Emanuel School

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Emanuel School
Motto Pour Bien Desirer
(French: The Noble Aim)
Established 1594
Type HMC Public School
Religious affiliation Anglican
Headmaster M D Hanley-Browne, MA
Second Master J A Hardy, MA
Founder Lady Dacre, Elizabeth I
Location Battersea
London
England Flag of England
Staff 83
Students 720 (approx)
Gender Coeducational
Ages Ten to Eighteen
Houses Eight
School colours Navy Blue and Gold

         
Publication The Portcullis
Head Boy Luke Dyson
Head Girl Michaela Wing
Principle Sports Rowing, Rugby, Cricket, Netball, Eton Fives
Website www.emanuel.org.uk

Emanuel School is a co-educational public school in Battersea, south-west London. The school was founded by Lady Dacre and Elizabeth I in 1594 and today has an enrolment of approximately 720 students, aged between ten and eighteen.

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[edit] History

Emanuel School is one of three schools administered by the United Westminster Schools’ Foundation. It came into being by the will of Anne Sackville, Lady Dacre, dated 1594.

Lady Dacre was daughter of Sir Richard Sackville by his wife Winifred, daughter of Sir John Bruges/Brydges/Brugge, Lord Mayor of London in 1520. Her brother was Thomas, 1st Earl of Dorset. She married Gregory Fiennes of Hurstmonceaux and Chelsea, 10th Baron Dacre, in November 1558, he died 25 September 1594 and she followed him dying on 14th May, (buried 15th May), 1595.

Her epitaph states:

Faeminei lux clara chori, pia, casta, pudica, aegis subsidium, pauperibusque decus.

Emanuel School was founded in 1594. At the time, Lady Dacre wrote that one of the main aims of the Foundation was

for the bringing up of children in virtue and good and laudable arts so that they might better live in time to come by their honest labour.

With Lady Dacre's benefaction in 1594, Emanuel Hospital (almshouses and school), as it was first called, began. The children wore a long brown tunic, rather similar in cut to that still worn by Christ's Hospital. Thanks to the interest of Queen Elizabeth I, cousin to Lady Dacre, a charter was drawn up, and the school and almshouses were established on a site in Tothill fields, Westminster. [1] Mention is made of the Hospital and similar foundations in an undated letter written by Daniel Defoe, entitled A Scheme for a Royal Palace in the Place of White-Hall [2].

In 1883, the school sought larger, newer buildings for the children, and the boy boarders, as they all then were, moved to the present buildings on the edge of Wandsworth Common. In 1994, the school celebrated its 400th anniversary with a visit from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II which included a special commemorative rugby fixture against Gordonstoun.

The current Headmaster, Mark Hanley-Browne, replaced Anne-Marie Sutcliffe in 2004. He is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC) and was educated at the University of Oxford (biological sciences), and the University of Cambridge, where he did postgraduate teacher training. Previously he was Deputy Headmaster at Highgate and Head of Careers and Higher Education at Charterhouse.

In 2008, the school is celebrating the 125th Anniversary of moving to its present site, on Wandsworth Common. A special commemorative service at Chelsea Old Church, the burial place of Anne Sackville on 16 May 2008, and other anniversary events will take place.

[edit] Headmasters

The Rev. A. Towsey 1893
The Rev. A Chilton 1894-1905
The Rev. H. Buchanan-Riley 1905-1913
S. Goodwin 1914-1927
G. H. Wyatt (acting) 1927-1928
C. M. Broom 1928-1953
J. B. Grundy 1953-1963
W. S. Hipkins (acting) 1964
C. C. Kuper 1964-1975
P. Hendry 1975-1984
P.F. Thomson 1984-1994
T Jones-Parry 1994-1998
Mrs A. M. Sutcliffe 1998-2004
M. D. Hanley-Browne 2004-

[edit] Chaplains

The Headmaster 1883-1913
The Rev. G. W. White 1914-1916
The Rev. L. Evans 1916-1921
The Rev. M. M. Griffiths 1951-1963
The Rev. G. M. Armstead 1962-1974
The Rev. A. J. Gilbert 1974-1985
The Rev. E. M. Hill 1985-2005
The Rev. P. M. Hunt 2005-

[edit] School Song

Pour Bien Désirer

Emanuel! For the noble aim
That marked in days of old thy great design,
For present merit and unsullied fame,
Honour and love be thine.
The love and reverence we give
To those who gave us life and early care,
Mother of Mothers, thou dost share,
Who taught us how to live.

