Chingford Foundation School

Chingford Foundation School is a state secondary school located in Chingford in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. Notable alumni include professional footballer David Beckham, designer Jonathan Ive and the former professional head of the British Armed Forces, Peter Harding. Chingford County High School (a co-educational, selective grammar school) was opened in 1938, in temporary premises at Hawkwood House in Yardley Lane. In the following year it was evacuated to the west of England and it did not begin to occupy its present buildings in Nevin Drive until 1941. The school was enlarged in 1957. In 1968, secondary schools in Waltham Forest adopted the Comprehensive system. It became Chingford Senior High School with a mixed-ability...