Royal Liberty School


The Royal Liberty School is a state comprehensive secondary school for boys aged 11 to 16, located in Gidea Park in the London Borough of Havering.
It was once a traditional English grammar school, and also had a sixth form until 1992. In 2017 the school joined the .
The school is situated on Upper Brentwood Road about 400 metres north of Gidea Park railway station, and approximately halfway between Gidea Park and Ardleigh Green to the north-east of Romford. It is in the parish of St. Michael & All Angels, Gidea Park.

Houses

The school's houses were previously known as Danes, Normans, Romans and Saxons. Then there was a period where they were known as Darwin, Newton, Rutherford and Salk. They are now known as Discovery, Challenger, Endeavour, Voyager and Apollo to reflect the school's status as a Science College.

History

Grammar school

The school was founded in 1921 in the buildings at the grounds of Hare Hall and takes its name from the Royal Liberty of Havering.
The Royal Liberty was the first school in Europe to install an electronic computer in 1965.
As a grammar school, it operated a squadron of the Combined Cadet Force, incorporating basic, army, navy, and air cadets.

Comprehensive school