Great relic of a knightly race and rule,
Thy Founders' tenderness in thought and deed
Lives in the spirit of the School
Which, passing, they decreed;
Spirit of chivalrous intent,
Spirit of duty scorning pain,
Of loyal service freely spent,
So Dacre lives again.
Spirit of knowledge and of truth,
Spirit of friendship, strong and pure,
And love of country learned in youth,
So Sackville doth endure.

Thus armed in spirit, naught shall shake,
Thy sons' resolve on stricken battle-field
Stainless to keep, and yet more glorious make
Thy venerable shield;
Memorial of old affrays,
Of knightly deeds, and honour bravely won,
That telleth yet of peaceful days,
And simple duty done.

Words by Charles Wilfrid Scott-Giles
Music by H. J. Evans
(1916)

[edit] School Anthem

The School Anthem is Jerusalem by William Blake (1804), with music set by C. Hubert H. Parry in 1916.

[edit] Daily School Life

The school day runs from 08.30 through to 15.45 from Monday to Friday each week, with Wednesday afternoons and Saturdays reserved for sporting fixtures and detention. There are daily assemblies and weekly house meetings held each Monday.

[edit] Uniform

Uniform is worn from Hill through Year Eleven, and consists of a navy blazer, white shirt, school tie and charcoal grey trousers. Girls' uniform consists a navy blazer with an orange and white checked blouse or dress (summer uniform)or a blue blouse and navy blue skirt or trousers. The Sixth Form dress code consists of a grey, blue or black conventional two or three-piece business suit, and tie for boys.

Registration is at 08.30 and 14.15, with eight thirty-five minute periods per day, split into either single or double blocks. School lunch is taken by all students in the school's new refectory overlooking the playing fields from 13.15 to 14.15. Members of the Senior School are expected to stay on longer than the normal end of lessons to continue study, train for matches and represent the school at events. Senior Prefects and the Heads of School are elected each academic year from the Upper Sixth and share the masters' authority in disciplinary, pastoral, social and cultural organisation of the school, often mentoring junior students, running clubs and teams, acting as councillors and sharing disciplinary authority. They are visible often through their distinctive gowns, worn on special occasions in either gold (heads of school) or blue (senior prefects).

Emanuel is an Anglican foundation with the Chapel situated in the main building above the library. Daily chapel services are led by the Chaplain with regular Holy Communion services and musical concerts. Confirmation is available with the Chaplain who holds regular confirmation classes for students, whilst the Chapel is open for the use of students, masters, staff and parents every day.

The school continues to make strong academic progress, and each year sends students to Oxbridge as well as other institutions such as the Royal College of Music, Imperial College and the LSE. However, drama, sport, music and art are regarded extremely highly at Emanuel, and the school excels in all of these areas. There are exhibitions, an annual play, musical, junior play and other productions and numerous concerts each year.

School trips are considered an important part of the learning cycle and include exchanges to other European countries, study tours, field trips, choir tours, residential tours, ski trips, sports tours, training camps, team-building exercises. Expeditions and cultural excursions have included New York City, Argentina, South Africa, Malta, Krakow, Seville, New Zealand, Chile and Australia. The school retains a strong links with World Challenge, and expeditions depart each summer, incluing to Thailand, Tunisia, Ghana and Vietnam. An expedition to Kenya is planned for 2008. In addition an annual Charity Week each March raises money for various charities by means of various fundraising exercises throughout the week, where the whole community comes together to raise as much as possible.

Heads of Year
Year Group Head
Hill Form PM McMahon, MA
Year Seven (First Form) PM McMahon, MA
Year Eight (Second Form) Miss M Yan, BA
Year Nine (Third Form) MR Sowden, BSc
Year Ten (Fourth Form) SP Andrews, BA
Year Eleven (Fifth Form) Miss OB Lopez, MA
Lower Sixth (Year Twelve) CO Labinjo, BSc
Upper Sixth (Year Thirteen) Miss JR Pattman, MA

[edit] Academic Life

Emanuel caters for pupils from ages ten to eighteen, providing education from its mini-prep group, the Hill Form, right through to Sixth Form. The Hill Form acts as a halfway house between primary and secondary education, with approximately 20 pupils in any one year, who leave primary education a year early (at the end of Year 5) to continue into Year Six in the Lower School at Emanuel. Pupils then follow through to Year Seven as usual.

The Sixth Form caters for around 130 pupils across both the Lower and Upper Sixth, who work together as a year group. Entry to the Sixth Form is dependent on gaining good grades at GCSE, and entry to the Upper Sixth, conditional on good AS grades.

