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Revision as of 15:12, 25 March 2007 by Dans345 (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)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, boys and girls, aged between 7 and 18 years with good boarding facilities availible.
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.
Chigwell School is situated between Epping Forest and Hainault Forest and ten miles away from London. Chigwell is represented on the Headmasters’ and Headmistresses’ Conference (HMC) and the Incorporated Association of Preparatory Schools (IAPS).
Chigwell School is a Registered Charity, number 310866, it exists to provide the best, well balanced education to its pupils.
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.
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