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Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed. | Peter Symonds College is an open-access sixth form college in Winchester, Hampshire, in the south of England. Its 2000 students mainly come from central Hampshire and the Falkland Islands. The college was founded as a boys' grammar school in 1897 and became a coeducational 16-19 college in 1974, although its roots go back to charities established in the 16th century at the bequest of Peter Symonds, a wealthy merchant. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ...
A sixth form college is an educational institution in England, Wales or Northern Ireland where students aged 16 to 18 complete post-compulsary further education qualifications, such as A Levels. ...
Winchester is a historic city in southern England, with a population of around 40,000 within a 3 mile radius of its centre. ...
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A grammar school is a school that may, depending on regional usage as exemplified below, provide either secondary education or, a much less common usage, primary education (also known as elementary). Grammar schools trace their origins back to medieval Europe, as schools in which university preparatory subjects, such as Latin...
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Origins and history
Peter Symonds College is an open access college which has catered for up to 3,000 students a year from central Hampshire since 1974, but the origins of the former boys' grammar school goes back to the 16th century. Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ...
A grammar school is a school that may, depending on regional usage as exemplified below, provide either secondary education or, a much less common usage, primary education (also known as elementary). Grammar schools trace their origins back to medieval Europe, as schools in which university preparatory subjects, such as Latin...
(15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ...
The Symonds family played a considerable part in the life of Winchester during the 16th and 17th centuries and earlier. William Symonds was three times mayor and the slab over his tomb is to be found in the north aisle of the cathedral. Winchester is a historic city in southern England, with a population of around 40,000 within a 3 mile radius of its centre. ...
His brother, Peter, became a successful business man in the City of London and achieved membership of the Mercers' Company. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...
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In those days, needy London boys were helped by the foundation of Christ's Hospital, of which Peter Symonds became a great admirer. He decided to give Winchester a somewhat similar foundation, and in his will, dated 1586, he provided for the foundation of an almshouse, Christes Hospitall, to benefit Winchester people across the whole age range. Bluecoat School directs here. ...
1586 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. ...
Six aged brethren were to be supported in comfort at the hospital, two divinity students were to be assisted, one at Oxford and one at Cambridge University, and "four pore boys" to be taught, and, after leaving School, to be apprenticed. This article is about the city of Oxford in England. ...
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The Alms houses, in Symonds Street, near the cathedral, were amalgamated with the St John Hospital charity in 1991 and still provide five rooms for "poor bachelors and widowers of good character of not less than 50 years". The trustees have moved with the times and wives are now allowed. They may stay if they are widowed and currently there are four women and one man in residence. Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ...
Another request of the founder has been honoured. Every year, on St Peter's Day. 29 June, an Evensong is held in Winchester Cathedral. Flowers are still laid before the clergy and congregation, but the brethren and students no longer wear the gowns of crimson grograyne with silver chains round their necks nor do the scholars wear "Crimson Sattin Night Caps." as in the past. is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Winchester Cathedral as seen from the Cathedral Close View along the nave of Winchester Cathedral to the west door A plan published in 1911 View of Winchester Cathedral Winchester Cathedral at Winchester in Hampshire is one of the largest cathedrals in England, said to be the second longest, and with...
Peter Symonds' School By the 1890s, enough money had been earned from the sale of land to the expanding railway companies for the Conservator and Gubernators, who looked after the finances, to increase the educational side of the foundation and establish a secondary school for Winchester boys.
Peter Symonds' School opened in May, 1897, at 39, Southgate Street. 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
Only six headmasters have been appointed in 102 years and the first two of these, Telford Varley and Dr Freeman covered the first half-century between them. The ethos of the school has been greatly influenced by the personalities and achievements of these men.
Appointed in 1897 and ordained a priest in 1908, the Revd Telford Varley was a formidable first headmaster for the school. He was held greatly in awe by the boys; this was partly because of his manner; distant eyed behind his beard, he was capable of fearsome outbursts of temper and of designing strange punishments, making offenders feel very small indeed. 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
Year 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
He caught a boy climbing through a classroom window and invited him to climb in and out 50 times after school while Varley himself sat in the room marking
Slovenly pupils who slouched around with their hands in their pockets were paraded in Northbrook Hall at 4 o'clock and invited by Mr. Varley to "assume an attitude of hobbledehoy". They then shambled round the hall with hangdog expression until told to assume "the attitude of a gentleman", when they straightened themselves and marched smartly round and round.
