Preston Manor is a mixed

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within the

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, located in the Preston and

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areas. It educates primary and secondary school-age children and adults and has a

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History

Grammar school

It was founded in 1938 as Preston Manor County Grammar School and its first headteacher was Mr W.P. Bannister. He remained headmaster until his death in 1963. It provided a traditional grammar school curriculum with science and languages streams. The school motto was "Munus prae jure" which may be translated as "Duty before right".

Comprehensive

It became a

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in 1993.

Preston Manor as a Science College

Preston Manor was amongst the first cohort of schools nationally to become a specialist

Science College Science Colleges were introduced in 2002 as part of the now defunct Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enabled secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, science and mathematics. Schools that suc ...

in 2002 with Mathematics as an additional specialism. It has four local primary partner schools in the borough that it works with throughout the year as part of its specialist science community work.

Academy

The school converted to academy status in February 2013.

Expansion

As of September 2008 Preston Manor began admitting forty more students into its cohort. To facilitate this the school needed to expand. Work began in January 2008 on a £4.5 million project which will see a new teaching block and a 4 court sports hall built, amongst other new facilities.

Notable former pupils

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– footballer and coach with a number of professional and non-League clubs in England * Una Padel (1956–2006) – criminal justice reformer, known for her work in

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– musician (expelled) * Kapil Trivedi – drummer for the British Indie Group

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Preston Manor County Grammar School

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* Simon Bond, author of '' 101 Uses for a Dead Cat'' *

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er who competed in the Rome

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, and won gold for England at the

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* Mark Goodfellow, Ambassador to Gabon from 1986 to 1990 * Prof

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, worked with the DNA team at

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in the early 1950s, and took the infamous

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in May 1952, that enabled

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and

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from 1978 to 1989 *

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, keyboardist in

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who arranged the

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'', and his son is the film composer

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, notably for '' Big Hero 6'' * Vivian Liff, known for

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* Jim Slater, private investor who started

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(P&O), owns the

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in 1977 * Rosemary Thew, Chief Executive from 2005 to 2013 of the

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, who arranged its merger with

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, singer

Notable teachers

* Colin Hegarty, creator of HegartyMaths

References

External links

Preston Manor High School Site

Ofsted Inspection Report 2005

Video clips

The Prime Minister visits Preston Manor High School
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