Pupils undertake GCSE, AS and A-Level exams, though the school is looking at introducing the International Baccalaureate and the new Cambridge Pre-U in line with many other public schools. A full list of subjects is detailed below:

Art, Biology, Business Studies (from GCSE), Chemistry, Classical Civilisation (from Year 9), Computer Science, Critical Thinking (from Year 9), Design & Technology, Drama (to GCSE), Economics (from AS-Level), English, French, Geography, German, Government & Politics (from AS-Level), Greek (from AS-Level), History, Latin, Mathematics, Further Mathematics (at A-Level), Music, Physical Education (to GCSE), Physics, Psychology (from AS-Level), Religious Studies, Spanish, Sports Science (from AS-Level), Theatre Studies (from AS-Level)

[edit] Sporting Life

Emanuel has a strong history of sporting success which continues to this day. Set in 12 acres of grounds, the school is fortunate to have large on-site playing fields and direct private access to Wandsworth Common beyond. The school also has a 25m indoor heated swimming pool, three Eton Fives courts, netball courts and tennis courts. A new sports centre was opened in 2004 by England rugby star Will Greenwood and features a sports hall, multi-tiered climbing wall, indoor cricket nets, a fully-equipped fitness suite, dance studio and specialist teaching classrooms. Emanuel School Boat Club is based at Barnes Bridge, with further extensive playing fields in Mitcham and at Blagdon's on the A3 near New Malden, Surrey.

The main sports are rowing, rugby, cricket, netball, athletics and swimming. Other competitive sports however include Eton Fives, cross country, tennis, triathlon, basketball, squash, golf, badminton, orienteering and volleyball. Fencing, hockey, water polo, gymnastics, indoor climbing, and table tennis are also sport options, though they are not considered competitive sports.

Inter-house sporting events continue annually in many disciplines including cross-country, the house regatta, rugby, cricket and inter-house athletics championships which are held each June at Crystal Palace National Athletics Stadium. All pupils are expected to make a contribution to sport with compulsory physical education lessons up to Year Ten, and an entire games afternoon per week, either on or off site, which continues through the Sixth Form also.

A fixture list against other major local and UK public schools plays out annually in all major sports and the annual Sports Dinner celebrates achievements of both teams and individuals in all sports each year.

  • Following the historic switch away from football in 1906, it is now only played on an inter-House basis.
  • Annual sports tours have led to exchange programmes between other international HMC schools in Australia and other parts of the world. Recent sports tours have included Barbados, Argentina, Chile, Australia, South Africa, Canada, Malta, Seville and New Zealand.

[edit] Emanuel School Boat Club (ESBC)

Emanuel School Boat Club (ESBC) was formally established in 1914, and is situated on the River Thames at Barnes Bridge. It has won the Schools' Head of the River Race a record eleven times. In 1966, the Emanuel crew won the Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup at Henley creating a record unlikely to be beaten. In 1976 and again in 1981, Emanuel finished as runners up behind Holy Spirit High School, of the US. The club has produced five Olympic oarsmen, over fifty international 'vests' as well as numerous University Blues. In 2007, the Club was honoured when OE Nick Marriott, was selected to row for the Oxford Isis boat in the 2007 University Boat Race, 2007 also saw the addition of the boat club website.

[edit] Emanuel School Rugby Football Club (ESRFC)

Though Emanuel is known primarily as a rowing school, it has a strong history in competitive rugby, which has recently been revived following some years of decline. The club is based at the school's off-site grounds at Blagdons on the A3, with many senior matches being split between Emanuel's on-site playing fields and Blagdons. Today, the school's Sevens team is one of the strongest schools teams in London, and regular training camps depart to Wales as well as tours around the world to New Zealand, South Africa, Argentina, Canada and Chile.

A recent arrangement with Harlequins has created a new training partnership between the club and the school, with benefits in coaching and training with support staff and players, as well as the club using Blagdons as its new training ground. ESRFC now employs five specialist rugby coaches in addition to its sports department.

[edit] Emanuel School Cricket Club (ESCC)

Historic successes in cricket have weakened in recent years, however the club is experiencing something of a revival under the new Master i/c Cricket, Paul King, who has endeavoured to boost the successes in the sport once again through external coaches, training camps and tours. Alumni include England cricketer Stuart Surridge. A sporting tradition includes the annual cricket fixture against the MCC dating back to at least the 1920s.

