Preston Manor is a mixed

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within the

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, located in the

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and Wembley Park areas. It educates primary and secondary school-age children and adults and has a sixth form.

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 Technology College in 1993.

Preston Manor as a Science College

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

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Science College 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

* Darren Currie – footballer with a number of professional and non-League clubs in England *

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– footballer and coach with a number of professional and non-League clubs in England *

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* Lady Sovereign – musician (expelled) *

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– drummer for the British Indie Group

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– French comedian from Montpellier * Moeed Majeed – Podcast producer and presenter *

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- Comedian * Bahram Keshtmand – Afghan athlete and nephew of former Afghan politician Sultan Ali Keshtmand.

Preston Manor County Grammar School

* Bob Blackman – Conservative MP since 2010 for Harrow East * Simon Bond, author of ''

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in Cardiff * Mark Goodfellow, Ambassador to Gabon from 1986 to 1990 * Prof Raymond Gosling, worked with the DNA team at

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CBE – Head of schools music broadcasts at the BBC from 1960 to 1973 and Principal of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama from 1978 to 1989 * Andrew Pryce Jackman, keyboardist in The Syn who arranged the Peter Skellern song " You're a Lady", and whose father Bill Jackman played the clarinet on '' When I'm Sixty-Four'', and his son is the film composer

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, notably for '' Big Hero 6'' * Vivian Liff, known for The Record of Singing * Jim Slater, private investor who started

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in the 1960s, and the

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, Chief Executive from 2005 to 2013 of the Driving Standards Agency, who arranged its merger with VOSA * Mari Wilson, singer

Notable teachers

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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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