Abbot Beyne School

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History

Grammar school

Comprehensive

Academic performance

Sport

Alumni

The Grammar School

• Dr Norman Allen CB, President from 1961-2 of the Institute of Metallurgists
• Michael Thomas Bass, brewer
• Prof Alec Beardmore, Professor of Genetics from 1966–97 at Swansea University
• Prof Adrian Brown, Professor of Biology and Chemistry of Fermentation from 1899–1919 at the University of Birmingham
• Bernard Crump, Chief Executive since 2005 of the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement
• Sir Cecil Dannatt OBE MC, Professor of Electrical Engineering from 1940–4 at the University of Birmingham
• Sir Oscar de Ville CBE, Chairman from 1987-91 of Meyer International
• Prof , Professor of Landscape Architecture from 1967–77 at Newcastle University, and President from 1967-9 of the Institute of Landscape Architects
• Anthony Hardy, serial killer in London
• Paul Harvey
• Sir Francis Ley
• Alfred Ernest Newbould, Liberal MP from 1919-22 for Leyton West
• Bob Plant MC
• Prof Roy Pryce, Director from 1983-90 of the Federal Trust for Education and Research
• Prof. Hugh Richmond, Professor of English, University of California, Berkeley, 1957–1994.
• Edward Wightman, nontrinitarian Baptist pastor, last person burnt at the stake for heresy in England
• Alastair Yates, former BBC & Sky News journalist

  The Comprehensive School

• Jane Furniss, Chief Executive since 2006 of the Independent Police Complaints Commission
• Dr Pamela Horn, author
• Hannah Bladon

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