Catalogue description HABERDASHERS' ASKE'S HATCHAM SCHOOL

The content of this archive relates to the Boys's school, unless otherwise indicated.

The records are arranged as follows:

Headmaster, S/4/1/1-31

Staff, S/4/2/1-27

Administration, S/4/3/1-6

Financial, S/4/4/1-12

Admissions, S/4/5/1-18

Examinations, S/4/6/1-1-10

Building related, S/4/7/1-8

Events, S/4/8/1/1-38

Inspectors, S/4/9/1

Pupils, S/4/10/1-20

Sports Clubs, S/4/11/1-7

Concerts, S/4/12/1-7

Dramatic Society, S/4/13/1-2

Literary and Debating Society, S/4/14/1-34

Combined Cadet Force, S/4/15/1-16

Explorers' Club, S/4/16/1-9

Newsletters, S/4/17/1-7

News Cuttings, S/4/18/1-20

Photographs, S/4/19/1-20

Uniforms, S/4/20

History, S/4/21/1-12

Books, S/4/22/1-4

Old Askean Club/Association, S/4/23/1-36

Miscellaneous, S/4/24/1-9

See also S/3, for Old Askean Archive, and A97/25 for small collection of plans.

Haberdashers' Aske's School, Hatcham

Access: Open, except where noted

The following items were received from F.A. Clewley and Mr D. Poston.

Dates of accession: 1973, 1991

The school grew out of a charitable bequest by Robert Aske, a wealthy member of the Haberdashers' Company. This bequest initially founded a hospital and school in Hoxton in 1692, the latter for sons of Haberdashers. In 1873 the charity was reorganised, following the demolition of the original hospital and school buildings. Haberdasher Aske's School was opened, as a a grammar school, on, Jerningham Road, New Cross, in 1875, originally as two schools, one for boys and one for girls. In 1946, they became voluntarily controlled: maintained by the LEA, but retaining close links with the Haberdashers' Company, who retained their seats on the Board of Governors. From 1965, there was close collaboration between the Boys' and Girls' schools. In 1979, the schools went fully comprehensive. They formally merged when their status changed once again, to become a City Technology College (CTC) , in 1991.

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