The Thomas Alleyne School

The Thomas Alleyne School is a secondary school in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England. It is one of three schools founded in 1558 from the will of Thomas Alleyne.

The Thomas Alleyne School is a school where success is expected, achieved and celebrated. We are very proud of our school. It is a school where we are developing a community of learners, parents, teachers, Governors and other members of our wider school community. We are an innovative and emotionally intelligent school where we consider the welfare, thinking and feelings of our learners so that we can link their own personal experiences to their individual and collective learning. 

Admissions

The school's headteacher is currently Mr Jonathan Block. In October 2010 it was anounced that the school would stay-put at the current site as a result of the government undoing the Building schools for the future grant.

It is situated in the north of Stevenage, known as Old Town, next to the roundabout of the A1072 and the A602 (former A1), and less than 200 metres to the east of the East Coast Main Line. It is next door to The Barclay School.

History

Grammar school

 

Francis Cammaerts DSO was the head teacher from 1952-61. From 1869 it was the Alleyne's Grammar School, a boys' grammar school.

Comprehensive

 

In 1969 it became a comprehensive, Alleyne's School. At first in the 1970s, the school results were some of the best in Stevenage, but that is no longer the case. In 1989 it merged with Stevenage Girls' School and changed to its current name. In July 2005, a 14 year girl stabbed another 14 year old girl.

Academic performance

 

Stevenage gets the lowest academic results in Hertfordshire. It gets very low GCSE and A-level results. Marriotts School gets similar results. The John Henry Newman School, a catholic school, now gets the best results in Stevenage, but not particularly high compared to many Hertfordshire schools.

Alumni 

Alleyne's Grammar School

• Michael Biggs, Group Chief Executive from 2007-8 of Resolution plc
• Peter Boorman, organist at St David's Cathedral, Pembrokeshire from 1953-77
• Ewart Culpin, Chairman from 1938-9 of London County Council, and President from 1937-8 of the Town Planning Institute
• David Hamid, Chairman since 2006 of Nationwide Autocentre, and Chief Executive of Halfords from 2003-5
• Geoffrey Howard (cricketer and administrator), grandson of Sir Ebenezer Howard, pioneer of garden cities
• David Morgan, Chief Executive from 1987-98 of the Black Country Development Corporation
• Prof David Newland, Professor of Engineering from 1976-2003 at the University of Cambridge, and known for harmonic wavelet transforms

Alleyne's School

• Graham Poll, referee

Stevenage Girls' School

• Prof Susan Owens OBE, Professor of Environment and Policy at the University of Cambridge