Wrekin College
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| Mottoes | Aut vincere aut mori |
| Established | 1880 |
| Type | Public School, Selective |
| Religious affiliation | Church of England |
| Headmaster | Mr S. Drew MA (Oxon) |
| Founder | Sir John Bayley |
| Location | Sutherland Road Wellington Shropshire TF1 3BH England |
| LEA | Telford & Wrekin |
| Students | c. 450 |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Ages | 11 to 18 |
| Houses | Bayley, Clarkson, Lancaster, Roslyn, Tudor, York. Former houses: Hanover, Norman, Eastfield, Saxon. |
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| Website | wrekincollege.ac.uk |
Wrekin College is a co-educational independent school located in Wellington, Shropshire, England. Part of the Allied Schools, it is also a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference.
The school was founded in 1880 as Wellington College by Sir John Bayley. In 1920, it was sold to the Revd Percy Warrington, a Church of England clergyman and renamed Wrekin College. Girls were introduced to the sixth form by headmaster Geoffrey Hadden in 1975. It became fully co-educational in 1983. There are currently 420 pupils of which 30% are boarders and 40% are girls.
[edit] Old Wrekinians
- Harry Andrews (1911-1989), British stage and film actor
- William R. P. George (1912-2006), Welsh poet
- Sir Peter Gadsden (1929 – 2006), former Lord Mayor of London (1979), businessman
- Brian Epstein (1934 – 1967), record producer
- Sir John Roch (1934 - ), former Lord Justice of Appeal
- Malcolm Bruce (1944 - ), LibDem MP
- Field Marshal Rt Hon the Lord Inge KG, GCB, PC, DL (c. 1948 - ), former Chief of Defence Staff
- Sir Ian Blair (1953 - ), Metropolitan Police Commissioner (2005 - )
- Bob Warman ( 1948 - ), television presenter
- James Faulkner (1948 - ), Voice/television actor
See also Category:Old Wrekinians
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