Royal Wolverhampton School
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| Motto |
Nisi Dominus Frustra ("Except the Lord in Vain") |
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| Established | 1850 |
| Type | Independent day and boarding |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Headmaster | Mr Mark Heywood |
| Founder | John Lees |
| Location |
Penn Road Wolverhampton West Midlands WV3 0EG England Coordinates: 52°34′20″N 2°08′18″W / 52.5723°N 2.1382°W |
| DfE number | 336/6000 |
| Students | 580 |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Ages | 2–18 |
| Former pupils | Old Royals |
| Website | www |
The Royal Wolverhampton School is a non-selective, independent day and boarding school in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. It has been granted provisional opening as a free school in September 2016 and will become one of a handful of state boarding schools in the country.
The Royal Wolverhampton School was founded as The Wolverhampton Orphan Asylum in 1850. It was founded by John Lees, a local lock-manufacturer and freemason, after a cholera epidemic ravaged the town and left many children orphaned. The orphanage was completely funded by voluntary subscription and was dedicated to the education and maintenance of children who had lost one or both parents.
The Royal Orphanage of Wolverhampton was created in 1891 when Queen Victoria gave permission for the prefix 'royal' to be used. The charity carried on using this title until the late 1940s when King George VI permitted it to be re-styled The Royal Wolverhampton School.
The following decade saw a rapid decline in the number of pupils as the newly formed Welfare State took over some of the school's responsibilities. The cost of caring for orphans also dramatically increased and so the constitution was controversially changed to allow the admission of full fee-paying pupils. Their proportion has steadily grown to the extent that they now constitute around 90% of its students.
The school's original premises were at 46 Queen Street, Wolverhampton. In 1854 it moved to new buildings on Penn Road. These have been greatly extended over the years but they still form the nucleus of the current school.
The original Hilda Hayward swimming pool was constructed in the 1970s with money donated by the Hayward Foundation. It was named in honour of Sir Charles Hayward's wife who died during its construction.
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