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The Grange School, Aylesbury
The Grange School is an 11–18 mixed, foundation secondary school and sixth form in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England. It was established in 1954 and is part of the Aylesbury Learning Partnership. The current Headmaster is Vince Murray. History In 1959, the school was visited by Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent in celebration of the 10th anniversary of Mother's Clubs in Buckinghamshire. The school is notable as the location where the jury retired to consider their verdict in the Great Train Robbery case in 1963. They used the room that is now the main office of the youth centre on the school site. In November 2008, the school was awarded Business and Enterprise status. Notable alumni * Jake Gray, professional footballer * Robert Hall, professional footballer * Samantha Louise Lewthwaite, terrorist suspect and widow of 7/7 suicide bomber * John Otway, singer-songwriter * Matt Phillips, professional footballer * Iain Rogerson Iain Rogerson (October 1960 &nda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aylesbury
Aylesbury ( ) is the county town of Buckinghamshire, England. It is home to the Roald Dahl Children's Gallery and the Aylesbury Waterside Theatre, Waterside Theatre. It is located in central Buckinghamshire, midway between High Wycombe and Milton Keynes. Aylesbury was awarded Garden city movement, Garden Town status in 2017. In 2021 it had a population of 63,273. The housing target for the town is set to grow with 16,000 homes set to be built by 2033. Etymology The town name is of Old English origin. It is first recorded in the form ''Æglesburg'' in the ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'', a text which took its present form in the later ninth century. The word ''Ægles'' is a personal name in the genitive case, meaning "Ægel's" and means "fortification". Thus the name once meant "Fort of Ægel" — though who Ægel was is not recorded. Nineteenth-century speculation that the name contained the Welsh language, Welsh word ''eglwys'' meaning "a church" (from Latin ) has been discredited ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jake Gray (footballer)
Jake Stephen Gray (born 25 December 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Hampton & Richmond Borough of the . Club career Gray was born in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire and attended Grange School. He began his career at Wycombe Wanderers before joining Crystal Palace when he was fifteen, after Wycombe Wanderers closed their academy at the start of 2012–13. He progressed through the youth system and development squads, before signing his first professional contract, effective from 1 January 2013 until the end of 2014–15. Gray made his professional debut as a 62nd-minute substitute for Dwight Gayle in a 3–0 win away to Walsall in the League Cup second round on 26 August 2014. He also featured in the third round as a 90th-minute substitute for Paddy McCarthy which resulted in a 3–2 defeat to Newcastle United after extra time. Following the expiry of his previous contract, Gray signed a new two-year contract with the club on 2 July 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secondary Schools In Buckinghamshire
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Foundation Schools In Buckinghamshire
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Ellen White (footballer)
Ellen Toni Convery (née White; born 9 May 1989) is an English former professional women's association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward. She is the record goalscorer for the England women's national football team, England women's national team. Having progressed through the Arsenal academy, White returned to the Gunners in 2010, after spells with Chelsea F.C. Women, Chelsea and Leeds United Women F.C., Leeds Carnegie. She has also played for Notts County Ladies F.C., Notts County, Birmingham City L.F.C., Birmingham City and Manchester City W.F.C., Manchester City. White earned the WSL's Golden Boot Award for most goals scored during the 2017–18 season. With Arsenal, she won the league in 2011 and 2012; the FA Women's Cup in 2011 and 2013 and the FA WSL Cup in 2011, 2012, and 2013. With Birmingham City, she was the league's top scorer in 2018. With Manchester City, she won the Women's FA Cup in 2020, and the Women's League Cup in 2022 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iain Rogerson
Iain Rogerson (October 1960 – 13 October 2017) was a British actor, best known for his portrayal of Harry Flagg on ITV's ''Coronation Street'' between 2002 and 2004. His other television appearances included ''Emmerdale'', ''Doctors'', ''Casualty'', ''The Bill'', '' Heartbeat'', ''Peak Practice'', '' As Time Goes By'', '' Hetty Wainthropp Investigates'', '' Drop the Dead Donkey'', '' Bloomin' Marvellous'', and '' People Like Us''. Rogerson's film credits included ''Mack the Knife'' (1989), ''Up 'n' Under'' (1998), '' Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?'' (1999), '' Bedazzled'' (2000), '' Mike Bassett: England Manager'' (2001), '' To Kill A King'' (2003), and '' Kill Keith'' (2011). On stage, he worked extensively with John Godber John Harry Godber (born 18 May 1956) is an English playwright, known mainly for observational comedy, observational comedies. The ''Plays and Players Yearbook'' of 1993 rated him the third most performed playwright in the UK after William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Phillips
