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, type = Public school

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, country = United Kingdom , postcode = W6 9LR , local_authority = Hammersmith and Fulham , urn = 100370 , ofsted = , staff = 180 full time, 37 music staff , enrolment = 1,284 , gender = Co-educational since 2004 (Formerly all-boys) , lower_age = 7 , upper_age = 18 , houses = , colours = Black, blue and white
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, London, England, between King Street and the

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. The school has approximately 1,200 pupils, and is highly selective, accepting under 10% of applicants (in 2016); most are admitted through examination and interview to Upper School at the age of eleven, with some entering into the Sixth Form at 16. The school can be traced to a

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for boys founded by the English

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Edward Latymer in 1624. It moved to its present site in 1863 and in the mid-20th century became a

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. It has been independent since the abolition of that system of funding in the 1970s. It remained single-sex until Sixth-Form admissions were opened to girls in 1996; the remainder of the school became coeducational in the first decade of the 21st century. Latymer has been ranked consistently among the leading schools in the country academically. This is on the merit of its position in the national GCSE and A level examination performance tables combined with one of the highest

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and

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acceptance rates of any secondary school or college, and it is one of the top schools for the arts and sport. the Sixth Form of 340 is one of the largest in London and offers forty academic courses as well as extra-curricular activities.

History

Origins

Latymer Upper School was founded in 1624 by Edward Latymer, a wealthy lawyer and

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, who left part of his wealth for the clothing and education of "eight poore boyes" from

. For the next twenty years, local boys were educated in a school erected in

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's churchyard, moving in 1648 to another school built in Hammersmith. Later, in 1657, a parochial

was set up, which served as the Latymer legacy for the following century until it was rebuilt in 1755. A new facility was built on what is now King Street in Hammersmith in 1863, and was replaced in 1890 with a new building between King Street and the

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. This structure persists to the present day as the core of the Upper School. The site also includes Latymer Prep, a preparatory school, which takes pupils aged 7 to 11.

Recent history

In the 1950s, the school was a

, which took large numbers of state school pupils, whose fees were paid by the local authority, solely on the basis of merit. At the same time, it continued to take some fee-paying pupils. The Direct Grant system was abolished from 1975, and the school became fully independent of government funding. The Sixth Form has been co-educational since 1996, and in 2004 the main school started to become co-educational, with the introduction of girls into Year 7. With that year's entry moving into Year 11, the school became fully co-educational by 2008. Each year, the school gathers in the nearby St. Paul's church for "Founder's Day", an annual reflection upon and celebration of Edward Latymer and other beneficiaries of the school. As a member school of the HMC it is a public school.

Student body

Pupils come from a wide area of London. 176 pupils are on means-tested bursaries, 70 of whom are on 100 percent bursaries. A school statement in the ''

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'' said: "We attract a real mix from city investors, media types and academics living in leafy streets through to families on the White City estate, which is surely better than just those from a privileged bubble mixing with each other". ''Tatler'' notes that the school says it is 'fishing in a brighter gene pool', and that 'philanthropy is integral to the spirit of the school and Latymer is one of the leaders in providing means-tested bursaries'. In 2019, Tatler dubbed it "a truly remarkable, unpretentious, highly academic school."

Finances

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for 2020 was £21,000 per year, plus other mandatory and optional fees. Latymer offers a bursary programme, with 176 pupils on means-tested bursaries. For families with incomes unable to pay the fees, Latymer Upper is free. The school has a substantial fund from donations ring-fenced to fund bursaries.

Academics

Latymer Upper School is one of the highest academically performing schools in the UK historically and to date. The school's own on-site prep pupils enter the Upper School automatically at the end of Year 6, Tatler Schools Guide commentated that 'competition for Latymer places is hotter than ever: 1,100 applicants sat the exam last spring; 400 were interviewed for 168 places'. The examined subjects are in English and Maths, which are followed by an interview. There were 33 Oxbridge places in 2017, and an increasing number went to US universities such as

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, Dartmouth,

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and

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, and other universities.

Activities

There are over 140 clubs and societies at Latymer, including the

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, Literary and Latymer Societies. There are also clubs for

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, debating, philosophy and photography. The Drama Society holds several productions each year. Two students in Year 10 won the International Debating Competition in Cambridge at their age level. The final consisted of four other London-based schools that included St Paul's and Westminster. The school has links with other schools across Europe with a joint orchestra, as well as other trips (such as work experience), with

. There are trips abroad throughout the year, such as skiing trips, language exchanges, work experience in Paris, Berlin and

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trips to Italy and Greece, sports tours and expeditions. Latymer Upper also participates in the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme. The school is active in charity work: the annual "Charities' Week" raised £3,000 in 2006. The school branch of

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is involved in fund- and awareness-raising campaigns. A student-led

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group has led to each classroom being equipped with a recycling bin. Latymer contributes to local music, art, drama, dance and sports projects, as well as acting as venue for a Sunday School and

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for the disabled. Sixth Form students are encouraged to help in local primary schools and old people's homes as part of their general studies program, as well as with groups helping the homeless and disabled. In addition, the school offers all students a trip every year in 'Activities Week'. Destinations have included Spain, the

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rower ( 1984 Games and 1988 Games),

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rower ( 2020 Games) and the Olympic Silver medallist

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was a coach. The Boat Club has gone on to win

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, most recently with the win of the Diamond Jubilee Challenge Cup.

