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History

It was established in

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in 1926. The school closed when it was

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with the adjacent Hillcroft School in 1971 to create Bec-Hillcroft

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. Bec-Hillcroft was renamed Ernest Bevin School, after the former

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minister

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, the next year. The original Bec School buildings were demolished in 1996 and part of the original school site was used for housing. Ernest Bevin School was renamed Ernest Bevin College in 1997 and occupies part of the former Bec School site. The school is now known as Ernest Bevin Academy.

Alumni

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, Conservative MP for

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* Douglas Day, Queen's Counsel, Recorder of the Crown Court *

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, singer * Professor Cedric A. B. Smith, (1929–32), statistician and geneticist * Jim Findley, actor *

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, science broadcaster *

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, British politician and former London Metropolitan Assistant Deputy Police Commissioner. * Reginald Hollingdale, biographer and translator of German philosophy and literature. * David Mills RA, sculptor. *

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, singer, lead guitarist and founder of The Groundhogs * Sir

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KCB (1923-2014), Head of

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* Reginald Bottini CBE, General Secretary of the National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers from 1970 to 1978 * Steve Dean, mountaineer and writer

References

External links

Ernest Bevin College website
{{authority control Educational institutions established in 1926 Defunct grammar schools in England Defunct schools in the London Borough of Wandsworth Educational institutions disestablished in 1970 1926 establishments in England 1970 disestablishments in England