[edit] Eton Fives

Emanuel has played Eton Fives since 1914, and is a member of the Eton Fives Association (EFA). The school has recently refubished its three indoor courts in summer 2007, as part of its larger redevelopment programme. In April 2007 the school won the EFA Division III title in a nail-biting conclusion to the season. [3]

[edit] Musical Life

The school music department is centred around the Concert Hall, a purpose-converted musical hall complete with eight soundproof practice rooms, rigs and staging as well as an organ. There are three specialist classrooms, including a Music Technology Suite. Emanuel's Chapel Choir has performed all over the world, in New York, Malta, Japan and other locations. Music tuition is available in all major instruments.

[edit] The Hill Form

The Hill Form was established in 1984 to provide a halfway house between primary and secondary learning. Situated in its own building at the back of the site, Hill caters for up to twenty Year Six pupils who leave primary education a year early to enter the Lower School at Emanuel. Pupils then move up through to Year Seven and the rest of the school as usual. The Hill is highly regarded for providing a bridge between the two disciplines and for integrating pupils right in the heart of the school, engaging in all aspects available to other Lower School pupils including sports, House events, study and extracurricular activities.

[edit] The Sixth Form

Emanuel's Sixth Form consists of approximately 130 students across both the Lower Sixth (Year 12) and Upper Sixth (Year 13). A purpose-built Sixth Form Centre provides the base for the group, with its own Common Room overlooking the school playing fields, a cafeteria, lecture room, games room, computer suite, changing rooms and study areas.

The Heads of School and Senior Prefects are drawn from the Upper Sixth. Until July 2008, the Head Boy will be Luke Dyson and the Head Girl Micaela Wing. The Sixth Form is run under the direction of the Head of Sixth Form, Richard Marriott and, from September 2007, the Assistant Heads of Sixth Form Jo Pattman (Upper Sixth) and Chris Labinjo (Lower Sixth).

Heads of School
Position 2005-6 2006-7 2007-8 2008-9 Elect
Head Boy R Murray T Davis L Dyson TBA 5 July 2008
Head Girl R Samiepour K Thackara M Wing TBA 5 July 2008
Deputy Head Boy M Aitman L Dillon D Murphy TBA 5 July 2008
Deputy Head Girl E Cook S Winwood C Redondo-Zaratiegui TBA 5 July 2008

[edit] Lower Sixth

In the Lower Sixth, students prepare to bridge the gap between GCSEs and A-Level. All are expected to take four AS Level subjects as well as take part in the wider school community through mentoring junior pupils, participation in the Sixth Form Revue, Charity Week and in activities such as Young Enterprise. The culmination of the year brings a Summer Term of exploration and fun as students undertake an entrepreneurial 48-Hour Business Challenge, are given specialist talks on further education and careers options as well as attending UCAS Conventions, a leadership and team-building day and complete two weeks Work Experience at companies of their own choice. Placements in recent years have included City insurance firms, investment banks, hospitals, television and theatrical production, schools and prestigious law firms. Following this, Lower Sixth students play a vital role in the Arts & Science Week that completes the year for the entire school.

[edit] Upper Sixth

In the Upper Sixth, students prepare for their final A-Level examinations in three or four subjects. In addition, it is the year where students are able to embark on their choices for university through UCAS and take up senior positions within the school, including Senior Prefects, Captains of Sport and leading roles in dramatic and musical productions. Students are expected to make contributions to the school community through mentoring junior forms, participating on Duke of Edinburgh expeditions and competing in national competitions such as the Bank of England's Target 2.0. The highlight of the Upper Sixth is the end of year Leavers' Ball - the social highlight of the school calendar.

[edit] School Houses

Houses have played a large part in day-to-day school life for many years. Today, eight houses exist, named after notable military and naval figures from British history. There are four junior and four senior houses, where the senior house follows on from its junior equivalent. Every pupil at the school is a member of a house throughout their education at the school, with staff also taking an active role in the support and success of their house.

Each house has a House Master, with House Captains elected from the Upper VI each September, responsible for overall control and discipline of the house. Houses compete annually for the Parents' Shield which is awarded to the winning house at the end of the competition. Events for competition are wide-ranging, including sport, art, drama, music, science, languages, discipline, current affairs and organisation. The annual highlights include the House Regatta, House Cross-Country, House Music, House Drama and Inter-House Athletics Championships, which are held each June at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre.

