Bancroft's School
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| Motto | Unto God Only Be Honour and Glory |
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| Established | 1737 |
| Type | Independent day school |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Head Master | Simon Marshall |
| Chaplain | Rev I Moore |
| Chairman of Governors | Professor Philip Ogden |
| Founder | Francis Bancroft |
| Location |
High Road Woodford Green Essex IG8 0RF England Coordinates: 51°36′17″N 0°01′39″E / 51.60482°N 0.02742°E |
| Local authority | Redbridge |
| DfE number | 317/6063 |
| DfE URN | 102875 Tables |
| Staff | c.90 |
| Students | 1100 (including 260 in the preparatory school) |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 7–18 |
| Houses |
North East West School |
| Colours | Navy blue, Black |
| Former pupils | Old Bancroftians |
| Website | www |
| Established | 1990 |
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| Type | Preparatory day school |
| Head | Joe Layburn |
| DfE number | 317/6071 |
| DfE URN | 132134 Tables |
| Students | 200~ |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 7–11 |
| Website | Preparatory School website |
Bancroft's School is a co-educational independent school located in Woodford Green, London Borough of Redbridge. The school currently has around 1,000 pupils aged between 7 and 18, around 200 of whom are pupils of the Preparatory School and 800 of whom are pupils of the Senior School. Typically around 10% of students from the school go on to study at either Oxford or Cambridge University, putting the school, as of June 2009, at 68th in the country in terms of Oxbridge acceptances as a proportion of all UCAS applications.
In 2015, 93% of all GCSEs taken were at grade A*-A giving Bancroft's a independent league table position of 14 according to the Telegraph newspaper.
The school was founded in 1737, following the 1728 death of Francis Bancroft, who bequeathed a sizeable sum of money to the Drapers' Company, which continues to act as trustee for the school. Bancroft's began in the Mile End Road in London's East End as a small charitable day school for boys, with an attached almshouse.
The foundation was originally known as Bancroft's Hospital and until the late 19th century also acted as home for almsmen who had been freemen of the Company of Drapers. In 1884 the almshouse was abolished and the school moved to a new site at Woodford Green and the original buildings were demolished; the site is now occupied by Queen Mary, University of London.
The current school location in Woodford Green occupies four and a half acres, and the main buildings were designed by Arthur Blomfield, who was also responsible for Selwyn College in Cambridge. Originally there were just a hundred pupils, including sixty boarders. The numbers grew steadily during the twentieth century until there were nearly one thousand on the roll. The buildings were also extended, with the original Science Block (1910) then further extended (1969/70 and officially opened by Sir Solly Zuckerman), new Assembly Hall (1937), the Adams Building (1964), a new Gymnasium Block (1975), the Preparatory School (1990), the Courtyard Building (2006), new Sports Block (2007), and Preparatory School Extension (2009).
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