Westminster School
The Royal College of St. Peter in Westminster, almost always known as Westminster School, is one of Britain's leading private schools. It has the highest number of students going to Oxford or Cambridge Universities of any secondary school or college (49.9%). It had the best GCSE results in 2013, with 98.16% of entries getting A* or A grades.[1]
The school is near to Westminster Abbey in central London. It existed before the 12th century. The school's notable ex-students include Nick Clegg, Ben Jonson, Robert Hooke, Christopher Wren, Jeremy Bentham, and A. A. Milne. Boys enter the Westminster Under School when they are seven years old. They go to the main school when they are thirteen. Girls are allowed only at sixteen.[2] The school has about 750 students. About a third are boarders (who live in the school). Most of the boarders go home for the weekends, after Saturday morning school. The school has eleven houses.
The school made Harris Westminster Sixth Form, a sixth form free school, with the Harris Federation in 2013. It opens in September 2014. It will give preference to applying students from poor backgrounds.[3]
Westminster School Media
The entrance to Dean's Yard and Westminster School war memorial viewed from the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in August 2012
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Liddell's arch, the main entrance to Little Dean's Yard
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Liddell's House, and the school reception, taken from Dean's Yard
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The School often uses St John's, Smith Square as a venue for major musical concerts.
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The phoenix which was placed on the roof of the school in the 1950s to commemorate the school's resurgence after World War II
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Ashburnham House, as seen in 1880
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Pupils fight for the pancake (left), watched by the Dean of Westminster and the Head Master (right). The set of scales determines the winner.
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Westminster School Boat Club's boathouse in Putney
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Vincent Square, the playing fields of Westminser School, viewed from the South East corner
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Rigaud's House (far right), Grant's House (right), residence of the Master of the King's Scholars (centre), College (far left, top floors) and the Houses of Wren's and Dryden's (far left, ground floor)
References
- ↑ "GCSE results 2013: Independent schools table". 31 August 2013 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ↑ "Admissions Westminster School Independent Boarding, Day, Central London, Co-Educational Sixth Form". Archived from the original on 2013-11-17. Retrieved 2013-11-03.
- ↑ "State sixth forms aren't inspiring pupils, says new academy head". Evening Standard. 16 October 2013.
