Exhibitions – Annual Foundation Art exhibitions have been held in galleries and more recently virtually.
Archives
Events
Art
Music
Concerts – The annual music concert started in 2010 with students from our five schools performing at St John’s, Smith Square. This was followed by concerts at venues such as Christ Church, Spitalfields and St Peter’s Eaton Square. Students received teaching from the world famous acapella group VOCES8 which has helped them not only musically but boosted their self-confidence.
Sport
Foundation Sports Day is the longest established joint venture for our schools and takes place every year in June and is hosted by the schools. Medals and cups are won and records broken in a fiercely competitive contest.
Essay Competition
The Essay Competition started in 2012 and students entering our sixth forms have a chance to spend their summer holiday writing an extended essay on a given topic(s) to be submitted in early September. Short-listed students are given a hard back book containing all the prize winning essays.
Model United Nations
Alongside the public events, our five schools come together on other occasions. The Model United Nations sees students debating resolutions that they have chosen and drafted.
The Archives for The Grey Coat Hospital and Westminster City School are held on indefinite loan in the Westminster City Archive Centre.
Home page – www.westminster.gov.uk/archives
Catalogue – www.calmview.eu/Westminster/CalmView/default.aspx
Note: Only the catalogues can be viewed on line. To see the actual documents you will need to visit the Westminster City Archive Centre, 10 St. Anne’s Street, London SW1P 2DE. Telephone 020 7641 5180. Please check opening hours on website before visiting.
The Grey Coat Hospital
The Grey Coat Hospital School has one of the most complete and extensive set of archives of any state School in the country with all the Governors’ minutes dating from 1698 – 1951. (Minutes from 1952 onwards are kept in the Foundation Office). The archive catalogue is Ascension 1648. The most important series of records are:
Governors’ minutes, 1698 – 1951
Accounts, 1698 – 1965
Admission registers, 1698 – 1953
Applications for admission, 1800 – 1949
Apprenticeship indentures, 1973 – 1878
Staff registers, 1908 – 1952
School magazines, 1913 – 1949
There are also records for St. Michael’s School, Pimlico which merged with The Grey Coat Hospital in 1977 held in the Archive Centre. Records from 1848 to 1977 are listed in the Catalogue Accession 1649.
The most important series of records are:
Log books, 1863 – 1977
Inspectors’ reports, 1880 – 1963
Minute books, 1920 – 1977
Admission registers, 1946 – 1977
Punishment books, 1945 – 1968
School magazines, 1961 – 1967
Photographs, 1957 – 1977
United Westminster Schools
The Catalogue is Accession 1657. Highlights include:
Westminster City School Governors’ minutes, 1873 – 1962
Westminster City School Accounts, 1874 – 1962
Westminster City School Application and admission registers, 1874 – 1944
United Westminster Schools property records, 1873 – 1945
St. Margaret’s Hospital
Also known as The Green Coat School, founded in 1631, merged with Palmers School founded in 1654 and Emery Hill’s School founded in 1633 to form United Westminster Schools in 1873, later known as Westminster City School. Highlights of the Catalogue Accession 1656 include:
Minute books, 1631 – 1873
Accounts, 1642 – 1874
Rents, 1838 – 1874
Apprenticeships indentures and bonds, 1644 – 1668
Petitions for admission , 1724 – 1866
Deeds, 1651 – 1659
St. Margaret’s Hospital, the Green Coat School 1474 – 1969 Catalogue Accession 2593. Here there is a collection of the most fascinating set of title deeds, the longest of which spans 495 years for an inn/public house. Highlights include:
Title Deeds for property in:
Westminster, 1586 – 1905
The City of London, 1571 – 1733
Essex, 1474 – 1969
Hertfordshire, 1599 – 1857
Middlesex, 1657 – 1954
Surrey, 1612 – 1965
Governors’ Correspondence and Papers, 1730 – 1950
Accounts, 1769 – 1873
Fire Insurance, 1773 – 1779
Maps and Plans, 1850 – 1912
Admissions and Bequests, 1661 – 1769
Apprenticeship Indentures and Bonds, 1840 – 1872
A visit to the Westminster Archive Centre is a treat not to be missed! Access is free of charge and without appointment.