Haberdashers' Boys' School
Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School is a British public school in Elstree, near Borehamwood, in the county of Hertfordshire. It owes its name to its foundation by the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers through the agency of Robert Aske.
The school was originally established in Hoxton, near the City of London. In the nineteenth century it was divided into two, one part moving to Hatcham in South London, where it was formally known as the Haberdashers' Aske's School Hatcham, but usually referred to as "Aske's". This school is now a maintained, co-educational comprehensive school though it retains links with the Haberdashers Company. The other part moved to a site in Hampstead, North London, near Kilburn, eventually becoming a direct grant school. Its formal name was the Haberdashers' Aske's School Hampstead, but it was was generally known as "Haberdashers". In 1961 this school moved to its present site at Elstree, initially taking the name "Haberdashers' Aske's School Elstree". When the Labour government of 1964-70 withdrew the direct grant arrangements, it became fully fee-paying.
Past pupils
- Simon Schama (born 1945), British Historian
- David Baddiel (born 1964), British comedian
- Alexander S. Bermange (born c. 1977), British composer, lyricist, and musical director[1][2]
- Sacha Baron Cohen (born c. 1972), British comedian
- Damon Hill (born 1960), British motor racing champion
- Nicholas Serota, Director of Tate Galleries (1988-)
- William Sutcliffe (born 1971), British author