Alumni and Visitors
Locally it is well known as the secondary school that the comedian Lee Evans attended The sixth form was visited in May 2006 by the former MP Tony Benn who delivered a speech on politics to sixth form students. Other guests who have visited the school include survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp Josef Perl. Annually John Baron MP, a Conservative Party politician and MP for Billericay, comes to debate with students on political issues of a local, national and international nature. Other alumni include Michael Todd the former chief constable of Greater Manchester Police, and Josh Dubovie, a singer who has been selected to represent the UK at the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest. One pupil Charlie Wernham has had success on ITV's Britain's Got Talent.
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