House Junior/Senior Tie Colours Administration
Housemaster 2006-2007 2007-2008
Marlborough Senior Yellow PA King A Wright*/S Winwood* R Thomas/R Hervais-Adelman
Lyons Junior Purple Miss LJ Fitzgibbon
Rodney Senior Silver JM Driver L Cuff-Burnett/J Patel
Wellington Junior Red JP Layng
Howe Senior Green GD Cassidy J Clarke/C Walker H Shiplee/S McEachron
Clyde Junior Blue WJ Purkis
Nelson Senior Orange V Le Gac L Dillon/S Redgrave*
Drake Junior Brown GJ Dibden

(*) - previous Captain of Junior House

[edit] Parents' Shield Winners

  • 2006-2007: Howe-Clyde (2nd: Marlborough-Lyons, 3rd: Rodney-Wellington, 4th: Nelson-Drake)
  • 2005-2006: Nelson-Drake (2nd: Rodney-Wellington, 3rd: Marlborough-Lyons, 4th: Howe-Clyde)
  • 2004-2005: Rodney-Wellington

[edit] Senior Needham Trophy Winners

  • 2006-2007: Howe (2nd: Rodney, 3rd: Marlborough, 4th: Nelson)
  • 2005-2006: Howe (2nd: Nelson, 3rd: Marlborough, 4th: Rodney)
  • 2004-2005: Nelson

[edit] Activities, Associations and Societies

Emanuel has a strong extracurricular base, presided over by the Director of Societies, Jonathan Driver. The school has one of the best records in the country for its Model United Nations team and the Debating Society regularly enters major competitions against other schools. In Young Enterprise, a strong record of success has ensured the school has reached the Central London finals for the past four years, whilst it also competes in the Bank of England's Target 2.0, Hans Wodya Mathematics and National Maths Challenge competitions.

The large cohort of Duke of Edinburgh members, approximately 250 pupils, ensures many expeditions and training exercises around the country. There is also a strong stage department who work on bringing numerous theatrical and musical productions to life each year.

[edit] Redevelopment

Emanuel is currently in the middle of an ongoing multi-million redevelopment of the main site, boat club and Blagdon's playing fields. Many of the school's facilities are undergoing a major transformation creating a new work and leisure environment. In April 2007, the school opened a £1.9 million brand new library and resources centre in the heart of the school, below the Chapel. Zoned into designated areas for study and leisure, the new library has approximately 33,000 books, over 25 networked computers, a specialist Periodicals Room, Languages Library, DVD Library and an adjoining new Careers Centre. The North Courtyard has been covered over as the Marquand Room, whilst a mezzanine floor above the central Peter Goddard Room houses the school archives, silverware, and memorabilia as well as the original wooden entrance plaque from Emanuel Hospital.

In September 2007, the school opened a £65,000 new theatre and exhibition space by converting the old library area, whilst the music department was also given a facelift. In addition, the building's original Chapel, still very much the centre of school life, has very recently been redecorated, cleaned and had improved lighting installed.

In February 2008, redevelopment work on the South Courtyard was completed, improving access to three departments (English, Chemistry and Drama) with new glass and steel corridors overlooking the new library. In addition, the courtyard has been paved with new cloisters, fountains and shrubbery. It has been renamed the Queen Elizabeth Courtyard in honour of Queen Elizabeth II's 1994 visit to commemorate the school's 400th anniversary, of her mother before her, who planted a tree in the courtyard which remains today, and of Queen Elizabeth I who helped found the school in 1594.

A brand new Computer Centre in the North Wing of the Main Building is due to open in September 2008.

  • 1998 - The Buttery is constructed in the space of the East Courtyard
  • 1999 - The Junior Dining Room is redeveloped to become the Concert Hall, the centrepiece of the new music department
  • 2000 - The Science Centre is completed, comprising three state-of-the-art laboratories for each scientific faculty (Biological Sciences, Chemistry and Physics).
  • 2001 - The Main Reception area is refurbished.
  • 2003 - The Sports Centre opens, comprising a sports hall, fitness suite, dance studio, classrooms and changing rooms.
  • 2004 - The Old Gymnasium is converted into a new Refectory and dining facility overlooking the school playing fields.
  • 2004 - The Cricket Pavilion is given a new lease of life as part of the Refectory and a new conferencing facility.
  • 2000 - The School Boat House at Barnes Bridge is extended and refurbished.
  • 2006 - The redevelopment of the Main Building begins with newly refurbished corridors and classrooms.
  • April 2007 - A brand new £1.9m Library and Media Resources Centre opens in the heart of the school, comprising the Old Dining Hall, Buttery, North Courtyard and Old Multigym
  • September 2007 - A new £65,000 theatre and exhibition space opens, the newly refurbished Chapel is completed, the Fives Courts enclosed and recovered and changes to the music department
  • December 2007 - The South Courtyard redevelopment scheduled for completion, providing new access for the English and Chemistry departments via glass corridors and opening up a new outside space.
  • 2008 - The new Computer Centre scheduled to open adjacent to the Library

