school's selective admissions policy. Sometimes this has been because the prospective boy's parents have moved to the area assuming a place will be guaranteed, when this is not the case. The school was also on a list of schools breaching admissions laws in England. The Barnet education authority asked for an investigation by Her Majesty's Inspectorate. Contribution requests In 2014 it was reported that the school, despite not being of independent school status, was making regular forcible requests to parents for 'voluntary donations' in order to provide the facilities pupils needed, with parents contributing monthly, usually around £60. The school justified these requests by saying that state funding was not sufficient to provide a sound education and "the polish for boys to go on to the best universities". References External links Old Elizabethans EduBase News items Telegraph August 2009 Observer May 1999 Boys' schools in London 1573 establishments in England Educational institutions established in the 1570s Academies in the London Borough of Barnet Grammar schools in the London Borough of Barnet Training schools in England Chipping Barnet