Haverstock School (formerly Haverstock Comprehensive School and Haverstock Hill School), is a

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and

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located on Haverstock Hill in

Haverstock Haverstock is an area of the London Borough of Camden: specifically the east of Belsize Park, north of Chalk Farm and west of Kentish Town. It is centred on Queens Crescent and Malden Road. Gospel Oak is to the north, Camden Town to the south. ...

, London, England. It is opposite Chalk Farm Underground station, and bounded by Prince of Wales Road and Crogsland Road.

History

The original school buildings were completed by 1874. The school later became a comprehensive after World War II. The school is Camden's first

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(PFI) school and underwent a £21 million re-build in 2006.

Standards

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inspection in 2008 resulted in a judgement of Good, and that of 2017 as requiring improvement. It then achieved a result of Good following a further inspection. In 2018, 66% of students achieved a grade 4 (equivalent to the old C) in Maths and English—an improvement from the previous year's 31% result.

Notable alumni

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– England football international * Tom Bentley – Politician and author * Joe Cole – England football international"Tony Parsons on Ed Miliband: I have seen his old comprehensive - and it shows why he is right to start a class war"
/ref> * Tulisa Contostavlos, Dino Contostavlos and Richard Rawson –

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group members * John Duffy and David Mulcahy – rapists and serial-killers * Julian Doyle – film-maker * Jermaine Eluemunor –

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player for the

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* Michael Gothard – actor *

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– Footballer * Nelufar Hedayat – presenter * Zoë Heller – journalist and Booker-prize shortlisted novelist. * Oona King – Labour politician * Steve McFadden – actor *

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– Former Labour Party politician, former Foreign Secretary *

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– Former Leader of the Labour Party *

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– Film Director * Daniel Woodgate – Drummer for English Ska band Madness

References

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"Ed Miliband's school, Haverstock, was hardly a model comprehensive"

"Tony Parsons on Ed Miliband: I have seen his old comprehensive - and it shows why he is right to start a class war"
{{authority control Secondary schools in the London Borough of Camden Community schools in the London Borough of Camden