Addey and Stanhope School
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Addey and Stanhope School is a voluntary-aided, co-educational secondary school, located in Lewisham
, London
, UK
. A former grammar school
, with origins dating to 1606, Addey and Stanhope became a specialist science and technology school in 2006. The school is also part of the Crossways Federation, providing pupils for Crossways Academy Sixth Form School. The headmistress is currently Mrs Ann Potter.
(1550–1606), Master shipwright at His Majesty's Dockyard Deptford, had made his fortune in shipbuilding, left £200 to help the poor of Deptford
; this money was then invested in land and the rent from that land was to be given away as charity. This amounted to 40 shillings each, per annum given to 100 parishioners of Deptford. However in 1820 the trustees felt that this type of poor relief encouraged fecklessness and instead decided to found the Addey School in 1821 on Church Street, Deptford.
In 'A Topographical Dictionary of England' (1848) the Addey School is described "by direction of the court of chancery, erected a spacious building containing two large schoolrooms, with houses for the master and mistress; the school is wholly supported by the endowment, from which also 48 aged persons are paid £2 each annually.". Later in 1862 the School was enlarged.
(1660–1728) the vicar of St Nicholas, Deptford and St Mary’s, Lewisham
and who later rose to be Dean of Canterbury
, and friend of Jonathan Swift
, founded the Stanhope School in 1715. Dr Stanhope had previously given £150 for the establishment of a grils school in Lewisham in 1699. Originally the School would educate fifty deprived children of Deptford, twenty five girls and twenty five boys, in purely practical skills such as needlework and carpentry. According to the National Archives, the school was enlarged in 1812, and in 1874, with the charity changeing its name to the Stanhope Foundation. Two statues of a girl and a boy pupil once adorned the front of the Stanhope School, the statue of the girl now resides in the entrance to the main Addey and Stanhope school building. The Stanhope School was financed partly out of the sale of sermons, donations and public subscriptions. Each subscriber was entitled to put one child into the school. Additionally, several benefactions were left in the wills of a number of Deptford residents who made provision for the local poor. The School was often known as the Bluecoat School, Daniel Lysons
(1796) explains Dr Stanhope's biography:
The Stanhope School also published rules for both parents and pupils to follow while attending the School:
January 1, 1814
, Chair of Governors, describes the School ethos as "Building upon this long and proud history, the school focuses of the present needs of our community. Whilst this is overwhelmingly focused on the successful education of our students, we also pay attention to their general wellbeing and that of the community in which we are based. As a specialist technology school we want to support local people, including business interests.
The school has a clear purpose, developing students' personal strengths and also addressing their weaknesses, ensuring that they have full access to a modern and changing society. We aim to: develop in each child a strong character based upon justice, courage and a clear morality; embed the ability to learn, think critically, reason, understand and evaluate; equip students with the skills and knowledge necessary to maximise employment choices; introduce students to a range of opportunities to develop their interests and abilities in order to choose a safe, healthy and fulfilled lifestyle; be aware of the environmental impact of their choices."
rooms. Under the 'Building Schools for the Future' programme, an older building from the 1970s has been demolished and a new one is under construction. The new building will provide new dining and kitchen facilities and a larger school library, and a larger area for sports, the work is expected to be completed by September 2012.
The school became a specialist science and technology school in 2006, adding emphasis on the use of computers, science and maths; the school also receives extra funding and support for its new speciality. Joan Ruddock
, Member of Parliament
for the local constituency said:
Lewisham
Lewisham is a district in South London, England, located in the London Borough of Lewisham. It is situated south-east of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.-History:...
, London
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, UK
United Kingdom
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. A former grammar school
Grammar school
A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and some other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching classical languages but more recently an academically-oriented secondary school.The original purpose of mediaeval...
, with origins dating to 1606, Addey and Stanhope became a specialist science and technology school in 2006. The school is also part of the Crossways Federation, providing pupils for Crossways Academy Sixth Form School. The headmistress is currently Mrs Ann Potter.
The Addey School
The School's origins date to 1606 when John AddeyJohn Addey (shipbuilder)
John Addey was master shipwright at HM Dockyard Deptford in south-east London.Addey was buried in in Deptford and there are plaques to him on the exterior north wall....
(1550–1606), Master shipwright at His Majesty's Dockyard Deptford, had made his fortune in shipbuilding, left £200 to help the poor of Deptford
Deptford
Deptford is a district of south London, England, located on the south bank of the River Thames. It is named after a ford of the River Ravensbourne, and from the mid 16th century to the late 19th was home to Deptford Dockyard, the first of the Royal Navy Dockyards.Deptford and the docks are...
