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, head_label = Headmaster , head = M Bond , chair_label = Chairman of Governors , chair = Sir Michael Snyder , founder = Sir Antony Browne , address = Middleton Hall Lane , city = Brentwood , county =

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, postcode = CM15 8EE , dfeno = 881/6035 , urn = 115429 , staff = 137 , enrolment = 1,531 , capacity = 1570 , gender = Coeducational (Diamond Model) , lower_age = 3 , upper_age = 19 , houses = North
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Mill Hill (female boarders)
Hough (male boarders) , colours = Blue , publication = The Brentwoodian (student produced)
Brentwood School Times
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Official website
Brentwood School is a selective,

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and

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in Brentwood,

, England in the public school tradition. The school comprises a preparatory school, senior school and sixth form, as well as boarding provision for both boys and girls. The school is

coeducational Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education, or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together. Whereas single-sex education was more common up to ...

, and employs the "Diamond Model". The school is a member of the

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, the IAPS, and the AGBIS. Founded in 1557 and opened in 1558, the school has a Tudor schoolroom, a Victorian chapel and several Grade II listed buildings. Situated on Ingrave Road, astride Middleton Hall Lane and Shenfield Road, the school is set in over of land in the centre of Brentwood. The current headmaster is Michael Bond.

History

16th–18th century

The licence to found the school as ''The Grammar School of Antony Browne, Serjeant at the Law, in Brentwood'' was granted by Queen Mary I to Sir Antony (or Anthony) Browne on 5 July 1558. The first schoolmaster, George Otway, was appointed on 28 July 1558. In 1568, a year after Browne's death, the school moved to a purpose-built schoolroom, which is extant. The commemoration stone was laid by Browne's stepdaughter, Dorothy Huddleston, and her husband Edward, Browne's marriage having been childless.''Historical Notes'' from ''Brentwood School, School Lists'' (AKA ''The Blue Book'') The school room is beside the site of the execution of nineteen-year-old William Hunter, who was burned at the stake for denying the doctrine of

transubstantiation Transubstantiation (Latin: ''transubstantiatio''; Greek: μετουσίωσις '' metousiosis'') is, according to the teaching of the Catholic Church, "the change of the whole substance of bread into the substance of the Body of Christ and of ...

. The ''Martyr's Elm'' grew, allegedly, on the spot of his immolation. It was Browne who, as a

Justice of the Peace A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower or '' puisne'' court, elected or appointed by means of a commission ( letters patent) to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the s ...

under Queen Mary, had sentenced Hunter. Some believe the school was founded as Browne's

penance Penance is any act or a set of actions done out of repentance for sins committed, as well as an alternate name for the Catholic, Lutheran, Eastern Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox sacrament of Reconciliation or Confession. It also plays a part ...

for Hunter's

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when

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came to the throne; however, the school was already in operation under Mary's licence when Elizabeth succeeded. Although Browne had drawn up statutes for the school, they were never legally adopted and so were re-drawn in 1622 by his descendants and

John Donne John Donne ( ; 22 January 1572 – 31 March 1631) was an English poet, scholar, soldier and secretary born into a recusant family, who later became a cleric in the Church of England. Under royal patronage, he was made Dean of St Paul's Cathe ...

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19th century

Brentwood School

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(CCF) was founded in 1861 and so is one of the earliest CCFs in the country.

20th century

60 Old Brentwoods were killed on active service during the

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and 173 during the

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. Their names are listed in the school chapel, and commemorated by the Memorial Hall for the first war and the pavilion for the second. The school was a

direct grant grammar school A direct grant grammar school was a type of selective secondary school in the United Kingdom that existed between 1945 and 1976. One quarter of the places in these schools were directly funded by central government, while the remainder attracted ...

from the 1960s until the abolition of the scheme in 1977. Brentwood was originally a

boys' school Single-sex education, also known as single-gender education and gender-isolated education, is the practice of conducting education with male and female students attending separate classes, perhaps in separate buildings or schools. The practice of ...

, but the Governors made the decision to allow a small number of girls to enter the

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in 1974. By the early 1980s there were 23 girls in the sixth form. Initially based in ''Newnum House'', the girls' school opened in 1988, admitting girls from ages 11 to 18.

21st century

In 2007, Brentwood School celebrated its 450th anniversary with a commemorative service in St Paul's Cathedral. The school's Combined Cadet Force (CCF) celebrated its 150th anniversary on 8 October 2011 by holding a special afternoon of events featuring a Guard of Honour by Lt General Brown CBE. The Royal British Legion Youth Band of Brentwood played at the start and end of the afternoon. In 2012, The Earl of Wessex visited the school to open the new sixth form centre, featuring a 400-seat auditorium, named ''The Wessex Auditorium'' in his honour. In 2016, work finished on a new academic centre in the heart of the School, named the ''Bean Academic Centre'' after former Headmaster Edwin Bean, quadrupling the size of the original library. In 2020, work finished on a major expansion and redevelopment of the Preparatory School facilities, to include a new hall and dining facilities, modernised administrative offices and a new classroom block with fully-equipped cooking and art studios, and a futures room.

