St. Nicholas Grammar School
- St. Nicholas Grammar School
St. Nicholas Grammar School was an English Grammar school, located in Northwood Hills, in the London Borough of Hillingdon, England.
The school existed from 1955 until 1977 when, following amalgamation with the neighbouring St Mary's Grammar School for Girls, it became a co-educational comprehensive school, and was renamed Haydon School. The Headmaster for much of its time as a grammar school was Dr. Robert Francis Edward Watson (8th March 1910-16th July 2004) who assembled a hand-picked teaching team to start the school in 1955.
Although it was a new school of only moderate size and with just adequate facilities, it quickly established itself on the sports field and sent several sixth formers to Oxbridge annually. Largely due to the excellence of its teaching staff the school held its own against the larger and older established public schools in the area.Fact|date=August 2007
St. Nicholas has a number of well known alumni, including several millionaires, and persons active in the media and business world. Most notably, Felix Dennis, the millionaire publisher (originally of Oz magazine fame); Colin Edwards, ex-Vice-President of Finance North America (GlaxoSmithKline Cosumer Healthcare); Jon Henley, head of The Guardian newspaper's Paris office; and Marc Peirson, television scriptwriter (Doctors, Colby Central, Emmerdale).
References
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last = Watson, et al
first = R.F.E
author-link = http://homepage.ntlworld.com/johnr.watson
title = St.Nicholas Grammar School Magazine, 1956
journal = The School Magazine
volume = 1
pages = 1-5
date = 1956
year = 1956
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last = Morgan
first = Peter
title = The School Houses & Their Names
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