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Tettenhall College

Coordinates: 52°35′42″N 2°10′11″W / 52.5949°N 2.1696°W / 52.5949; -2.1696
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Tettenhall College
Address
Map
Wood Road

Tettenhall
Wolverhampton
,
West Midlands
,
WV6 8QX

England
Coordinates52°35′42″N 2°10′11″W / 52.5949°N 2.1696°W / 52.5949; -2.1696
Information
TypePrivate day and boarding school
MottoTimor Domini Initium Sapientiae
(The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom)
Religious affiliation(s)Church of England (officially)
Established1863 (1863)
FounderBusinessmen of the Queen Street Congregational Church
Local authorityWolverhampton
Chair of GovernorsMr Jeremy F Woolridge
HeadmasterMr Christopher McAllister
Deputy HeadMrs Caroline Troughton
GenderCo-educational
Age2 to 18
Enrolment430~
Houses(Upper and Lower schools only)   Bantock
  Haydon
  Pearson
  Nicholson
Colour(s)Blue & Light Blue
  
Websitehttp://www.tettenhallcollege.co.uk/

Tettenhall College is a co-educational private day and boarding school located in the Wolverhampton suburb of Tettenhall in England.

History

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The college was founded in 1863 by a group of prominent local businessmen and industrialists, most of who were associated with the Queen Street Congregational Church. Tettenhall Towers was built by Wolverhampton industrialist Colonel Thomas Thorneycroft as a house for him and his family. The Towers Theatre was originally a ballroom and has springs under the floor to make it a better dancing surface. The stage was built later on for the school when it started. The school was sold by the last member of the Thorneycroft family in 1942. The college's lower school building was completed in September 2000 and the science department in 2007.

Boarding

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There are two boarding houses: Thorneycroft (girls) and School House (boys). Less than 15% of pupils board. Most boarders are international pupils or children of military personnel.[1]

Notable former pupils

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References

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  1. ^ Boarding
  2. ^ "Bristol mayor: Colston statue removal was act of 'historical poetry'". 13 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Tettenhall - Junior and Senior Mixed Independent School". Guide to Independent Schools. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
  4. ^ "Presenter Mark Speight hanged himself with shoelaces". 20 May 2008.
  5. ^ Obituary in The Daily Telegraph, 28 June 1995
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