Royal Liberty School

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The Royal Liberty School
Hare Hall, Upper Brentwood Road - geograph.org.uk - 1517442.jpg
Location
Royal Liberty School
,
England
Coordinates 51°35′08″N0°12′35″E / 51.5855°N 0.2097°E / 51.5855; 0.2097
Information
Type Academy
MottoSemper procedens
Established1921
Local authority Havering
TrustSFAET
Department for Education URN 143877 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Executive headteacherPaul Ward
HeadteacherLee Raftery
GenderBoys
Age11to 16
Enrolment630
HousesApollo, Challenger,Discovery, Endeavour, Voyager
Colour(s)Blue and Yellow
Website http://www.royalliberty.co.uk

The Royal Liberty School is a secondary school for boys aged 11 to 16, located in Gidea Park in the London Borough of Havering, England. [1]

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The school is situated on Upper Brentwood Road about 400 metres north of Gidea Park railway station, and approximately halfway between Gidea Park and Ardleigh Green to the north-east of Romford. It is in the parish of St. Michael & All Angels, Gidea Park. [2]

History

Grammar school

The school was founded in 1921 in the buildings at the grounds of Hare Hall and takes its name from the Royal Liberty of Havering. During this period an ornate koi pond was located within its grounds. It was once a traditional English grammar school, and also had a sixth form until 1992. In 2017 the school joined the Success for all Education trust.

The Royal Liberty was the first school in Europe to install an electronic computer (an Elliott 903, similar to the 920 military version) in 1965.

As a grammar school, it operated a squadron of the Combined Cadet Force (CCF), incorporating basic, army, navy, and air cadets (including a training glider).

Comprehensive school

Houses

The school's houses were previously known as Danes, Normans, Romans and Saxons. Then there was a period when they were known as Darwin, Newton, Rutherford and Salk. They are now known as Discovery, Challenger, Endeavour, Voyager and Apollo to reflect the school's status as a Science College. In the academic year of 2023, the names are changing to birds of prey. The plan is to change Apollo to Hawk, Challenger to Eagle, Discovery to Osprey Endeavour to Kestrel and Voyager to Falcon.

Notable former pupils

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References

  1. "Royal Liberty School".
  2. St Michael & All Angels