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Valentines High School
Valentines High School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in the Ilford area of the London Borough of Redbridge, England. It has approximately 1300 pupils and 93 teachers. Valentines has been a teaching school since 2011, and is a member of the Leading Edge partnership programme. In 2006, it was designated as a specialist school for technology and had technology college status. History The school was first opened in 1901 as the Park Higher Grade School, a coeducational secondary school, located at the opposite side of Valentines Park from the school's present location. The school had over 600 places and taught Latin and French among other subjects. In 1929, the girls' wing of the school was moved to a new building on Cranbrook Road and was named Ilford County High School for Girls, a selective grammar school for girls, while the original site became known as Ilford County High School for Boys, which in 1935 moved to its present-day location in Barkingside ...
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Community School (England And Wales)
A community school in England and Wales is a type of state-funded school in which the local education authority employs the school's staff, is responsible for the school's admissions and owns the school's estate. The formal use of this name to describe a school derives from the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.School Standards and Framework Act 1998
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Board School

In the mid-19th century, government involvement in schooling consisted of annual grants to the

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Ofsted
The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted) is a Non-ministerial government department, non-ministerial department of Government of the United Kingdom, His Majesty's government, reporting to Parliament of the United Kingdom, Parliament. Ofsted is responsible for inspecting a range of educational institutions, including state schools and some independent schools, in England. It also inspects childcare, adoption and fostering agencies and initial teacher training, and regulates a range of early years and children's social care services. The Chief Inspector (HMCI) is appointed by an Order in Council and thus becomes an office holder under the Crown. Amanda Spielman has been HMCI ; the Chair of Ofsted has been Christine Ryan: her predecessors include Julius Weinberg and David Hoare. Ofsted is also the colloquial name used in the education sector to refer to an Ofsted Inspection, or an Ofsted Inspection Report. An #Section 5, Ofsted Section 5 Inspe ...
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Secondary Schools In The London Borough Of Redbridge
Secondary may refer to: Science and nature * Secondary emission, of particles ** Secondary electrons, electrons generated as ionization products * The secondary winding, or the electrical or electronic circuit connected to the secondary winding in a transformer * Secondary (chemistry), a term used in organic chemistry to classify various types of compounds * Secondary color, color made from mixing primary colors * Secondary mirror, second mirror element/focusing surface in a reflecting telescope * Secondary craters, often called "secondaries" * Secondary consumer, in ecology * An obsolete name for the Mesozoic in geosciences * Secondary feathers, flight feathers attached to the ulna on the wings of birds Society and culture * Secondary (football), a position in American football and Canadian football * Secondary dominant in music * Secondary education, education which typically takes place after six years of primary education ** Secondary school, the type of school at the secon ...
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Dawn Neesom
Dawn Neesom (born 11 December 1964) is an English journalist. She was promoted to the post of editor of the ''Daily Star (United Kingdom), Daily Star'' newspaper in December 2003, but left at the end of February 2018. Born in Stratford, London, Stratford, London, England, Neesom attended Valentines High School in Ilford, Essex. Her mother was a cleaner and her father a lorry driver. Neesom has claimed at various times that her career in journalism began on the local weekly newspaper the ''Newham Recorder'', but this has been shown to be untrue and she no longer makes this claim. She also worked on ''Woman's Own'' magazine before joining ''The Sun (United Kingdom), The Sun'' newspaper as a feature writer in 1992. She was promoted to woman's editor before she joined the ''Daily Star'' as their woman's editor in 1997. Between 1997 and 2003, she was promoted to features editor and then associate editor (features) before, in September 2003, becoming joint deputy editor with Hugh Whit ...
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Humans (TV Series)
''Humans'' is a science fiction television series that debuted on Channel 4. Written by Sam Vincent and Jonathan Brackley, based on the Swedish science fiction drama '' Real Humans'', the series explores the themes of artificial intelligence and robotics, focusing on the social, cultural, and psychological impact of the invention of anthropomorphic robots called "synths". The series is produced jointly by Channel 4 and Kudos in the United Kingdom, and AMC in the United States. Eight episodes were produced for the first series which aired between 14 June and 2 August 2015. The second eight-episode series was broadcast in the UK between 30 October and 18 December 2016. A third series was commissioned in March 2017 and aired eight episodes between 17 May and 5 July 2018. In May 2019, Channel 4 announced that the series had been cancelled. Premise The series focuses on the social, cultural, and psychological impact of the invention of anthropomorphic robots called "synths". It exp ...
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Lewis (TV Series)
''Lewis'' is a British television detective drama produced for ITV, first airing in 2006 (pilot) then 2007 (series 1). It is a spin-off from ''Inspector Morse'' and, like that series, it is set in Oxford. Kevin Whately reprises his character Robert "Robbie" Lewis, who was Morse's sergeant in the original series. Lewis has now been promoted to detective inspector and is assisted by DS James Hathaway, portrayed by Laurence Fox, who was promoted to inspector before the seventh series. The series also stars Clare Holman as forensic pathologist Dr. Laura Hobson, likewise reprising her role from ''Inspector Morse''; and, from the seventh season, Angela Griffin as DS Lizzie Maddox. On 2 November 2015, ITV announced that the show would end after its ninth series, following the decision made by Kevin Whately and Laurence Fox to retire from their roles in the series. Whately announced that the show had gone on long enough, with his character having done many stories between ''Morse'' a ...