School arms

The arms of Brentwood School are derived from those of the founder, Sir Antony Browne, and his wife. As part of the commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the school's founding, a special variant of Sir Antony Browne's Coat of Arms was granted by the Honourable Sir George Rothe Bellew,

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and Sir John Dunamace Heaton-Armstrong,

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on 19 July 1957. A red border was added to the arms to distinguish them as the school's, as opposed to those of Browne.

The school today

Academic

The school is separated into three sections: the preparatory school (ages 3 to 11), the senior school (ages 11 to 16) and the sixth form (ages 16 to 18). Brentwood operates in a '' diamond school'' format, in which the preparatory school and sixth form are co-educational while the senior school teaches boys and girls separately. Brentwood Preparatory School teaches children aged 3–11, from Nursery through to Year 6. Classes are usually small, with an average size of 20 per class. The prep school follows the National Curriculum but teaches some supplementary subjects such as French and Latin. There is also a broad extracurricular programme, which all pupils are encouraged to follow, featuring dance, drama and music, as well as sports such as hockey and golf. The senior school teaches pupils from the age of 11 until the end of

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courses at 16+. Many pupils move into the senior school from the preparatory school, but others are drawn from other local primary and preparatory schools; around 1/3 of pupils join the school from the maintained sector. Admission to the senior school is by

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. In addition to core subjects (English, mathematics, sciences, MFL), pupils' GCSE and

IGCSE The International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) is an English language based examination similar to GCSE and is recognised in the United Kingdom as being equivalent to the GCSE for the purposes of recognising prior attain ...

options include computer science, drama, DT, food technology, geography,

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, history, Latin, music, RS The sixth form is for pupils aged 1618 who are studying for 'A' levels, the

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and BTec Extended Diploma in Sport or Business. There are currently c.300 pupils in the sixth form. 'A' level options include classics, computer science, DT, economics, English literature, history, mathematics and MFL.

Sport

Sports offered include

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cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by st ...

fencing Fencing is a group of three related combat sports. The three disciplines in modern fencing are the foil, the épée, and the sabre (also ''saber''); winning points are made through the weapon's contact with an opponent. A fourth discipline, ...

gymnastics Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, s ...

hockey Hockey is a term used to denote a family of various types of both summer and winter team sports which originated on either an outdoor field, sheet of ice, or dry floor such as in a gymnasium. While these sports vary in specific rules, numbers o ...

netball Netball is a ball sport played on a court by two teams of seven players. It is among a rare number of sports which have been created exclusively for female competitors. The sport is played on indoor and outdoor netball courts and is specifical ...

rifle shooting Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms (firearms and airguns, in forms such as ...

Rugby football Rugby football is the collective name for the team sports of rugby union and rugby league. Canadian football and, to a lesser extent, American football were once considered forms of rugby football, but are seldom now referred to as such. The ...

, squash,

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and

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball cov ...

. School teams have met with some success over the years, for example winning the Essex Schools FA Cup three times in four seasons. In netball, the girls' U13 netball team won the 2015/6 national finals to be crowned National Champions. The school has a 25-metre indoor swimming-pool and learner pool, a fitness suite, 4 additional squash courts and an indoor rifle range. The school is set in of grounds and has two playing-fields; one is situated directly on the school site and another, ''The Heseltines'', adjacent to the school. These contain football, rugby, cricket and hockey pitches, an all-weather

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pitch, tennis and netball courts, an athletics track and field, and woods used for cross-country runs. Ex-England test cricketer

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is the school's cricket coach.

Drama and music

The school hosts various theatrical performances and shows. In any academic year the theatrical line-up will include a winter/spring play/musical, a sixth-form comedy charity show and a dance show. Recent shows have included ''

My Fair Lady ''My Fair Lady'' is a musical based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play '' Pygmalion'', with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. The story concerns Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower girl who takes speech lessons ...

'' and ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

West Side Story ''West Side Story'' is a musical conceived by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents. Inspired by William Shakespeare's play '' Romeo and Juliet'', the story is set in the mid ...

