Latymer Upper School is a public school in

Hammersmith Hammersmith is a district of West London, England, southwest of Charing Cross. It is the administrative centre of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, and identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London. It ...

, London, England, on King Street. It derives from a

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, and is part of the same 1624 Latymer Foundation, from a bequest by the English legal official Edward Latymer. There is a junior school on site, but most students are admitted to the

Upper School Upper schools in the UK are usually schools within secondary education. Outside England, the term normally refers to a section of a larger school. England The three-tier model Upper schools are a type of secondary school found in a minority ...

through examination and interview at the age of eleven. The school's academic results place it among the top schools nationally. Having opened on its King Street site in 1895, the school spent a period of time in the mid-20th century as a

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, before becoming independent with the system's abolition in the 1970s. Remaining single-sex until 1996, when Sixth Form admissions were opened to girls, the school transitioned to full co-education in the first decade of the 21st century. Latymer's alumni include members of both Houses of Parliament, winners of Olympic medals, actors, musicians, and many figures in the arts and

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History

Foundation

Latymer Upper School has its origins in the will of Edward Latymer, who left a bequest to educate "eight poore boyes" of

. This was intended "to keep them from idle and vagrant courses, and also to instruct them in some part of God's true religion". He owned Butterwick Manor and the land round about in Hammersmith. Most of Butterwick Manor House was demolished in 1836, except for one wing of the building,

Bradmore House Bradmore House is a listed building, Grade II listed building in Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London. The original house was part of Butterwick Manor House, owned by Edward Latymer. it had two storeys. The building was dismantled and rebui ...

. This had been converted into a separate house in 1736; it survives in rebuilt form on Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith. In 1627 Latymer split his Butterwick Manor estate three ways, allocating 6

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s of land to provide charity for the poor of

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in the

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; 8½ acres for what became

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; and 28½ acres for the Latymer Foundation at Hammersmith. File:Edward Latymer deed of conveyance 1627.png, Edward Latymer's deed of conveyance 1627, transferring land of Butterwick Manor to the Latymer Foundation File:Butterwick House by Robert Schnebbelie 1839.png, View of Butterwick House and its south wing, Bradmore House. Watercolour by

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, 1839. File:Bradmore House, Hammersmith, April 1904 by Philip Norman.jpg,

, Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith: all that survives of Butterwick Manor. 1904 lithograph by Philip Norman.

From Fulham to Hammersmith

In 1628, a school, partially funded by the estate of Dr. Thomas Edwards, who had died in around 1618, was built for the Latymer boys in the churchyard in Fulham. In 1648, the school moved to a new building, paid for by a Mr. Bull and a Mr. Palmer, in Hammersmith. This served until around 1657, when a charity school for the parish was founded in the churchyard of

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. At around the same time, and certainly before 1689, a girls' school was created, perhaps in the same building. The charity school was replaced in 1755 with a new building. It accommodated 25 girls and 20 boys. The school was expanded in 1819 to 50 girls and 80 boys. The girls' school was later closed, and the boys' school increased to 100 pupils. In 1863, the boys' school moved to a new building between King Street East (now Hammersmith Road) and Great Church Lane, a little to the east of

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. File:Schoolhouse in churchyard of St Paul's, Hammersmith.png, Painting of Latymer Charity School (right) in churchyard of

, between 1756 and 1862 File:3 Latymer Schools map.svg, The Latymer Charity School was in the centre of Hammersmith, beside St Paul's church. The later Latymer Foundation School was to the east; the current school is to the west.

Latymer Upper School, King Street

In 1878 it was agreed to build a new school in Hammersmith, with three of the governors to be appointed by the local borough council, and two by the London School Board. The

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, opened Latymer Upper School on its new site on King Street in 1895. The old buildings were used for Latymer Lower School, an "elementary" or primary school The school taught boys aged up to 16; the fees were £5, and boys from local schools could apply for scholarships. The range of subjects taught included practical mechanics and experimental chemistry. The school quickly grew to 300 pupils by 1880. The school was extended in 1901, allowing the total number of pupils to rise to 450. Latymer was further enlarged in 1930 by extending the main building to the south. The buildings at the Weltje Road and King Street corner were purchased and adapted, with the addition of a biology laboratory and the arrangement of a top floor room as a chapel; this was consecrated in 1938. The school grew substantially in 1951 to over 1000 boys with the acquisition of Rivercourt House, beside the River Thames, extending the Latymer site southwards. In 1957, the Industrial Fund for the Advancement of Science in Schools provided a grant which enabled the school to add new physics laboratories, completed in 1961; the school had grown to 1,150 by 1964. (Public Domain) In 1945, Latymer became a

