Silcoates School | |
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Address | |
Wrenthorpe Lane , , WF2 OPD England | |
Coordinates | 53°41′41″N1°31′48″W / 53.6947°N 1.5301°W |
Information | |
Motto | Clarior ex Ignibus Brighter out of the Flames |
Religious affiliation(s) | United Reformed Church (Previously Congregationalist) |
Established | 1820 |
Founder | Reverend Thomas Scales |
Headmaster | Mr Chris Wainman (from September 2021) |
Gender | Mixed |
Age | 3to 18 |
Houses | Evans', Moore's, Spencer's, Yonge's |
Colour(s) | Yellow; Green; Blue; Red |
Publication | The Silcoatian |
Website | www |
Silcoates School is a co-educational independent school in the village of Wrenthorpe near Wakefield, England.
The school was founded in 1820 as the Northern Congregational School at Silcoates House, for the board and education of the sons of Nonconformist clergy, and was situated close to Ossett and Horbury, each of which had unusually large Nonconformist populations. It was a boys' boarding school until 1995, receiving pupils from around the world. Girls were admitted into the sixth form from 1976, with female boarders accommodated in the Coach House. The school now exists as a co-educational day school with a campus on the border between the villages of Wrenthorpe and Alverthorpe.
Silcoates School is made up of three separate, but closely linked, sections: a Senior School for boys and girls aged 11 to 18 (Year 7 to the Upper Sixth Form); a Junior School for boys and girls aged 4 to 11 (Year 1 to Year 6); and Pre-School for boys and girls aged 3 to 4. [1]
The school's motto is "Clarior ex Ignibus" (brighter through the flames), commemorating a fire of 1904 which caused the school to move into temporary exile in Saltburn, on the coast of North Yorkshire between Whitby and Middlesbrough.
There are four houses representing significant headmasters:
The majority of pupils usually take a minimum of 9 GCSEs, and 4 AS and 3 A2-Levels in the Sixth Form, with many progressing on to degree level courses.[ citation needed ] There is a wide and varied selection of subjects to choose from at GCSE and A Level, including some specialist and vocational programmes.
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