Matthew Phillips (born 13 March 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger, forward or left wing-back for EFL Championship club Oxford United. Born in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, to a Jamaican-born father of Barbadian descent and a Scottish mother, Phillips began his career at Wycombe Wanderers before a move to Blackpool, spending a spell on loan at Sheffield United. In 2013 he moved to Queens Park Rangers and in 2016 he signed for West Bromwich Albion, where he played for eight seasons before signing for Oxford in 2024. He represented England at under-19 and under-20 level but has subsequently represented Scotland at senior level. Club career Wycombe Wanderers Phillips signed for Wycombe Wanderers at the age of eight when he was spotted playing in a five-a-side tournament. Having progressed through Wycombe's junior sides, he made his first team debut as an 82nd-minute substitute, a month after his seventeenth birthday, on 26 April 2008 in a 1–0 def ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Independent
''The Independent'' is a British online newspaper. It was established in 1986 as a national morning printed paper. Nicknamed the ''Indy'', it began as a broadsheet and changed to tabloid format in 2003. The last printed edition was published on Saturday 26 March 2016, leaving only the online edition. The daily edition was named National Newspaper of the Year at the 2004 British Press Awards. ''The Independent'' won the Brand of the Year Award in The Drum Awards for Online Media 2023. History 1980s Launched in 1986, the first issue of ''The Independent'' was published on 7 October in broadsheet format.Dennis Griffiths (ed.) ''The Encyclopedia of the British Press, 1422–1992'', London & Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1992, p. 330. It was produced by Newspaper Publishing plc and created by Andreas Whittam Smith, Stephen Glover and Matthew Symonds. All three partners were former journalists at ''The Daily Telegraph'' who had left the paper towards the end of Lord Hartwell' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Otway
John Otway (born 2 October 1952) is an English guitarist and singer-songwriter who has built a cult audience through extensive touring. Biography Early life Otway was born in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. From the age of nine all he ever wanted to be was a pop star. 1970s and 1980s Although his first single, "Gypsy"/"Misty Mountain" was released in 1972, Otway gained wider recognition riding the wave of punk rock and his unique performance on ''The Old Grey Whistle Test''. His sixth single, the half-spoken love song "Really Free" reached number 27 in the UK singles chart in 1977. It would be his greatest success for some time. The song earned him a five-album deal with Polydor Records, who viewed him as a punk rather than merely an eccentric. His first album, recorded with Wild Willy Barrett, was produced by Pete Townshend but sold only fitfully. The follow-up singles fared no better despite some imaginative promotion, which included an offer for Otway to come to a buyer's hou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samantha Lewthwaite
Samantha Louise Lewthwaite (; born 5 December 1983), also known as Sherafiyah Lewthwaite or the White Widow, is a British terrorist who is one of the Western world's most wanted terrorism suspects. Lewthwaite, the widow of 7/7 London terrorist bomber Germaine Lindsay, is accused of causing the deaths of more than 400 people. She is a fugitive from justice in Kenya, where she is wanted on charges of possession of explosives and conspiracy to commit a felony and is the subject of an Interpol Red Notice requesting her arrest with a view to extradition. Lewthwaite is alleged to be a member of the Somalia-based radical Islamic militant group Al-Shabaab. She is accused of orchestrating grenade attacks at non-Muslim places of worship, and is believed to have been behind an attack on those watching football in a bar in Mombasa during Euro 2012. In September 2013, there was speculation over her possible involvement in the Nairobi Westgate shopping mall attack, although other reports ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Hall (footballer)
Robert Kieran Dennis Hall (born 20 October 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays for club Cheshunt. Hall plays as a forward or on the wing. During his time as a young player at West Ham United, Hall spent time on loan at Oxford United, Milton Keynes Dons, Birmingham City and Bolton Wanderers before finally signing for Bolton on a permanent basis. Club career West Ham United Hall began his career with West Ham United in 2001 and signed his first professional contract in October 2010. Hall was given squad number 46 for the 2011–12 season and was an unused substitute for West Ham's League Cup defeat by Aldershot Town in August 2011. Oxford United (loan) In September he signed a one-month loan deal with Oxford United, later extended by a further month. He made his debut on 13 September against Dagenham & Redbridge, scoring the only goal in a 1–0 victory, the first of six goals in his ten appearances in all competitions. West Ham recalled Hall on 31 October ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ofsted
The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted) is a non-ministerial department of His Majesty's government, reporting to Parliament. Ofsted's role is to make sure that organisations providing education, training and childcare services in England do so to a high standard for children and students. Ofsted is responsible for inspecting a range of educational institutions, including state schools and some independent schools. It also inspects childcare, adoption and fostering agencies and initial teacher training, and regulates early years childcare facilities 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. Sir Martyn Oliver has been HMCI ; the chair of Ofsted has been Christine Ryan: her predecessors include Julius Weinberg and David Hoare. Ofsted publish reports on the quality of education and management at a particular school and organisa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
