on the Junior School, which it destroyed along with the cricket pavilion, Grub Shop and Manor cottage. 40 Old Foresters and one school servant lost their lives in the war. In April 1947 Gerald Miller transferred ownership of the school to a newly-formed charitable Association, and Forest school moved from being a privately-owned school to a public school (although it has since returned to being a private independent school), with about 300 pupils at this time. Post-war the school underwent a decade of transformation and expansion. The Park was levelled and expanded in 1947, providing an expanse of modern sporting pitches. The Manor cottage, Grub Shop and cricket pavilion were rebuilt and the Junior School was rebuilt in 1950. The new Aston Block was opened in 1953, providing a large, modern classroom block for the expanding pupil numbers, and the new science complex was opened in 1957. Copelands was created as the fifth house to reflect growing pupil numbers; by 1959 there were about 450 pupils including 139 boarders. Gerald Miller retired in 1960. Recent growth Shortly after the first lockdown of the Covid Pandemic, Forest opened the doors to the new floor of the prep school building, introducing a number of new classrooms, a new music school and the roof-garden, which holds an amazing view over the skyscrapers of London. The school now is a completely co-educational school with all classes mixed male and female, with the exception of houses. Subsequent Wardens Dennis Foxall 1961-1983 (Headmaster, later Warden) John Gough 1983-1993 Andrew Boggis 1993-2009 Sarah Kerr-Dineen 2009-2015 Antony Faccinello 2016 Marcus Cliff Hodges 2016–present Notable former pupils Some notable OFs include: Academia Bernard Ashmole, archaeologist and art historian Malcolm Brenner, founding director of the Center for Cell and Gene Therapy Richard J. Evans, historian, Regius Professor of Modern History, University of Cambridge and fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Richard Holmes, soldier and historian; Brigadier, British Army (TA); aide-de-camp to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II; Professor of Military and Security Studies, Cranford University Charles Townshend, historian and Professor of International History at Keele University Alan Howard Ward, physicist Arts and media Eshaan Akbar, comedian David Byron nee Garrick, lead singer of early and highly influential Heavy Metal Progressive Rock band, Uriah Heep David Cracknell, former political editor of The Sunday Times and PR executive George Dangerfield, journalist, Pulitzer Prize winning historian and literary editor of Vanity Fair Paapa