King Alfred School, London
The King Alfred School is a co-educational independent day school in Golders Green in North West London. It was founded in London in 1898 by Charles E. Rice, a former teacher at Bedales School . The school was considered "radical" for its era, as it provided a secular education in a co-educational setting.
Hyperpop
The school has several alumni associated with the Hyperpop musical genre, including PC Music founder A. G. Cook, songwriter Finn Keane, singer GFOTY and producer/composer Danny L Harle.Notable former pupils
- Ian Aitken, journalist and political commentator
- Pegaret Anthony, artist and lecturer
- Nora Beloff, journalist
- Richard Clements, journalist and political adviser
- Nina Conti, actress, ventriloquist and comedian
- A.G. Cook, musician and founder of the web label PC Music
- Richard Gregory, experimental psychologist
- J. B. Gunn, physicist
- Dylan Howe, musician and composer
- Lucy Jones, artist
- Alexis Korner, pop musician
- Paul Kossoff, pop musician
- Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter, geometer
- Danny Kustow, pop musician
- Chloe Madeley, television host, journalist and ice skater
- Juliet Mitchell, psychologist
- Heydon Prowse, actor and activist
- Gaby Roslin, television presenter
- Jolyon Rubinstein, actor and activist
- Raphael Samuel, historian
- Peggy van Praagh, ballet dancer, teacher and director
- Zoë Wanamaker, actor
- Bonnie Wright, actress
- Emily Young, sculptor