Wrekin College

Infobox UK school
name = Wrekin College


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motto = Aut vincere aut mori
motto_pl = (Conquer or Die)
established = 1880
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type = Public School, Selective
religion = Church of England
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head_label = Headmaster
head = Mr S. Drew MA (Oxon)
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founder = Sir John Bayley
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street = Sutherland Road
city = Wellington
county = Shropshire
country = England
postcode = TF1 3BH
LEA = Telford & Wrekin
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enrollment = c. 450
gender = Co-educational
lower_age = 11
upper_age = 18
houses = color box|green Bayley, color box|lightblue Clarkson,
color box|gold Lancaster, color box|red Roslyn,
color box|purple Tudor, color box|magenta York.
Former houses:
color box|white Hanover, color box|gold Norman,
color box|pink Eastfield, color box|red Saxon.
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website = http://www.wrekincollege.ac.uk
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Wrekin College is a co-educational independent school located in Wellington, Shropshire, England. Part of the Allied Schools, it is also a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference.

The school was founded in 1880 as Wellington College by Sir John Bayley. In 1920, it was sold to the Revd Percy Warrington, a Church of England clergyman and renamed Wrekin College. Girls were introduced to the sixth form by headmaster Geoffrey Hadden in 1975. It became fully co-educational in 1983. There are currently 420 pupils of which 30% are boarders and 40% are girls.

Old Wrekinians

* Harry Andrews (1911-1989), British stage and film actor
* William R. P. George (1912-2006), Welsh poet
* Sir Peter Gadsden (1929 – 2006), former Lord Mayor of London (1979), businessman
* Brian Epstein (1934 – 1967), record producer
* Sir John Roch (1934 - ), former Lord Justice of Appeal
* Malcolm Bruce (1944 - ), LibDem MP
* Field Marshal Rt Hon the Lord Inge KG, GCB, PC, DL (c. 1948 - ), former Chief of Defence Staff
* Sir Ian Blair (1953 - ), Metropolitan Police Commissioner (2005 - 2008)
* Bob Warman ( 1948 - ), television presenter
* James Faulkner (1948 - ), Voice/television actor

See also

References

External links

* [http://www.wrekincollege.ac.uk Official Website]
* [http://www.ellinghampress.co.uk/wrekin.php "Bayley's Children: A History of Wrekin College 1880-2005"]
* [http://www.alliedschools.org.uk The Allied Schools]