, meaning that it took both state-funded and fee-paying pupils. Its head joined the

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. The Direct Grant system was abolished in 1976, removing government funding, Latymer became a public school, meaning that students normally paid fees. and the school switched to the

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, retaining a mix of partly or wholly funded places and fee-paying pupils. Latymer Prep School is a junior school for pupils from age 7 upwards on the same site, in Rivercourt House, by the River Thames. It was founded in 1951 to prepare pupils for Latymer Upper School. In 1996, the Sixth Form became

co-educational Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education, or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together. Whereas single-sex education was more common up to ...

. In 2004, the main school started on the same path, with the introduction of girls into

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; as those pupils moved up the school, it became fully co-educational by 2008. In 2018, the school won three

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awards, for "Independent School of the Year", "Independent-State School Partnerships", and "Senior School of the Year". Each year, the school gathers in the nearby church of St Paul's, Hammersmith to celebrate "Founder's Day" in honour of Edward Latymer. Latymer Upper School 1895 Building.jpg, The 1895 building File:Old Building Doorway, Latymer Upper School.jpg, The north doorway, with Edward Latymer's crest and ornamental stonework

School

Fees

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for 2024 was £8,633 per term, plus other mandatory and optional fees. Latymer offers a

bursary A bursary is a monetary award made by any educational institution or funding authority to individuals or groups. It is usually awarded to enable a student to attend school, university or college when they might not be able to, otherwise. Some awar ...

programme, with assistance ranging between a quarter and the whole of the fees, according to need. One pupil in five received a bursary in 2022. The school states that it intends to increase this to one in four and make the school "needs-blind", meaning that no applicant who passed the entrance exam would be prevented from joining the school through inability to pay fees.

Activities

The school provides many clubs and societies, including in 2024 a variety of sports, literature, dance, singing, debating, various technologies, philosophy, and photography. The school participates in the

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scheme. The school runs day trips during the school year, and it offers all students a trip from a choice of some 30 trips run every year in 'Activities Week'. These include outdoor activities such as camping and trekking, and cultural activities and sports. The Latymer Upper School Boat Club taught

Andy Holmes Andrew John Holmes MBE (15 October 1959 – 24 October 2010)

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rower ( 1984 Games and 1988 Games), and the cox Henry Fieldman,

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rower ( 2020 Games). The Boat Club has gone on to win

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, most recently with the win of the Diamond Jubilee Challenge Cup in 2019.

Facilities

The Latymer Theatre and Arts Centre, opened in 2000, includes a 300-seat galleried box theatre named the Edward Latymer Theatre and an art gallery. The Latymer Performing Arts Centre contains a drama studio, rehearsal rooms, and a 100-seat recital hall. A new Science and Library building was completed in 2010. The Sports Centre was opened in March 2016; it has a six-lane swimming pool, basketball hoops, badminton markings, cricket nets, a fitness suite, and a bouldering wall, and serves as an area for pupils to take their examinations. The school's playing fields are about a mile and a half away, on

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. The playing fields were used for training by the England Rugby Team in 2020.

Coat of arms

The armorial bearings of the founder, Edward Latymer, included his Latin motto, (). The motto puns on his surname, using an "i" in "(pau)(go)", as Latin lacks the letter "y". In 2004 the school badge was simplified, dropping the motto, and retaining only the chevron on a blue field, with a single crosslet symbol. The crest was changed again to a form more like the original one in September 2020.Latymerian, Summer 2020
page 10. .

Academic performance

Latymer Upper School was rated in 2012 by the ''Tatler Schools Guide'' as one of the highest academically performing schools in the UK. Pupils sit an examination in English and mathematics to enter the school. There were 29

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places in 2021, and several pupils went to US universities such as

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, Columbia, Dartmouth,

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, and

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. GCSE and A-Level results over five years are summarised in the table.

