Silcoates School | |
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![]() Silcoates viewed in the direction of the Headmaster's House, formerly Silcoates Hall | |
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Wrenthorpe Lane , , WF2 OPD England | |
Coordinates | 53°41′41″N 1°31′48″W / 53.6947°N 1.5301°W |
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Motto | Clarior ex Ignibus Brighter out of the Flames |
Religious affiliation(s) | United Reformed Church (Previously Congregationalist) |
Established | 1820 |
Founder | Reverend Thomas Scales |
Department for Education URN | 108303 Tables |
Headmaster | Mr Chris Wainman (from September 2021) |
Gender | Mixed |
Age | 3 to 18 |
Houses | Evans', Moore's, Spencer's, Yonge's |
Colour(s) | Yellow; Green; Blue; Red |
Publication | The Silcoatian |
Website | www |
Silcoates School is a co-educational independent school in the village of Wrenthorpe near Wakefield, England.
The school was founded in 1820 as the Northern Congregational School at Silcoates House, for the board and education of the sons of Nonconformist clergy, and was situated close to Ossett and Horbury, each of which had unusually large Nonconformist populations. It was a boys' boarding school until 1995, receiving pupils from around the world. Girls were admitted into the sixth form from 1976, with female boarders accommodated in the Coach House. The school now exists as a co-educational day school with a campus on the border between the villages of Wrenthorpe and Alverthorpe.
Silcoates School is made up of three separate, but closely linked, sections: a Senior School for boys and girls aged 11 to 18 (Year 7 to the Upper Sixth Form); a Junior School for boys and girls aged 4 to 11 (Year 1 to Year 6); and Pre-School for boys and girls aged 3 to 4.[1]