Facilities

Academic facilities

Latymer Performing Arts Centre, Hammersmith, London

* The Main Hall is the primary building around which the rest of the campus is grouped. It is the original Victorian school building, with a main hall in which assemblies are held, and a corridor linking to classes. * The Design block at one end of the main hall houses the Design & Technology labs. * The Modern languages block is a 1960s building housing the modern and classical languages departments. * The Latymer Theatre and Arts Centre, opened in 2000, includes a 300-seat galleried box theatre, music practice rooms, art galleries and studios, plus a cafe and atrium area. * The Latymer Performing Arts Centre, completed in 2009, contains drama studios, rehearsal rooms and a 150-seat recital hall. * The Science and Library building, opened in 2010, includes labs for the three sciences and a library with seating for more than 200 pupils which occupies a floor at the base.

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were responsible for the design and delivery of these four buildings during a ten-year working relationship with the school. * Outbuildings house history and geography lessons, as well as the arts. 150 computers are provided for pupil use, networked and with e-mail and internet access, and ICT is taught in one lesson a week in Years 7 to 9. Pupils are permitted to cycle to school, with storage space provided for their bikes. Meals are self-service in the lunch hall, and there is a café in the "atrium".

Athletic facilities

* The Latymer Upper School boat club faces the

and spans four stories. * The Sports Centre was opened in March 2016, which includes a six-lane swimming pool, basketball hoops, badminton markings, cricket nets, a fitness suite, and a rock climbing wall whilst at the same time offering an area for all pupils to take their examinations. * The school's playing fields are about a mile and a half away, on Wood Lane, with a £2m sports pavilion and changing rooms completed in 2004. The playing fields are used for training by the England Rugby Team * The Sports pavilion, costing £2m and containing changing rooms was opened in 2004.

Other facilities

* The chapel is housed at the top of the Geography & History building.

Coat of arms

The school for many years used the armorial bearings of the founder, Edward Latymer. This included his motto, ''paulatim ergo certe'' ("Slowly therefore surely"), which doubled as a pun, including the word "latimer" (spelt thus as there is no letter '' y'' in

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). An intermediate coat of arms was taken from one of the quarters of the original coat of arms which combined that of the Latymer Foundation and of the Latymer School. The motto was dropped in 2004 along with the coat of arms, and a new, much simpler, shield (described in the school literature as a "new crest") was adopted. The Coat of Arms was again changed, to its current form, in September 2020. The original arms continue to be used, with a different motto, by the sister school,

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Public examination results

Latymer has been ranked consistently in the leading schools in the country academically based on the merit of its position in the national GCSE and A level examination performance tables combined with one of the highest Oxford and Cambridge acceptance rates of any secondary school or college. GCSE & A-Level summaries over five years

Old Latymerians

Politics

* John Beckett (1894-1964), dissident politician * Norman Blackwell, Baron Blackwell, businessman and politician * Peter Hendy, Baron Hendy of Richmond Hill, Chairman of

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* Alan Hunt, former British High Commissioner to

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*Sir John Killick (1919-2004), former British Ambassador to Moscow *Sir Ian Percival (1921-1998), former Solicitor General *

Joshua Rozenberg Joshua Rufus Rozenberg KC (hon) (born 30 May 1950) is a British solicitor, legal commentator, and journalist. Early life and career He was educated at Latymer Upper School in Hammersmith and Wadham College, University of Oxford, where he took a ...

, legal affairs correspondent for the ''

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, Labour MP for

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* Keith Vaz, former Labour MP for Leicester East * Peter Walker, Baron Walker of Worcester (1932-2010), former Conservative

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Larry Whitty, Baron Whitty John Lawrence Whitty, Baron Whitty, (born 15 June 1943), known as Larry Whitty, is a British Labour Party politician. Early life Born in 1943, Whitty was educated at Latymer Upper School and graduated from St John's College, Cambridge, with ...

