Wimbledon College

Wimbledon College is a state-maintained voluntary-aided Roman Catholic (Jesuit) secondary school for boys aged 11 to 18.

General

The school is based in Edge Hill, Wimbledon, London SW19 4NJ. (Telephone: 020 8946 2533)

It was founded in 1892 "for improvement in living and learning to the greater glory of God and the common good".

The school has a joint sixth form with the all-girls Ursuline High School, Wimbledon. That school is situated on Crescent Road, close by.

External links

• Wimbledon College, school website
• Old Wimbledonians Association website ("the Old Boys")

Miscellaneous

• "The Jesuits in Britain"

• Wimbledon College Southern India Project Website
  • ...Action re India, 2003
  • ...More

• DFES page
• Merton Council information

• Ofsted inspection report, 2001 (downloadable pdf)

Some famous former pupils

• Christopher Hewett - late actor
• Sir John Keegan - English military historian
• Anthony Leggett - Winner of 2003 Nobel Prize in Physics
• Paul Merton - comedian, writer and TV presenter
• John Patten, Baron Patten - politician
• Patrick Reid - Colditz Castle escapee, WW2, and author subsequently
• John A. J. Whelan - late astronomer, Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge

See also

• Old Wimbledonians Association
• Sacred Heart Church, Wimbledon
• Donhead
• Ursuline High School