Latymer Upper School
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Latymer Upper School is a public school (now co-educational) in Hammersmith, London, England, on King Street. It derives from a charity school, and is part of the same Latymer Foundation, from a bequest by the English merchant Edward Latymer. There is a junior school on site, but most students are admitted to the Upper School through examination and interview at the age of eleven. The school's academic results place it among the top schools nationally.
Latymer Upper School | |
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Address | |
, London , W6 9LR United Kingdom | |
Coordinates | 51.492°N 0.237°W / 51.492; -0.237 |
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Type | Public school[1] Private day school |
Motto | Latin: Paulatim ergo certe (Slowly Therefore Surely) |
Religious affiliation(s) | Church of England |
Established | School: 1895; 129 years ago (1895)[2][3] Latymer Foundation: 1624; 400 years ago (1624)[2][3] |
Founder | Edward Latymer |
Sister school | Godolphin and Latymer School |
Local authority | Hammersmith and Fulham |
Department for Education URN | 100370 Tables |
Head | Susan Wijeratna[4] |
Staff | 180 full time, 37 music staff |
Gender | Co-educational since 2004 (Formerly all-boys) |
Age | 7 to 18 |
Enrolment | 1,284 |
Colour(s) | Black, blue and white |
Publication | The Latymerian |
Former pupils | Old Latymerians |
Boat Club | Latymer Upper School Boat Club |
Website | www |
Having opened on its King Street site in 1895, the school spent a period of time in the mid-20th century as a direct grant grammar school, before becoming independent with the system's abolition in the 1970s. Remaining single-sex until 1996, when Sixth Form admissions were opened to girls, the school transitioned to full co-education in the first decade of the 21st century.
Latymer's alumni include members of both Houses of Parliament, winners of Olympic medals, actors, musicians, and many figures in the arts and sciences.