page_title: Northgate High School, Ipswich
section_title: Northgate Grammar School
hierarchical_section_title: Northgate High School, Ipswich / Notable alumni / Northgate Grammar School
caption_attribution_description: English: en:Brian Cant, English actor, television presenter and writer
context_page_description: Northgate High School is a secondary school situated in north Ipswich, Suffolk, England. It is a co-educational comprehensive school, for ages 11–16, and 16-18 in the Sixth Form Department. It has approximately 1700 children on roll.
  Currently, the Headteacher is Rowena Mackie.
  The school makes use of the Council-run Northgate Sports Centre, which has an Olympic standard running track.
context_section_description: Graham Addicott, TV Producer-Director, IRN Foreign Correspondent, ITV Presenter/Reporter and founder of First Freedom Productions
  Rear-Adm Paul Bass CB, Flag Officer Portsmouth and Port Admiral Portsmouth from 1979-1981
  Michael Blackburn, Chief Executive from 1993-98 of the Halifax Building Society, Chief Executive from 1987–93 of the Leeds Permanent Building Society, and President from 1998-99 of the Chartered Institute of Bankers
  Very Rev Mark Bonney, Dean of Ely since 2012
  Malcolm Brabant, BBC Foreign Correspondent
  Helen Boaden, former Director of BBC News
  David Brighty CMG CVO, Ambassador to Cuba from 1989–91, Czech and Slovak Republic from 1991-94, and to Spain (and Andorra) from 1994-98
  Adrian Brown, International orchestra conductor
  Bernard Buckham, Daily Mirror journalist, and Editor from 1918-20 of the Sunday Herald
  Terry Burrows, author/musician
  Brian Cant, long-established former BBC children's television presenter
  John Constable, Headteacher since 2010 of Langley Grammar School, Deputy Head from 2003-09 of Wycombe High School and from 1998-2003 of Sir William Borlase's Grammar School
  James Easter, international speedway team manager from 1984-2000 of ENGLAND:Australia:USA
  David Edwards, Theatre Directorship
  Sir Cyril English, Director-General from 1968–76 of the City and Guilds of London Institute
  Dr Edward Glazier CB, Director from 1967-72 of the Royal Radar Establishment
  Prof Malcolm Guthrie, Professor of Bantu Languages from 1951–70 at the University of London
  Garry Hart, Baron Hart of Chilton, Chancellor from 2008-14 of the University of Greenwich
  Birkin Haward, architect (designer of West Ham station - with his wife, Joanna van Heyningen)
  Sir Edmund Hirst CBE, Forbes Professor from 1947–68 of Organic Chemistry at the University of Edinburgh, President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh from 1959–64 and President from 1956-8 of the Royal Society of Chemistry; he was the first person to synthesise Vitamin C in 1933.
  Stuart Jarrold, Anglia TV Correspondent
  Nik Kershaw, singer and songwriter
  Jane Lapotaire, actress
  Prof Alan Little, Professor of Social Administration from 1978-86 at Goldsmiths' College
  Geoffrey Lucas, General Secretary from 2000-11 of The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference, Director of the PGCE course from 1980-89 at Trinity and All Souls College, Leeds
  Vice Adm Alan Massey CBE, Chief Executive from 2010-18 of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, Second Sea Lord from 2008-10, and Commander from 2001-02 of HMS Illustrious, and from 2002-03 of HMS Ark Royal
  Peter Mornard, Wimbledon referee
  Sir Trevor Nunn CBE, legendary film and theatre director and married to the actress Imogen Stubbs
  Dame Winifred Prentice, President from 1972-76 of the Royal College of Nursing
  Nigel Roome, Professor from 1993-96 at the Schulich School of Business, from 1996-99 at University of Tilburg, from 1999-2006 at Erasmus University Rotterdam, from 2006-11 at Free University Brussels and from 2010 at the Vlerick Business School and Chair since 2006 of the European Academy of Business and Society
  Frank Salmon, architectural historian
  Peter Sharman CBE, Chief General Manager from 1975-84 for the Norwich Union Insurance Group
  Cecil Studd, England international hockey player
  Sir Frank Willis CBE, General Secretary from 1939-55 of the National Council of YMCAs, who married the daughter of the biochemist Sir Frederick Walker Mott FRS
  Donald Woods FRS, Iveagh Professor of Chemical Microbiology from 1955–64 at the University of Oxford, won the 1953 Marjory Stephenson Prize
caption: Brian Cant in 2009
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