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.

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 (real name Alex Cook), musician and founder of the web label PC Music

Richard Gregory, experimental psychologist

J. B. Gunn, physicist

Fergus Henderson, restaurateur and founder of St John restaurants in London

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

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1898 establishments in England

Educational institutions established in 1898

Private co-educational schools in London

Private schools in the London Borough of Barnet

King Alfred School, London