We were blessed this morning, February 22, to welcome our friends, Margaret and Barry Mizen in to school to chat to two groups of students, from Year 11 and Year 12.

Their son, Jimmy, was attacked and murdered on May 10 2008 in a Baker’s shop in Lee Green in South London after a glass dish was thrown at him during an altercation.

The Mizens are very supportive of our school and  work tirelessly travelling the length and breadth of the country sharing their message of love, peace, forgiveness and hope to young people with their ‘For Jimmy’ charity. 

Their visit today comes as the 10th anniversary of Jimmy’s death approaches and they spoke from the heart, candidly about the impact his murder has had on their family.

They stressed the importance of forgiveness and the need for young people to be kind to each other.

Director of Religious Studies, Andy Lewis, invited them in and said: “They met with our senior 6th Form TELCO representatives as well afterwards and urged them to help them get involved with community issues telling them their input was vital to bring about change.”