Headmaster's Notes 03
(1958-59)

THE existence of a sixth form, small though it is, has played a I valuable part in the development of the school, while the results achieved by 4A, 5A and 5B in the General Certificate of Education are no less satisfactory than those of 1958. The new Lower Sixth will number about 60, and of the 70 boys who made up our second forms when the school opened, about 50 are staying on after the age of 16. The school roll of nearly 600 included a form of boys who have joined Vyner's School, as Ickenham Grammar School is now called. We wish our new neighbour every success.

The principal events in the cultural life of the school have been another enterprising and successful concert, and a memorable production of Journey's End.

The responsibility of the senior pupils in the day-to-day running of a school is something which other countries imitate, wonder at, or fail to understand. The appointment in 1958 of Prefects and School Monitors has established the pattern for this school, and the first holders of office are to be congratulated on the high standard they have set.

In July the school said good-bye to Mr. D. J. Holness, who will be in charge of Physical Education at Rye Grammar School, Sussex, and to Monsieur P. Benielli, our first French Assistant, while at Easter Mr. P. A. Johnson left to take up a post at the Wilhelm-Löhe Schule, Nürnberg, Germany. Our good wishes go with them.

In Mr. Johnson's place we welcome Mr. J. S. Kinsey, M.A., Hertford College, Oxford, from Southfield School, Oxford.

In September 1959 we welcomed Mrs. M. J. Scott, B.Sc(Hons.), Manchester, to teach Zoology and Botany; Mr. P. J. Cahill, Diploma in Physical Education, Loughborough, in place of Mr. Holness: Mr. B. J. Clarke, B.Sc., Birkbeck College, London, to teach Mathematics and Science; Mr. D. Dixon, B.A., Christ's College, Cambridge, to teach Classics and English: and Monsieur Tafani, French Assistant.

Few things have given me greater pleasure than to see the first cricket match on our own field this summer. Nor should we have to wait long for athletic facilities. It is hoped that work may begin on the school grounds before this magazine is published. I must again pay tribute to the forbearance and kindness of the Headmasters of Queensmead and Northwood Secondary Modern Schools, who have helped us out since the school opened.