Wimbledon College
Wimbledon College is a state-maintained voluntary-aided
Roman Catholic (
Jesuit)
secondary school for boys aged 11 to 18.
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.
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Wimbledon College, school website*
Old Wimbledonians Association website ("the Old Boys")*
"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)*
Eugene Esmonde - WW2 naval pilot, led attack on
Bismarck, awarded VC after
Channel Dash*
Christopher Hewett - late actor
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John Keegan - English military historian
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Des Kelly - National newspaper journalist, columnist
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Anthony Leggett - Winner of 2003
Nobel Prize in
Physics*
Paul Merton - comedian, writer and TV presenter
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John Patten, Baron Patten - politician
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Patrick Reid -
Colditz Castle escaper, WW2, and author subsequently
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Old Wimbledonians Association*
Sacred Heart Church, Wimbledon*
Donhead*
Ursuline High School
