27-558: WBGS may refer to: Watford Grammar School for Boys , Watford, UK WBGS-LD , a low-power television station (channel 34) licensed to serve Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States WBGS, former callsign for radio station WTHQ (AM) , serving Point Pleasant, West Virginia, United States WBGS, former callsign for radio station WSLA , serving Slidell, Louisiana, United States Sibu Airport , Sarawak in Malaysia, by ICAO code Topics referred to by
54-645: A Founder's Day service to commemorate the charitable foundations and to celebrate Dame Elizabeth Fuller's commitment and dedication to the school. This service is carried out at St Mary's Church in Watford Town centre. In 2016 The Independent Newspaper Published a table listing Watford Grammar School for Boys as the 7th Best Comprehensive or Partially Selective in the United Kingdom. Sites were found in Derby Road for two new schools adjoining each other, one for boys and
81-642: A bond [...] with the Company against any expenses of their being elected to the office of Sheriff or Lord Mayor", but as the population of London spread outwards from the City, the Company's industry influence continued to decline. Trustees of the Dame Alice Owen Foundation, which supports Dame Alice Owen's School , the Brewers' Company ranks 14th in the order of precedence of City Livery Companies . Its motto
108-454: A charity school for boys and girls by Elizabeth Fuller in 1704. Despite its name, the school accepts boys of all abilities, although approximately a third are selected for academic or musical aptitude, and brothers of existing pupils are also guaranteed places. Its results are among the highest achieved by non-grammar schools in England. In 1704, Mrs Elizabeth Fuller of Watford Place built
135-645: A scheme was presented to the Charity Commissioners, combining Mrs Fuller's foundation with a portion of the Platt foundation to form the Watford Endowed Schools, which would educate up to 200 boys and 100 girls from age 7 to 16. The fees would be £4 to £8, although there would also be a number of scholarships. The trustees of the Free School became governors of the new schools, as did three representatives of
162-466: A smaller one for girls. (These buildings are now the Central Primary School. ) The school is located about 1 kilometre (0.6 mi) west of Watford town centre, just to the south of Watford tube station and Cassiobury Park . The 120-metre (390 ft) long neo-Georgian main block and the adjacent Master's House are Grade II listed buildings . The school was used as a location for many of
189-466: A year was augmented with bequests, producing a revenue of £178, but the rent-charges were fixed and lost their value through inflation. Despite the help of endowments and gifts, the original charity school was in a sad state by the 1870s, when an application to the Charity Commissioners to sell part of the endowment to pay for overdue repairs led to an enquiry into the school. In 1878, the Commission forbad
216-509: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Watford Grammar School for Boys Watford Grammar School for Boys (commonly abbreviated as WBGS) is an 11–18 boys partially selective academy in Watford in Hertfordshire, England. The school and its sister school, Watford Grammar School for Girls , descend from a Free School founded as
243-554: The Brewers' Company (trustees of the Platt Foundation) and the vicar of Watford. The schools' heraldry reflects the union of the two foundations: The schools' motto dates from the same period, and was taken from Virgil 's Aeneid IX, 158: " pugnam sperate parati " ("look forward to the battle, prepared"). The new boys' school was opened by the Earl of Clarendon on 21 April 1884, and
270-542: The First World War. In 1924, Rugby union was introduced in the boys' school and took over from football as the main winter sport. The schools had become increasingly reliant on the county council for building funds, and with the introduction of the Tripartite System in 1944, the schools fully entered the maintained sector as voluntary controlled grammar schools . From 1947 to 1974 Hertfordshire participated in
297-497: The Fleming scheme and five boys, Archie Lang (1950), Mike Farr (1952), Michael Harding and Christopher Horne (both 1958) and Richard Holman (1959) went to Eton under the scheme. Howard Fisher, and Paul Dillingham, son of the Mayor of Watford, went to Winchester under the same scheme. The schools also phased out their preparatory or junior departments to become purely secondary schools. With
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#1732876327686324-507: The House Cup. Each house point given equals to 2 pence given to a chosen charity. On average, each house would earn about £400 for charity. The points system works like this: House Point = 1 House Point Commendation = 3 House Points Half Merit = 5 House Points Merit = 10 House Points Old Boys of the School are known as "Old Fullerians". In chronological order: (since
351-449: The London boroughs of Harrow and Hillingdon . The schools also give priority to siblings of current pupils. Prior to 2008, each of them also gave priority to siblings of pupils at the other school ( Watford Grammar School for Girls ). In 2010 the school became one of the first schools rated 'outstanding' by Ofsted to become an academy , along with the girls school. Every year there is
378-501: The Watford Free School for forty boys and twenty girls on her land next to the churchyard, with rooms for a Master and a Mistress. The school-house was a fine structure at the south-west corner of St Mary's churchyard, and can still be seen there. In 1708 Mrs Fuller endowed the school with a rent-charge of £52 a year. The boys were taught to read, write and cast accounts, and the girls to read English, to knit and to sew. The £52
