Westminster Under School

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Westminster Under School
Motto	Dat Deus Incrementum
Type	Boys' independent school
Headmaster	Mr. J. P. Edwards
Students	267
Location	Adrian House, 27 Vincent Square, SW1P 2NN, Westminster, London, England
Campus	Westminster, London
Website	Westminster Under School

Westminster Under School is a private preparatory school for boys aged 7 to 13 and is attached to Westminster School in London.

The school was founded in 1943 in the precints of Westminster School in Little Dean’s Yard, just behind Westminster Abbey. In 1951 the Under School relocated to its own premises in Eccleston Square. Due to rising numbers of pupils in the 1960s and 1970s, the school moved again in 1981 to its present site (which was a former hospital) overlooking the Westminster School playing fields in Vincent Square. There are 267 pupils attending the school. The school has a strong musical tradition and provides choristers for St Margaret's Church, London.

Most boys attending the school move on to Westminster School after the completion of either Common Entrance or Scholarship examinations (The Challenge), although a number of boys each year go onto other schools, most typically either Eton or Harrow.

The Master is Mr J. P. Edwards; the Deputy Master is Mr D. Bratt.

1 Entrance
2 Notable alumni
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Entrance

Entrance examinations for Westminster Under School can be taken at 7+,8+ or 11+. Entry into Westminster Under School at 11+ may be primarily for the purpose of gaining a place at Westminster School, however others may have from schools which end in year six and enter schools such as Eton College. The school also offers Academic & Music Scholarships and means-tested bursaries at 11+.