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Quebec Lodge was the site of the Jamaica Exhibition of 1891, located north of Race Course (later called George VI Memorial Park and now National Heroes Park) and is the present site of Wolmer’s Boys’ School and Wolmer’s Girls’ School. Wolmer’s opened at its present site in January 1909.
The school's motto is rendered in latin "Vita sine litteris mors est "its english translation being "Life without learning is death." There is often debate whether Manning's or Wolmer's Trust School for Boys, one of the Wolmer's Schools [2] is the oldest in Jamaica or the oldest continuous operating high school in Jamaica. Thomas Manning (who ...
Sixth form itself isn't compulsory in England and Wales (although from 2013 onwards, people of sixth form age must remain in some form of education or training in England only; the school leaving age remains 16 in Wales); however, university entrance normally requires at least three A level qualifications and perhaps one AS level.
Wolverhampton Girls' High School, founded in 1911, educates girls from the age of 11 to 18. There are 1178 girls enrolled, [ 1 ] including about two hundred in the sixth form . It was previously awarded the status of Language College in the UK's Specialist Schools Programme , and converted to academy status on 1 April 2014.
The local Jewish community also saw the school as a reasonable place for their girls. The sixth form was, however, small as few families could or would afford the extra years for a girl who was welcomed as an employee by the local banks and business because of the school's reputation for well-behaved and ethical students.
The school operates both a lower school and 6th form provision. The 6th form operates separately as a co-ed and allows boys to attend Kings Norton Girls' School at A level. Pupils follow a broad curriculum that includes National Curriculum core subjects, GCSE and A-Level. The school offers courses in:
Les Varendes High School is a non selective, state-funded secondary school in St. Andrew's, Guernsey. It takes in students from Amherst, Notre Dame, St Mary and St Michael, and Vauvert primary schools. [1] It was formerly known as the Guernsey Grammar School and Sixth Form Centre, which was a co-educational state-funded grammar school.
The school traces its roots to Carlisle & County High School for Girls (CCHS), which opened at 19 Castle Street in January 1884 for 36 girls. The site is now a bookshop. The school was a girls' grammar school. In 1909 a new site was built at Lismore Place for Carlisle High School. The school had houses of Netherby, Greystoke, Lanercost and ...