; this money was then invested in land and the rent from that land was to be given away as charity. This amounted to 40 shillings each, per annum given to 100 parishioners of Deptford. However in 1820 the trustees felt that this type of poor relief encouraged fecklessness and instead decided to found the Addey School in 1821 on Church Street, Deptford.
In 'A Topographical Dictionary of England' (1848) the Addey School is described "by direction of the court of chancery, erected a spacious building containing two large schoolrooms, with houses for the master and mistress; the school is wholly supported by the endowment, from which also 48 aged persons are paid £2 each annually.". Later in 1862 the School was enlarged.
The Stanhope School
The School's second founder Dean George StanhopeGeorge Stanhope
George Stanhope was a clergyman of the Church of England, rising to be Dean of Canterbury and a Royal Chaplain...
(1660–1728) the vicar of St Nicholas, Deptford and St Mary’s, Lewisham
Lewisham
Lewisham is a district in South London, England, located in the London Borough of Lewisham. It is situated south-east of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.-History:...
and who later rose to be Dean of Canterbury
Dean of Canterbury
The Dean of Canterbury is the head of the Chapter of the Cathedral of Christ Church, Canterbury, England. The office of dean originated after the English Reformation, and its precursor office was the prior of the cathedral-monastery...
, and friend of Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift was an Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer , poet and cleric who became Dean of St...
, founded the Stanhope School in 1715. Dr Stanhope had previously given £150 for the establishment of a grils school in Lewisham in 1699. Originally the School would educate fifty deprived children of Deptford, twenty five girls and twenty five boys, in purely practical skills such as needlework and carpentry. According to the National Archives, the school was enlarged in 1812, and in 1874, with the charity changeing its name to the Stanhope Foundation. Two statues of a girl and a boy pupil once adorned the front of the Stanhope School, the statue of the girl now resides in the entrance to the main Addey and Stanhope school building. The Stanhope School was financed partly out of the sale of sermons, donations and public subscriptions. Each subscriber was entitled to put one child into the school. Additionally, several benefactions were left in the wills of a number of Deptford residents who made provision for the local poor. The School was often known as the Bluecoat School, Daniel Lysons
Daniel Lysons
Daniel Lysons was a notable English antiquary and topographer of the late 18th and early 19th century, who published the four-volume The Environs of London ....
(1796) explains Dr Stanhope's biography:
The Stanhope School also published rules for both parents and pupils to follow while attending the School:
January 1, 1814
The Schools Amalgamate
The Education Act 1870 took the responsibility for elementary education out of private hands and into local authority control, as a result the governors of the Stanhope School decided to close the School and use the money to send children to other schools in the area. By 1891 the governors of the Addey School also felt that their School was no longer useful, the two schools eventually merged in 1894 to found the Addey and Stanhope School for Art and Science. Sir Alfred Brumwell Thomas, a leading architect in the High Edwardian BaroqueEdwardian Baroque architectureThe term Edwardian Baroque refers to the Neo-Baroque architectural style of many public buildings built in the British Empire during the Edwardian era ....
style, designed the main school building, a dignified L-shaped red-brick building with prominent gablesGablesGables may refer to:* Gables, portion of walls between the lines of sloping roofs* Ken Gables , Major League Baseball pitcher* Gables, Nebraska, an unincorporated community in the United States...
and a grand doorcase, it was completed in 1899
. Along with the statue of the schoolgirl, a tablet to John Addey was erected in 1906 in the entrance hall to commemorate the tricentenary of his death.
20th Century
Addey and Stanhope was a grammar school from 1944 until 1977 and was one of the first co-educational secondary schools in England. After the merger, Mr Salter became the headmaster in 1896, remaining head for 28 years. During this time, the present school building was opened in 1900, the south wing being added in 1933. Basil Alvin Howard became headmaster in 1924, encouraging co-education, beginning foreign School trips and was the author of two books "The Mixed School" and "The Proper Study of Man" before retiring in 1956 . In 1991 the Basil Howard Research Studentship was establised for Sidney Sussex College, CambridgeSidney Sussex College, CambridgeSidney Sussex College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England.The college was founded in 1596 and named after its foundress, Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex. It was from its inception an avowedly Puritan foundation: some good and godlie moniment for the mainteynance...
