- Wellingborough School
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name =Wellingborough School
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motto = 'Salus in Arduis'
established =1595
address = Irthlingborough Road
city =Wellingborough
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country =England
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type =Independent school
affiliation = Church of England
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headmaster = Mr G R Bowe
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students = 900 approx
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website = [http://www.wellingboroughschool.org/ Official Website]
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picture =Wellingborough School is an independent fee-paying day school situated in
Wellingborough ,England in Northamptonshire. It was founded in 1595 making it one of the oldest schools in the country. The original School was a Tudor Grammar situated in the centre of the town but was moved in 1881 to the present 45 acre site. Until the year 2000 the school was still predominantly a boarding School and girls were admitted for the first time in 1979. The school is divided into three distinct sections: the Pre-Preparatory, which caters from nursery to year 3, Preparatory, catering from years 4 to 8 and the Senior school encompassing years 9 to 13. The current headmaster of the Senior School is Mr. Garry Bowe, a former deputy head.In the senior school there are five boys houses - Garne's, Fryer's, Parker-Steyne's, Cripp's and Platt's - and three girls houses - Nevill, Weymouth and Marsh.
It is renowned for its academic as well as extracurricular success, in terms of football, rugby, cricket, cross-country,
Duke of Edinburgh's award, CCF, drama, art and music. Recent drama productions have includedGuys and Dolls ,The Crucible andAnything Goes . Other popular events include 'Stars in their Eyes ', the Rock, Pop and Blues concert, the inter-house singing competition and various other musical events.Alumni
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Arthur Henfrey , (1867 - 1929) Cambridge University, Corinthians and England footballer
*David Keith Gillett , (b 1945) Ex Suffragan Bishop of Bolton
*Andrew Loog Oldham , (b 1944) First manager of the Rolling Stones
*Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin , (b 1943) Previous King of Malaysia from 2001 to 2006
*Richard Coles , (b.1962) Pianist of the pop bandThe Communards
* Nick Quraishi (b 1970) Sky, Anglia and Five news presenter* Ben Ando (b. ?) BBC crime correspondent
External links
* [http://www.wellingboroughschool.org School website]
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