South Wilts Grammar School
Search results
Welcome. Bishop Wordsworth’s School was founded in 1890 by John Wordsworth, Bishop of Salisbury. When he established the school his intention was that it should be a centre for education right at the very heart of Salisbury, in what is probably the most beautiful Cathedral Close in Europe. When the school was founded it had just 40 boys.
- Foundation
The Bishop’s School, as it was then called, opened on its...
- Main School
The Bishop’s School, as it was then called, opened on its...
- Sixth Form
Because of this BWS students are sought by both universities...
- Coronavirus Updates
Bishop Wordsworth's School. School Website Design by FSE...
- Contact Us
Bishop Wordsworth’s School. Exeter Street, Salisbury,...
- MCAS
Bishop Wordsworth's School. Home. Coronavirus Information....
- Famous Wordsworthians
The school was known at the time as the Bishop’s School,...
- Foundation
Bishop Wordsworth's School is a Church of England boys' grammar school in Salisbury, Wiltshire for boys aged 11 to 18. The school is regularly amongst the top-performing schools in England, and in 2010 was the school with the best results in the English Baccalaureate. [2] [3] It was granted academy status in March 2011 and is an Additional ...
- 1889
- Church of England
- Veritas in Caritate, Truth in Love
People also ask
Who founded Bishop Wordsworth's School?
Why was Bishop Wordsworth's School renamed after he died?
Why should I study at Bishop Wordsworth's?
When was the Bishop's school built?
The school was known at the time as the Bishop’s School, being renamed the year after the Bishop’s death as "Bishop Wordsworth’s School". John Wordsworth was married twice, first to Susan Esther Coxe (1870) who died at the palace in 1894 and then to Mary Anne Frances Williams (1896). There were four sons and two daughters to this second ...
Accordingly, he set up ‘The Bishop’s School’ in a room in the Bishop’s Palace on 13th January 1890 – it was attended by just 45 boys. The new school was dedicated at a ceremony on 19th April 1890, along with three further new Church Schools – St Mark’s, St Paul’s Road and George Herbert. Bishop Wordsworth personally donated £ ...