at the bequest of Basil Howard, who had graduated from Sidney Sussex College in 1913. The Studentship is desinged for those wishing to study a Ph.DDoctor of PhilosophyDoctor of Philosophy, abbreviated as Ph.D., PhD, D.Phil., or DPhil , in English-speaking countries, is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities...
in any subject at CambridgeUniversity of CambridgeThe University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
. Due to the threat of bombing, the School was evacuated in 1939 to a mansion in Burwash Common, East Sussex. However as
World War Two progressed the School moved again to Garnant, South Wales for the duration of the War. In 2003, HRH The Duke of YorkPrince Andrew, Duke of YorkPrince Andrew, Duke of York KG GCVO , is the second son, and third child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh...
visited the school to open the new wing containing larger computer rooms, a new gym and rooms for maths and languages. The Duke toured the whole school, speaking with the pupils before meeting the teachers and school governors.
Overview
A small school, Addey and Stanhope attempts to use its lack of size to develop an atmosphere of intimacy and inclusiveness for its pupils. Addeys is a non-denominational school, however, the school has a strong moral ethos, which values and celebrates its students cultural and religious richness, and has a strong connection with the Church of EnglandChurch of EnglandThe Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...
and especially St. Paul's, DeptfordSt. Paul's, DeptfordSt Paul's, Deptford is one of London's finest Baroque parish churches. It was designed by architect Thomas Archer and built between 1712 and 1730 in Deptford, which was then in Kent but is now part of South East London...
.
Houses
The school is divided into four houses; two are named after the founders, Addey House, and Stanhope House, the other two are named after historical figures with local connections, Pepys House after Samuel PepysSamuel PepysSamuel Pepys FRS, MP, JP, was an English naval administrator and Member of Parliament who is now most famous for the diary he kept for a decade while still a relatively young man...
a 17th century diarsit and Evelyn House after John EvelynJohn EvelynJohn Evelyn was an English writer, gardener and diarist.Evelyn's diaries or Memoirs are largely contemporaneous with those of the other noted diarist of the time, Samuel Pepys, and cast considerable light on the art, culture and politics of the time John Evelyn (31 October 1620 – 27 February...
another 17th Century diarist and writer, who settled in Sayes Court, Deptford. Each year the four houses compete for the House Sports Cup and the House of the Year Cup which is won by the house with the largest accumulation of merits by the students in that house.
House Name House Colour Named After Addey Green John Addey John AddeyJohn Addey was an English astrologer. Addey made a continuous and significant contribution to British astrology.-Biography:...Stanhope Blue George Stanhope George StanhopeGeorge Stanhope was a clergyman of the Church of England, rising to be Dean of Canterbury and a Royal Chaplain...Pepys Yellow Samuel Pepys Samuel PepysSamuel Pepys FRS, MP, JP, was an English naval administrator and Member of Parliament who is now most famous for the diary he kept for a decade while still a relatively young man...Evelyn Red John Evelyn John EvelynJohn Evelyn was an English writer, gardener and diarist.Evelyn's diaries or Memoirs are largely contemporaneous with those of the other noted diarist of the time, Samuel Pepys, and cast considerable light on the art, culture and politics of the time John Evelyn (31 October 1620 – 27 February...
Founders' Day
Founders' Day, held on the first Thursday in March of every year, is celebrated by the School and allows many past and present staff, parents and students to congregate to celebrate the founding of the school, a tradition observed since 1907. A service is held in St Alfege's Church, GreenwichSt Alfege's Church, GreenwichSt Alfege Church is a Church of England place of worship in the town centre of Greenwich in the eponymous London Borough.-History:The church is dedicated to, and reputedly marks the place where Alfege , Archbishop of Canterbury, was killed by Viking raiders on 19 April 1012.The second church built...
were the congregation receives readings, performances, sings hymns and the Addey and Stanhope School Song. Afterwards a celebration is held in the School hall for former students and staff. The School also has its own prayer dedicated to the founders:
The Addey and Stanhope School Song:- I
- Addeyans all from far and near,
- Hither come today,
- With memories of yesteryear,
- Of mingled work and play,
- The school that gave you of her best,
- Now seeks to bind you closer yet,
- In bonds of grateful love and duty,
- Addeyans ne'er forget!
- III
- Pepys lift your voice in song,
- Loud your love proclaim,
- The mother smoothed the path ye tread,
- Yield honour to her name,
- Once more within these hallowed walls,
- Where hope and high resolve had birth,
- Renew the pledge of loyal service,
- Pepys prove your worth!
