Westminster School

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day and boarding school independent school public school in England

Westminster School is a historic and prestigious independent school in central London, renowned for educating many prominent British political and cultural figures.

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf day and boarding school →
independent school →
public school in England →
admissionsProcess competitive entrance examination →
ageRange 13–18 →
associatedWith Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster →
surface form: Westminster Abbey
country United Kingdom →
foundedIn 12th century →
genderAdmitted boys →
girls →
governedBy Dean and Chapter of Westminster →
hasAlumniDemonym Old Westminster →
hasCampusType urban →
hasHouseSystem yes →
hasMotto Dat Deus Incrementum →
hasNotableAlumni A. A. Milne →
Andrew Lloyd Webber →
Ben Jonson →
Helena Bonham Carter →
John Locke →
Kim Philby →
Michael Pennington →
Nick Clegg →
Peter Ustinov →
Tony Benn →
hasPreparatorySchool Westminster Under School →
hasReligiousAffiliation Church of England →
knownFor high academic standards →
producing British political leaders →
producing cultural and literary figures →
sending pupils to Oxford and Cambridge →
languageOfInstruction English →
locatedIn City of Westminster →
London, England →
surface form: London
locatedNear Palace of Westminster →
surface form: Houses of Parliament

Westminster Abbey, London →
surface form: Westminster Abbey
locatedOn Dean’s Yard →
mottoLanguage Latin →
offersBoarding yes →
offersDayPlaces yes →
offersEducationLevel secondary education →
sixth form →
partOf English public school tradition →
re-foundedBy Elizabeth I of England →
re-foundedIn 1560 →
schoolType fee-paying →
selective →

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

subject surface form: Arthur Middleton
subject surface form: Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton
Christopher Wren → educatedAt → Westminster School →
Henry Pelham → educatedAt → Westminster School →
Jeremy Bentham → educatedAt → Westminster School →
John Locke → educatedAt → Westminster School →
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell → educatedAt → Westminster School →
Earl Russell (John Russell) → educatedAt → Westminster School →
subject surface form: John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
Kallistos Ware → educatedAt → Westminster School →
Matthew Gregory Lewis → educatedAt → Westminster School →
Earl of Burlington → educatedAt → Westminster School →
subject surface form: Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington
Robert Hooke → educatedAt → Westminster School →
Robert Southey → educatedAt → Westminster School →
The Duke of Grafton → educatedAt → Westminster School →
Duke of Newcastle → educatedAt → Westminster School →
subject surface form: Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle
Tom Hooper → educatedAt → Westminster School →
John Burgoyne → education → Westminster School →
Warren Hastings → education → Westminster School →