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| Motto | Clarior ex Ignibus Brighter out of the Flames |
|---|---|
| Religion | United Reform Church |
| Headmaster | Mr. Darryl Wideman |
| Location | Wrenthorpe Lane Wakefield West Yorkshire WF2 OPD England |
| Local authority | City of Wakefield |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 7–18 |
| Houses | Evans', Moore's, Spencer's, Yonge's |
| Colours | Yellow; Green; Blue; Red |
| Publication | The Silcoatian |
| Website | Silcoates School |
Coordinates: 51°40′23″N 0°03′21″W / 51.672939°N 0.055751°W
Silcoates School is a public (private) school in Wakefield, England. It was founded in 1820 as the Northern Congregational School at Silcoates House, for the board and education of the sons of non-conformist clergy; it was located close to Ossett and Horbury, which both had unusually large nonconformist populations.
It was a boys' boarding school until 1995, with pupils from all over of the world. Girls were admitted in the sixth form from 1976, with female boarders accommodated in the 'Coach House'. The school now exists as a co-educational day school with a large and attractive campus straddling the border between the West Yorkshire villages of Wrenthorpe and Alverthorpe.
The Silcoates School Foundation has three schools under its name: Silcoates School, Silcoates Sunny Hill House, and St Hilda's School. Silcoates has the most pupils, around 750 in total. The foundation caters for pupils from infancy up to eighteen.[1]
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[edit] Financial Situation
Over the last five years, for which accounts are publically available (2006 - 2010), the school’s spending has exceeded its income by a total of over £1.4 million.[2]
[edit] Motto
The school's motto is Clarior ex Ignibus (brighter through the flames), commemorating the Great Fire of 1904 which forced the school to move into temporary exile in Saltburn, on the coast of North Yorkshire between Whitby and Middlesbrough.
[edit] Houses
There are four houses representing notable headmasters:
- Evans' (Yellow and school green tie)
- Spencer's (Blue and school green tie)
- Moore's (Light green and school green tie)
- Yonge's (Red and school green tie)
[edit] Notable former pupils
- Theodore Cooke Taylor (1850-1952) Businessman, Liberal politician, Profit-sharing pioneer
- Inga Brooksby (1988-) Actress, starred in series Down to Earth
- James Guinness Rogers (1822-1911), Nonconformist divine
- William Thomas Stead (1849-1912), journalist, campaigner, victim of RMS Titanic disaster
- Sir Henry Norman Rae (1860-1928) Liberal MP for Shipley
- J. S. Fletcher (1865-1935), historian, writer of historical and detective novels
- Sir William Peel (1875-1945), colonial governor of Hong Kong
- Maurice Yonge (1899-1986), zoologist
- David Suratgar (1938-), Senior British banker and lawyer
- John Horam (1939-), Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Orpington
- Andrew Burt (1945-), Actor
- Tim Stimpson (1973-), International rugby player
- David Stiff (1984-), County Cricketer
- Hugh Banton (1949-), Progressive rock icon, member of Van der Graaf Generator
- Baron Cocks of Hartcliffe, (1929-2001) Labour peer
[edit] References
- ^ Information about three schools in Silcoates School Foundation
- ^ "Silcoates School Financial History". Charity Commision The Silcoates School Foundation. http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/FinancialHistory.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=529281&SubsidiaryNumber=0. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
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