Harefield School is a secondary school in Uxbridge, London. Located on the site of the former community school, John Penrose School, which closed on 31 August 2005,[1] it reopened as an academy in 2005 and specialises in sports. Among other connections, Watford Football Club provides coaching there (the school serves as its youth system), and it also hosts an elite gymnastics division. In September 2023, the school joined the academy trust QED, and changed its name to Harefield School.
In January 2014, the academy was one of three schools that featured in BBC Three's six-part series Tough Young Teachers. The series was filmed throughout the 2012–2013 academic year.
Watford Football Club is a professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire, England. The club competes in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football.
Harefield is a village in the London Borough of Hillingdon, England, 17 miles (27 km) northwest of Charing Cross near Greater London's boundary with Buckinghamshire to the west and Hertfordshire to the north. The population at the 2011 Census was 7,399. Harefield is the westernmost settlement in Greater London, and lies outside the capital's contiguous built-up area.
Watford is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, 15 mi (24 km) northwest of Central London, on the banks of the River Colne.
Denham is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Buckinghamshire, England, approximately 17 mi from central London, 2 mi northwest of Uxbridge and just north of junction 1 of the M40 motorway. The name is derived from the Old English for "homestead in a valley". It was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Deneham. Denham contains the Buckinghamshire Golf Club.
Rickmansworth is a town in south-west Hertfordshire, England, located approximately 17 miles (27 km) north-west of central London, 5 miles (8 km) south-west of Watford and inside the perimeter of the M25 motorway. The town is mainly to the north of the Grand Union Canal and the River Colne.
Caulfield Grammar School is a private, co-educational, Anglican, International Baccalaureate, day and boarding school, located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1881 as a boys' school, Caulfield Grammar began admitting girls exactly one hundred years later. The school amalgamated with Malvern Memorial Grammar School (MMGS) in 1961, with the MMGS campus becoming Malvern Campus.
Watford Grammar School for Boys is an 11–18 boys partially selective academy in Watford in Hertfordshire, England. The school and its sister school, Watford Grammar School for Girls, descend from a Free School founded as a charity school for boys and girls by Elizabeth Fuller in 1704.
Gifton Ruben Elisha Noel-Williams is an English former football player and manager. He played as a striker for Watford, Stoke City and Burnley among other clubs. After a serious knee injury in 1999, he was affected by rheumatoid arthritis for much of the rest of his career.
Stephen Leonard Palmer is an English former professional footballer who was previously the academy recruitment manager of Watford.
Watford Football Club are an association football club from Watford, Hertfordshire, England. Home matches were played at the club's stadium, Vicarage Road, which had a capacity of 17,504 for the 2009–10 season. Watford's season officially began on 1 July 2009 and concluded on 30 June 2010, although competitive matches were only played between August and May. They competed in the Football League Championship, the second highest division in English football, following their relegation from the Premier League in 2007.
Michael John Block was an English professional footballer who played as a right winger. He made nearly 200 Football League appearances for Chelsea, Brentford and Watford over a 10-year period.
Keith Derek Millen is an English football manager and former player who played as a centre back. He is currently head of academy coaching at League Two side Gillingham.
Brian Ernest Owen is an English former footballer who played as a winger. After a playing career that saw him play in the First Division and an FA Cup semi-final, Owen spent time as a coach, physiotherapist, assistant manager and scout for various professional clubs.
Sean Michael Murray is a professional association footballer who plays as a midfielder for League of Ireland First Division club Cork City, on loan from NIFL Premiership club Glentoran.
James Doyle Penrose RHA JP was an Irish painter known for his religious and mythological paintings. He is father of Lionel Penrose and artist Roland Penrose.
Mark Warburton is an English professional football manager and former player who was most recently a first-team coach at West Ham United.
Barry Quin is an English football youth coach. He previously spent two decades working in the youth setup at Brentford and served as first team caretaker manager for the final three games of the 2006–07 season. He served in a number of academy roles at Watford between 2010 and 2021.
During the 1922–23 English football season, Brentford competed in the Football League Third Division South and finished in 14th place.
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