Kingswood School
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| Motto | Latin: In Via Recta Celeriter (In The Right Way Quickly) |
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| Established | 1748 |
| Type | Independent School |
| Religion | Methodist |
| Headmaster | Simon Morris |
| Chairman of Governors | Tim Westbrook |
| Founder | John Wesley |
| Location |
Lansdown Road, Fonthill Road and College Road Bath Somerset BA1 5RG England Coordinates: 51°23′56″N 2°22′12″W / 51.399°N 2.370°W |
| Students | 949 |
| Gender | Mixed (boys-only before 1972) |
| Ages | 3–18 |
| Houses | 7 |
| Colours |
Red and Black |
| Former pupils | Old Kingswoodians |
| Member of | Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference |
| Mascot | Wyvern |
| Website | www |
Red and Black
Kingswood School, referred to as 'Kingswood', is an independent day and boarding school located in Bath, Somerset, England. The school is coeducational and educates some 950 children aged 3 to 18. It is notable for being founded by John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, in 1748. It is the world's oldest Methodist educational institution and was established to provide an education for the sons of Methodist clergymen. It owns the Kingswood Preparatory School, the Upper and Middle Playing Fields and other buildings.
Kingswood School was founded by John Wesley in 1748 in Kingswood (then known as King's Wood) near Bristol and was established initially for the children of local colliers. They were joined by the sons of the itinerant ministers (clergy) of the Methodist Church. After Wesley's death, Rev Joseph Bradford was appointed as the first governor in 1795.Woodhouse Grove School was founded in 1812 and was linked with Kingswood as a prep school for much of the nineteenth century. Created in 1995, Kingswood Prep School currently has 300 pupils. The total number of students educated on the Kingswood School campus between the ages of 3-18 is 960.
The 1862 book How it was done at Stow School written by Theophilus Woolmer seems to have been based upon the author's own experiences at Kingswood (rather than Stowe School which was not yet established) under the notorious headmaster Crowther who enforced harsh discipline in the school in the 1820s.
The school moved to its present location on the northern slopes of Bath in 1851. The old site was occupied for a while by an approved school. The present site is in the midst of 218 acres (0.88 km2) of the former Lansdown estate of the famous nineteenth-century millionaire eccentric, William Thomas Beckford. The Upper Playing Fields, comprising some 57 acres, are to the north of the senior school and include an athletics track and tennis and netball courts.
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