405-524: The boys spread into the building the girls had vacated. In return, the council demanded changes in the schools' denominational character, and in 1908 a revised scheme removed the requirement that masters and mistresses belong to the Church of England and allowed pupils to opt out of instruction in the teachings of the Church. The leaving age was also raised to 17, and the number of scholarships increased. The building
432-411: The external and internal shots in the filming of The History Boys . In recent years the school has built a gym, a music block (also partly owned by Hertfordshire School of Music) and a Sixth Form centre with a food technology lab, financed through fundraising and the sale of land on the northern edge of the grounds for residential development. The school's music block, the "Clarendon Muse", stands on
459-654: The founding of the Watford Endowed School in 1884) The Old Boys Association, formed in 1894, is known as the "Old Fullerians' Association". All former pupils and past and present teachers and governors of the school are eligible for membership. Serving teachers automatically become honorary members. The mission of the Association is to support the school and its students. This is currently achieved by raising funds for selected school projects and also by giving Old Boys opportunities to stay in touch with each other and with
486-633: The front lawn of the school. The building was completed in December 2007 at the cost of £5 million, and has approximately 2,000 square metres (22,000 sq ft) of space spread out over four floors. It is also used by the Hertfordshire School of Music in the evenings and weekends. The school's new STEM Centre for the teaching of science, technology, engineering and maths was completed in November 2017 and opened by Lord Winston , before dismantled by
513-547: The girls' school the next day. They started with 69 boys and 46 girls, rising to 129 boys and 68 girls during the year. In 1903, the schools' names were changed to the Watford Grammar School and the Watford Grammar School for Girls. By 1904, the schools had outgrown their buildings, with 312 boys and 148 girls. With the help of Hertfordshire County Council , a new girls' school was built and opened in Lady's Close in 1907, and
540-487: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title WBGS . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WBGS&oldid=1117485749 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Broadcast call sign disambiguation pages Airport disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
567-559: The school from admitting any more pupils in its current state, and asked the trustees to choose between turning the school into a public elementary school or amalgamating with a sum of £13,333/6/8d from the Platt Foundation for Aldenham School to form a new middle class school. With some reluctance, the trustees chose the latter, and the free school closed on 10 August 1882. The thirteen boys and two girls still at Mrs Fuller's Free School were placed in local elementary schools. In 1881,
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#1732876327686594-484: The school through events including the annual OFA Dinner, through newsletters and also through the very strong cricket and golf sports societies. There are a number of associated clubs and societies: Brewers%27 Company The Worshipful Company of Brewers is one of the ancient livery companies of the City of London . London brewers are known to have organised as a group in the 13th century. Its first royal charter
621-796: The scrapping of the Tripartite System, they became comprehensive in 1975, and continued to expand. They became grant-maintained schools in 1990, controlled by their own governing bodies , independent of the county council , and funded directly by the Department for Education , and in 1995 introduced partial selection . In 1999 the schools converted to voluntary aided status. The two schools maintain matching admissions policies. The selective proportion of their intake has been reduced since 1995, and currently stands at 25% academic and 10% musical aptitude. Their catchment area for selective admission reaches out about 5 miles, including some northern parts of
648-581: The students, equipment was sourced from the technology block. Funding was providing by national and local government and parental donations supported the fittings and fixtures of the building. Many sports are played at the New Field (shared with the Old Boys sports clubs) beside the Grand Union Canal near Cassiobury Park . In the 1950s there were five houses; Bushey, North, South, Travellers and New. Fuller
675-521: Was added during that decade. The most recent form to be added was Rée, introduced to years 7 and 12 in September 2018. Each year in the school is divided into 8 forms, which belong to 8 different houses – the names of which are significant in the history of the school. Every year, the houses compete for the House Cup. They use the House Point system, and the house which has gained the most house points wins
702-408: Was granted by Henry VI in 1438. In 1643, Parliament imposed excise taxes on beer , ale , and malt , steadily increasing them until gin became cheaper, causing the growth of unlicensed breweries and, in 1685, James II extended the Company's jurisdiction to eight miles around London and its suburbs. In 1739 it adopted new by-laws, which included the requirement for its liverymen to "enter into
729-551: Was still insufficient for the boys' school, and with assistance from the County Council the school purchased part of Cassiobury Park facing Rickmansworth Road to build a new school. On 23 February 1912, the boys assembled outside the Derby road buildings and walked to the new site, which was formally opened by the Earl of Clarendon on 20 March 1912. Sixth Form courses were introduced during
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