Inner London Education Authority to merge it with St Jude's Church of England School to form a comprehensive school. Parmiter's Grammar School had grown to 525 boys by 1976, but the days of the grammar school were numbered. New campus, new era The school moved to Garston, Hertfordshire as a mixed comprehensive school in 1977. The grammar school in Bethnal Green closed in the same year. The school acquired grant maintained status in 1991, and returned to voluntary aided status in September 1999. In April 2010, Parmiter's School hosted Any Questions?, a topical debate on the elections, broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Academic performance and reputation The Financial Times Secondary School rankings 2011 showed Parmiter's in 278th place out of 2190 schools. The Evening Standard places Parmiter's School in 54th place out of 269 state schools in south-east England in 2010 based upon GCSE and A-Level results. The Ofsted inspection in September 2011 found that Parmiter's was "an outstanding school with an outstanding sixth form." Sports In both 2005 and 2006, the Year 12 football team reached the final of the ESFA National Cup, narrowly losing twice. Admissions The school used to be highly selective (though always taking siblings regardless of ability, so making it technically a non-selective school), however following a judgment by the School Adjudicator for England the school was forced to cap its intake based on academic ability at 25%. Houses Beven Carter Lee Mayhew Renvoize Woolley Notable former pupils Former pupils of the boys' grammar school in Bethnal Green Tom Burns (professor of sociology, wrote studies of the BBC and corporations) John Cartwright (former West Ham Utd footballer, later controversial England youth coach) Sir Terence Clark KBE CMG CVO (born 19 June 1934), British retired diplomat and writer. John Crow (former governor of the Bank of Canada) Terence Knapp (actor, director, educator, and author) Alp Mehmet (UK Ambassador to Iceland) Dave Pearson (painter) Graham Stilwell (England no.2 tennis player) Alfie Stokes (professional footballer) Tommy Walsh (TV gardener, Ground Force) Geoffrey Woolley (Victoria Cross recipient) attended the school up to the age of 10. Former pupils of the mixed comprehensive in Hertfordshire: Nathan Byrne (English footballer) Captain Everything! (punk rock band) Tom Carroll (English footballer) Will Cozens (The Capital FM Network Radio DJ) Harry Crawford (footballer) (Southend United F.C. Professional Footballer) Oliver Dowden CBE MP Connor Emerton (cricketer) Steven Finn (Middlesex and England cricketer) Nick Leeson (responsible