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55 Palace Street , , SW1E 5HJ | |
Coordinates | 51°29′52″N0°08′21″W / 51.4978°N 0.1391°W |
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Type | Academy |
Motto | Strength in Unity |
Established | 17th century Refounded in 1877 |
Department for Education URN | 138312 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Head teacher | Peter Broughton |
Chaplain | Stephen Taylor |
Gender | Boys, mixed sixth form |
Age | 11to 18 |
Enrolment | 807 |
Website | http://www.wcsch.com |
Westminster City School is a state-funded secondary academy for boys, with a mixed sixth form, in Westminster. The school educates over 800 students, with links to more than 100 different cultures, in a central London location. The school offers places at Year 7 entry, each year, to boys of Christian faith, other world faiths, and those of no faith. The current headteacher is Peter Broughton, while the current deputy headteachers are Jen Lockyer and Simon Brown. [1]
The school became an academy in 2012. In March 2022, Ofsted rated it "good". [2]
The charters and foundations of several historic charity schools [3] were by Act of Parliament in 1873 incorporated into the Grey Coat Hospital Foundation and United Westminster Schools (UWS) Foundation. UWS comprised the Westminster City School and Emanuel School, Wandsworth; the Grey Coat Hospital Foundation comprised the Grey Coat Hospital, Westminster and Queen Anne's School, Caversham. In 1910, the Worshipful Company of Clothworkers transferred the Sutton Valence School in Kent into UWS. [4] [5] Westminster City School is amalgamation of the former Brown Coat, Green Coat and Black Coat schools. Key dates in its history are: [5]