Wycliffe College, Gloucestershire
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| Motto | Bold and Loyal |
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| Established | 1882 |
| Type | Public School Independent school Co-educational Boarding |
| Headteacher | Nick Gregory (Senior), Adrian Palmer (Preparatory) |
| Founder | G. W. Sibly |
| Location | Bath Road Stonehouse Gloucestershire GL10 2JQ England, United Kingdom |
| Students | ca. 800 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 2–18+ |
| Houses | Senior School: Collingwood, Haywardsend, Ivy Grove, Haywardsfield, Ward's, Robinson, Loosley Halls, Lampeter Preparatory School: Grenfell, Lincon, Shaftesbury, Scott |
| Colours | Red, Black (Traditional) Purple, Grey (Contemporary) |
| Publication | Wycliffe Times The Wycliffian |
| Website | www |
Wycliffe College is a co-educational public school located in the town of Stonehouse in Gloucestershire, in the Cotswolds. The school was founded in 1882 by G. W. Sibly,[1] and comprises a Nursery School for ages 2–4, a Preparatory School for ages 4–13, and a Senior School catering for ages 13–18. In total, there are approximately 800 pupils enrolled at the school. The College is set in 52 acres of land[2] distributed among three separate campuses and offsite facilities.
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Nursery School
The Nursery, which first opened in 1983 at the Grove, and was originally located within the same grounds as the Preparatory School boarding houses and sports fields. The Grove, a house built of Cotswold stone, was destroyed by fire in 1994. In 2012 the nursery school split into the nursery and pre-prep departments, the latter being moved to join with the Preparatory school.
Wycliffe Preparatory School
The Prep School has extensive sports grounds separated by a main road from the main campus. The pupils use a specially built bridge to cross over the road safely. The Prep School has two boarding houses: Pennwood housing the male boarders and Windrush housing the female boarders. The school amenities include an indoor swimming pool, performing arts centre, tennis courts and extensive sports fields.[citation needed]
The Senior School
The Senior School is located a short walk away from the Preparatory School. With over 400 students, the Senior School is the largest campus of the three. The main reception is located in School House – the principal building in the College. The school fields teams in the following sports: rugby, cricket, squash, rowing, football, tennis, netball, hockey and swimming.
Students are separated into eight different houses; this is where both their prep rooms and common rooms are located. With the exceptions of Collingwood House, a mixed house for day pupils, and Loosley, a mixed sixth form boarding house, the houses are single gender boarding houses. All of the houses have common rooms for the juniors and seniors; some houses are equipped with saunas and pool tables. The school holds inter-house competitions, the most significant of which is the annual House Music Competition. Other inter-house activities include drama, debating, public speaking, football, netball, hockey, and rugby.
Accreditation
The school is the first independent school in the country to have achieved recognition with National Academy for Able Children in Education (NACE). The school has also achieved 'CReSTeD' accreditation for teaching dyslexic pupils.[3] A 2010 Ofsted inspection report on the School's capability to help children to achieve well and enjoy what they do rated the provision as outstanding, noting the "extensive support networks for all boarders within the school".[3]
Sport
Wycliffe is a major squash-playing school, due to their recent and previous success in the squash court. Among other options, pupils may choose squash as either a games option or an extra-curricular activity.[4] Other sports played at Wycliffe include riding, fencing, shooting, rugby, hockey, football, cricket, rowing, tennis, volleyball, gym, athletics, cross country, badminton, polo, hockey, netball, tennis, rounders, and athletics. Since 1935, Wycliffe's boathouse is located on the Gloucester-Sharpness Canal with around 30 km of still training water.[5]
Curriculum
The academic structure targets exams of both standard English curriculum GCSE and the International GCSE, and A level subjects at the standard English curriculum. Other activities include a Combined Cadet Force and a Duke Of Edinburgh scheme. Extracurricular activities include: cryptology club, science club, beekeeping, shooting, Model United Nations among many others.[6] The school currently holds many national squash titles, and are the first[citation needed] school to hold both the U15 and U19 titles at the same time.
Head Teachers (Senior)
- G. W. Sibly (1882–1912)
- W. A. Sibly (1912–1947)
- S. G. H. Loosley (1947–1967)
- R. D. H. Roberts (1967–1980)
- Richard Poulton (1980–6)
- Tony Millard (1987–1993)
- David Prichard (1994–1998)
- Tony Collins (1998–2005)
- Margie E Burnet Ward (2005 - 2015)
- Nick Gregory (Present)
Notable Old Wycliffians
Notable Old Wycliffians include:
- Charlie Barnett (cricketer), (1910–1993), Gloucestershire and England cricketer.[7]
- Ananda Coomaraswamy (1877–1947), Philosopher and Art Historian [8]
- William Wasbrough Foster DSO CMG, Canadian businessman, Police and Army officer.
- Brian Fothergill (1921–1990), biographer [9]
- Alex Gidman Gloucestershire and England A Cricket Captain
- Sir Michael Graydon, Chief of the Air Staff (1992–1997)
- Jeffrey Harborne, Phytochemist
- Somerville Hastings (1878–1967), surgeon and politician [10]
- Denis Malone, Chief Justice of Belize and later the Cayman Islands[11]
- John May, Secretary General of the Duke of Edinburgh's Award
- William Moseley, actor.
- Mike Osborne, jazz musician.
- Gilbert Parkhouse, Glamorgan and England cricketer.[12]
- Ben Parkin, Member of Parliament for Stroud (1945–50) Paddington North (1953–69)
- Tim Payne, England rugby player
- Mark Porter, medical doctor and media person.
- Sir Franklin Sibly (1883–1948), geologist and university administrator.[13]
- Charlie Sharples, Gloucester Rugby winger.
- Jon Silkin, poet
- William Stanier, railway engineer
- Charlie Stayt, presenter of BBC Breakfast on BBC One
- Al Stewart, singer-songwriter
- Jun Tanaka, chef and author[14]
- Geoffrey Tovey, serologist and founder of UK Transplant service
References
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External links
- Wycliffe College
- Wycliffe at play 1936
- The start of Wycliffe College 1881
- Some Wycliffe History and an OW's memory of Wycliffe
- Wycliffe during the Second World War
- The History of Pre Prep at The Grove
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