Hillcroft School

Last updated

Hillcroft Secondary School
Address
Hillcroft School
Beechcroft Road

Tooting
,
London
,
SW17

England
Coordinates 51°26′17″N0°10′05″W / 51.438°N 0.168°W / 51.438; -0.168
Information
Established1960
Closed1970
Local authority ILEA
Head teacherJohn Owen
GenderBoys
Age11to 18
Enrolmentc. 1000
HousesChurchill, Faraday, Shaftesbury, Wellington

Hillcroft School was a boys' secondary school in South London. In 1960, it was established in Tooting Bec, being built on playing fields of, and adjacent to, the premises of Bec School. [1] The initial complement of pupils were drawn from Hillbrook Secondary School in Hillbrook Road, Tooting, and Estreham Secondary School in Penwortham Road, Streatham (housed in the same building as Penwortham Primary School). Hillbrook and Estreham then closed.

Contents

The school closed when it was amalgamated with Bec School in 1971 to create Bec-Hillcroft Comprehensive School. [1] Bec-Hillcroft was renamed Ernest Bevin School, after the former Labour minister Ernest Bevin, in the next year. In 1996, the school was renamed to Ernest Bevin College. It is now known as Ernest Bevin Academy.

History

Following its establishment, Hillcroft School [2] enjoyed a substantial amount of academic success and supported a large sixth form, especially during the years of 1966 through 1970. A considerable number of boys achieved good O- and A-Level results, with many going on success at University, the Civil Service, and the professions. The school had a substantial prefect system which was considered helpful in advancing pupils' maturity.

The school was organised into four houses, each of about 250 boys: Churchill, Faraday, Shaftesbury, and Wellington. The school enjoyed a certain distinction at sports, with activities including five-a-side football, lacrosse, hockey, and swimming.

The school lacrosse team formed Hillcroft Lacrosse Club in 1971. The club is no longer formally affiliated with the school, but continues to thrive to this day, with their first team playing in the SEMLA premiership. The club now runs 4 teams, 3 men's and a women's and plays its home games at Tooting and Mitcham fc on the astroturf in front of the stadium.

From 1962 to 1971, the school was under the headmastership of John Owen, and the Senior Master was Tony Leech.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">London Borough of Wandsworth</span> London borough in United Kingdom

Wandsworth is a London borough in South West London; it forms part of Inner London and has an estimated population of 329,677 inhabitants. Its main named areas are Battersea, Balham, Putney, Tooting and Wandsworth Town.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Furzedown</span> Human settlement in England

Furzedown is a ward, in both the districts of Streatham and Tooting, wholly in the Tooting Parliamentary Constituency, within the London Borough of Wandsworth in South West London. It is a mainly residential area close to Tooting Commons, which provide a large open space including Tooting Bec Lido.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Itchen College</span> Sixth form college in Southampton, Hampshire, England

Itchen Sixth Form College is a mixed sixth form college in Bitterne, Southampton, Hampshire, England. It was established in 1906 and was originally a mixed secondary school, it later became Itchen Grammar School under the reforms of the Butler Education Act. It became its present state following further reform in the 1980s.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tooting & Mitcham United F.C.</span> Association football club in England

Tooting & Mitcham United Football Club is an association football club based in the London Borough of Merton. They are currently members of the Combined Counties League Premier Division South and play at Imperial Fields in Morden. Their nickname is "the Terrors" or "the Stripes".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Worksop College</span> Public school in Nottinghamshire, England

Worksop College is a British co-educational private school for both boarding and day pupils aged 13 to 18, in Worksop. It sits at the northern edge of Sherwood Forest, in Nottinghamshire, England. Founded by Nathaniel Woodard in 1890, the school is a member of the Woodard Corporation and Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference, and has a strong Anglo-Catholic tradition.

St Charles College, founded in 1875, is a Christian, independent boys college situated in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, catering for day boys from Grade 000 to Matric, with boarders from Grade 4 upwards.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Woodlands Academy, Coventry</span> Academy in Coventry, West Midlands, England

Woodlands Academy was a boys secondary school situated in west Coventry in the West Midlands, England.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ernest Bevin Academy</span> Academy in Tooting, Greater London, England

Ernest Bevin Academy is a secondary school for boys and a mixed sixth form located in Tooting, London, England. The school is all-boys for ages 11 through 18, and has a co-educational sixth form. It has about 1,173 pupils. The school was judged as 'requiring improvement' in a November 2018 report by Ofsted. The school was judged as "Good" in a June 2022 report by Ofsted.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Richmond Park Academy</span>

Richmond Park Academy is a secondary school with an academy status in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. The school is part of the Academies Enterprise Trust academy chain.

Bec School was a boys' grammar school in Tooting, South London, England.

Matthew Humberstone Church of England School, also known as the Matthew Humberstone School, Matthew Humberstone C of E School, Matthew Humberstone Comprehensive School, MHS and Matty, was a secondary school in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England, with a Church of England tradition. It existed between 1973 until it was closed due to amalgamation in 2010.

Camborne Grammar School in Camborne, Cornwall, was a girls' grammar school between 1908 and 1976.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Central Lancaster High School</span> Academy in Lancaster, Lancashire, England

Central Lancaster High School (CLHS) is a coeducational secondary school located in Lancaster, England. Located on Crag Road on the Ridge area in east Lancaster.

Surbiton County Grammar was a school in Surbiton on the borders of London and Surrey. Established in the 1920s, the school later moved to Thames Ditton and changed its name to Esher County Grammar School. The last grammar school pupils were admitted in 1974, and by 1979 the site had become a sixth form college. The school was attended by boys from the whole of north Surrey.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sewell Park Academy</span> Secondary school in Norwich, Norfolk, England

Sewell Park Academy is a secondary school located on the north-eastern edge of the city of Norwich, Norfolk, England.

Richmond and Hillcroft Adult Community College is a further education college located in Richmond and Surbiton in Greater London. It was established in 2017 by a merger between Richmond Adult Community College and the specialist Hillcroft College.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Beverly High School</span> Public high school in Beverly, Massachusetts, United States

Beverly High School is one of two four-year public high schools in Beverly, Massachusetts, United States, the other being the smaller Northshore Academy. It has an enrollment of approximately 1,300 students and is accredited by the Massachusetts Department of Education and by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.

John David Hayward (1929–2007) was a British stained glass artist who made nearly 200 windows in churches and cathedrals across Britain and abroad.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Foxwood School, Seacroft</span> Comprehensive school in Seacroft, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England

Foxwood School was a Comprehensive school in Seacroft, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It opened in 1956 and closed 40 years later in 1996.

References

  1. 1 2 "College History". Ernest Bevin College. Retrieved 31 August 2008.
  2. ↑ "College History | Boys School Tooting | Ernest Bevin Academy" . Retrieved 15 February 2024.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.