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MENU QUICK LINKS Debating Home Activities SUB MENU CONTACT US SHARE The school's first Chair of Governors Jonathan Backhouse Hodgkin, a passionate educator, was determined to develop the then boys' skills of public speaking and especially "thinking on their feet", every year since 1915 the school has run and annual debating competition known as the JBH Speech Competition The topics of which puts a mirror up to the history and social changes of the UK. From "Now is the time to make peace" by Joseph Fryer in 1915, to Anglo-Egyptian relations (1951), the Euro (2001), the ordination of women (1989), nuclear deterrent (1959) to prison reform (2010). Those who have put themselves under the spotlight have gone on to a huge variety of walks of life. Michael Foot, considered by many to be one of Britain's greatest orators, came in second place, deliberating on the future of the Liberal Party. Others include the publisher of "Spycatcher" Nick Hudson, celebrated film director Karel Reisz, MP Sir Tony Baldry and Lord Quentin Davies, pioneering surgeon Tim Dudderidge, or the first female winner, Headmistress Alice Hudson. Visit us at an open day Request a Prospectus Latest Leighton Park news SUB MENU Drama Music Media and Film Production Sport Trips and Tours Away Duke of Edinburgh Community Outreach Debating BACK TO TOP Old Leightonians Portal Enterprises Contact Us Registered Charity Number 309144 Credits