Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School
Motto	Serve and Obey
Established	1690
Type	Independent, Day school
Religious affiliation	Non-denominational
Headmaster	Mr. Peter B Hamilton
Chairman	Mr. M D G Wheldon
Location	Butterfly Lane Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 3AF England
LEA	Hertfordshire
Students	1095[1]
Gender	Boys
Ages	6 to 19
Houses	Calverts, Hendersons, Joblings, Meadows, Russells, Strouts
School colours	Navy & Sky Blue
Former pupils	Old Haberdashers'
Website	www.habsboys.org.uk

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It owes its name to its foundation by the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers (one of the livery companies) through the agency of Robert Aske. The school adopted the motto of the company, "Serve and Obey". The Worshipful Company of Haberdashers is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London. ... Livery Companies are trade associations based in the City of London. ... Robert Aske (24 February 1619–27 January 1689) was a merchant in the City of London. ...

History

The school was established in 1690 at Hoxton, near the City of London. In the 19th century it was divided into two, one part moving to Hatcham in South London, where a boys' and a girls' school were set up. Usually referred to as Aske's, they were formally known as the Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham Schools until 1991, when the two were combined as Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College. Hoxton Square. ... Motto: Domine dirige nos Latin: Lord, guide us Shown within Greater London Sovereign state United Kingdom Constituent country England Region Greater London Status sui generis, City and Ceremonial County Admin HQ Guildhall Government  - Leadership see text  - Mayor John Stuttard  - MP Mark Field  - London Assembly John Biggs Area  - City  1. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... New Cross Gate is an area within Lewisham mainly bounded by the SE14 postcode area. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... Haberdashers Askes Hatcham College was formerly a Grammar school, then a comprehensive City Technology College, now an Academy operating between two sites near New Cross Gate in South-East London. ...

The other part moved to a site in Hampstead, north London, becoming a direct grant school after the passing of the Education Act 1944. Its formal name was the Haberdashers' Aske's Hampstead School, generally known as Haberdashers'. In 1961 this school moved to its present site at Elstree, initially taking the name Haberdashers' Aske's School Elstree. When the Labour government of 1964-70 withdrew the direct grant arrangements, it became fully fee-paying. , Hampstead is a suburb of north London in the London Borough of Camden, located four miles (6. ... The Education Act 1944 changed the education system for secondary schools in England and Wales. ... Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Recently, a number of buildings on the Elstree campus have been opened, including the new Aske Building (2004), a multi-million pound science and geography complex, and the Bourne Building, a series of classics, information technology and history classrooms. The Bourne Building also features at its focus a large assembly hall, inherited from the building that stood there previously. This hall is home to a fine pipe organ, built in 1897 by the famous London firm of Henry Willis & Sons for Hove Town Hall and brought to Elstree in 1962: the instrument retains its original specification of thirty-six stops on four manuals and pedals and is currently maintained by the Willis firm^[2]. A full development scheme has been initiated and over a period of time, the school will be re-built in order to keep up with the changing world. As part of this, the school will be based around two main Quadrangles. The baroque organ in Roskilde Cathedral, Denmark The pipe organ is a musical instrument that produces sound by forcing pressurized air (referred to as wind) through a series of pipes. ... Reading Town Hall Organ, built by Willis in 1864, extended in 1882 and rebuilt by Harrison & Harrison in 1999 Henry Willis & Sons is a firm of pipe organ builders in the UK, examples of whose work can also be found in other countries. ...

Perhaps because of the association of haberdashery and the Jewish community, the school is popular with Jewish parents, as the list of old boys shows.

For a fuller account of the School's history, see the relevant section in Cockburn et al (1969), referred to below.

Present day

Entry to the school is via a competitive examination set by the school (not the Common Entrance Paper) at either 11+ or 13+ (with entry into the Preparatory school at 5+ or 7+). As in the past, it has achieved consistently high levels of academic achievement, last year almost 57% of GCSE papers were marked at A* and 90% were marked A* or A. At A-Level over 92% of papers were graded A or B, and the pupils have been continuously successful in obtaining places at Oxbridge, 43 in 2005 and 38 in 2006 (over 25% of the year group). The school has been under-represented in national League Tables however, due to the fact that students take IGCSE papers which are uncounted in Government League Tables and due to the fact that the school usually limits pupils to taking only three A-Level subjects. Haberdashers' Aske's received a glowing Inspection report in the autumn of 2005, praised for both its academic achievement and for its Extra-curricular opportunities and Pastoral Care.

