Woodford Green Preparatory School is a preparatory school

Preparatory school (UK)

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 in Woodford Green

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, Essex

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. It is known locally as The Red School due to the distinctive red uniforms its pupils wear. It was founded in 1932 to provide a non-denominational Christian

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 education for boys and girls. The first headmistress was Miss Norah Kathleen Read. The current headmaster is Mrs J Hart. She became head after Tony Blackhurst.

Notable alumni

• Tony Robinson
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   (b. 1946), actor who played the role of Baldrick
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   in the television series Blackadder
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• Timothy Williams (b. 1946) award winning novelist, author of Converging Parallels
• David Cracknell
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• Louise Jameson
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   (b. 1951), actress who played Leela
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  , the leather-clad barbarian warrior companion of the fourth Doctor in Doctor Who
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