The following were unable to attend the celebrations, but sent their best wishes to the school and to those Old Edwardians who may remember them.
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| Milton Samuels | ? |
| Lord Allen of Abbeydale | 1923 - 1930 |
| Sir Geofroy Tory | 1925 - 1931 |
| Eric Bradford | 1930 - 1935 |
| Peter Upton | 1932 - 1940 |
| R.G. Hemingway | 1935 - 1943 |
| John Hemingway | 1937 - 1946 |
| Andrew McQuater | 1938 - 1946 |
| Ronald Eadon | 1939 - 1944 |
| Alan Johansson | 1939 - 1948 |
| Brian Buckroyd | 1939 - 1949 |
| Robert Searle-Barnes | 1939 - 1949 |
| J. Rippon | 1940 - 1944 |
| Peter Robinson | 1940 - 1947 |
| John Roake | 1941 - 1948 |
| Ian Flowers | 1941 - 1948 |
| Geoffrey Beighton | 1941 - 1948 |
| Sir Norman Adsetts | 1942 - 1950 |
| D.E. Gabbitas | 1942 - 1950 |
| Peter Hollingworth | 1943 - 1952 |
| John Maddock | 1946 - 1953 |
| Ray Shaw | 1945 - 1953 |
| P. Riggott | 1949 - 1954 |
| David Elliott | 1949 - 1955 |
| Bryan Morgan | 1950 - 1956 |
| Brian Salter - Duke | 1950 - 1957 |
| John Shipton | 1950 - 1957 |
| Michael Hill | 1951 - 1958 |
| Eric Dancer | 1951 - 1958 |
| John Bainbridge | 1951 - 1958 |
| Joe Eason | 1954 -1961 |
| Richard Nosowski | 1954 - 1961 |
| John Rider | 1954 - 1961 |
| Nick Dennis | 1955 - 1962 |
| Stuart Birley | 1955 - 1962 |
| Gordon Hall | 1956 - 1962 |
| Richard Shutt | 1956 - 1963 |
| Stephen Harston | 1956 - 1963 |
| John Parson | 1956 - 1963 |
| John Brown | 1957 - 1964 |
| Peter Turney | 1957 - 1964 |
| D.W. Williams | 1957 - 1964 |
| David Broughton | 1959 - 1965 |
| Paul Jeffries | 1959 - 1966 |
| William Hall | 1960 - 1964 |
| Robert Hutt | 1960 - 1966 |
| David Milburn | 1960 - 1967 |
| Clive Stones | 1961 - 1967 |
| Stuart Rider | 1963 - 1970 |
| Mark Lawson | 1964 - 1970 |
| Jim Slack | 1967 - 1974 |
| Richard Crooks | 1967 - 1974 |
| Stephen Kidgell | 1972 - 1978 |
| Richard Holden | 1988 - 1995 |
| Meredydd Hughes | Chief Constable |
| Cllr Steve Jones | Cllr |
| Cllr Pat Midgley | Cllr |
| Cllr Jan Wilson | Cllr |
| Ian Brownlee | CPS Policy Directorate |
| Dorothy Hall | ex Head of VII form |
| Mike Denial | ex staff |
| Dave Short | ex staff |
| Jill Brookes | ex staff |
| Ken Foden | Handsworth Grange School |
| Michael Chapman | High Storrs School |
| Chris Mallaband | Inclusive Learning, SCC |
| Bob Evans | King Ecgbert School |
| Pat Scott | Lower School Office |
| Sue Havenhand | Lydgate Junior School |
| Richard Caborn | MP |
| Clive Betts | MP |
| David Blunkett | MP |
| S. Jackson | Nether Green Junior School |
| Jim Conway | Notre Dame High School |
| John Barry | Observer Governor |
| Chris Mallaband | Parkwood High School |
| Mark Peat | Planning & Development SCC |
| Karen Worrall | SCC |
| Clive MacDonald | Sheffield Hallam University |
| Professor Boucher | Sheffield University |
| Jan Featherstone | Stocksbridge High School |