Despite extensive redevelopment however, the school retains strong links with the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers', members of which sit on the School's governing body. Every year a deputation from this ancient Livery company inspect the school and hand out St. John's bibles to every boy in the first year. There are also many visits to the new Haberdashers' Hall.

The school itself contains a vibrant and involved community. Many societies are run within the school by pupils with the support of the teachers. These include school magazines ("Skylark","Scribe", "Scope" and "The Economics News") and religious groups ("J-soc" (Jewish Society), "Islamic Society" and "Christian Union") but other non-literary societies also flourish within the such as an Amnesty International group, the school Politics, HABS Conservatives, Science and Economics Societies which invite outside speakers, Food Society, Film society, Debating Society, Model United Nations Society, Chess Club, Magic Society, Bridge Club, Russian Club, Philosophy Club, RomeSoc, J-Soc, Christian Union and Radical Society (A society that invites and debates with speakers with a background in the far-left of politics) and many others, although the societies list change term to term as boys create new clubs and others are abandoned.

The School also nominates a School Charity annually (and multiple House Charities) to which money raised is to be sent. Recent School Charities have included WaterAid (2004) and Otjikondo School (2005) and charitable events have ranged from cake sales to 'Battle of the Bands' to 'Team Russells' House Iron Man III' to 'Staff Charity Blind Date'.

Music is also a very popular activity within the school (over half of Boys play at least one instrument), with three orchestras, numerous bands and many more smaller groups. Sport is also a major activity at the school, with a plethora of different teams and a wide array of sports, ranging from Cricket to Rugby Fives and Squash.

Haberdashers' has been successful in the past few years in both National and International competitions. Sports teams have triumphed in football competitions and proceeded very far into the Daily-Mail rugby Cup. HABS teams have won debating competitions, bridge tournaments and triumphed at Model United Nations conferences. A Habs team also came runners up in the Bank of England Base Rate Competition, Target 2.0.

Media references

• The recent hit Alan Bennett stage-play and film The History Boys mentions Haberdashers' in its script as a school of academic excellence. The production notes were supplied by acclaimed historian Simon Schama, an Old Boy of the School who had a major influence over the play and film.
• Old Boy novelist William Sutcliffe set his largely autobiographical début novel New Boy at an unnamed school, that is easily identifiable as Haberdashers', including references to the school's location, layout and, most tellingly, motto.

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Other Haberdashers' Schools

• Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls was also established in Acton. The Acton school moved during the 1970s to its current location next to the Boys' School in Elstree.

• The Haberdashers' Company was also involved in the foundation of other schools, for example Monmouth School, but these were not associated with Robert Aske.

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Pastoral

The school is based around a House structure; several shields are awarded by the Headmaster at the end of the academic year for competition between the Houses (Junior Work and Conduct, Senior Work and Conduct, The Crossman Shield, awarded for success in inter-house sporting competitions, and the Dunton Shield, awarded to the house with the highest number of points in all three categories combined). The six houses are named after the original housemasters: Calverts, Hendersons, Joblings, Meadows, Russells and Strouts. In the first two years of schooling, boys are placed in forms according to their House and all lessons are with members of the formgroup; later in the school, the Houses are mixed as classes follow ability streams. The formgroups, however, are dependent upon House throughout the school.

Throughout the Year there are numerous Inter-House events including both sporting and non-sporting competitions (Such as Inter-House Debating, Chess or Inter-House Bridge). It is hoped that every boy will be able to represent their house in at least one activity.

Charity

The school holds various charity events and selects two school charities per annum. End of year totals end up in the thousands of pounds. In addition, each of the six houses selects a house charity that can last for longer than a year. For example, Russells House raised over £20,000 for the Teenage Cancer Trust between 2003 and 2007.

Every year, the school holds a "MENCAP Funday" which involves the school being transformed into a fun park for disabled children and their siblings. The students from the fourth Year upwards pair up or form groups to take around visiting children to events set up by teachers/other students. Students from both the boys' school and the girls' school next door volunteer for this event. Events include computer games, a candyfloss machine, bouncy castles, football, swimming, petting zoo, ice cream and other things.

Supported charities

• 2004 - 2005 Water Aid, Tommy's the Baby Charity
• 2005 - 2006 Cherry Lodge Cancer Care

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Recent report

A recent ISI report of Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School praised the school for its teaching, facilities and extra curricular activities. The inspection lasted 1 school week (5 days) and viewed all aspects of school life. The report can be found at ISI Online Report. The Independent Schools Inspectorate is an organisation responsible for the inspection of indepdendent schools in England which are affiliated to the Independent Schools Council (ISC). ...

