| 词条 | Aldenham School |
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| name = Aldenham School | image = AldenhamSchool Crest.JPG | image_size = | coordinates = {{coord|51.663529|-0.328152|type:edu_region:GB_dim:100|format=dec|display=inline,title}} | motto = In God Is All Our Trust | established = 1597 | closed = | type = Independent day and boarding | religious_affiliation = Church of England | president = | head_label = Headmaster | head = Mr James Fowler MA Oxon. | r_head_label = Principal | r_head = Mr Andy Williams BSc Loughborough University | chair_label = Chairman of Governors | chair = Mr JT Barton OA | founder = Richard Platt | specialist = | address = | city = Elstree | county = Hertfordshire | country = England | postcode = WD6 3AJ | local_authority = | ofsted = | urn = 919/6003 | staff = | enrolment = 700 | gender = Coeducational | lower_age = 3 | upper_age = 18 | houses = 7 houses McGill's, Paull's, Leeman's, Riding's, Kennedy's, Beevor's, Martineau's | colours = Black and Gold {{color box|Black}} {{color box|Gold}} | publication = | free_label_1 = Former pupils | free_1 = Old Aldenhamians | free_label_2 = | free_2 = | free_label_3 = | free_3 = | website = http://www.aldenham.com }} Aldenham School is a co-educational independent school for pupils aged eleven to eighteen, located between Elstree and the village of Aldenham in Hertfordshire, England. There is also a preparatory school for pupils from the ages of five to eleven. Founded in the late sixteenth century by Richard Platt, Aldenham School is not only one of the oldest schools in Britain, but one of the oldest schools in the world, albeit a thousand years younger than the oldest in Britain. HistoryThe school was founded in 1597 by Richard Platt, a proprietor of a London brewery and Master of the Brewers' Company in 1576 and 1581. In 1596 Queen Elizabeth I granted him letters patent to build "the Free Grammar School and Almshouses" at Aldenham; the foundation stone was laid in 1597. Before Platt died in 1600 he obtained an endowment for the School by a covenant between himself and the Brewers' Company. It became a village elementary school, taking in private pupils.[1] In the early 19th century an investigation by the Education Charities Commission of the Poor led to the Tudor Grammar School being demolished and replaced by two new schools: a lower school providing an elementary education for the local population, and a grammar school for fee paying boarders.[2] In the 1860s, the Platt estate in St Pancras, London, which provided the endowment of the school, was compulsorily purchased for the construction of St Pancras railway station. In a measure described by the headmaster of the time as "a violent act of confiscation", more than half of the £81,000 paid in compensation was diverted by the Charity Commissioners, acting under the Endowed Schools Act 1869. In the scheme approved in 1875, £20,000 went to the North London Collegiate School and Camden School for Girls, £13,333/6/8d to support secondary education in Watford (see Watford Grammar School for Boys), and £8000 to elementary schools at Medburn (serving Radlett) and Delrow (serving Aldenham).[2] The school has expanded and girls have been admitted throughout, thus paving the way for the school to become fully co-educational. A new Sixth Form Centre was opened in 2012 providing study and recreation facilities for Sixth Formers under one roof. In the summer of 2016, massive restorations were carried out on Beevor's and McGill's House, improving and updating the boarding facilities. Owing to the increasing number of girls in Aldenham's intake, as of September 2017, Riding's House will become a girls day house. QuatercentenaryIn 1997, Aldenham celebrated its 400th anniversary, or Quatercentenary, which led to what was known at 'The 400 Appeal' being established. Through different events the appeal aimed to raise as much money as possible, to help the school expand ready for the 21st century. The Quatercentenary began with a launch party with fireworks and a re-enactment of Richard Platt receiving the letters patent from Elizabeth I to build the school. The guest for the evening was Cilla Black. There was also an OA Reunion Day and a 'Festival of the Car', along with a football match: Aldenham vs Watford F.C. The school was also visited during the year by HRH The Princess Royal, who came to open the new artificial turf pitch that had been built as a result of money raised by the appeal. SportSport has long been major part of the extracurricular activities at the school. In 1825 Aldenham became the second place, after Eton College, to write down rules for its code of football.[3] The Good Schools Guide called Aldenham "A seriously sporty school", as well as "Intensely competitive."[4] HousesAldenham has six senior houses and one junior house. The three oldest houses – McGill's (gold), Beevor's (red) and Paull's (sky blue) – are each named after their first Housemaster. They were joined in 1962 by Kennedy's (orange). Today McGill's, Beevor's and Kennedy's accommodate boarding boys. Leeman's (pink) and Riding's (blue) were created in 1991 from the Evens and Odds parts of the former School House to cater for day boys. Since the school became coeducational in 2003, Paull's (sky blue) has been the house of all senior girls, whether day or boarding. A Paull's Annexe was opened in September 2012 to accommodate Sixth Form Day girls. All pupils in years 7 and 8 belong to Martineau's (green), which is divided into eight tutor groups: Beck, Collier, Elliot, Foster, Griffin, Mason, Neale and Swayne.[5] Arts and cultureAldenham was used to film additional interior scenes in the 1968 classic British film If...., starring Malcolm McDowell and directed by Lindsay Anderson. The most frequently used room was the main school Dining Room containing the portrait of Aldenham's founder Richard Platt. However, most of the filming occurred at the independent school Cheltenham College in the spa town of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, which was the alma mater of the film's director. Headmasters
Prior to 1824, before the school was rebuilt, the Headmaster was known as the Master:
Notable Old Aldenhamians{{see also|Category:People educated at Aldenham School}}
References1. ^{{cite book |title = A History of the County of Hertford: volume 2 |author = William Page (ed.) |date = 1908 |series = Victoria County History |chapter = Aldenham |chapterurl = http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=43264 |pages = 149–161 |url = http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.aspx?pubid=305 |accessdate = 2008-04-23 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090202083303/http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.aspx?pubid=305 |archive-date = 2 February 2009 |dead-url = no |df = dmy-all}} 2. ^1 {{cite book| title = The History and Register of Aldenham School| author = R.J. Evans |author2=J.K. Waddell| edition = 10th | year = 1969| publisher = Hazel Watson & Viney | location = Aylesbury}} 3. ^{{cite book| title = Encyclopedia of British Football| author = Richard William Cox | author2 = Dave Russell |author3= Wray Vamplew| publisher = Routledge | year = 2002 | isbn = 978-0-7146-5249-8| page = 243}} 4. ^Aldenham School {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090830041944/http://www.goodschoolsguide.co.uk/school/aldenham-school.html |date=30 August 2009 }}, The Good Schools Guide. 5. ^{{cite web |title=The House System |publisher=Aldenham School |url=http://www.aldenham.com/publish/The_House_System_75/ |accessdate=23 October 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100309124507/http://aldenham.com/publish/The_House_System_75/ |archivedate=9 March 2010 }} 6. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/playing-to-his-strengths-the-beverly-hills-brit-whos-a-selfhelp-god-6678564.html|title=Playing to his strengths, the Beverly Hills Brit who's a self-help god|work=London Evening Standard|first=Chris|last=Blackhurst|date=5 December 2007|accessdate=11 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211050416/http://www.standard.co.uk/news/playing-to-his-strengths-the-beverly-hills-brit-whos-a-selfhelp-god-6678564.html|archive-date=11 February 2015|dead-url=no|df=dmy-all}} External links
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