'' and into the Woods also. Every year the school holds inter-house music and drama competitions, often with guest adjudicators. The school has a link with Brentwood (Roman Catholic) and

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(Anglican) cathedrals; a number of pupils and staff sing in the choir of each cathedral. The music department has 5 full-time teaching staff and 20 visiting teachers. A Sibelius suite is available in the school's music department for student and staff use. The School is one of only 14

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Schools in the country, meaning that all performance and practice pianos are Steinways. There is a symphony orchestra, brass and string ensembles, a junior choir, a choral society and a barbershop group. Recent choral performances have included ''Belshazzar's Feast'' (Walton), the Requiems of Mozart, Verdi and Fauré, and ''Gloria'' by Poulenc. The Brentwood School

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, which is now in its 34th year, often performs concerts for charity outside school and tours European every other year. The Big Band has released a number of albums, most recently "Music to Drive By" in 2013.

Model United Nations

Since 2013, Brentwood has hosted an annual

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(BMUN) conference. In the past it has been a one-day conference, however in 2015 it lasted for two days (5 and 6 December). Students from schools across the south east attend and it has a capacity of approximately 200 students.

Sir Antony Browne Society (SABS)

SABS is a society that focuses on furthering the education of sixth formers through a series of guest speakers and debates. Junior SABS is available for the younger pupils. Regular meetings are held in Old Big School, at which students are able to experience lectures on societal issues or topics to concerning science, the arts and sport, or a members' debate. Old Brentwoods such as

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and

Griff Rhys Jones Griffith Rhys Jones (born 16 November 1953) is a Welsh comedian, writer, actor, and television presenter. He starred in a number of television series with his comedy partner, Mel Smith. Rhys Jones came to national attention in the 1980s for h ...

are regular speakers. Other speakers have been political figures, such as

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and Vicky Pryce, and the philosopher

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Royal visits and connections

The licence to found the school was granted by Queen Mary to Sir Antony Browne on 5 July 1558. Her Majesty The Queen visited the school in 1957 to open the new science department, now named ''The Queens Building'', the foundation stone of which had been laid by the Lord Lieutenant of Essex, Col. Sir

Francis Whitmore Colonel Sir Francis Henry Douglas Charlton Whitmore, 1st Baronet (20 April 1872 – 12 June 1962) was a British military officer and landowner. Family home He was the son of Thomas Whitmore, an officer in the Royal Horse Guards. Thomas had inhe ...

. The

Earl of Wessex Earl of Wessex is a title that has been created twice in British history – once in the pre-Conquest Anglo-Saxon nobility of England, and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. In the 6th century AD the region of Wessex (the lands of the We ...

visited the school in 2011 for the opening ceremony of the new sixth form centre and the naming of the ''Wessex Auditorium'', and later to inspect a Combined Cadet Force Guard of Honour.

Princess Anne Anne, Princess Royal (Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise; born 15 August 1950), is a member of the British royal family. She is the second child and only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and the only sister of ...

visited the School in November 2012.

RIBA Award

In 2012, Brentwood School's sixth form centre was winner of the

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(RIBA) East of England Award. The institute described the development as having drawn "inspiration from the existing Victorian vicarage" and that "the new design is expressed in a language that is both contextual and contemporary. The sculpting of the roofs creates non-standard, domestic-scaled classrooms filled with natural light, reminiscent of the gabled roofs of the Victorian vicarage, but with an added measure of playfulness."

Sexual abuse allegations

In 1997, Gareth Stafford-Bull, who taught fencing at the school (and was also an under-20s coach for the England fencing team), went missing and was sacked by the school in his absence following allegations that he had indecently assaulted pupils. The 41-year-old was later found dead in his car at

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Notable former pupils

''Old Brentwoods'' are those who have attended the school (preparatory, senior school or sixth form) for any length of time. The logo used to represent Old Brentwoods and the Society of Old Brentwoods is the ''wing and claw'', derived from the arms of Sir Antony Browne. A crown was added to the logo in 1957 to celebrate The Queen's visit to the school. The colours of Old Brentwoods are dark blue, light blue and gold. Light blue and dark blue were traditionally featured as stripes on the blazers of Old Brentwoods and are still used today to represent the alumni community. The colours were carried across to the alumni logo, with the addition of gold on the inclusion of the crown in 1957.

Old Brentwoods

Also see the school's own list of Old Brentwoods. * David Acfield (born 1947), cricketer and Olympic fencer *

Douglas Adams Douglas Noel Adams (11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001) was an English author and screenwriter, best known for ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy''. Originally a 1978 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series), BBC radio comedy, ''The H ...

(1952–2001), author of ''

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'' * Keith Allen (born 1953), comedian, actor, singer and writer (father of the singer

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) * Peter Allen (born 1946), BBC broadcaster and journalist, *

Sir Hardy Amies Sir Edwin Hardy Amies KCVO (17 July 1909 – 5 March 2003) was an English fashion designer, founder of the Hardy Amies label and a Royal Warrant holder as designer to the Queen. Early life Hardy Amies was born Edwin Amies on 17 July 1909 in ...

