School Summary

Westminster School


Boys: 626
Girls: 140
Total Pupils: 766
Opened: 01-01-1920
Ofsted:
Head Master: Gary Savage
Westminster School
Little Dean's Yard
London

SW1P 3PF
Telephone: 02079631000
Website: https://www.westminster.org.uk/

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CensusDate: 20-01-2022
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HeadFirstName: Gary
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PropsName: The Governing Body of Westminster School
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RSCRegion (name): North-West London and South-Central England
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SchoolCapacity: 785
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SchoolWebsite: https://www.westminster.org.uk/
Section41Approved (name): Not approved
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StatutoryHighAge: 19
StatutoryLowAge: 12
Street: Little Dean's Yard
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Town: London
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UPRN: 100023339463
URN: 101162
UrbanRural (code): A1
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Highly recommend.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"Great teachers. Kids are mostly good. Grants a bit weird but otherwise fine. Decent food and good teaching. Highly recommend.","languageCode":"en"}},{"publishTime":"2017-07-23T10:49:45Z","relativePublishTimeDescription":"5 years ago","author":"Vaishali Gawande (Fun Verge)","authorUri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/113842483736729400030\/reviews","authorPhotoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/AD_cMMTo38iKj7C8rbtptDtTtV705CtsnAxnL0uL01_G1zVYugU=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo-ba4","rating":5,"text":{"text":"Famous in the UK","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"Famous in the UK","languageCode":"en"}},{"publishTime":"2017-02-06T20:49:49Z","relativePublishTimeDescription":"6 years ago","author":"George Fieldman","authorUri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/109505075798299856637\/reviews","authorPhotoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/AD_cMMSzPByo51ZOO41q1x-FtudvmOlgmJ4x7tXA-O8UgDncl38=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo","rating":5,"text":{"text":"When our son attended Westminster School it was an extremely positive experience, both for him and for us. It seemed that the overt academic excellence was matched by the more subtle, but also more important, authentic intellectual dimension. I wish I'd been a Westminster student myself!","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"When our son attended Westminster School it was an extremely positive experience, both for him and for us. It seemed that the overt academic excellence was matched by the more subtle, but also more important, authentic intellectual dimension. I wish I'd been a Westminster student myself!","languageCode":"en"}},{"publishTime":"2017-03-12T09:00:44Z","relativePublishTimeDescription":"6 years ago","author":"Suvendu Das","authorUri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/114708299044673676398\/reviews","authorPhotoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/AD_cMMQ_IVbSfjVCFLVcDzH99FWWtr1AvyQSP0kjbxaJKfjEc6rK=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo","rating":4,"text":{"text":"Westminster\u00e2\u0080\u0099s origins can be traced to a charity school established by the Benedictine monks of Westminster Abbey. Its continuous existence is certain from the early fourteenth century. After the dissolution of the monasteries in 1540, Henry VIII personally ensured the School\u00e2\u0080\u0099s survival by statute. Elizabeth I, confirmed royal patronage in 1560 and is celebrated as the School\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Foundress. For several hundred years the School continued to be joined with Westminster Abbey, forming one collegiate foundation, until the 1868 Public Schools Act gave the School independence.\n\nThen, in 1943, the School expanded its educational scope by forming the Under School, educating boys aged 7-11. Initially both sections of the School shared a site, as the Under School began with just 17 boys. However, we experienced fairly rapid growth and by 1950 were educating 80 boys. So, in 1951, we secured our own premises in Eccleston Square. Yet as pupil numbers continued to increase during the sixties and seventies it became apparent that larger premises were required and in 1981 the Under School moved again to its present site overlooking the Westminster playing fields in Vincent Square.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"Westminster\u00e2\u0080\u0099s origins can be traced to a charity school established by the Benedictine monks of Westminster Abbey. Its continuous existence is certain from the early fourteenth century. After the dissolution of the monasteries in 1540, Henry VIII personally ensured the School\u00e2\u0080\u0099s survival by statute. Elizabeth I, confirmed royal patronage in 1560 and is celebrated as the School\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Foundress. For several hundred years the School continued to be joined with Westminster Abbey, forming one collegiate foundation, until the 1868 Public Schools Act gave the School independence.\n\nThen, in 1943, the School expanded its educational scope by forming the Under School, educating boys aged 7-11. Initially both sections of the School shared a site, as the Under School began with just 17 boys. However, we experienced fairly rapid growth and by 1950 were educating 80 boys. So, in 1951, we secured our own premises in Eccleston Square. Yet as pupil numbers continued to increase during the sixties and seventies it became apparent that larger premises were required and in 1981 the Under School moved again to its present site overlooking the Westminster playing fields in Vincent Square.","languageCode":"en"}}]
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