Notable Members of Staff and Governing Body
- John Ireton, brother of Henry Ireton, Cromwellian General
- 1st Earl of Mansfield, Lord Chief Justice, owner of Kenwood, noted for judgment finding contracts for slavery unenforceable in English law
- T. S. Eliot OM (1888–1965), American-born British poet, dramatist, and literary critic, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1948.
- The Right Hon Sir Robert Stopford KCVO, CBE, Bishop of London, Chaplain to The Queen
- Rev Kenneth Hunt, footballer who was instrumental in taking Wolverhampton Wanderers to FA Cup victory
- Jon Ingold, author
- Sir Kyffin Williams RA - award-winning Welsh artist
- Dr Andrew (Zbigniew) Szydlo FRSC is a current chemistry lecturer. Dr Szydlo made a name for himself by appearing on the Channel 4 TV Show That'll Teach Them/ BBC FOUR Absolute Zero. Author of Water that does not wet hands: The Alchemy of Michael Sendivogius. He has featured in National Geographic's Big, Bigger, Biggest; Cargo Plane in which he demonstrates how a jet engine works, Highgate School features in the program.
- Albert Knight, England cricketer
- Graham Wallas, socialist and founder of the Fabian Society
- William Grylls Adams FRS, Professor of Astronomy
- Charles Burney FRS, music scholar
- Alan Palmer, historian and biographer
- Jonathan Shepperd, groundskeeper and owner of Trojan Skateboards
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