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| The school motto is ''aut viam inveniam aut faciam'', a Latin phrase which translates literally as ''Either I shall find a way or I shall make one'', but is usually rendered as ''Find a way or make a way''. | The school motto is ''aut viam inveniam aut faciam'', a Latin phrase which translates literally as ''Either I shall find a way or I shall make one'', but is usually rendered as ''Find a way or make a way''. | ||
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Chigwell School is an English public school in the Epping Forest district of Essex. It was founded by Samuel Harsnett in 1629. There are around 730 pupils, aged between 7 and 18 years.
The school motto is aut viam inveniam aut faciam, a Latin phrase which translates literally as Either I shall find a way or I shall make one, but is usually rendered as Find a way or make a way.
There are four day houses, named Caswalls', Lambourne, Penn's, and Swallow's. The boarding houses are Grange Court, Sandon Lodge, and Hainault House.
Some Famous Old Chigwellians
- Ken Campbell, Actor.
- Tim Collins, Conservative politician.
- Sir Arthur Grimble, Colonial governor.
- Austin Bradford Hill, Medical statistician and epidemiologist.
- Sir Ian Holm, Actor.
- Michael Marshall Smith, Novelist.
- William Penn, Founder of the American state of Pennsylvania.
- Ben Shephard, Television presenter.
- Horace Smith, Nineteenth-century poet.
- Prof. Sir Bernard Williams, philosopher.
- Michael Winner, Food critic, director and the face of "Esure"
- Bernard Matthews, Creator of food processing company "Bernard Matthews"
- Neil Hamilton, Former Conservative MP
- SAZ 7014, The most famous number plate in Essex
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