Notable alumni and former staff

Politics

* John Beckett (1894–1964), fascist politician *

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, Minister of State for Rail * Alan Hunt, diplomat * John Killick (1919–2004), ambassador * Ian Percival (1921–1998),

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, legal affairs correspondent for the ''

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'' *

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, Labour MP for

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, Labour MP for

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* Peter Walker (1932–2010),

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Larry 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 ...

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, Education Minister * John Crace, journalist

Film and theatre

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, theatre director *

Lily Cole Lily Luahana Cole (born 27 December 1987)"Autobiography"
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, actress and model *

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, actor *

Martyn Green William Martin Green (22 April 1899 – 8 February 1975), known by his stage name, Martyn Green, was an English actor and singer. He is remembered for his performances and recordings as principal comedian of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, in ...

(1899–1975), actor, singer, comedian *

Christopher Guard Christopher Guard (born 5 December 1953) is an English actor, musician and artist. He is known for roles such as Jim Hawkins in '' Return to Treasure Island'' (1986), Bellboy in ''Doctor Who'' serial '' The Greatest Show in the Galaxy'' (1988) ...

, actor *

Ophelia Lovibond Ophelia Lucy Lovibond (born 19 February 1986) is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Carina in the films '' Thor: The Dark World'' and '' Guardians of the Galaxy,'' Izzy Gould in the BBC's '' W1A'', Patty Failure in Disney's '' Tim ...

, actress *

Imogen Poots Imogen Gay Poots (born 3 June 1989) is an English actress. She played Tammy in the post-apocalyptic horror film ''28 Weeks Later'' (2007), Linda Keith in the Jimi Hendrix biopic ''Jimi: All Is by My Side'' (2013), Debbie Raymond in the Paul Ray ...

, actress *

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, actor *

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, actor *

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(1946–2016), actor *

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(1952–2013), actor and film director *

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, actor * Rufus Jones, actor *

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, theatre director

Music

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(1906–1979), record producer, founder of the

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* Charlie Morgan, musician * Jamie Quinn, known as Matrix *

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, singer *

Jay Sean Kamaljit Singh Jhooti (born 26 March 1981), known professionally as Jay Sean, is a British singer and songwriter. He debuted in the UK's Asian Underground scene as a member of the Rishi Rich Project with " Dance with You", which reached No. ...

, singer * Cliff Townshend, jazz musician *

Raphael Wallfisch Raphael Wallfisch (born 15 June 1953 in London) is an English cellist. Background Wallfisch was born into a family of distinguished musicians; his father was the pianist Peter Wallfisch and his mother is the cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisc ...

, cellist

Sport

Andy Holmes Andrew John Holmes MBE (15 October 1959 – 24 October 2010)

(1959–2010),

rower * Antony Hooper, cricketer *

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, cricketer * Hugh Jones, athlete *

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, rugby player *

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, rugby player

Other fields

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, TV chef and owner of

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, Buddhist monk *

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(1918–2004), author *

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(1919–1987?), member of the Waffen SS's

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(1946–2015), teacher * Richard Jackson,

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(1890–1960),

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* Philip I. Murray, professor of

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* John D. Ray, Egyptologist *

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(1920–2014), wartime codebreaker at

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(1911–2004), physicist * Jim Smith, biologist *

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, journalist *

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, poet and radio producerObituary of Terence Tiller, ''

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'', 5 January 1988, p. 14 *

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, painter *

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* Arthur Earnest Watkins, botanist * Geoff Whitty (1946–2018), sociologist

Former staff

* Peter Jacobs, piano * Max Kenworthy, music *

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, musicLatymer Upper School, Directories, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986.

Notes

References

Bibliography

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External links

Latymer Upper's official website

Latymer Prep School's official website

Official Old Latymerian website

A summary of Latymer Upper's academic performance

A detailed history of the Latymer schools at British History Online
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Member schools of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference

History

Foundation

From Fulham to Hammersmith

Latymer Upper School, King Street

School

Fees

Activities

Facilities

Coat of arms

Academic performance

Notable alumni and former staff

Politics

Film and theatre

Music

Sport

Other fields

Former staff

See also

Notes

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