Aldworth Science College

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Aldworth Science College is a secondary school, formerly Richard Aldworth Community School and The Blue Coat School. It is located on Western Way in Basingstoke, Hampshire.

[edit] History

[edit] Founder

Richard Aldworth was an East Indian merchant, born in Reading, Berkshire. When he died in 1848, he left £7000 to a hospital to build schools in Reading and Basingstoke, where his mother was born.

[edit] The School

The school built in Basingstoke in 1860 was called the Blue Coat School. It started with just ten students and one teacher.

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