, former Labour Party General Secretary *

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, former Conservative Party Education Minister

Film and Theatre

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(1887–1957), jeweller and one time owner of Hammer Productions film studios *

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, actress *

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, actress and model * Hugh Grant, actor * Martyn Green, actor-singer, comedian *

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, actor *

Ophelia Lovibond Ophelia Lucy Lovibond (born 19 February 1986) is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Carina in the film ''Guardians of the Galaxy,'' Izzy Gould in the BBC's '' W1A'', Joyce Prigger in HBO's ''Minx'', and Kitty Winter in CBS's ''El ...

, actress *

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, actress * Augustus Prew, actor *

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, actor *

Alan Rickman Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman (21 February 1946 – 14 January 2016) was an English actor and director. Known for his deep, languid voice, he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and became a member of the Royal Shakesp ...

, actor

Mel Smith Melvyn Kenneth Smith (3 December 1952 – 19 July 2013) was an English comedian, actor and director. Smith worked on the sketch comedy shows ''Not the Nine O'Clock News'' and ''Alas Smith and Jones'' with his comedy partner, Griff Rhys Jones. ...

, actor, comedian, film director, producer, writer *

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, actor * Will Theakston, actor *

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, actress * Rufus Jones, actor *

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, theatre director and academic

Music

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DJ/producer *

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, music critic * Ils, electronic music producer and DJ *Jack Lawrence-Brown and Harry McVeigh, White Lies * Walter Legge, record producer and classical impresario * Alan Rickman after Seminar (1)

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*Joshua Lloyd-Watson and Tom McFarland, core members of

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* Charlie Morgan, Tom Robinson Band and composer of theme tune to ''

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'' * Optical, drum & bass DJ/producer and Matrix's older brother * Arlo Parks, singer *John Samuelson aka J. Willgoose, Esq., Public Service Broadcasting * Jay Sean, singer * Cliff Townshend, jazz musician, expelled from Latymer, father of Pete * Raphael Wallfisch,

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Sport

rower ( 1984 Games and 1988 Games) * Antony Hooper, cricketer * Simon Hughes, cricketer * Hugh Jones, London Marathon winner * Dan Luger,

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player *

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, rugby player

Other fields

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, Richard Jackson *

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, theatre director * Heston Blumenthal, TV chef and owner of The Fat Duck * Ajahn Brahm, Buddhist monk * Ed Condry, Bishop of Ramsbury * Jason Da Costa, Flight Simulation * Bill Emmott, former editor of ''

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'' * Sir Andrew Haines – Director of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine * Sir Harold Spencer Jones, Astronomer Royal 1933–55 * Hilary Jones,

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in-house doctor *

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, comedian *

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, author and journalist * Philip I. Murray, professor of

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at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom * Tim Moore, travel writer *

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, Egyptologist *

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OBE Wartime codebreaker at

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1920-2014 * David Shoenberg, physicist, researcher into supercooling * Eric Simms, natural history broadcaster * Sir Jim Smith, scientist * Professor Lord Stern, ex-Chief Economist of the

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and author of the Stern Review on climate change in October 2006 *

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, journalist * Deyan Sudjic, Director,

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, London (2006—) * Zbigniew Szydlo, historian of chemistry * Ibrahim Taguri, community worker *

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, painter * Fred Vine, geologist and co-discoverer of

plate tectonics Plate tectonics (from the la, label= Late Latin, tectonicus, from the grc, τεκτονικός, lit=pertaining to building) is the generally accepted scientific theory that considers the Earth's lithosphere to comprise a number of larg ...

* Adrian Weale, writer and historian *

Roger Westman Roger Ulick Branch Westman (16 September 1939 - 29 April 2020) was a British architect. Early life and education Westman was born at Jarrow, County Durham in 1939, the eldest son of Kenneth Westman, a diplomat stationed in Madrid. He attende ...

, architect * John William Baker, chemist and co-discover of Baker–Nathan effect sometimes used synonymously for hyperconjugation in general organic chemistry * Gordon Brook-Shepherd, author

Notable former staff

, rowing coach * Alastair Heathcote * Peter Jacobs, piano * Max Kenworthy, taught music * Robert King (conductor), taught musicLatymer Upper School, Directories, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986. *

Shaun Sutton Shaun Alfred Graham Sutton (14 October 1919 in Hammersmith, London – 14 May 2004 in Norfolk) was an English television writer, director, producer and executive, who worked in the medium for nearly forty years from the 1950s to the 1990s. His m ...

Jean Driant Jean-Charles Driant (1922–1989) was a French-born character actor remembered for numerous supporting roles in British film and TV. Life He was born in Paris, France on 12 July 1922. He came to England in or before 1947. In the 1970s he w ...

, taught French

References

External links

Latymer Upper's official websiteLatymer Prep School's official websiteOfficial Old Latymerian websiteA summary of Latymer Upper's academic performanceA detailed history of the Latymer schools at British History Online
{{authority control 1624 establishments in England Latymer School Independent co-educational schools in London Latymer Upper School Member schools of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference