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Westminster was the 13th most expensive HMC day school and tenth most expensive HMC boarding school in the UK in 2014/2015 [77] It achieved the highest percentage of students accepted by Oxbridge colleges over the period 2002–2006, [78] and was ranked as best boys' school in the country in terms of GCSE results in 2017. [79]
The Schools' Head of the River Race (SHORR) is the UK's largest school-age processional (head rowing) race and is organised by Westminster School for crews aged between 14 and 18 years old. It is held in Spring, the end of the head race season.
Also in 1953, Washington Seminary, another private school for girls, founded by two of George Washington's great-nieces in 1878, [3] [independent source needed] merged with Westminster. The resulting school was coeducational until the sixth grade, with separate schools for boys and girls continuing through the twelfth grade, a practice that ...
The school was formed from an agreement in 2013 between Harris Federation and Westminster School. It aimed to take on 125 pupils in September 2014, reaching an enrollment of 250 the following year. [1] 167 pupils were offered places in the first year, almost 30% of whom were entitled to free school meals. [2]
[citation needed] Anecdotal evidence exists for rowing at Westminster in the 18th century and official records date back to the 'Water Ledger' of 1813. [1] [failed verification] Pink was chosen by Westminster as the School's colour for the rowing match against Eton College of 4 May 1837; before this race, both schools wore blue. [2]
Paddington Academy is a non-selective co-educational secondary school and academy located in Maida Vale in the borough of Westminster and the ceremonial county of London, England. [1] Established in September 2006, it is run by United Learning, formerly known as United Church Schools Trust.
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For 400 years the best of the scholars were elected to closed scholarships at Christ Church, Oxford, and Trinity College, Cambridge; since the 1970s, Westminster School boys and girls must win open Oxbridge scholarships by public examination. Prior to 2017, only 40 scholarships were available, and all were awarded to boys sitting the Challenge.