Wimbledon College

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Wimbledon College
Location
Edge Hill
Wimbledon
Greater London, SW19 4NS, United Kingdom
Information
Motto cor numinis fons luminis
("The heart of the divine is the fount of light.")
Religious affiliation Christianity
Denomination Roman Catholic
Founded 1892
Authority London Borough of Merton
School number 315/4701
Chairperson Andrew Kennedy
Headmaster Adrian Porter SJ
Gender boys
Age 11 to 19
Pupils 1363
Houses Southwell House, Campion House, Fisher House, More House
School Colour(s) maroon, gold, and dark green
Affiliation Society of Jesus (Jesuit)
Website wimbledoncollege.org.uk
School prospectus 2007

Wimbledon College is a state-maintained voluntary-aided Roman Catholic (Jesuit) secondary school for boys aged 11 to 19. The school is based at Edge Hill, Wimbledon, London. It was founded in 1892 "for improvement in living and learning to the greater glory of God and the common good".

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Organisation

The school has a joint sixth form with the all-girls Ursuline High School, Wimbledon. That school is situated nearby, on Crescent Road.

Currently the Headmaster is Father Adrian Porter SJ,[1] who took over from Father Michael Holman SJ in 2004. Father Porter is due to leave the college at the end of 2009/10 school year.

Every year it takes about 200 mostly from Catholic schools in South London, some of these schools include Donhead (prep school) Sacred Heart in Teddington, Sacred Heart in Raynes Park and John Fisher in Morden.

Developments

Father Holman's main contributions to the school, around the turn of the century, include an entire renovation of the old gym and swimming pool into a new Sports Hall, Learning Resources Centre (LRC) and IT Suite. Shortly after leaving the post of headmaster at the College, Father Holman was appointed the Jesuit Provincial for Great Britain.

Since Father Porter's appointment as headmaster, the College has undergone further changes, including a new visitors' entrance; refurbished classrooms, the addition of an electronic registration system which is used in parallel with the traditional registration system, and the movement of the LRC and IT Department to the location of the Sixth Form Centre. The Centre has been relocated to the former LRC/IT Department site.

Activities

The College specialises in sports (especially rugby), extracurricular activities and the Drama. A new music department was constructed in 2005. It is notable for its school productions and to assist in these a revolving stage has been built in the auditorium. One or more shows have been produced and shown every year since 1972. The next traditional musical, which will be performed in Easter 2009, is going to be Sweeney Todd. The Strings Project was activated in 2005 to give 50 boys in Figures the opportunity to learn the violin, viola, cello or the double bass.

The College encourages students to take part in at least two of its wide selection of extracurricular activities. These range from a Drama club to the Chess club, and also from a Debating club to numerous optional school trips over the year. The College also has a selection of major and minor sports. Rugby, is the biggest major sport and is played up to Christmas. During the lent term rugby is still played along with football. In the summer term rugby is no longer played. Instead cricket and athletics become the major sports. Athletics is practised at Wimbledon Park athletics track and cricket is played on the usual playing field at Coombe Lane. In the last week of the academic school year there is House Cricket tournament where all the best cricketers from the four different houses(More, Fisher, Southwell and Campion)play. Also in the last week of the school year this a Sports day. All students participate. Years 7 and 8 have their sports day a day before years 9 and 10. The sports takes place at Wimbledon Park athletics stadium. Most track and field events are practised. The winner of the "A" team races get medals. The boy with the most medals on the day also get the "Victor Ludorum".

Notable alumni

Academic
Business
Entertainment, media and the arts
Military
Politics, public service and the law
Religion
  • Father , Head of the Jesuits in Britain[3]

References

  1. ^ "Wiimbledon College Contacts", Wimbledon College
  2. ^ Suzannah Pearce, ed. (2006-11-17). "DAVIS Clifford Bernard". Who's Who in Business Live!. North Melbourne, Vic: Crown Content Pty Ltd. 
  3. ^ "New British Jesuit Provincial announced", The British Province of the Society of Jesus, 19 March 2005

See also

External links

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