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The Thick Of It
''The Thick of It'' is a British comedy television series that satirises the inner workings of British government. Written and directed by Armando Iannucci, it was first broadcast for two short series on BBC Four in 2005, initially with a small cast focusing on a government minister, his advisers and their party's spin-doctor. The cast was significantly expanded for two hour-long specials to coincide with Christmas and Gordon Brown's appointment as prime minister in 2007, which saw new characters forming the opposition party added to the cast. These characters continued when the show switched channels to BBC Two for its third series in 2009. A fourth series about a coalition government was broadcast in 2012, with the last episode transmitted on 27 October 2012. The series has been described as the 21st century's answer to ''Yes Minister.'' It highlights the struggles and conflicts between politicians, party spin doctors, advisers, civil servants and the media. In similar fashi ...
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Rebecca Front
Rebecca Louise Front (born 16 May 1964) is an English actress, writer and comedian. She won the 2010 BAFTA TV Award for Best Female Comedy Performance for ''The Thick of It'' (2009–2012).Jennifer Lipma"Bafta for Jewish actress Rebecca Front" ''The Jewish Chronicle''. 7 June 2010 She is also known for her work in numerous other British comedies, including the radio show '' On The Hour'' (1992), ''The Day Today'' (1994), '' Knowing Me, Knowing You… with Alan Partridge'' (1994), ''Time Gentlemen Please'' (2000–2002), sketch show ''Big Train'' (2002), and ''Nighty Night'' (2004–2005). Front has also been seen in a number of dramatic roles, including Chief Superintendent Jean Innocent in ''Lewis'' (2006–2014), Mrs. Bennet in ''Death Comes to Pemberley'' (2013), Mrs. Landau in ''The Eichmann Show'' (2015), Vera in ''Humans'' (2015), and '' Death in Paradise'' (2019). Her theatre credits include the musicals ''Company'' and '' The Fix'' at the Donmar Warehouse, directed by Sa ...
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Marion Foale
Marion A Foale (born 13 March 1939 in Edmonton, London) is an English artist and fashion designer. With Sally Tuffin, she formed one half of the design team behind the 1960s fashion label Foale and Tuffin. Born in London, Foale attended Valentines High School, Ilford County High School for Girls, where she entered (and won) several painting contests. After school, she attended Walthamstow College of Art. Two years later, she realized that her love of art would never translate into a career that would sustain her, and decided to attend fashion school. Early years In 1959, she began studying fashion at Royal College of Art under Professor Janey Ironside. Foale studied the three-dimensional construction of garments and how differing fabrics behave by working freely on the tailor’s dummy, making a toile (mock up in calico). In 1960, during her second year at the RCA, Foale was asked to submit designs for the Queen’s Mantle (clothing), mantle, worn for the Order of the British E ...
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Nina Bawden
Nina Bawden CBE, FRSL, JP (19 January 1925 – 22 August 2012) was an English novelist and children's writer. She was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1987 and the Lost Man Booker Prize in 2010. She is one of very few who have both served as a Booker judge and made a Booker shortlist as an author. She was a recipient of the Golden PEN Award. Biography Nina Bawden was born in 1925 in Ilford, Essex, England as Nina Mary Mabey.She lived in Ilford in "a rather nasty housing estate that ermother despised". Her mother was a teacher and her father a member of the Royal Marines. She was evacuated during World War II to Aberdare, Wales, at the age of fourteen. She spent school holidays at a farm in Shropshire with her mother and brothers. She attended Ilford County High School for Girls; Somerville College (B.A. 1946, M.A. 1951), Oxford, where she gained a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. From 1946 to 1954 Bawden was married to Harry Bawden. They had two ...
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Bolu Babalola
Bolu Babalola (born 24 February 1991) is a British author, screenwriter, and journalist. Her debut anthology ''Love in Colour'' was published in 2020 and became a '' Sunday Times'' Bestseller. She appeared on the 2021 Forbes 30 under 30 list for Media and Marketing in Europe. Early life Babalola was born in Guy's Hospital in Southwark to Nigerian Yoruba parents and grew up in East London. She attended Valentines High School in Ilford for sixth form. She went on to graduate with a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Reading in 2012 and later a Master of Arts in American Politics and History from University College London in 2018. Career Babalola began her career working as an assistant writer and producer for BBC Comedy, contributing to '' The Javone Prince Show'' and ''Tracey Ullman's Show''. She pitched the Cecile Emeke web series ''Ackee & Saltfish'', assistant producing the pilot episode. As of August 2020, she was working on a television programme with Tiger Aspect. S ...
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Ilford County High School
Ilford County High School (often abbreviated to ICHS) is a selective secondary grammar school for boys located in the town of Barkingside of the London Borough of Redbridge. The school was formerly called ''Park High Grade School'' and as a result old boys are referred to as Old Parkonians. ICHS is a six-form entry school, each form comprising up to 30 pupils. Originally one of a number of selective schools in the London Borough of Redbridge, ICHS was retained in 1973 as the only boys’ selective school in the borough. Admission at 11+ takes place through tests administered by the borough as local education authority. There is also opportunity for admission at 16+, directly into the sixth form, but the majority of places each year are taken up by existing students of the lower school. History The school was founded in 1901 in Balfour Road, Ilford as ''Park Higher Grade School'', before moving to its present site on Fremantle Road, Barkingside in 1935. The ground floor of th ...
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