League Tables

The school was ranked at 24 by The Sunday Times in their 2006 Parent Power feature [1] on the best independent schools, down from 18 in the previous year. According to the Times rankings, Habs came 20th (out of 1150 schools) in GCSE rankings [2] and 72nd (out of 939) at A level [3], though this is largely due to the fact that most boys at Habs only took three A-levels, and so received a lower total score than other comparable schools. In the same year The Telegraph placed Habs in 44th place based on A and AS level results [4], and 24th (out of 2703) in their full list ranked by average score per A-level entry [5].

Notable Old Haberdashers

Old boys of the school, called Old Haberdashers, include:

• Sir Ralph Freeman (1880-1950), engineer and architect of the Sydney Harbour Bridge
• Frederick Augustus Voigt (1892-1957), journalist, anti-fascist campaigner
• Lionel Kochan (1922-2005), historian
• Alan Whicker (born 1925), television presenter
• Alan J. Charig (1927-1997), paleontologist
• Sir Geoffrey Leigh (born 1931), founder of Leigh City Technology College, property mogul
• Brian Sewell (born 1936), art critic, journalist, and television personality
• Lord Brittan (born 1939), politician
• Paul Darrow (born 1941), actor
• John Rutherford (born 1941) fellow in Spanish and director of the Centre for Galician Studies at The Queen's College, Oxford. Translator of Don Quixote.
• Michael Bukht OBE (born 1941), the "Crafty Cook", Michael Barry, from the BBC2 television show Food and Drink
• George Foulkes (born 1942), politician
• Michael Green (born 1943), distinguished figure in broadcasting
• Richard Wright (born 1943), organist/keyboard player and founder member of Pink Floyd
• Sir Martin Sorrell (born 1945), Chief Executive of WPP plc (1986-)
• Simon Schama (born 1945), historian
• Professor Geoffrey Crossick (born c. 1945), Warden of Goldsmiths, University of London
• Professor John Urry (born c. 1946), sociologist
• Sir Nicholas Serota (born 1946), Director of Tate Galleries (1988-)
• Peter Kellner (born 1946), formerly the political analyst of the BBC Newsnight current affairs programme
• Darien Angadi (born c. 1948), actor and boyhood soprano
• Toby Harris (born 1953), Labour Politician and former president of the Cambridge Union
• David Lidington (born 1956), Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary
• Michael Collins (born c 1958), clarinetist
• Martin Bussey (born 1958), composer and conductor
• Jonathan FeBland (born 1960), composer
• Damon Hill (born 1960), racing driver
• Mark Kermode (born 1963), film critic (real name Mark Fairey)
• Jason Isaacs (born 1963), actor
• Dr Raj Persaud (born 1963), consultant psychiatrist, author and television personality
• Andrew Caspari (born 1963), TV producer
• David Baddiel (born 1964), comedian
• Jonny Persey, (born 1968), film producer
• Sacha Baron Cohen (born 1971), comedian (aka Ali G, Borat, or Bruno)
• Nick Goldsmith, (born 1971), film and TV producer
• Dan Mazer, (born 1971), TV producer
• Andrew Richard Dodds, (born 1985), chemical engineer
• William Sutcliffe (born 1971), author of New Boy, a fictional book inspired by his experiences at the school.
• Matt Lucas (born 1974), comedian
• Michael Weadock (born 1976), tv and radio football commentator
• Adam Thirlwell (born 1978), author
• Zac Lichman (born 1980), Big Brother (UK) Contestant ('Ziggy') 2007 and member of boyband Northern Line
• Paul Terry (born 1987), actor
• Roy W Brown human rights activist
• Adam Parsons BBC TV Sports correspondent

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Trivia

• The school grounds and buildings were used as settings for many scenes in the early 1960s TV series The Avengers
• Scenes from Michelle Fowler's graduation were filmed for an episode of EastEnders in the school's Bourne Hall.
• Big Brother contestant Zac Lichman claims to have lost his virginity in headmaster's garden while in Year 11 at the school.^{[citation needed]}

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References

1. ^ The Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School. Independent Schools Council. Retrieved on 2007-08-28.
2. ^ The National Pipe Organ Register - Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School.

J.S. Cockburn, H.P.F. King, K.G.T. McDonnell (1969) A History of the County of Middlesex. Volume 1: Physique, Archaeology, Domesday, Ecclesiastical Organization, The Jews, Religious Houses, Education of Working Classes to 1870, Private Education from Sixteenth Century. Boydell & Brewer (ISBN-13 9780197227138) Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... is the 240th day of the year (241st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• The Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School website
• The Haberdashers' Aske's Girls' School website
• Tatler Schools Guide page on HABS