St Paul’s School (London)
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| Motto |
Latin: Fide Et Literis (By Faith and By Learning) |
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| Established | 1509 |
| Type | Independent private school |
| Religion | Christian |
| High Master | Professor Mark Bailey |
| Chairman of the Governors | Johnny Robertson BSc |
| Founder | John Colet |
| Location |
Lonsdale Road Barnes London SW13 9JT United Kingdom Coordinates: 51°29′15″N 0°14′18″W / 51.4874°N 0.2383°W |
| DfE URN | 102942 Tables |
| Staff | c. 110 |
| Students | c.950 |
| Gender | Boys |
| Ages | 13–19 |
| Houses | A – H (known as clubs) |
| Former pupils | Old Paulines |
| Boat Club | St Paul's School Boat Club
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| Website | www |
St Paul's School is a selective independent school for boys aged 13–18, founded in 1509 by John Colet and located on a 43-acre (180,000m2) site by the River Thames, in Barnes, London. It is one of the original nine British "Clarendon" public schools as investigated by the 1861 Clarendon Commission. However, The School successfully argued that it should be omitted from the Public Schools Act 1868. Since 1881, St Paul's has had its own preparatory school, St Paul's Juniors (formerly Colet Court), which since 1968 has been located on the same site. St Paul's is considered one of the leading schools in the country on the merit of its position in the national GCSE and A level examination performance tables combined with one of the highest Oxford and Cambridge acceptance rates of any secondary school or college. The school is currently being rebuilt and expanded. Beginning in 2011, the work was scheduled to be carried out in phases over a period of thirty years.
St Paul's School originally takes its name from St Paul's Cathedral in London. A cathedral school had existed since around 1103. By the 16th century however, it had declined, and in 1509, a new school was founded by John Colet, Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, on a plot of land to the north of the Cathedral.
The eldest son of Sir Henry Colet, a member of the Mercers' Company and twice Lord Mayor of the City of London, he inherited a substantial fortune and used a great part of it for the endowment of his school, having no family of his own; his 21 siblings all died in childhood and he was a celibate priest. He described himself in the statutes of the school as "desyring nothing more thanne Educacion and bringing upp chyldren in good Maners and litterature."
Originally, the school provided education for 153 children of "all nacions and countries indifferently", primarily in literature and etiquette. The number 153 has long been associated with the miraculous draught of fishes recorded in St John's Gospel, and for several generations Foundation Scholars have been given the option of wearing an emblem of a silver fish. St Paul's was the largest school in England at its foundation, and its High Master had a salary of 13 shillings and sixpence weekly, which was double that of the contemporary Head Master of Eton College. The scholars were not required to make any payment, although they were required to be literate and had to pay for their own wax candles, which at that time were an expensive commodity.
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