[edit] Academic Departments

  • Art & Design (Director: Miss SE Macmillan)
  • Biology & Biological Sciences (Head: Dr BA Reynolds)
  • Business Studies (Head: Mr RS Tong)
  • Chemistry (Head: Mrs CM Maher)
  • Classics - Latin, Classical Civilisation and Greek (Head: Mr NM Mullen)
  • Computer Science (Head: Mr BP Howard)
  • Critical Thinking (Head: Miss L Butler)
  • Design & Technology (including Electronics) (Head: Mr AC Ball)
  • Drama & Theatre Studies (Director: Dr BW Last)
  • Economics (Head: Mr RS Tong)
  • English Language & Literature (Head: Miss JR Pattman)
  • French (Head: Mrs SM Williams-Ryan)
  • Geography (Head: Mr WJ Purkis)
  • German (Head: Mr H Jackson)
  • Government & Politics (Head: Mr RP Berlie)
  • History (Head: Mr RP Berlie)
  • Information Technology (curriculum) (Head: Dr AF Noori)
  • Mathematics (Head: Mr NM Fazaluddin)
  • Modern Foreign Languages (Director: Mrs SM Williams-Ryan)
  • Music (Director: Mr JS Holmes)
  • Personal, Social & Health Education (Head: Mr PM McMahon)
  • Psychology (Head: Mrs GM Wright)
  • Physics (Head: Mrs JA Morrison-Bartlett)
  • Religious Studies & Philosophy (Head: Miss LC Cleveland)
  • Science (Director: Mrs JA Morrison-Bartlett)
  • Spanish (Head: Mrs A Zaratiegui)
  • Sport & Sports Science (Director: Mr SJ Bettinson; Deputy Director: Miss LJ Fitzgibbon)
  • Study Skills (Head: Mrs RA Collins)

[edit] Publications

The Portcullis is the annual school publication now in its 293 edition. It is published each June and contains a summary of the events and activities each year, along with House Notes, Sporting Notes, Academic Notes and Staff Notes. Previous copies of The Portcullis are on show in the School Archives above the Peter Goddard Room.

The Emanuel Newsletter is published every Friday during term, providing notifications from the Headmaster and staff detailing events, results, lectures, sports reports, trips and providing a weekly communication the school, students, parents, OEs and the outside world of what's going on. A previous popular termly publication The Wedge provided students' with a voice, publishing their academic work, art work and thoughts, as well as reviews on events and shows, advice and other details. A Leavers Book is published annually to celebrate the end of the Upper Sixth's life at Emanuel.

There have been many histories of the school published over the years, the most recent in 1994. A new publication, An Illustrated History of Emanuel School, is due for publication at Easter 2008 to celebrate the school's 125th anniversary of moving to the present site, moving into the new millennium, its adaption to coeducation and the many redevelopment and changes from 1594 to January 2008.

[edit] Emanuel as a Filming Location

Emanuel has been used as a filming location for both film and television. The school featured in the BBC TV series The Buddha of Suburbia, which starred Old Emanuel Naveen Andrews, and was also used as a location for the film Slipstream, the BBC Screen One film Blore MP, starring Timothy West, and in an episode of the Granada series Jeeves and Wooster, starring Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie.

[edit] Terminology

Boat Club Square
Boat Club Square is an internal quad within the main building, providing the main entrance to the School Library, and is also home to the school noticeboards. There are boards for Rowing, Music, Sport and Notices, as well as the House Noticeboards with details of upcoming events and results.

Blagdons
The foundation's additional off-site playing fields and clubhouse in New Malden, on the A3. Blagdons is also the home of ESRFC and the Old Emanuel Association, as well as more recently being the training ground for Harlequins RFC.

Colours
Junior, Half and Full Colours are the various school and House ties awarded for sporting and academic success.

Conduct Card
Every pupil from Hill to Year Eleven is issued with a personal Conduct Card which must be carried at all times whilst on site except for whilst participating in sport. It contains details of a pupil's timetable, house, form and space for commendation and 'signatures' for misbehaviour or disorganisation amongst others. Conduct Cards of a different colour are issued each term and must be handed in for inspection when requested either by a member of staff or a Senior Prefect.

CCF
Combined Cadet Force. Emanuel's long history of CCF was disbanded in 1998 when it was resigned to the history books after the then head mistress decided she did not want to teach pupils to shoot. Students today are able to participate in some outdoor pursuits and the Duke of Edinburgh scheme instead.

Dacre
Dacre is the name given to the building which houses the humanities departments of history and geography, as well as government and politics in the Sixth Form.

