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In 1969 the school was to be called the Willows Secondary School. At a Grimsby Education Committee meeting in November 1969, it was voted by 10-6 to call the school the Whitgift School. [5] [6] It was to be built on the Willows Estate at Great Coates, [7] to open in September 1970. It would open as a selective school, along with Wintringham ...
Whitgift School; view from main entrance, April 2020. Whitgift is located in a 45-acre (18 ha) parkland site. The ship (a model of Ark Royal, the flagship of Lord Howard of Effingham against the Spanish Armada) that features prominently on the top of the school hall is a reminder of the history of the site. Additions since the 400th anniversary ...
Francis Hodgson, educator, cleric and author [11] Dr Andrew Holding, Biomedical Academic and Radio Presenter [12] Liam Hudson, social psychologist and author [13] Kenneth H. Jackson, linguist and translator [14] Euan MacKie, archaeologist and anthropologist [15] Michael Posner, economist [16] Kawal Rhode, engineer, professor at King's College ...
It consists of a pre-school for pupils aged 3–4, a preparatory department for pupils aged 4–11, and a senior school for pupils aged 11–18. The school is operated by the Whitgift Foundation, along with Whitgift School and Trinity School of John Whitgift, and is consistently ranked as one of the top performing independent girls' schools in ...
Former pupils of Whitgift School are known in some circles as "Old Whitgiftians". The abbreviation OW is used. The abbreviation OW is used. Note: those educated at the Trinity School of John Whitgift are known as Old Mid-Whitgiftians , or OMW.
Cotelands with Park Hill Infants School in the background. The London Borough of Croydon is one of the boroughs in London with the most schools. They include primary schools (95), secondary schools (21) and four further education establishments. [1]
The Whitgift Foundation is a charity based in Croydon, South London, England.The purpose of the charity is to provide education for the young and care for the elderly. The main activities of the charity are the operation of three independent schools; providing sheltered accommodation; and nursing care through three care homes and running the Carer's Information Service.
Whitgift, East Riding of Yorkshire, a small village near the confluence of the River Ouse and the River Trent, England; John Whitgift, an English archbishop, who founded or gave his name to: the Whitgift Foundation; the Whitgift Almshouses; Whitgift School, an independent school in Croydon; Trinity School of John Whitgift, an independent school ...