During the pauses in this exercise, trains could he heard entering and leaving Winchester station, and, as many of the delinquents were train boys, this added to their discomfiture. "This is called the old game of keeping the headmaster in," he gloated. "That was the 4 o'clock to Eastleigh. There will be another at 5 o'clock...". His inspection report would meet with approval nowadays, his discipline methods less so! Winchester station is a railway station located in Winchester in the county of Hampshire in England. ...
The first annual examination and inspection in 1898 stated: "Here you have proof of three things: 1st, the energy and organising skill of the Headmaster; 2nd, the loyal co-operation of the staff; 3rd, the hearty obedience of the boys." On 21 December 1899, they moved to the present site off Owens Road. There were 87 boys on the register and the headmaster's salary was £100 per annum, plus £4 for each boy. Year 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
He retired in 1926 and was succeeded by Dr Freeman, a mathematics graduate, always known as "Doc", who now gives his name to the humanities building. He dearly wanted to make Peter Symonds' into a public school and set about enlarging buildings and facilities, had the swimming pool built and became a prominent figure in the community - an early president of Winchester Rotary Club, a Freemason and a Justice of the Peace. He threw himself into every aspect of school life and had boundless energy. Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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It was he who introduced rugby to the school in 1936 and encouraged continental holidays, such as cruises to the Baltic Sea on the SS Neutralia. The Baltic Sea is located in Northern Europe, from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from 20°E to 26°E longitude. ...
During World War II, 450 boys were evacuated from Portsmouth and squashed into the school. One school held lessons in the morning, the others in the afternoon. As news filtered back of old boys dying in action, Doc openly grieved, announcing in assembly, sometimes in tears, the names of the latest to lose their lives in action. They were added to the Board of Honour which stands above the fireplace in The Symonds Room which had been built by the Old Symondians' Society in 1922 as a memorial to those who had lost their lives in the first World War. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...
For other places with the same name, see Portsmouth (disambiguation). ...
Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ...
John Shields took over as head in 1957 after the death of Doc and instigated the building of Varley Hall, the Gym and the Science Labs. When he retired in 1963 he had totally revitalised the place. Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ...
John Ashurst was headmaster during the 'swinging Sixties' and it fell to him to deal with its effect on the boys. Despite the fashion for the Beatles haircut, long hair was definitely not tolerated. When he left in 1973 to take up a new post at Hymer's College, Hull, the school's reputation was at its zenith. The Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964 as part of their first tour of the United States, promoting their first hit single there, I Want To Hold Your Hand. ...
For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ...
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Peter Symonds' College The task for Ashurst's successor, Stuart Nicholls, was to transform a school with an outstanding reputation into a sixth-form college. In September, 1974, the first admissions were made. Girls were accepted for the first time, their mini-skirts causing consternation to pupils and masters alike.[citation needed] Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ...
In 1982, when there were 900 on roll, the largest single intake of students came not from the local comprehensives but from the private sector. Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ...
The highly-regarded Hampshire Specialist Music Course began. Students go through a rigorous selection procedure which enables them to progress to the top music colleges in the country. Mr Nicholls cultivated the phrase which remains an unofficial motto of the college: "We count in ones" ("Counting in ones" is the variant used today). He served on several national education bodies and headed the Association of Sixth-Form College Principals. He left after 20 years to become a national inspector.
In 1991, the Adult Continuing Education Centre, based in Stoney Lane, became a division of Peter Symonds. Using the facilities of the college they now provide 250 courses in the daytime, evening and, at weekends in a wide range of subjects, from pre-degree level examinations to cake icing. Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ...
Neil Hopkins, who arrived in 1993, has seen the expansion of courses to include NVQ and BTEC examinations as well the more traditional A-levels. Even they have changed with the introduction of modular courses and course work assignments. New buildings and facilities have been provided. The science centre was opened in 1996 by the Duke of Gloucester and, in 1998, Prince Andrew opened Falkland Lodge, the new boarding house, and the Paul Woodhouse centre. Neil Hopkins is now the only principal not to have a building in the college named after him, and instead the landfill site in front of the Northbrook building which was demolished has been affectionately called "Hopkins' Hump". Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ...
