Wymondham College
The logo of Wymondham College
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| Motto | Floreat Sapientia (Let Wisdom Flourish) |
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| Established | 1951 |
| Type |
Academy Day and boarding school |
| Principal | Mr Jonathan Taylor |
| Founder | Lincoln Ralphs |
| Location |
Golf Links Road Morley Wymondham Norfolk NR18 9SZ England Coordinates: 52°32′42″N 1°03′26″E / 52.54489°N 1.05736°E |
| DfE URN | 136481 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports Pre-academy reports |
| Students | 1,262 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses |
Y7-Y11: Cavell Hall, Fry Hall, Kett Hall, New Hall, Peel Hall Y12-Y13: Lincoln Hall |
| Publication | Wymondham College Magazine |
| Former pupils | Old Wymondhamians |
| Website | www |
Y7-Y11: Cavell Hall, Fry Hall, Kett Hall, New Hall, Peel Hall
Wymondham College is a coeducational secondary school with academy status in Wymondham, Norfolk, England. A former grammar school, it is one of 36 state boarding schools in England and the largest of its type in the country, with up to 700 boarding places. Although boarders do not pay for their education in the same way as at an independent school, they are still required to pay for the costs of living at the school (£10,000) whereas day pupils attend the school free. It has specialisms in technology (maths, science, ICT & Design Technology) and in modern languages. It is one of the highest performing state schools in England and Wales. In 2015 it was the top performing state school in East Anglia. In 2016 The DfE recognised the College as being in the top 100 schools nationally on each the main three measures, attainment, EBACC pass rate and Value added progress. The college was awarded world class school status in November 2015.
The School is built on the site of the Second World War USAAF 231st Station Hospital, and when the school first opened in 1951 the hospital's forty Nissen huts were used as classrooms and dormitories. It was established by Lincoln Ralphs, the chief education officer of Norfolk County Council. Brick-built accommodation began to appear in the late 1950s, but Nissen huts remained in use, principally for classrooms and storage, through to end of the 1990s. The only Nissen hut now remaining is the College chapel. A memorial garden has been created on the site of the former USAAF mortuary, which for many years was used as the school's technical drawing classroom.
In 1951 there were two separate schools, Grammar and Technical, each with separate Heads. They merged in the mid-1950s after an uneasy co-existence. The school was a co-educational boarding grammar school. It was intended for academically-gifted children in remote rural areas with no grammar schools in their local area that they could attend, as well as those with parents abroad or who regularly moved around the country. It gave priority, where possible, to children from families where the parents had separated, thus possibly under financial hardship. Admissions were by examination and headmasters' reports.
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