Hospital
St Bartholomew's Hospital
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, London (Roper's house. Also a school governor)
Eddie Hardin
Eddie Hardin
Eddie Hardin , is an English rock pianist and singer-songwriter. He is best known for his associations with the Spencer Davis Group, Axis Point also Hardin and York...

(born 1949), keyboard player for Spencer Davis Group
Douglas Higgs
Douglas Higgs
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(born 1951), Director, Molecular Haematology Unit of the Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford
University of Oxford
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Mark Fisher (born 1960), keyboardist of Matt Bianco
Matt Bianco
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Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen
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(born 1965), television presenter and architect
Samuel West
Samuel West
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(born 1966), actor
Ben Jacobs (born 1974) electronic musician Max Tundra
Max Tundra
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Ed Simons (born 1970), one half of the Chemical Brothers
Marcus Reeves
Marcus Reeves
Marcus Reeves is a London based songwriter and performer. He studied at Central St. Martins College of Art and Design before moving into music and theatre and is best known as the creator of Postcards from God - The Sister Wendy Musical.In 2007, The Peggy Ramsay Foundation gave Reeves an award to...

(born 1979) Writer and Performer (Dutton's house)
Nancy Carroll, RSC actor
James Hyland (born James Donovan; 1973), actor/writer
Jude Law
Jude Law
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(born 1972),Movie actor
Donal Coonan
Donal Coonan
Donal Coonan is an actor, writer and presenter, who is most notable for presenting Channel 4's web show thisisaknife.-Early life:Coonan was born December 15, 1981 in London, England...

, presenter of Channel 4
Channel 4
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's web show, thisisaknife
Thisisaknife
thisisaknife was a web show produced for Channel 4 in the UK by World of Wonder that ran from December 2005 to September 2007.Originally daily, it ran from 5 January to 27 April 2006, and was presented by Donal Coonan, Rachna Suri, Alex Sutton and Susan Hickey.After a gap of two weeks, it...
Hannah Ware
Hannah Ware
Hannah Ware is an English model/actress. She is known for her roles in the English language films Cop Out and Shame. She is currently portraying Emma Kane, the estranged addict daughter of Chicago mayor Tom Kane, in the STARZ series Boss.-Filmography:-External links:*...

(born 1982), model and actress, Boss (TV series)
Boss (TV series)
Boss is an American-Canadian political drama television series created by Farhad Safinia. The series stars Kelsey Grammer as Tom Kane, the mayor of Chicago, who has recently been diagnosed with a degenerative neurological disorder....
Stuart Blair, back-up bassist for The Flaming Lips
The Flaming Lips
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Danny Pietroni, Radio presenter, more notably presented shows on Heart 106.2
Heart 106.2
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and Magic 105.4
Neil McCaul, actor, Heil Honey, I'm Home!
Rich Fownes
Rich Fownes
Richard Alexander Fownes is a bass, guitar and synth player from Brighton, England. He currently plays and writes for Bad For Lazarus and With Scissors. He also plays live for UNKLE....

(born 1983), songwriter/Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails
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bassist
Joanna Goldsmith (born 1984), vocalist for The Swingle Singers
The Swingle Singers
The Swingle Singers are a mostly a cappella vocal group formed in 1962 in Paris, France by Ward Swingle with Anne Germain, Jeanette Baucomont, Jean Cussac and others. Christiane Legrand, the sister of composer Michel Legrand, was the group's lead soprano through 1972. Until 2011 the group...

(Roper's house)
Jack Peñate
Jack Peñate
Jack Fabian Peñate is an English musician and singer-songwriter signed to XL Recordings.-Early life:Jack Peñate attended St. Olave's Preparatory School, New Eltham until he left to attend Alleyn's School when he was 18 years of age...

(born 1984), singer-songwriter (spurgeon's house)
Marcus Reeves
Marcus Reeves
Marcus Reeves is a London based songwriter and performer. He studied at Central St. Martins College of Art and Design before moving into music and theatre and is best known as the creator of Postcards from God - The Sister Wendy Musical.In 2007, The Peggy Ramsay Foundation gave Reeves an award to...

(born 1979) Writer/Performer (Dutton's House)
Felix White, guitarist
Guitarist
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and vocalist of The Maccabees
The Maccabees
The Maccabees are a indie rock band from Brighton, England. They have released two albums so far, Colour It In in 2007, with a follow-up, Wall of Arms, released on 4 May 2009...
Heidi Blake (born 1986), investigative reporter for The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph
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and Journalist of the Year 2007 in the Guardian Student Media Awards
Florence Welch
Florence Welch
Florence Leontine Mary Welch is an English singer-songwriter, best known worldwide as the lead singer of Florence and the Machine...

(born 1986), vocalist of Florence and the Machine
Florence and the Machine
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(spurgeon's house)
Jacob Shaw
Jacob Shaw
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(born 1988), Cellist, Artistic Director of the Mendelssohn International Music Festival (Dutton's house)
Robin Shroot
Robin Shroot
Robin Alexander E. Shroot is an English-born footballer who plays for League One side Stevenage.Shroot started his career at Wimbledon as an eight-year-old, progressing through the club's youth system before being released at 16. He then spent time at Staines Town's academy, playing a peripheral...

(born 1988) Birmingham City F.C.
Birmingham City F.C.
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midfielder
Pixie Geldof
Pixie Geldof
Little Pixie Geldof is a British model and socialite, most recently modelling for Debenhams.She is the youngest daughter of Bob Geldof and Paula Yates. Her sisters are Fifi Trixibelle Geldof and Peaches Honeyblossom Geldof...

(born 1990), British model, socialite and daughter of Bob Geldof
Bob Geldof
Robert Frederick Zenon "Bob" Geldof, KBE is an Irish singer, songwriter, author, occasional actor and political activist. He rose to prominence as the lead singer of the Irish rock band The Boomtown Rats in the late 1970s and early 1980s alongside the punk rock movement. The band had hits with his...

(Roper's House)

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