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Norlington School For Boys is a single-sex comprehensive school
Comprehensive school

A comprehensive school is a secondary school and State school for children from the age of 11 to at least 16 that does not select children on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude....
 located in the borough of Waltham Forest in East London, England
East London, England

East London is the name commonly given to the north eastern part of London, England on the north side of the Thames.The London boroughs that make up this informal area are London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, London Borough of Hackney, London Borough of Havering, London Borough of Newham, London Borough of Redbridge, London Borough of T...
. The head teacher is Miss Jennifer Bax.

urrently educates 580 pupils from years 7-11 (ages 11 to 16), with approximately 120 pupils in each year group. It hopes to become a specialist school in Mathematics and I.T. and it is currently bidding at around £24,000 with a goal of £50,000, as of October 2008.

ington School was built in 1903 and was originally a mixed school.






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Norlington School For Boys is a single-sex comprehensive school
Comprehensive school

A comprehensive school is a secondary school and State school for children from the age of 11 to at least 16 that does not select children on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude....
 located in the borough of Waltham Forest in East London, England
East London, England

East London is the name commonly given to the north eastern part of London, England on the north side of the Thames.The London boroughs that make up this informal area are London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, London Borough of Hackney, London Borough of Havering, London Borough of Newham, London Borough of Redbridge, London Borough of T...
. The head teacher is Miss Jennifer Bax.

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It currently educates 580 pupils from years 7-11 (ages 11 to 16), with approximately 120 pupils in each year group. It hopes to become a specialist school in Mathematics and I.T. and it is currently bidding at around £24,000 with a goal of £50,000, as of October 2008.

History

Norlington School was built in 1903 and was originally a mixed school. It changed to an all-boys school some time before 1985. It was formally a secondary modern school
Secondary modern school

A Secondary Modern School is a type of secondary school that existed in most of the United Kingdom from 1944 until the early 1970s under the Tripartite System, and was designed for the majority of pupils - those who do not achieve scores in the top 25% of the eleven plus examination....
 before 1977.

Sports

The school has enjoyed tremendous sporting success over the years and were crowned national basketball champions in 2003. Last year, the Year 9 cricket team was crowned Waltham Forest and London Cup champions. In 2007, the Year 10 football team became Waltham Forest borough champions. The school won the Waltham Forest cricket cup four years in succession.

Notable alumni

  • Jonathan Ross
    Jonathan Ross

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    , television presenter
  • Paul Ross
    Paul Ross

    Paul Ross , UK, is an England television and radio presenter, journalist, and media personality. He is the son of Martha Ross and the elder brother of Jonathan Ross ....
    , television presenter
  • Graham Gooch
    Graham Gooch

    Graham Alan Gooch, Order of the British Empire is a former cricketer who Captain Essex County Cricket Club and England. He was one of the most successful international batsman of his generation....
    , former England cricketer
  • Paul Hayes
    Paul Hayes

    Paul Edward Hayes is an England Association football with Football League One side Scunthorpe United F.C..Hayes grew up in East London and went to Barclay Junior School in Leyton, where he captained the school football team from the age of 7....
    , professional footballer


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