Dacre Yard
Dacre Yard is the name traditionally given to the small, originally cobbled yard outside which now stands the Dacre Block. Today it has been paved over and is home to the Year Eights at breaks and lunch.

Exeat
An exeat is the required note to take absence from school either for entire days, or parts of a day for appointments, interviews, open days and other fixtures. A note from parents must be sent to a pupil's Form Tutor who will then provide a written Exeat, which then has to be countersigned by their Head of Year and in the School Office when leaving and entering the premises.

Exeter
The Exeter Building is that which houses the Design & Technology Department, its workshops, classrooms, stores and offices.

'Early Bird'
Early Bird is given as a punishment to pupils who arrive late to school on a regular basis or are not dressed correctly. Often a requirement only of the Sixth Form, those who are late more than twice in a week are made to register with the Head of Sixth Form by 7.45am in the morning.

Founder's Day
Founder's Day is on June 6 and is a celebration of the founding of the school in 1594 by Lady Anne Dacre, under guidance from Elizabeth I. In recent years however it has declined in importance, largely due to the date falling in the middle of examination periods for the three most senior years and thus proving near-on impossible to create an event.

Hampden Hall
The main assembly hall, situated between the main quadrangle and the playing fields. The Hampden Hall is fitted with a complete lighting and sound system. The hall is fitted with a 36 channel pulsar lighting dimmer. The theatre department owns over 50 lanterns which are used in all productions from the annual sixth form revue to the school musical. The hall is also fitted with a mobile 1500W Mackie sound system. The school often hires equipment from local companies for use in productions.

Headmasters' Address'
 A termly, or on occasion half-termly address from the Headmaster to the school, usually featuring prize giving ceremonies and details of successes and upcoming events and changes to the school community.

Imposition
A punishment issued by a master, typically consisting of a piece of writing that will be discarded as soon as it is completed.

Lower School
The Lower School consists of the Hill Form (Year 6) and Years 7 and 8, until pupils reach the Upper School at age 13, 'Third Form' (Year 9).

OE (Old Emanuel)
OEs are former pupils of the school.

Out of Bounds
Locations defined as being off limits to pupils.

PD (Prefect's Detention)/(Prefect's Duties)
A 'PD' is issued to any pupil by a Senior Prefect for any reason they deem so fit under the rules of the school. They are often held weekly, and whilst not as grim as they were in past decades, are still regarded as a high form or punishment. 'PD' also stands for 'Prefect's Duties', which can be assigned as a discplinary measure for various minor misdemeanors. Typically these consist of carrying out some useful but mundane task.

Prep
Homework (lit. Preparatory Work)

'Saturday'
A 'Saturday' is a slang term for a Saturday Detention, the most severe of detention punishments. These detention sessions are held every Saturday morning in the presence of either the Headmaster or a member of the Senior Staff, for severe behavioural non-compliance, or for gaining ten 'signatures' (see below) in a term.

Senior Tutor
The Senior Tutor is the most senior member of staff concerned primarily with a pupils academic performance, and overall pastoral care of the school.

Second Master
The Second Master is the title given to the Deputy Headmaster.

'Signature'
A written disciplinary measure on a pupil's Conduct Card, given either by a Master or a Senior Prefect. Signatures have distinct punishments depending on how many a specific pupil has warranted over the course of a term. Persistent offenders may be sent to see their Head of Year or Section. Signatures may be given for incorrect equipment, uniform or books or for petty disobedience. Consequences may include further detention.

Upper School
The Upper School comprises the Third Form (Year 9), Fourth and Fifth Forms (Years 10 and 11) and the Lower and Upper Sixth Forms.

Validictory This is the final Chapel service for Upper Sixth leavers, held each May. In this service students will sing the school anthem, Jerusalem as well as the school song. The Chaplain blesses all those leaving the school and hopes for prosperity for the future.

[edit] A notable commendation

In 1988, pupils from Emanuel were the first on the scene at the Clapham Junction rail crash which occurred just metres from the school in the railway cutting below. Their contribution saved the lives of many, and the school served as the communications centre for international television and media, as well as the headquarters of the fire brigade, ambulance service and medical services. The school was commended for their service by the (then current) Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher.

[edit] Old Emanuel Association

The Old Emanuel Association was formally established in 1893, though other school societies had existed informally prior to its establishment. The rules of 1930, refer to it as being an association of ex-pupils, and past and present members of staff and governors, "for the furtherance of personal friendship and for the maintenance of the spirit of loyalty to the School". The OEA has branches in North America and Australasia. Many OEs are also members of the prestigious East India Club alongside alumni of other top public schools.

