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St Paul's School is a selective independent day school (with limited boarding) for boys aged 13–18, founded in 1509 by John Colet and located on a 43-acre site by the Thames in London. [5] [6] St Paul's was one of nine English public schools investigated by the Clarendon Commission , which subsequently became known as the Clarendon schools .
St Paul’s School was founded by John Colet, Dean of St Paul’s Cathedral. Colet’s father was Sir Henry Colet, twice Lord Mayor of London. As his sole surviving child, John Colet inherited substantial wealth in 1505 to bolster his own independent means. Colet used his whole fortune to endow St Paul’s School, making it the largest school ...
St Paul’s is an independent school offering an outstanding, all-round education for gifted boys aged 7 to 18 years. ... London SW13 9JT. Reception. 020 8748 9162.
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St Paul’s is an independent school offering an outstanding, all-round education for gifted boys aged 7 to 18 years. Our founder John Colet opened the doors to St Paul’s School in 1509 to educate boys “from all nacions and countres indifferently”. We offer financial support for any boy who is successful in gaining a place at the school ...
John Colet. Saint Paul’s School, one of the major public (i.e., privately endowed) schools in England. It was founded in 1509 by John Colet, dean of St. Paul’s Cathedral in the City of London. Originally located in the cathedral churchyard, the school was destroyed in the Great Fire but rebuilt in 1670. The institution was removed from the ...
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St Paul's School, London, independent school for boys aged 13–18 (originally in the City of London, now in Barnes) St Paul's Cathedral School, independent school for boys aged 4–13 (near St Paul's Cathedral, London) St Paul's Girls' School, independent school in Hammersmith, London. St Paul's School for Girls, Birmingham, a state-funded ...
Mar 3, 2021 · St Paul’s School for boys has stood on the banks of the Thames at Barnes in south-west London since 1968, a dense outcrop of low-rise buildings isolated in a 43-acre sea of playing fields. The school boasts an august lineage of more than 500 years – a datum against which its relationship with place and architecture seems almost transient.
