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Quintin Kynaston School

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Main page Quintin Kynaston (QK) is a local comprehensive secondary school in Swiss Cottage in City Quintin Kynaston School
Contents of Westminster, London. It became a Specialist Technology College in 2001.[1]
Type Foundation school
Featured content Headteacher Jo Shuter
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1 Admissions Specialism Technology
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2.1 Grammar school St John's Wood
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Contact Wikipedia 4.2 Polytechnic Secondary School DfE number ???/4295
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The school is a North London comprehensive which is known for the ethnic diversity of its
students and the cultural harmony amongst them. The school is also noted for having a large Colours Pale blue
number of students gifted in the expressive arts field: Suggs, lead singer of '80s band Website QK School
Madness, RnB singer Shola Ama, and Tulisa Contostavlos from the band N-Dubz.
QK's head Jo Shuter was awarded the CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours announced on 12 June 2010.[2]
It is situated on Marlborough Hill next to the west side of the A41 in the north of the borough of Westminster in St John's Wood, close
to the boundary with the Borough of Camden, and just south of South Hampstead railway station and the junction with the B509.

History [edit]

It started life as the Polytechnic Secondary School, part of Regent Street Polytechnic, itself now part of the University of Westminster,
known as Polytechnic Boys' Day School from 1886-1919. It was a voluntary aided school.

Grammar school [edit]

In 1944 it became a grammar school, and became Quintin School in 1946, named after Quintin Hogg (merchant), who founded Regent
Street Polytechnic in 1882. It was a voluntary controlled school. A new building was built in 1956 in St John's Wood. It had around 550
boys.

Comprehensive [edit]
It was named Quintin Kynaston School in 1969 after Sir Kynaston Studd OBE, a former president of the Regent Street Polytechnic, and
Lord Mayor of London in 1928, and an old Etonian. It was a boys' comprehensive school when the school merged with the next-door
Kynaston Technical School, known as the Paddington Secondary Technical School before 1956. It became a co-educational school in
1976.
In September 2003 the British prime minister, Tony Blair, launched the 'Extended Schools' scheme at Quintin Kynaston. [3] Recently QK
has become known for its Student Voice 'faculty.' This faculty consists of a Prefect team, a School Council, a Student Leadership Team,
Peer Mentors, Community / Subject / Pastoral Leaders and Assistant Youth Workers and an SEN Student Forum. Tony Blair visited the
school again in 2006.
In May 2005, the school featured in the 30-minute long BBC documentary Head on the Block, made by the headteacher's sister, Debbie
Shuter. It was not broadcast as planned because the BBC decided that it broke their rules on objectivity, although this was strongly
denied by Debbie Shuter.[4][5]

Headteachers [edit]

Headteacher Era School

Dr V Butler-Smith 1886 - 1892 Polytechnic Day School for Boys
Mr Charles Mitchell and Mr David Polytechnic Commercial School and Polytechnic Technical School
1892 - c.1918
Woodhall respectively
Mr Percy Abbott 1919 - 1934 Polytechnic Secondary School
Mr Frederick Wilkinson 1934 - 1937 Polytechnic Secondary School
Dr Bernard Worsnop 1937 - 1958 Polytechnic Secondary School and The Quintin School
Mr A J Holt 1958 - 1969 The Quintin School

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Mr T G Jones 1956 - 1959 Kynaston Technical School
Mr G H Harmer 1959 - 1969 Kynaston Technical School
Mr A J Holt 1969 - 1972 Quintin Kynaston School
Mr Peter Mitchell 1972 - 1983 Quintin Kynaston School
Mr Laurie Goodhand 1983 - 1986 Quintin Kynaston School
Ms Shiela Madgwick 1987 - 1994 Quintin Kynaston School
Mr Nicholas Elliott-Kemp 1994 - 2001 Quintin Kynaston School
2002 -
Mrs Jo Shuter Quintin Kynaston School
present

(from: http://www.qkschool.org.uk/about/history/head-teachers )

Academic performance [edit]

The school has successfully created, many 'school systems' that are now being used in other schools. In September 2004 the school
received an excellent OFSTED report. The Section 5 Ofsted inspection of 10 December 2008 characterized QK as "an outstanding
school and exceptionally well led by its inspirational headteacher".[6]
It gets the third best GCSE results in Westminster LEA with above average results. Results at A level are weaker - below the national
average, however the school performs strongly in measures of contextual value added.

Notable alumni [edit]

Shola Ama, singer

Architechs, band
Jak Beula entrepreneur and founder of Nubian Jak
Richard Causton, composer
Learco Chindamo
Tulisa Contostavlos, from London hip hop act N-Dubz
Steve New, guitarist
Dean Parrett, footballer
Murad Qureshi, member of the London Assembly
Suggs (singer) (Graham McPherson), musician Madness

Quintin School [edit]

Prof Brian Butterworth, Professor of Cognitive Neuropsychology since 1992 at University College London
Sir George Cox, Chairman from 2004-7 of the Design Council, Director General from 1999-2004 of the Institute of Directors, and
President since 2008 of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
Ian Davies , flamenco guitarist
Randolph Fields, helped to found Virgin Atlantic Airways
Prof Andy Hopper CBE, serial entrepreneur, Professor of Computer Technology and Head of Department, Computer Laboratory since
2004 at the University of Cambridge, Professor of Communications from 1997-2004, and Research Director from 1979-84 of Acorn
Computers
Prof Martin Kilduff, Diageo Professor of Management Studies since 2008 at the Judge Business School, Cambridge
Norman Perry, Chief Executive from 1995-2000 of Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council, and from 1990-5 of Wolverhampton
Metropolitan Borough Council

Polytechnic Secondary School [edit]

William Frankel, journalist
David Gascoyne, poet
Oswald Groenings, athlete
Michael Ivens CBE, poet
Gerald Kersh, novelist
Jack Parker (cricketer)
Sir Isidore Salmon CBE, Conservative MP from 1924-41 for Harrow
Rt Rev Albert John Trillo, Bishop of Chelmsford from 1971-85
Sir Richard Way CB CBE, Principal from 1975-80 of King's College London

References [edit]

1. ^ "More schools get specialist status" . The BBC. 21 June 2001. Retrieved November 28th, 2009.
2. ^ "Birthday Honours List" . BBC News. Retrieved 12 June 2010.
3. ^ Teaching Awards
4. ^ "BBC drops film on 'inspirational teacher' - made by her sister" . Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
5. ^ "Superhead to the rescue (the director's cut)" . Guardian. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
6. ^ Kazmi, Asyia (10 December 2008). "Quintin Kynaston School Inspection Report" . Ofsted. Retrieved 03 December 2009.

External links [edit]

Quintin Kynaston Official Site

School history

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