Hampstead School is a large multi-ethnic comprehensive school located in the London borough of Camden. The school is one of the oldest in the borough, founded in 1862 by Leo Gregory James. It is a specialist Technology College, and is a member of both the Microsoft IT Academy programme and the Cisco Systems Networking Academy.
The school has around 1,300 students ranging from school years 7 to 13. The school has a sixth form centre that was recen...
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Hampstead School is a large multi-ethnic comprehensive school located in the London borough of Camden. The school is one of the oldest in the borough, founded in 1862 by Leo Gregory James. It is a specialist Technology College, and is a member of both the Microsoft IT Academy programme and the Cisco Systems Networking Academy.
The school has around 1,300 students ranging from school years 7 to 13. The school has a sixth form centre that was recently built on top of the English block and holds approximately 200 further education students, with around 30 of these students taking on prefecting duties.
The school was founded as a Haberdasher Aske's school, but became a secondary modern in the 1960s before turning comprehensive. The old school's Latin motto "Is est emendo; tendo quod macula iocus notitia" can still be seen on the face of the main building.
Riot police were called to the school in November 2006 following a flare-up between groups of rival students, some of whom were...
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