Gordon's School (original) (raw)

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Gordon's School is a secondary school with academy status in West End near Woking, Surrey, England. It was founded as the Gordon Boys' Home in 1885. It is now one of the 36 state boarding schools in England. It converted to an academy on 1 January 2013. It was ranked as the second-highest-achieving state boarding school in 2016 by The Daily Telegraph, but controversy arose over the school charging £8,209 a year for day-pupil places. It has been argued that makes the state school selective, along with others which charge similar fees. Under the Education Act 1996 it is illegal for state schools to charge for admission or education provided within normal hours. In June 2022 Gordon's was judged Boarding School of the Year by the TES (Times Educational Supplement). (en)

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1885-01-01 (xsd:gYear)

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Semper fidelis
Always faithful

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865 (xsd:nonNegativeInteger)

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Green & Yellow

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GU24 9PT

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Gordon Foundation; an independent charitable trust established in 1888 (en)

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Richard Whittington (en)

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Green & Yellow (en)

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England (en)

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865 (xsd:integer)

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Gordon Boys' Home (en)

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By public subscription, at the express wish of Queen Victoria, as the National Memorial to General Gordon (en)

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Andrew Moss (en)

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120 (xsd:integer)

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Surrey (en)

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11 (xsd:integer)

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dbr:Semper_fidelis

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Always faithful (en)

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Gordon's School (en)

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Yes (en)

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Reigning Monarch of the United Kingdom (en)

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GU24 9PT (en)

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approx. 100 (en)

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Day and boarding school (en)

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Gordon's School is a secondary school with academy status in West End near Woking, Surrey, England. It was founded as the Gordon Boys' Home in 1885. It is now one of the 36 state boarding schools in England. It converted to an academy on 1 January 2013. It was ranked as the second-highest-achieving state boarding school in 2016 by The Daily Telegraph, but controversy arose over the school charging £8,209 a year for day-pupil places. It has been argued that makes the state school selective, along with others which charge similar fees. Under the Education Act 1996 it is illegal for state schools to charge for admission or education provided within normal hours. In June 2022 Gordon's was judged Boarding School of the Year by the TES (Times Educational Supplement). (en)

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