Wimbledon College
College Crest
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| Motto |
Latin: Cor numinis fons luminis ("The heart of the divine is the fount of light.") |
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| Established | 18 January 1892 |
| Type | Voluntary aided comprehensive |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Head Master | Mr Adrian Laing |
| Deputy Head (Higher Line) | Mr P Murphy |
| Deputy Head (Lower Line) | Mr P Cargill |
| Chairman of the Governing Body | Prof. P. Stone (OW) |
| Location |
Edge Hill London SW19 4NS England, UK Coordinates: 51°25′08″N 0°13′17″W / 51.4188°N 0.2215°W |
| Local authority | Merton |
| DfE URN | 102681 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 1250~ |
| Gender | Boys |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses | 8 |
| Colours |
Maroon, Dark Green, Gold and Dark Blue |
| Affiliations | Archdiocese of Southwark and the Society of Jesus |
| Former pupils | Old Wimbledonians (OW) |
| Publication(s) | The Wimbledonian |
| Website | wimbledoncollege |
Wimbledon College is a government-maintained, voluntary-aided, Jesuit Roman Catholic Secondary School for boys aged 11 to 19. The school is based at Edge Hill, Wimbledon, London. It was founded in 1892 "for improvement in living and learning to the greater glory of God and the common good". Its seal says in Latin, "College of the Sacred Heart, Wimbledon". It is affiliated with the Sacred Heart Church and Donhead Preparatory School, its previous feeder preparatory school.
On the 18 January 1892, in the parlour of a newly founded church's presbytery at No. 3 Cranbrook Road, Thomas Lloyd started at Wimbledon College. He was the first-ever student, and on that day he was to be alone. His brother William was meant to attend alongside him, but fell ill. After the first academic year, six more students joined the Lloyd brothers. In this time the school had moved twice, once to a property on Darlaston Road and once to a building adjoining the All England Lawn Tennis Courts. In 1893 the college moved to a recently abandoned building on Edge Hill, the former site of Wimbledon School, and has never moved since. By 1900, 100 pupils were in attendance. In 1898 the Wimbledon College Army Department was established. This trained young men for entrance into Sandhurst or Woolwich.
During the First World War, the college was to lose a total of 129 former pupils. On 18 February 1922 the War Memorial at the rear of the chapel and the memorial stained glass window at the front, behind the altar, were unveiled. The memorial inscription reads: "To the greater glory of God and in the triumphant and loving memory of those who went from the College to die for King and Country."
In 1921 the Prefect of Studies (Head Master), Fr John Manning SJ, oversaw the transition from Oxford Local Examinations to Oxford and Cambridge Joint Board Examinations, allowing the college to compete with the top public schools. This quelled the tendency for the brightest 15 to 16-year-old students to leave the college for the more established Catholic schools. The same year, the house system was introduced with three houses (Fisher, More, and Campion). Southwell would be added later. In 1929, 8 acres of field beside Coombe Lane was bought for sporting purposes.
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