Wallington County Grammar School
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| Motto |
Per Ardua ad Summa ('Through Difficulties to the Heights') |
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| Established | 1927 |
| Type | Grammar, Academy |
| Head of School | Jamie Bean |
| Location |
Croydon Road Wallington London SM6 7PH England Coordinates: 51°22′08″N 0°08′56″W / 51.369°N 0.149°W |
| Local authority | Sutton |
| DfE number | 319/5407 |
| DfE URN | 136798 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 899 |
| Gender | Boys Coeducational (Sixth Form) |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Former pupils | Old Walcountians |
| Website | wcgs-sutton |
Wallington County Grammar School (WCGS) is a state-funded boys' grammar school located in the London Borough of Sutton. From 1968 till the mid-1990s the school was known as Wallington High School for Boys. The current name was adopted when the sixth form became coeducational.
WCGS opened on 19 September 1927 with 71 pupils, half a mile from the current site. The building had a single story, with a wooden extension. The school moved to its present site on Croydon Road in 1935.
During the Second World War, WCGS was damaged by a V-2 bomb. All the windows were blown out and the roof collapsed. WCGS continued to function, with teachers and students working to rebuild the structure, and it was "business as usual". 52 old boys were killed in action.
The 1950s to 1970s marked a period of expansion and development for the school beyond its original structure as new buildings were constructed to meet the growing number of pupils. The "New Block" ("English Block"), which contains laboratories and classrooms, was opened in 1952. It now houses all English and Drama classes, as well as the dining hall. The Sixth Form block, located near the school playing fields, was completed in 1973, now containing classrooms instead.
In 1997, an old boy of WCGS, Christopher Woodhead who was then HM Chief Inspector of Schools, opened a new Science block. This block contains science classrooms, laboratories and various science department administration offices. The second part of the building's development was completed in 2000.
Girls were admitted to the Sixth Form from September 1999. WCGS gained academy status on 1 June 2011.
Mr W.T. Hutchins, 1927–1959
Mr J. Hitchin, 1959–1975
Mr R.S. Harrison, 1975–1990
Dr J. Martin Haworth, 1990–2009 (early retirement in 2009)
Mr Peter Smart, Acting 2009–2010; permanent 2010–2013 (retirement in 2013) [3]
Mr Jonathan Wilden, 2013–2016
Mr Jonathan Wilden, Executive Headteacher of Folio Education Trust, 2016-Present
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