Alumni
- Bob Brunning, Founder member of Fleetwood Mac
- Joy Carroll, Inspiration for the Vicar of Dibley
- Sir Lewis Casson, Established the Actors' Association which became the British Actors' Equity Association.
- Bernard Cornwell, Historical novelist
- Helen Glover, London 2012 Olympic Gold medal-winning rower
- Harry Greenway, Former MP for Ealing North
- Philip Kingsford, in 1912 held the best-ever triple jump record by an English-born athlete
- George Leighton, Teacher, philanthropist, 1st Chairman of Georgewell Hall
- Ron Pickering, Athletics coach and BBC sports commentator
- Paul Potts, English tenor. Winner of ITV's Britain's Got Talent 2007
- Anthony Willis, Paralympic games silver high jump and gold Pentathlon winner.
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