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Wycliffe College
Motto	Bold and Loyal
Established	1882
Type	Independent school
Religion	non denominational
Headteacher	Margie Burnet Ward (Senior), Adrian Palmer (Nursery & Prep.)
Location	Bath Road Stonehouse Gloucestershire GL10 2JQ England, United Kingdom
Ofsted number	SC034371
Students	ca. 800
Gender	Mixed
Ages	2 to 18
Website	http://www.wycliffe.co.uk

Wycliffe College is a co-educational independent school located near Stroud, Gloucestershire, England. The school was founded in 1882 by GW 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, that includes a Sixth Form College. A total of around 800 pupils are enrolled at the school. 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.^[2] A 2007 Ofsted inspection report on the welfare and facilities for boarders assessed the overall quality as good, with some aspects being outstanding.^[2]

Contents 1 Nursery School 2 Wycliffe Preparatory School 3 The Senior School 4 Sport 5 Curriculum 6 Achievements 7 Notable Old Wycliffians 8 References 9 External links

[edit] Nursery School

The Nursery School is located within the same grounds as the Preparatory School boarding houses and sports fields.

[edit] 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.

[edit] The Senior School

The Senior School is located a five-minute walk away from the Prep and Pre-Prep campus. The campus covers a large area with classrooms, boarding houses and sports facilities all intermixed. The school fields teams in the following sports: rugby, cricket, squash, rowing, football, tennis, netball, hockey and swimming.

Students are separated into different houses, this is where both their prep rooms and common rooms are located. The Preparatory and Senior school houses each have around 300 to 400 pupils.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. The school holds inter-house competitions, the most significant of which is the annual music competition. Other inter-house activities include drama, football, netball, hockey and rugby.

[edit] Sport

Wycliffe is a major squash-playing school, due to their recent and previous success in the squash court. Many of the pupils choose to do squash as an out of school activity for both boys and girls. The large number of students playing squash has led to many of these squash players being world and country champions.^{[citation needed]}. Other sports played at at Wycliffe include rugby, hockey, football, cricket, rowing, tennis, Volleyball, Gym, Athletics, Cross Country, Kickball, Badminton and Croquet for the boys. For the girls there is Hockey, Netball, Tennis, Rounders, Athletics, Cross Country, Rowing, Gym, Croquet and Badminto

[edit] 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 Round Square Association. ^[3]

[edit] Achievements

Wycliffe was the first private school in the United Kingdom to be recognised by the National Academy for Able Children in Education (NACE), and is also accredited by CReSTeD for teaching dyslexic children.^[2]

[edit] Notable Old Wycliffians

Notable Old Wycliffians include:

• Ananda Coomaraswamy (1877-1947), Philosopher and Art Historian ^[4]
• William Wasbrough Foster DSO CMG, Canadian businessman, Police and Army officer.
• Brian Fothergill (1921-1990), biographer ^[5]
• Sir Michael Graydon, Chief of the Air Staff (1992-1997)
• Jeffrey Harborne, botanist
• Somerville Hastings (1878-1967), surgeon and politician ^[6]
• William Moseley, actor.
• Mike Osborne, jazz musician.
• Gilbert Parkhouse, Glamorgan and England cricketer.
• Ben Parkin MP
• Mark Porter, medical doctor and media person.
• Sir Franklin Sibly (1883-1948), geologist and university administrator. ^[7].
• Jon Silkin, poet
• William Stanier, railway engineer
• Al Stewart, singer-songwriter

[edit] References

1. ^ Independent Schools Council Retrieved 13 October 2009
2. ^ ^{a b c} Ofsted report December 2007 Retrieved 13 October 2009
3. ^ Good Schools Guide Retrieved 13 October 2009
4. ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (ODNB), Oxford University Press. Retrieved 8 October 2007
5. ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (ODNB), Oxford University Press. Retrieved 8 October 2007
6. ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (ODNB), Oxford University Press. Retrieved 8 October 2007
7. ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (ODNB), Oxford University Press, Retrieved 8 October 2007

[edit] External links

• Wycliffe College

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