Westcliff High School for Boys
Westcliff High School for Boys is an 11–18 selective academy grammar school for boys in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England. In September 2001 the school was awarded ‘Beacon’ status for its breadth of achievements and quality of work. The school was classed as a ‘Humanities College’ in early 2007 and received a further specialism in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics on 1 April 2009. The school converted to academy status in 2010.Headmasters
- 1920 - 1942, Herbert Glynne Williams
- 1943 - 1946, Eric Ayres
- 1947 - 1970, Henry Cloke
- 1970 - 1990, Philip Clarke
- 1990 - 2012, Andrew Baker
- 2012 - present, Michael Skelly
Notable Old Westcliffians
- Eric Sams, musicologist and Shakespeare scholar
- Alan Hurst - former Labour Braintree MP
- Prof Alfred Adams, Professor of Physics at the University of Surrey from 1987–2008
- Benjamin Grosvenor - musician
- Sir Chris Clarke OBE, leader of Somerset County Council from 1993 to 200
- David Nixon - magician
- Edward Greenfield, music critic working for The Guardian from 1977–93
- James O'Donnell, organist and choirmaster of Westminster Abbey 2000-
- John Hutton - Former Labour Cabinet minister, now a Lord
- Joshua Hayward - musician
- Stuart Jack, Governor of the Cayman Islands from 2005-9
- Tim Bowler, writer
- Wilko Johnson - rock musician, guitarist/vocalist, and songwriter, for Dr. Feelgood
- Air Vice-Marshal Nigel Maddox CBE, station commander of RAF Bruggen from 1996-9
- Rt Rev Ian James Brackley, Bishop of Dorking 1996-
- Sir Alan Cook, physicist
- Bob Parr MBE MSc FRGS - Emmy Award-winning television producer, SAS soldier, intelligence analyst and singlehanded transatlantic yachtsman
- Gary Brooker, lead singer of the band Procol Harum
- Jamie Reeves - Two-time FA Vase winning semi-professional footballer and football pundit
- Geoffrey Crawley, photographic expert and journalist, and exposer of the Cottingley Fairies hoax
- Peter Bone, Conservative MP for Wellingborough
- Derek Wyatt MP – Member of Parliament for Sittingbourne & Sheppey 1997–2010. Played rugby union for Oxford University and England
- Neil Harman - chief tennis correspondent, The Times
