| Motto | Fear God, Honour The King |
|---|---|
| Established | 1862 (Haileybury College. Predecessor colleges were founded as follows: East India Company College - 1805; Imperial Service College - 1845; United Services College - 1874) |
| Type | Independent school |
| Master | Joe Davies |
| Chairman of Council | M. Gatenby |
| Founder | East India Company |
| Location | Hertford Heath Hertfordshire England |
| Students | 750 (approx.) |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 11–19 |
| Houses |
13 Magenta |
| Publication | The Haileyburian, Hearts & Wings |
| Former pupils | Old Haileyburians |
| Website | www.haileybury.com |
Haileybury and Imperial Service College, (usually shortened to Haileybury & ISC or Haileybury), is a prestigious British independent school founded in 1862. The school is located at Hertford Heath, near Hertford, 20 miles (32 km) from central London, on 500 acres (2.0 km2) of parkland occupied until 1858 by the East India College. Originally a boys' public school, it is now co-educational, enrolling pupils at 11+, 13+ and 16+ stages of education. Over 750 pupils attend Haileybury, of whom more than 500 board.
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The principal architect, William Wilkins, also designed the National Gallery in London, and Downing College, Cambridge. The school is built around four ranges which enclose an area known as Quad, the largest academic quadrangle in the UK and one of the largest in the world.
In 1806 the East India Company commissioned William E Wilkins to plan the buildings for its new training college for civil servants for India. Four years after its closure in 1858, Haileybury re-opened as a public school. In 1942, Haileybury and the the Imperial Service College combined to become “Haileybury and Imperial Service College”, now known as Haileybury[1].
The Chapel dome was added by Arthur Blomfield and completed in 1877. Further Victorian additions were designed by John William Simpson. The Memorial Dining Hall was opened by the future King George VI & Queen Elizabeth, and serves as a monument to former pupils who gave their lives in the First World War. During the past 40 years, its use has been extended to commemorate deaths in all military conflicts. The dining hall boasts one of the largest unsupported domes in Europe. Until the 1990s, the entire school of over 700 pupils dined there at a single sitting, all brought to silence for grace by the beating of a massive brass howitzer shell, captured from a German gun emplacement during World War I and then converted into a gong. A gilded plaster boss in the centre of this dome represents an oak tree being struck by lightning. Known as Little Lightning Oak this decoration represents the massive oak tree that stands on the lawn in front of Terrace, the promenade visible in this photograph. This tree was struck by lightning and all but destroyed but, miraculously, re-sprouted. The oak has been seen as a metaphor for the school, a valuable entity decimated by war, but nonetheless capable of regeneration. In 1942, Haileybury absorbed the Imperial Service College, which had itself subsumed the United Services College.
As well as the dining hall, there are other impressive memorials to the school's 1,436 war casualties. The memorial on Terrace, originally built to commemorate those lost in World War I, was unveiled by General Sir Alexander Godley, KCB, KCMG on 7 July 1923. It was designed by former pupil Sir Reginald Blomfield. Known as the Cross of Sacrifice this simple stone structure serves as a prototype for war memorials found in every Commonwealth War Cemetery and other war memorials around the world.
Seventeen former pupils of Haileybury and its antecedents have received the Victoria Cross, and three the George Cross.
In the late twentieth century, reforming headmaster David Jewell took charge of Haileybury, bringing it out of its post-cold-war austerity. Stuart Westley, Master of Haileybury until July 2009, was responsible for making the school fully co-educational.[2]
Today Haileybury is a co-educational school for 11-18 year-olds, with recent girls' boarding houses, Colvin, Melvill, Allenby, Albans and, also, Hailey for day girls and many facilities. There are still seven boys' boarding houses in the school, (Edmonstone, Lawrence, Bartle Frere, Kipling, Batten, Thomason and Trevelyan). The Ayckbourn Theatre is a fully functional modern theatre. The college chapel organ was built by Klais in 1997, with two manuals and thirty stops. A recent development is the opening of a new modern languages centre and there is an modern, purpose-built (1999) design technology centre. There is a modern sports centre and a synthetic running track. Haileybury has a rackets court, built in 1908, which is unusual in having a double gallery. During World War II, it was damaged by the blast from a V-2 rocket and was not restored until 1952 due to the school being evacuated from bombing risks. The school supports a professional coach (Mike Cawdron lad), making it one of the twelve schools in England to have a racket court and coach.
Groups originating from Haileybury support a number of charities such as The Children's Trust, Tadworth, the Home Farm Trust and the Boys' Club in Stepney once managed by Old Haileyburian Clement Attlee (who was also involved with the Haileybury Youth Trust which is now based in Uganda improving the lives of hundreds of Ugandans in a sustainable, environmentally-friendly way) and Changing Faces - a charity which supports and represents people who have disfigurements to the face, hand or body.[3] Attlee was noted for his promotion of fellow Old Haileyburians.
The school was featured in the TV drama A Class Apart, starring Nathaniel Parker and Jessie Wallace.
During the past decade, under the mastership of Stuart Westley, the facilities at Haileybury have been developed. This has included the building of a new sports complex with an indoor swimming pool, two girls' houses (Melvill and Colvin) and two boys' houses (Edmonstone and Bartle Frere), a tennis centre run by Legends Tennis, a technology centre and a modern languages centre opened in March 2010.
In 2006/2007, Haileybury advised on the building of a Haileybury in Almaty, Kazakhstan where all English GCSEs will be taught and the curriculum will be taught similarly under the guidance of Haileybury. The school, opened in September 2008, is known as Haileybury Almaty. The pupils are made up mostly of Kazakhstan citizens and sons of embassy workers. They are all required to speak English.[4]
Following the successful foundation of Haileybury Almaty, a similar school under the auspices of Haileybury was planned to be built in Astana, the capital city of Kazakhstan. The project commenced in 2009, and ground was broken on the construction phase in July 2010. Haileybury Astana opened on 31 August 2011, providing education for boys and girls from the two to eleven years of age under the leadership of Andrew Auster, Headmaster. The school follows the UK National Curriculum, with the addition of lessons in Kazakh language, history and geography and Russian. Bar languages, all teaching is conducted in English. The pupils are drawn from all sectors of the city, with many nationalities represented, although the largest numbers of pupils are Kazakh, Russian or English nationals. Over time, the school will grow in both numbers and age of the pupils, adding a year group until provision is made for pupils up to the age of eighteen. Boarding facilities are planned to open in 2014. The school intends to follow the IGCSE curriculum to age sixteen, and the International Baccalaureate at sixth form.
Model United Nations (MUN) is a very popular after school activity for students in the senior school. Each year, groups of students are chosen to form delegations which meet two times per week outside of school hours to practice debating resolutions. These students then travel several MUN conferences, and host their own annual conference.
Today at Haileybury there are thirteen boarding houses, including one Lower School boarding house (Highfield) for boys in Years 7 and 8.
Past pupils are known as Old Haileyburians.
Seventeen former pupils, and one master, of Haileybury and its antecedents have received the Victoria Cross, and three former pupils the George Cross.[6]
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