Westminster School A GSG School
- Westminster School
17 Dean's Yard
London
SW1P 3PB - Head: Mr Patrick Derham
- T 020 7963 1003
- F 020 7963 1002
- E [email protected]
- W www.westminster.org.uk
- Westminster School is an English independent day and boarding school for boys aged from 12 to 19, located next door to Westminster Abbey. It educates around 750 pupils and has origins that date back to before the 12th century.
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Westminster
- Pupils: 761; sixth formers: 410 (137 girls)
- Religion: Church of England
- Fees: Day: £27,174 pa; Boarding: £39,252 pa
- Open days: June and September for sixth form; February and March for 13+
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- ISI report: View the ISI report
- Linked schools: Westminster Under School
What The Good Schools Guide says..
‘It is so much more liberal than at my previous school,’ said a sixth form student. ‘It’s not constrained by the syllabus – it’s learning for the sake of learning. It really allows you to get a proper understanding outside the exam baselines.’ Pupils tend to internalise that love of learning. ‘They read and they question and they challenge,’ says the head. ‘In my first lesson one asked me, “Where is the evidence?” I’d never been asked that before...
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Curricula
Cambridge Pre-U - an alternative to A levels, with all exams at the end of the two-year course.
Sports
Rowing
Fencing
Shooting
What The Good Schools Guide says
Head Master
Since 2014, Patrick Derham MA (50s). Previously head of Rugby School. Aged 12, he was sent to live and study on the naval training ship Arethusa, run by the children’s charity Shaftesbury Homes to prepare young men for the navy. Two years later the ship was abruptly sold due to financial difficulties and, with a day’s notice and little idea of what a public school was, he arrived at Pangbourne College on a bursary. He eventually became head of school and read history at Cambridge (first class degree), and feels ‘my life was transformed by education.’
Taught at Cheam School and then Radley for ‘12 very happy years’ before being advised by the warden there to go straight for a headship. Five years as head of Solihull were followed by...
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Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
Special Education Needs
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| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | Y |
| Aspergers | Y |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | |
| Dysgraphia | |
| Dyslexia | |
| Dyspraxia | |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | |
| Genetic | |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | |
| Natspec Specialist Colleges | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | |
| Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| PD - Physical Disability | |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | |
| Special facilities for Visually Impaired | |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| VI - Visual Impairment |
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Who came from where
| School | Year | Places | Scholarships | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnold House School | 2017 to 2018 | 5 | ||
| Ashdown House School | 2017 | 1 | ||
| Eaton House the Manor Boys’ School | 2017 | 2 | ||
| Edge Grove Preparatory School | 2017 | 1 | ||
| Fulham School | 2016 to 2017 | 4 | ||
| Gayhurst School | 2017 | 1 | ||
| Hall Grove School | 2015 to 2017 | 1 | 2 | Academic Scholarship; Music Scholarship |
| Hereward House School | 2015 to 2018 | 8 | 1 | Music Scholarship |
| Hill House International School | 2015 to 2018 | 15 | 1 | Music Scholarship |
| King's College Junior School (Wimbledon) | 2019 | 1 | 1 | Music Scholarship |
| Lanesborough School | 2018 | 1 | ||
| Lochinver House School | 2015 | 1 | ||
| Manor Lodge School | 2018 | 1 | ||
| Newton Prep | 2017 | 1 | ||
| North Bridge House Preparatory School | 2018 | 1 | ||
| Papplewick School | 2018 | 1 | ||
| St Anthony's Preparatory School | 2018 | 1 | 1 | Music Scholarship |
| St Paul's Cathedral School | 2010 to 2015 | 10 | 1 | Music Scholarship |
| St Philip's School | 2018 to 2019 | 2 | 1 | Challenge Scholarship |
| Sussex House School | 2018 | 5 | 1 | Music Scholarship |
| The Hall School | 2015 to 2018 | 40 | 9 | Music Scholarships (3); Academic Schoalrships (2); Queen's Scholarship; Honorary Scholarship; Queen's Scholarship; Music Scholarship |
| The Mall School | 2017 to 2018 | 2 | ||
| The Pilgrims' School | 2016 | 1 | ||
| Thomas's Battersea | 2017 to 2018 | 5 | ||
| Thomas's Clapham | 2017 to 2019 | 3 | ||
| Trevor-Roberts School | 2015 to 2017 | 5 | 1 | |
| Twickenham Preparatory School | 2018 | 1 | ||
| Westminster Cathedral Choir School | 2018 | 4 | ||
| Westminster Under School | 2016 | 54 | 9 | Queen’s Scholars(6); Honorary Scholarship (3) |
| Wetherby Preparatory School | 2016 to 2019 | 10 |
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