The A-level, short for Advanced Level, is a General Certificate of Education qualification in the United Kingdom, usually taken by students during the optional final two years of secondary school (Years 12 & 13, commonly called the Sixth Form), or at a separate sixth form college or further education college...
Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ...
Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...
The last named building contains a cafeteria supplied by an industrial-sized kitchen, student union and counselling services and two large rooms where students can watch TV, relax and meet their friends.
In the late 1990s or early 2000s, for reasons unknown (but possibly because of the difficulty students and correspondents had in spelling the College's name correctly), the College dropped the possessive apostrophe from its founder's name in its official title, and is now knownas 'Peter Symonds College'.
In 2004, the John Shields Building was unveiled, providing classrooms for the computing, psychology and environmental science departments. Also in that year the Varley Sports Café was rebuilt. Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Ashurst Learning Resource Centre The £4.2M project was completed in spring of 2007. Ashurst contains five computer suites, housing over 170 computers (three suites double as classrooms, but remain open access when not in use), a vast library and large silent study areas. Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...
Boarding During its heyday the school operated a number of boarding houses. The houses (School House, Wyke Lodge and Kelso) brought in a welcome variety of boys from far-flung corners of the world (outposts of Empire and Armed Forces bases) to spice up the – largely insular – intake of 11+ pupils from Winchester. Nowadays, only School House, as well as the newly built Falkland Lodge are used for boarding, for both male and female students. The construction of Falkland Lodge was funded by the government of the Falkland Islands as a boarding house so that students from the islands can study at the college. Wyke Lodge and Kelso are now used for educational purposes, the Business Studies Department and Music Department respectively. The Eleven Plus is an examination which was given to students in their last year of primary education in the United Kingdom under the Tripartite System. ...
Achievement From 1998 Peter Symonds' has been the top sixth form college in Hampshire, and the third in the country. The A-level pass rate in 2004 was 98.6%, with over 40 students going up to Oxford and Cambridge colleges. Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...
The A-level, short for Advanced Level, is a General Certificate of Education qualification in the United Kingdom, usually taken by students during the optional final two years of secondary school (Years 12 & 13, commonly called the Sixth Form), or at a separate sixth form college or further education college...
Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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- 2005 - 98.7% at A level and 94.8% at AS.
- 2006 - 99.5% at A level and 94.7% at AS.
In July 2007 Peter Symonds' own jazz band the Jazz Detectives performed at the internationally-renowned Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...
Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...
The Montreux Jazz Festival is the best-known music festival in Switzerland. ...
Headmasters and principals 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
A car from 1956 Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
A car from 1956 Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ...
Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ...
Year 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ...
For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ...
Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ...
Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ...
The 400th Anniversary of the Foundation of Peter Symonds 2007 is/was the 400th Anniversary of the Foundation of Peter Symonds.
Confirmed Events for the 400 years' Anniversary
- 29 January 2007 Inaugural Lecture : In Search of Peter Symonds: a tale of two cities by Dr John Hare
- February 2007 Official opening of College Radio Station
- 23 April 2007 The Gresham Lecture
- 16 May 2007 5.30pm Founders Day Procession and Service in Winchester Cathedral
- 23 June 2007 400 Years Celebration Ball at Winchester Guildhall
- 2 - 7 July 2007 Arts Festival Week
- September 2007 Opening of Ashurst Building
- 28 November 2007 Commemorative Concert in New Hall Winchester College
- December 2007 Carol Service in Winchester Cathedral
- January 2008 Unveiling of commemorative wall hanging and stained glass window
7 Radio On 14th February 2007, 7 Radio was launched in college. Broadcasting over the college intranet to students, 7 Radio provides students with contemporary mix of music with combined talk show. As a way of launching 7 Radio, the founders, James Silsbury and Joshua Lewkowicz, interviewed former Peter Symonds student, Jack Dee. In September 2007, the line-up of 7 Radio was completely changed with a mix of new shows produced by the new lower sixth students, however the station still retains popular favourites like the Alex and Nate Show and Thom & Fas.
It was all change for 7radio, the only station of its kind in Hampshire in November 07. The station rebranded inside and outside of the studio, sprucing up the decorating helping to relaunch 'the new sound of 7radio' which the committee of 07/8 helped heavily.
www.7radioonline.tk is now the official home of the station for the college from the college
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External links - Peter Symonds College website
- Old Symondians' Society
- 7 Radio website
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