- V
- Hearts of Oak that Deptford made
- Guarded England well,
- The ships are gone but stands the school,
- The shipwrights’ worth to tell,
- As builded they right sound and true,
- So builds the school and shall for aye,
- Sing ADDEYS, STANHOPES, PEPYS, EVELYNS,
- Prosper the school alway!
- II
- Stanhopes haste to bear your part
- In our filial lay,
- For all her gifts bestowed on you,
- With love her love repay,
- Her watchful care and wise restraint,
- Wrought strength of heart and skill of hand,
- For ever with a true devotion Stanhopes round her stand!
- IV
- Evelyns up with heart and voice,
- Join the joyous song
- So shall the love of all her sons,
- The strain of praise prolong,
- ‘A Deo Mother’ be the cry
- Till neighbour Thames hath ceased to flow,
- True loyalty to school and country,
- Evelyns ever show!
Ethos
Cliff Hardcastle OBEOrder of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
, Chair of Governors, describes the School ethos as "Building upon this long and proud history, the school focuses of the present needs of our community. Whilst this is overwhelmingly focused on the successful education of our students, we also pay attention to their general wellbeing and that of the community in which we are based. As a specialist technology school we want to support local people, including business interests.
The school has a clear purpose, developing students' personal strengths and also addressing their weaknesses, ensuring that they have full access to a modern and changing society. We aim to: develop in each child a strong character based upon justice, courage and a clear morality; embed the ability to learn, think critically, reason, understand and evaluate; equip students with the skills and knowledge necessary to maximise employment choices; introduce students to a range of opportunities to develop their interests and abilities in order to choose a safe, healthy and fulfilled lifestyle; be aware of the environmental impact of their choices."
Recent developments
Over the past 15 years the School has gained new buildings and teaching facilities in an effort to provide better learning conditions for pupils and provide space for a larger intake of children. A new Design & Technology, Art and Music building was built in 1997; while a new wing to the main building provides the school with classrooms for French and mathematics, a large gym and changing rooms, and ICTICT (education)
Information and communication technologies in education deal with the use of information and communication technologies within educational technology.-Purpose:...
rooms. Under the 'Building Schools for the Future' programme, an older building from the 1970s has been demolished and a new one is under construction. The new building will provide new dining and kitchen facilities and a larger school library, and a larger area for sports, the work is expected to be completed by September 2012.
The school became a specialist science and technology school in 2006, adding emphasis on the use of computers, science and maths; the school also receives extra funding and support for its new speciality. Joan Ruddock
Joan Ruddock
Joan Mary Ruddock is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Lewisham Deptford since 1987. She is a feminist and is the wife of Frank Doran, the Labour MP for Aberdeen North...
, Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for the local constituency said:
Old Addeyans
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See also
- John AddeyJohn AddeyJohn Addey was an English astrologer. Addey made a continuous and significant contribution to British astrology.-Biography:...
- George StanhopeGeorge StanhopeGeorge Stanhope was a clergyman of the Church of England, rising to be Dean of Canterbury and a Royal Chaplain...
- DeptfordDeptfordDeptford is a district of south London, England, located on the south bank of the River Thames. It is named after a ford of the River Ravensbourne, and from the mid 16th century to the late 19th was home to Deptford Dockyard, the first of the Royal Navy Dockyards.Deptford and the docks are...
- Samuel PepysSamuel PepysSamuel Pepys FRS, MP, JP, was an English naval administrator and Member of Parliament who is now most famous for the diary he kept for a decade while still a relatively young man...
- John EvelynJohn EvelynJohn Evelyn was an English writer, gardener and diarist.Evelyn's diaries or Memoirs are largely contemporaneous with those of the other noted diarist of the time, Samuel Pepys, and cast considerable light on the art, culture and politics of the time John Evelyn (31 October 1620 – 27 February...
- St. Paul's ChurchSt. Paul's, DeptfordSt Paul's, Deptford is one of London's finest Baroque parish churches. It was designed by architect Thomas Archer and built between 1712 and 1730 in Deptford, which was then in Kent but is now part of South East London...
- St Alfege's ChurchSt Alfege's Church, GreenwichSt Alfege Church is a Church of England place of worship in the town centre of Greenwich in the eponymous London Borough.-History:The church is dedicated to, and reputedly marks the place where Alfege , Archbishop of Canterbury, was killed by Viking raiders on 19 April 1012.The second church built...