City of Norwich School
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The Eaton School, more commonly known as CNS, is a secondary
comprehensive school
situated in Norwich
, Norfolk
on Eaton Road.
, with 791 pupils.
It is situated just west of the A146
ring road (former A47
), with the A11 to the north and the A140
to the south. Eaton Golf Club is next door to the south-west.
The Charity chosen for 2011 is Nelson's Journey.
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
comprehensive school
Comprehensive school
A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...
situated in Norwich
Norwich
Norwich is a city in England. It is the regional administrative centre and county town of Norfolk. During the 11th century, Norwich was the largest city in England after London, and one of the most important places in the kingdom...
, Norfolk
Norfolk
Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...
on Eaton Road.
Admissions
It has over 1500 pupils and currently employs over 190 staff. As well as being a secondary comprehensive school the school also has a sixth form, in partnership with the smaller Hethersett High SchoolHethersett High School
Hethersett High School and Science College is a state school, located in the village of Hethersett in the English county of Norfolk. It has around 800 pupils aged 11-16....
, with 791 pupils.
It is situated just west of the A146
A146 road
The A146 is a road that runs between two of East Anglia's largest population centres - Norwich in Norfolk and Lowestoft in Suffolk.The entire route has primary classification and as such has been improved over the years, although traffic levels can lead to delays.- Norwich :Before the construction...
ring road (former A47
A47 road
The A47 is a trunk road in England originally linking Birmingham to Great Yarmouth. Most of the section between Birmingham and Nuneaton is now classified as the B4114.-Route:...
), with the A11 to the north and the A140
A140 road
The A140 is an 'A-class' road in Norfolk and Suffolk, East Anglia, England partly following the route of the Roman Pye Road. It runs from the A14 near Needham Market to the A149 south of Cromer. It is of primary status for the entirety of its route. It is approximately 56 miles in length...
to the south. Eaton Golf Club is next door to the south-west.
Grammar school
It had around 950 boys in 1960, and around 850 in 1969 when administered by the Norwich Education Committee.Comprehensive
It became a comprehensive in 1974. The school was refurbished in 2007. The Arc is a brand new building, as is The Skinner centre.Charities Week
CNS Charities Week is a week usually in late November or early December where the students and members of staff attempt to raise as much money as possible for a charity of the school's choice. The charity chosen in 2010 was The East Anglian Air Ambulance. The week involved Total Wipeout, The X Factor, Teacher Auction and CNS Got TalentThe Charity chosen for 2011 is Nelson's Journey.
Notable alumni
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, academic - David-Lee Priest, writer
- Robert GreenRobert GreenRobert Paul Green is an English footballer who plays for West Ham United and the England national football team as a goalkeeper.-Norwich City:...
, footballer - Neil ShephardNeil ShephardNeil Shephard , FBA, is a British economist, currently Professor of Economics at the University of Oxford. He is also a Professorial Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford and member of the Oxford-Man Institute....
, economist - Peter TrudgillPeter TrudgillProfessor Peter Trudgill FBA is a sociolinguist, academic and author.He was born in 1943 in Norwich, England, where he attended the City of Norwich School from 1955....
, linguist
The City of Norwich School (boys' grammar school)
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, President from 1970-1 of the British Society of Animal ProductionBritish Society of Animal ScienceBritish Society of Animal Science is a learned society in the field of animal science, established in 1944 as the British Society of Animal Production....
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, President from 1990-3 of the International Commission for OpticsInternational Commission for OpticsThe International Commission for Optics was created in 1947 with the objective to contribute to the progress and dissemination of knowledge in optics....
and from 2002-4 of the European Optical SocietyEuropean Optical Society- History :*Until 1984: Optics in Europe is represented by the European Optical Committee .*1984: The EOC joins the European Physical Society to create an Optics Division.... - Dr Frank Fairweather, toxicologist and pathologist, Chairman from 1987-93 of the British Industrial Biological Research Association
- Prof Melvyn Greaves, Professor of Cell Biology at the Institute of Cancer ResearchInstitute of Cancer ResearchThe Institute of Cancer Research is a cancer research institute located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London. The ICR was founded in 1909 as a research department of the Royal Marsden Hospital and joined the University of London in 2003...
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, writer, poet and academic - Alan Howard, Wilkins Fellow of Downing College, CambridgeDowning College, CambridgeDowning College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1800 and currently has around 650 students.- History :...
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- Edmund LawsonEdmund LawsonEdmund James Lawson, QC was a prominent English barrister who worked on high profile cases.-Personal life:The only son of Donald and Veronica Lawson, he was born and grew up in Norwich, but also spent several of his childhood years in Ireland...
, barrister - Cecil Alec MaceCecil Alec MaceCecil Alec Mace was a British philosopher and industrial psychologist.He discredited the notion that workers are primarily incentivized by money. He also stated that people have a "will to work." In 1935, he conducted the first empirical studies of goal setting.- Literary works :Sibylla; or, the...
, Professor of Psychology from 1944-61 at Birkbeck CollegeBirkbeck, University of LondonBirkbeck, University of London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London. It offers many Master's and Bachelor's degree programmes that can be studied either part-time or full-time, though nearly all teaching is...
