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'''Wellingborough School''' is a co-educational day [[Private schools in the United Kingdom|private school]] in the [[market town]] of [[Wellingborough]] in [[Northamptonshire]]. It was established in 1595 and is one of [[List of the oldest schools in the United Kingdom#Sixteenth century|the oldest schools in the country]]. The school today consists of a Prep school (ages 3–10) Senior school (ages 11–16) and a [[sixth form]] (ages 16–18).

==History==
[[File:Robin Hood Opera by Colin McAlpin at Wellingborough School cast photo.jpg|thumb|The cast of [[Colin McAlpin]]'s opera ''Robin Hood'', at Wellingborough School, ca.1885]]
The original school was a [[Tudor era|Tudor]] [[grammar school]] in the centre of the town; its original building, built 1617 at a cost of 25 pounds, still survives, now occupied by a local cafe. In January 1881 the school moved under the 28th headmaster to its present ((convert|45|acre|m2|adj=on)) site on the edge of [[Wellingborough]].<ref>[http://www.wellingboroughschool.org/default.asp?page=890 A history of the school]</ref>

During [[World War I]], about 1,060 alumni of the school saw action. These included the flying-ace [[Henry Winslow Woollett]], famous for 35 victories in the air. 181 old boys and masters were killed in action, among them the former school chaplain, [[Bernard Vann]], who was awarded the [[Victoria Cross]] posthumously.<ref name="CN">((cite news |last1=Care |first1=Adam |title=Remembering Cambridge's hockey-playing reverend - who captured 4,000 prisoners in the First World War |url=https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/remembering-cambridges-hockey-playing-reverend-12746818 |access-date=29 August 2020 |work=Cambridge News |date=15 March 2017))</ref>

Between the wars, the school's sporting prowess continued, and in 1929 a thatched pavilion was built on the playing fields, paid for out of tuckshop profits. The pavilion has the front door step of the former home of [[W.G. Grace]], acquired in 1939 when his old home in Bristol was demolished. One local boy who sat the scholarship entrance exam unsuccessfully was [[H.E. Bates]].((Citation needed|date=March 2009))

By 1940 the school was failing. It was saved by the arrival of boys from two other schools. The first comprised 33 boys and masters from Weymouth College, a public school in Dorset which was closing; their arrival was marked by the addition of a house to the school: Weymouth House was originally a house for boys, but it became a house for girls in the late 1980s, as the number of female students increased. The second arrival was a group of boys from Lynfield Preparatory School in Norfolk, with their headmaster Robert Britten, the elder brother of the composer [[Benjamin Britten]].((Citation needed|date=March 2009)) The school was led by [[Thomas Nevill (priest)|Thomas Nevill]] from 1940 to 1956.<ref>'NEVILL, Rev. Thomas Seymour', ''[[Who Was Who]]'', A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U157947 accessed 15 Oct 2017]</ref>

In [[World War II]], 95 old boys were killed in action. Among survivors was Major George Drew. A serial escaper, he spent most of the war in [[Colditz]]. The most distinguished old boy was [[group captain]] [[James Brian Tait]], one of the [[RAF]]'s most highly decorated bomber pilots, who led the attack which sank the [[German battleship Tirpitz]] in 1944.((Citation needed|date=March 2009))

In 1965 the school received a visit from Queen [[Elizabeth II]]. This was arranged by the chairman of the governors, [[Albert Edward John Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer]] (chairman 1946-72).

Until the late 1970s the school was still predominantly for boarders. Girls were admitted for the first time in 1970 and it became fully co-educational in 1979, following the sudden closure of [[Overstone, Northamptonshire|Overstone]] School in Northamptonshire. After over 400 years of boarding tradition, it stopped offering boarding from the 2000-01 school year onwards.

==Notable former pupils==
((See also|Category:People educated at Wellingborough School))

For details of some well-known alumni, see [[List of Old Wellingburians]]

==See also==
*[[Wellingborough School (cricket ground)|Wellingborough School Cricket Ground]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.wellingboroughschool.org/ School Website]
*[http://www.wellingboroughschool.org/default.asp?page=1863 Old Wellingburian Club]
*[http://www.isc.co.uk/schools/england/northamptonshire/wellingborough/wellingborough-school Profile] on the [[Independent Schools Council|ISC]] website
*[[Independent Schools Inspectorate|ISI]] Inspection Reports - [http://www.isi.net/schools/7470/ Prep School] & [http://www.isi.net/schools/7219/ Senior School]

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