Whether you left the Latymer School five or fifty years ago, we are always delighted to hear from our former students! So please drop us a line at alumni@latymer.co.uk to let us know your current contact details and what you have been up to.

There is much you can do to keep involved with your old school. Perhaps you might be able to provide work experience for current students, or want to tell us about something that you have working on which could be of interest to our school community, or maybe you’re in position to consider donating money or your time to the school in some capacity...

But if you’re just in it for school reunions, keeping in touch with old friends and a continued interest in the school, that’s completely ok. Either way we would love to hear from you!

Launch of a new alumni network

In 2023, we launched Latymer Links, our new network for former students and former staff. For the Latymer School, it is crucial to maintain a good relationship with former students to:

• Bring the Latymer community together: help alumni stay connected with the school and each other to create a sense of shared history (e.g. school and social events, in person or virtual).
• Boost the employability of Latymer students (e.g. careers fair, mentoring).
• Provide an opportunity to give back (financial support, volunteering, in-kind gifts).

To make the above objectives possible and to ensure a joined-up approach to alumni relations within the school and its community, we created a Development & Alumni Relations Department within the school. This team runs Latymer Links with direct involvement from the Headteacher, to help anchor alumni relations at the heart of the school. We are the unique point of contact for all former students, current students and teachers.

Our vision for Latymer Links is to create a global community of engagement, lifelong value and support to serve the diverse and evolving needs of each member of our alumni community.

We aim to foster a lifetime spirit of belonging and pride by connecting alumni, students, and friends to the Latymer School and each other.

What next?

Membership

Latymer Links offers free automatic enrolment to all former students. Whether you were a LOSA member or not, you get free access to Latymer Links.

Activities

In essence, activities will continue in some format, and we hope that your experience will only be improved!

• A new online community where you can register for free and read news, search for former classmates, buy Latymer-branded merchandise and much more. Visit www.latymerlinks.co.uk to learn more!
• Summer Reunion Day will benefit from wider advertising amongst the entire alumni community. In 2024, the reunion is on Saturday 6^th July (head to www.latymerlinks.co.uk to buy your tickets).
• For the time being, the Top 80 Draw will continue to be drawn. Please see below for details on how to take part.

Over the coming months and years, we also want to develop new activities, which could include a mentoring scheme, networking events, etc. Watch this space for the future!

LOSA

The Latymer School has been extremely fortunate to have had an enthusiastic and hard-working committee to run LOSA (Latymer Old Students' Association) over the years. Sadly it was proving extremely difficult to encourage younger Latymerians to join LOSA. Around half of LOSA members were aged 75+ and a traditional subscription / committee-based model was proving hard to sustain.

Action therefore needed to be taken to ensure that the Latymer School had a sustainable model for working with its former students. At LOSA’s AGM on 15^th March 2022, LOSA members voted through a package of changes to pass the Alumni Relations baton to the School and Latymer Links.

We are really grateful for the overwhelmingly positive response we received to these plans. We would like to say a huge thank you to LOSA and its committee for their fantastic work over the years. The organisation may change but the Latymer spirit will remain alive within the Old Student / Alumni community!

Social media

To keep up-to-date with the Latymer School, follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
You can also follow our Alumni Network on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Contact details

Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions:

• Email: alumni@latymer.co.uk
• By post: Alumni Relations, The Latymer School, Haselbury Road, London N9 9TN

We look forward to welcoming you all within Latymer Links!