17 Facts About Westminster School

1.

Westminster School is a public school in Westminster, London, England, in the precincts of Westminster Abbey.

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2.

Westminster School has produced three Nobel laureates: Edgar Adrian, Sir Andrew Huxley and Sir Richard Stone .

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3.

Westminster boys were uncontrolled outside school hours and notoriously unruly about town, but the proximity of the school to the Palace of Westminster meant that politicians were well aware of boys' exploits.

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4.

Westminster School statutes have been made by Order in Council of Queen Elizabeth II.

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5.

Westminster Under School was formed in 1943 in the evacuated school buildings in Westminster, as a distinct preparatory school for day pupils between the ages of eight to 13 .

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6.

The Under Westminster School has since moved to Vincent Square, overlooking the school's playing fields.

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7.

Westminster Under School has been enlarged by a building in Douglas Street, which provides an Art Studio, IT Suite and Dining Hall.

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8.

The panelling "up Westminster School" is similarly, but officially, painted with the coats of arms of many former pupils.

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9.

Every Wednesday there is an assembly Up Westminster School known as Latin Prayers, which opens with the Head Master leading all members of the school in chanting prayers in Latin, followed by notices in English.

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10.

Westminster School is split into 11 houses, some of which are day houses, the others being boarding houses with a mix of boarders and day pupils.

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11.

The school's colour is pink; Westminster rowers raced Eton College for the right to wear the colour.

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12.

The Eton crew bought some light-blue ribbons to differentiate themselves, but the Westminster School crew won the race and the right to wear pink in perpetuity.

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13.

Westminster School has a historic joint claim to a major role in developing Association Football.

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14.

On 24 November 1858, Westminster played Dingley Dell at Vincent Square in the earliest known football fixture in the London area .

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15.

The review considered 44 Westminster School-related posts submitted to Everyone's Invited alongside other evidence.

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16.

Challenge Consultancy was commissioned by Westminster School to facilitate understanding of how staff and pupils perceive the culture around race, ethnicity and cultural diversity and consider how it can better engage with these issues in the future.

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17.

About 900 people educated at Westminster School are in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

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