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About Sedgehill

Sedgehill school opened in 1957 and has excelled in many subjects including performing arts. The school recently gained an arts mark and became a performing arts college. The school is now in federation with Forest Hill School (boys school) and Sydenham School (girls school), making the federation Hillsyde, which is the name of the sixth form federation. 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Forest Hill School is a comprehensive boys school located on Dacres Road, It is made up of manically-depressed teachers and clinically insane students. ... Sydenham School is a comprehensive girls school located in Sydenham, London. ...

Pupils wear black blazers with the school emblem on the front. The emblem is a yellow shield with a lion inside and the words "Dominat Regnat" underneath.

Pupils are grouped using a house system. Each House - 'Bristol', 'Lincoln', 'Sailsbury' and 'York', have their own colours on ties. These colours are Blue, Green, Red and Yellow, respectively. The House System is a traditional feature of British schools, similar to the collegiate system of a university. ...

The school is now planning to be rebuilt on the same site but on different parts of land.

Well-known ex-sedgehillians

Well-known past pupils include:

• Francis Rossi (lead vocalist and guitarist for rock band Status Quo) ^[1]

• Malcolm Hardee (comedian) ^[2]

• Jim Dowd (politician) ^[3]

• Nicholas Bennett (politician) ^[4]

• Django Bates (jazz musician) ^[5]

• Chris Kibble (jazz musician)

Harry Greenway, was the school's deputy headmaster (under headmaster J.K. Turner) from 1972 to 1979 until he was elected MP for Ealing North in the 1979 United Kingdom General Election, where he served until losing his seat in the 1997 General Election. Francis Rossi Francis Rossi (Francis Dominic Michael Nicholas Rossi) was born 29 May 1949 in Forest Hill, London and is co-founder of the British rock band Status Quo, where he sings lead vocals and plays lead guitar. ... Status Quo are an English rock band whose music is characterised by a strong boogie line. ... Malcolm Hardee (born Lewisham, London, 5th January 1950 - died London, 31st January 2005) was an anarchic British comedian, author, club proprietor and compere. ... James Patrick Dowd (born 5 March 1951) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... Nicholas Jerome Bennett (born 7 May 1949) is a British Conservative politician. ... Django Bates (born October 2, 1960 in Beckenham, Kent, United Kingdom) is a composer, virtuoso multi-instrumentalist and band leader. ... Chris Kibble (born July 24, 1963) is a British jazz musician. ... Harry Greenway (born October 4, 1934), is a British Conservative politician. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... Ealing North is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... A general election is an election in which all members of a given political body are up for election. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A general election is an election in which all members of a given political body are up for election. ...

Ex-sedgehillian, Carol Byrne (1972 intake), ran a Sedgehill Reunion website between 2001 and 2004. 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... This article is about the year 2001. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The Sedgehill 'Birdman'

Sculptor, Elizabeth Frink, donated a 'bird man' sculpture to the school in the late 1950s, which was later replaced by 'The Sedgehill Bird Man', created by the school art department and mounted on the wall of the school gym block. There it remained until the mid-1980s. Shepherd and Sheep by Elizabeth Frink in Paternoster Square, London Elizabeth Frink (14 November 1930 - 18 April 1993) was an English sculptor and printmaker. ... The 1950s was the decade spanning from the 1st of January, 1950 to the 31st December, 1959. ... The 1980s refers to the years of 1980 to 1989. ...

School tragedies

• 1974 intake pupil, Lloyd Hall, was one of the tragic victims of the New Cross Fire of Sunday January 18, 1981. ^[6]

• Assistant headteacher, Patrick Stack (awarded the MBE in the Queen's birthday honours of 2000), was found hanged in the school grounds in 2001.^[7]

1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... On Sunday 18 January 1981, 13 young black people, all between the ages of 15 and 20 years old, were killed in a fire at a birthday party at 439 New Cross Road, in South East London. ... January 18 is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... MBE can stand for: Member of the Order of the British Empire Mail Boxes Etc. ... The honours system of the United Kingdom is a means of rewarding personal bravery, achievement or service to the country. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... This article is about the year 2001. ...

References

1. ^ The Quo History, Part 1 [1]
2. ^ Comedy Zone [2]
3. ^ Sydenham Town Community Website [3]
4. ^ British Library of Political and Economic Science [4]
5. ^ All About Jazz [5]
6. ^ House of Commons Hansard Debates[6]
7. ^ Hazards Magazine[7]

External links

• Sedgehill School Website
• Hillsyde Sixth Form