, and President from 1952-3 of the British Psychological SocietyBritish Psychological SocietyThe British Psychological Society is a representative body for psychologists and psychology in the United Kingdom. The BPS is also a Registered Charity and, along with advantages, this also imposes certain constraints on what the society can and cannot do... - Rev Basil Maine, music biographer
- Walter Manthorpe, town planner, notably of TorontoTorontoToronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
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, Professor of Sculpture from 1960-80 at the Royal College of ArtRoyal College of ArtThe Royal College of Art is an art school located in London, United Kingdom. It is the world’s only wholly postgraduate university of art and design, offering the degrees of Master of Arts , Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy... - Prof Arthur Muskett OBE, Professor of Plant Pathology from 1945-65 at Queen's University Belfast, and President from 1948-9 of the British Mycological SocietyBritish Mycological SocietyThe British Mycological Society is a learned society established in 1896 to promote the study of fungi.-Formation:The Society was formed based on the efforts of two local societies, the Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club of Hereford and the Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union. The curator of the Hereford...
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Leslie Ridley OBE, involved in the RAF's development of radar, notably in ther Battle of BritainBattle of BritainThe Battle of Britain is the name given to the World War II air campaign waged by the German Air Force against the United Kingdom during the summer and autumn of 1940...
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- Sir George Scott CBE, Chief Constable from 1959-68 of the West Riding Constabulary, then from 1968-9 of the West Yorkshire ConstabularyWest Yorkshire ConstabularyThe West Yorkshire Constabulary was, from 1968 to 1974, the statutory police force for the West Riding of Yorkshire, in northern England.It was formed under the Police Act 1964, and was a merger of the previous West Riding Constabulary along with six borough forces for the county boroughs of...
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, Governor's Chair for Biophysics, University of Tennessee, since 2006 - Prof Steve Smith (academic)Steve Smith (academic)Sir Steven Murray Smith, AcSS is an international relations theorist, academic, and senior university manager.In October 2002 he succeeded Geoffrey Holland as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Exeter, and from 2009-2011 was the President of Universities UK.-Early life:He attended the City of...
, Vice Chancellor, University of ExeterUniversity of ExeterThe University of Exeter is a public university in South West England. It belongs to the 1994 Group, an association of 19 of the United Kingdom's smaller research-intensive universities.... - Very Rev John SouthgateJohn SouthgateJohn Eliot Southgate is a former Dean of York in the Church of England; holding this post from 1984 until 1994 when he was replaced by the Very Revd Raymond Furnell....
, Dean of YorkDean of YorkThe Dean of York is the member of the clergy who is responsible for the running of the York Minster cathedral.-11th–12th centuries:* 1093–c.1135: Hugh* c.1138–1143: William of Sainte-Barbe...
from 1984-94 - Graeme K TalboysGraeme K TalboysGraeme K Talboys is an English writer and teacher.-Life:Talboys was born November 1953 at Queen Charlotte's Hospital, Hammersmith. His early life was lived on the edge of Richmond Park, before the family left London for Norwich. They then moved to Sussex where he spent his formative teenage years...
, writer - attended the school for the first two years of his secondary education - Robert H. ThoulessRobert H. ThoulessBritish academic Robert H. Thouless is best known as the author of Straight and Crooked Thinking , which describes flaws in reasoning and argument....
, President from 1949-50 of the British Psychological SocietyBritish Psychological SocietyThe British Psychological Society is a representative body for psychologists and psychology in the United Kingdom. The BPS is also a Registered Charity and, along with advantages, this also imposes certain constraints on what the society can and cannot do...
who wrote Straight and Crooked ThinkingStraight and Crooked ThinkingStraight and Crooked Thinking, first published in 1930 and revised in 1953, is a book by Robert H. Thouless which describes, assesses and critically analyses flaws in reasoning and argument. Thouless describes it as a practical manual, rather than a theoretical one.-Synopsis:*No. 3. proof by...
in 1930 - Prof Peter TrudgillPeter TrudgillProfessor Peter Trudgill FBA is a sociolinguist, academic and author.He was born in 1943 in Norwich, England, where he attended the City of Norwich School from 1955....
, academic and author, Professor of English Linguistics from 1998-2005 at the University of FribourgUniversity of FribourgThe University of Fribourg is a university in the city of Fribourg, Switzerland.The roots of the University can be traced back to 1582, when the notable Jesuit Peter Canisius founded the Collège Saint-Michel in the City of Fribourg. In 1763, an Academy of law was founded by the state of Frobourg...
(Switzerland) - George Willis, Labour MP from 1945-50 for Edinburgh NorthEdinburgh North (UK Parliament constituency)Edinburgh North was a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament using the first-past-the-post voting system.-Boundaries:...
, and from 1954-70 for Edinburgh EastEdinburgh East (UK Parliament constituency)Edinburgh East is a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.... - Tony SheridanTony SheridanTony Sheridan , is an English rock and roll singer-songwriter and guitarist...
musician
King Edward VI Middle School
- Louis Martin, Professor of Technical Optics from 1943-51 at Imperial College LondonImperial College LondonImperial College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom, specialising in science, engineering, business and medicine...
- Sir Graham SavageGraham SavageSir Graham Savage CB was an English civil servant who largely invented the concept of comprehensive schools and originated the phrase.-Early life:...
CB, architect of the comprehensive schoolComprehensive schoolA comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...
system