Edmonton County School

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Edmonton County School
Motto	Non Nobis Solum (Not For Ourselves Alone)
Established	1919
Type	Comprehensive school
Headteacher	Siobhan Leahy
Location	Great Cambridge Road Enfield Middlesex EN1 1HQ England
LEA	Enfield
Ofsted number	102043
Students	1636
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	11 to 18
Website	http://edmonton.contentman.co.uk/
Coordinates: 51°38′07″N 0°04′03″W / 51.6353, -0.0675

Edmonton County School is a specialist technology college in Edmonton in the London Borough of Enfield in north London.

Contents 1 History 2 Location 3 Motto 4 Notable alumni 5 External links

[edit] History

It was founded in January 1919 as Edmonton Central School. It catered for both girls and boys, but originally they were taught in separate buildings. In 1922, Middlesex County Council took over the school from the Municipal Borough of Edmonton, and changed its name to Edmonton County Secondary School. Later, the name was changed to Edmonton County Grammar School, reflecting the distinctions between types of secondary school in the 1944 Education Act. In 1967, it was amalgamated with Rowantree Secondary Modern School to form a comprehensive school, and was renamed Edmonton School, but was often referred to as 'Edmonton County'. The school was given its current name of Edmonton County School in 1996. It was granted the status of a specialist technical college in February 2003.

[edit] Location

The upper school buildings are the site which was used by the former grammar school on the Great Cambridge Road. The lower school buildings are the site which was used by the former secondary modern school on Little Bury Street.

[edit] Motto

The school motto, which is incorporated in the school badge, is 'Non nobis solum', which is Latin, and means 'Not for ourselves alone'.

[edit] Notable alumni

• Kriss Akabusi, athlete
• Basil Hoskins, actor
• Kevan James, cricketer
• Kelly Johnson, guitarist
• Debbie Kurup, actress
• Larry Lamb, actor
• Daisy Ridgely, athlete
• Roy Strong, historian
• Norman Tebbit, politician
• Ray Winstone, actor

[edit] External links

• Edmonton County School's official website
• 2006 OFSTED report
• A detailed history of Education in Edmonton at British History Online
• Edmonton County Old Scholars Association

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