(1909–2003), Couturier and Dressmaker by Appointment to Her Majesty The Queen * Peter Barker (born 1983), squash player and influential member of winning English team in European Team Championships 2006 *

Charles Bean Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean (18 November 1879 – 30 August 1968), usually identified as C. E. W. Bean, was Australia's official war correspondent, subsequently its official war historian, who wrote six volumes and edited the remaining six of ...

(1879–1963), historian of Australian Forces in

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. * Charlie Bean (born 1953), Executive Director and Chief Economist of the

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* Lilian Bennett (1922-2013) businesswoman, and the chairman and chief executive of Manpower UK - attended whilst it was only a boys' school *

Guy Black, Baron Black of Brentwood Guy Vaughan Black, Baron Black of Brentwood (born 6 August 1964) was executive director of the Telegraph Media Group from 2005 to 2018 and since 2018 has been Deputy Chairman of the Group. He is a Conservative life peer member of the House ...

(born 1964), former Press Secretary to Michael Howard, and Director of PCC *

George Cansdale George Soper Cansdale (29 November 1909 – 24 August 1993) was a British zoologist, writer and television personality. He was Superintendent of the Zoological Society of London, and one of the best-known presenters of wildlife programmes and it ...

(1909–1993), zoologist and broadcaster *

Patrick Carter, Baron Carter of Coles Patrick Robert Carter, Baron Carter of Coles (born 9 February 1946) was chairman of the review panel examining the future of NHS pathology (reported in 2016). He reviewed the procurement of legal aid in England and Wales (reported in 2006), a ...

(born 1946), politician and

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* Colonel Sir Neville Chamberlain (1856–1944), army officer, Inspector-General of the

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and inventor of

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* Captain John Chorley (born 1934), Concorde Captain *

Roger Cowley Roger Arthur Cowley, FRS, FRSE, FInstP (24 February 1939 – 27 January 2015) was an English physicist who specialised in the excitations of solids. Biography Cowley was born in Woodford Green, Essex, on 24 February 1939. His father, Cecil A ...

(born 1939), professor of experimental philosophy at the

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* Sir Robin Day (1923–2000), broadcaster (attended the school 1934–1938) * George Dobson (born 1997), association footballer currently on loan at from

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as of 2021 * Sir David Eady (born 1943), High Court Judge * David Eldridge (born 1973), playwright *

Noel Edmonds Noel Ernest Edmonds (born 22 December 1948) is an English television presenter, radio DJ, writer, producer, and businessman. Edmonds first became known as a disc jockey on Radio Luxembourg before moving to BBC Radio 1 in the UK. He has presente ...

(born 1948),

disc jockey A disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays recorded music for an audience. Types of DJs include radio DJs (who host programs on music radio stations), club DJs (who work at a nightclub or music festival), mobil ...

and broadcaster *

Stephen Fleet Stephen George Fleet (28 September 1936 – 18 May 2006) was a Master of Downing College, Cambridge, the Cambridge University Registrary and a researcher in mineral sciences and crystallography. Stephen Fleet was educated at Brentwood Schoo ...

(1936–2006), Master of

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Howard Flight Howard Emerson Flight, Baron Flight (born 16 June 1948) is a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom and a member of the House of Lords Roderick Floud Sir Roderick Castle Floud Fellow of the British Academy, FBA (born 1 April 1942) is a British Economic history, economic historian and a leader in the field of anthropometric history. He has been provost of the London Guildhall University, vice- ...

(born 1942), academic, Vice-President of the European Universities Association * Fabian Hamilton (born 1955), Labour politician * Neil Harris (born 1977), association footballer * Edward "Eddie" Hearn (born 1979), sports promoter * Keith Hopkins (1934–2004), influential historian and sociologist, Professor of Ancient History at the

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David Irving David John Cawdell Irving (born 24 March 1938) is an English author and Holocaust denier who has written on the military and political history of World War II, with a focus on Nazi Germany. His works include '' The Destruction of Dresden'' (1 ...

(born 1938), writer and

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* Chris Jarvis (born 1969), television presenter * Paul Neil Milne Johnstone (1952–2004) poet and butt of

' jokes in ''

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References

External links

Official School Site

Old Brentwoods Official Alumni Portal

Society of Old Brentwoods

The Brentwood School Big Band
{{authority control Educational institutions established in the 1550s Independent schools in Essex Brentwood (Essex town) 1558 establishments in England Member schools of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference International Baccalaureate schools in England Boarding schools in Essex Diamond schools Schools with a royal charter