Bancroft's School
Motto	Unto God Only Be Honour and Glory
Established	c.1737
Type	Independent
Religious affiliation	Church of England
Headmaster	Dr P R Scott
Chaplain	Rev. I Moore
Chairman of Governors	Major General A W Lyons, CBE
Founder	Francis Bancroft
Location	High Road Woodford Green Woodford Green Essex IG8 0RF England
LEA	Redbridge
Staff	c.50
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	7 to 18
Houses	North, East, West and School
School colours	Red, Green, Yellow and Blue
Website	Bancroft's School Web-site
Coordinates: 51°36′17″N 0°01′39″E / 51.60482, 0.02742

Bancroft's School is a co-educational independent school in Woodford Green, London, with 1,000 pupils aged between 7 and 18. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 551 KB) Summary The copyright of this file belongs to me, and I freely release it for use in Wikipedia. ... A Local Education Authority (LEA) is the part of a council in England or Wales that is responsible for education within that councils jurisdiction. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... The Bancroft School of Worcester, Massachusetts, founded in 1901 is a co_educational K through 12 private school. ... Woodford Green is a suburban area of Woodford divided between the London Borough of Redbridge and London Borough of Waltham Forest, London, and surrounded by the Epping Forest. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...

History

The school was founded in 1737, following the death of its founder Francis Bancroft^[1], who left a sizeable sum of money to the Drapers' Company, which continues to act as trustee for the school. Bancroft's began in the Mile End Road in London's East End as a small charitable day school for boys, with an attached almshouse for 24 elderly gentlemen, and over the next 250 years it evolved steadily to its present form; it is now one of the country's leading coeducational schools. Arms of the Drapers Company The Worshipful Company of Drapers is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London; it has the formal name of The Master and Wardens and Brethren and Sisters of the Guild or Fraternity of the Blessed Mary the Virgin of the Mystery of... The term East End is most commonly used to refer to the East End of London, England. ...

The foundation was originally known as Bancroft's Hospital and until the late 19th century also acted as home for the almsmen. The school then moved to a new site in Woodford Green and the original buildings were demolished; the site is now occupied by Queen Mary College, one of the colleges of the University of London. Queen Mary, University of London (QMUL) (until 2000 Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London and still called that in its charter [1] and occasionally still abbreviated to QMW) is the fourth largest College of the University of London. ... The University of London is a university based primarily in London. ...

A school cricket match in front of the prep school

The new school in Woodford Green occupies four and a half acres, and the main buildings were designed by Arthur Blomfield, who was also responsible for Selwyn College in Cambridge. Originally there were just one hundred pupils, including sixty boarders, but the numbers grew steadily during the twentieth century, until there were nearly one thousand on the roll. The buildings were also extended, with the Science Block (1910), a new Assembly Hall (1937), the Adams Building (1964), a new Gymnasium Block (1975), the Courtyard Building (2006), and a new Sports Block (2007). Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 516 KB) Summary This is a picture of a cricket match in front of the prep school at Bancrofts School, Woodford Green, Essex. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 516 KB) Summary This is a picture of a cricket match in front of the prep school at Bancrofts School, Woodford Green, Essex. ... Sir Arthur William Blomfield (6 March 1829 _30 October 1899), English architect, son of Bishop C. J. Blomfield, was educated at Rugby and Trinity College, Cambridge. ... Full name Selwyn College Motto ΑΝΔΡΙΖΕΣΘΕ Quit ye like men Named after George Augustus Selwyn Previous names - Established 1882 Sister College(s) Keble College, Oxford Master Prof. ...

Following the loss of Direct Grant status in the 1970s, the Governors decided on three courses of action. These were to discontinue boarding, to admit girls for the first time, and to build a new Preparatory Department. These were all completed by 1990; the School now takes half its pupils from age 7, and half the pupils are now girls. In 1997 the Government abolished the Assisted Places Scheme, which helped children from poor families to attend the school; the Governors replaced these by Francis Bancroft Scholarships, which were supported by the Drapers' Company, and by the residue of Francis Bancroft's original will. These awards are means-tested, and can be worth the entire school fee.

In 2004 a new building programme began. The Courtyard Building, consisting of new kitchens, further teaching rooms, and a new Sixth Form Centre, was opened by Chris Woodhead in February 2006, and a new Sports Hall was completed at the beginning of the Summer Term 2007. A conversion of the old gymnasium into a Drama Centre has just finished with students enjoying the new facilities available. Christopher Woodhead (born 1947) was the Chief Inspector of Schools in England from 1994 until 2000 and is one of the most controversial figures in debates on the direction of British education policy. ...

Years

The preparatory school has four years which are known as:

• Alpha (Year 3); Beta (Year 4); Prep One (Year 5); Prep Two (Year 6)

The senior school has its own naming system, in ascending age order:

• Thirds (Year 7); Remove (Year 8); Lower Fourth (Year 9); Upper Fourth (Year 10); Fifth Form (Year 11); Lower Sixth (Year 12); Upper Sixth (Year 13)

Curriculum

At GCSE, all pupils take the following common core: English, English Literature, Maths, French, Physics, Chemistry and Biology. To this are added three optional subjects from: Art, DT, Electronics, Music, Spanish, German, Latin, Ancient Greek, Greek Civilization, Religious Studies, Geography and History.

The school opts for the IGCSE exam in Maths. About half the pupils take this a year early, and go on to take Additional Maths in the Fifth Form. A similar proportion take French a year early, and then go on to start the AS course. A smaller number of pupils take Music two years early; this effectively gives them an extra pass at GCSE.

At A level the school offers: Art, Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry, Classical Civilisation, Critical Thinking, Design Technology, Economics, Electronics, English Literature, French, Geography, German, Greek, History, Latin, Maths, Further Maths, Music, Physical Education, Physics, Religious Studies and Spanish. There are also courses to AS level in Government and Politics, Music Technology and the Certificate in Financial Studies.

Drama is set to be added to the curriculum in September 2007 for the first two years of the senior school with the intention to gradually offer this subject to all years.

School Song

Floreat Bancroftia,
Floreamus pueri,
Vivat et memoria,
Fundatoris nostri.
Nobis in aeternum,
Magni sint honores,
Floreat Bancroftia,
Floreant rectores.

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References

External links

• Official website
• Old Bancroftians website