The Old Emanuel Rugby Football Club (OERFC) was founded in 1910 and is affiliated to the RFU; the Old Emanuel Cricket Club (OECC) was founded in 1926. There has not been an OE Association Football Club, since the founding of the OERFC in 1910, following the historic switch from football to rugby in 1906. The OEA maintains Emanuel's tradition as a shooting school, usually fielding a team at the Public Schools Veteran's event at Bisley each year.

Besides sports teams, the OEA has a number of societies, including the Luncheon Club, and OE Lodge (No.5399), which meet several times a year. There is also the Curzon Club, for members of Howe House, the only such House society not to have lapsed into history.

The two main gatherings of the Association are at the Annual Dinner, which is held in early Autumn, usually in St. James's or Mayfair, and the other being Dacre Day, the ‘new’ name for Flannels Day or, more recently, ‘Fete and Flannels’.

[edit] Dacre Day

Dacre Day is the annual end of year celebration held each first weekend in July to commemorate the history of the school, as well as gather Old Emanuels, Masters, current students, parents and future parents together as a community. The day is also that of Speech Day and Prize Giving which takes place in the morning in a special marquee erected opposite the entrance of the Main Building. In the afternoon, the community comes together to celebrate the end of year with events, BBQs and sports matches.

[edit] Dacre Day 125

As part of the school's 125th anniversary celebrations of moving to its present site, a special Dacre Day celebration is being held in summer 2008.

[edit] Notable Old Emanuels

[edit] Armed Forces

  • Air Vice-Marshal George Banting CB, CBE [4]
  • Group Captain George Darley DSO [5]
  • Major-General David Roberts FRCP, FRCPE, RAMC, Director of Army Medicine and Honorary Physician to The Queen. [6]
  • Commander Chris Stanley - Head of Tactical Development, Maritime Warfare Centre, RN
  • Brigadier David Warren MC DSO, OBE, DL [7]

[edit] Arts & Entertainment

[edit] Industry

  • Dr Kevan Clemens - Chairman of Chelsea Therapeutics International Ltd [10], and Director at Kosan Biosciences Inc [11]. Formerly Executive Vice President of Pharmaceutical Business at Hoffmann-La Roche. [12]
  • Sir John Page Kt OBE [13] [14] [15]
  • Sir Ronald Wates Kt - Property developer, along with brothers Norman Wates and Alan Wates.[16]

[edit] Literature

[edit] Media

  • Michael Aldred - co-presenter of Ready Steady Go!
  • Michael Aspel - television presenter
  • Simon Barnes - chief sports correspondent for The Times
  • Peter Fozzard - broadcaster [22]
  • Andi Peters - television presenter and producer
  • Geoff Watts - broadcaster and journalist [23]

[edit] Medicine

  • Dr David Bainton FRCP - epidemiologist [24]
  • Dr Clive Bruton - neuropathologist [25]
  • Dr Gwilym 'Tubby' Evans FRCOG - consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist, and senior registrar, Guy's Hospital [26]
  • Dr Kenneth Roberts - John Clinch Professor of Medical History, and formerly Associate Dean of Medicine and Professor of Physiology at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Medical School. [27]
  • Dr Peter Skinner - consultant anaesthetist to Frenchay and Cosham Group of Hospitals, Bristol.
  • Les Stocker - founder the famous St Tiggywinkles Animal Hospital, Aylesbury, Bucks.
  • Dr Aasim Yusuf FRCP - gastroenterologist and Medical Director, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Lahore.

[edit] Other Professions

  • Michel Roux Jr. - Two-starred Michelin chef and restaurateur

[edit] Politics & Public Administration

[edit] Professors & Distinguished Thinkers

[edit] Royalty

[edit] Sport

  • Chris Boddy - England rugby union international, and manager of Worcester Warriors
  • J.E. Budd - Great Britain water polo Olympian 1924 and 1928
  • Philip Doorgachurn - British Junior Sprinter
  • Clint Evans - member of the 2005 Atlantic Rowing Race, overall winning crew and winning pairs team: C2 [40]
  • Nick Marriott - member of the 2007 Oxford Isis University Boat Race crew [41]
  • Bruce Neale - England rugby union international
  • F.W. Norris - British Olympian athlete 1924
  • Stuart Surridge - cricketer
  • Chrissie Van Besouw - British rowing Bronze medalist in an Eight and Four at the 2007 Coupe de la Jeunesse.

[edit] Notable Masters

Current masters include:

  • The Rev. Paul Hunt - Priest-in-Ordinary to The Queen 1996-1998, and present Chairman of the National Liberal Club.

Former masters include:

[edit] External links

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