London - Croydon - Whitgift Grammar School c1910 -Pamlin Prints postcard c.1970s

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Whitgift School is an independent day school with limited boarding (120 boys)^[3] in South Croydon, London. Along with Trinity School of John Whitgift and Old Palace School it is owned by the Whitgift Foundation, a charitable trust. The school's headmaster is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference.^{[citation needed]}

Whitgift School was founded in 1596 by the Archbishop of Canterbury John Whitgift and opened in 1600.^[4] It was founded as part of the Whitgift Foundation which had the aim of building a hospital and school in Croydon for the "poor, needy and impotent people" from the parishes of Croydon and Lambeth.^[5] It is Croydon's oldest school.^{[citation needed]}

The school was originally located in North End, Croydon. In 1931 the school moved to its current site, Haling Park, which was once home to Lord Howard of Effingham, the Lord High Admiral of the Fleet sent against the Spanish Armada.^[6]Between 1871 and 1946 the school was known as Whitgift Grammar School, after which it relinquished its direct grantand became a fully independent school known as 'Whitgift School'.^[7]

There are approximately 650 boys in the Lower School and 650 boys in the Upper School. Haling Park retains the appearance of an attractive country estate with a large copse, many specimen trees, Prevost's Squirrels, maras, peafowl(peacocks), crowned and demoiselle cranes, flamingos and other exotic birds. The Founder's Garden, Water Gardens and Andrew Quadrangle provide reflective spaces as well as venues for plays, concerts and celebrations. The Whitgift Rose, created to mark the 400th Anniversary of the School, is widely planted throughout the grounds.

The original buildings have been supplemented by many additions and improvements including a Music School and Concert Hall, an integrated facility for science, technology, art and design together with library and resource centres, a separate Lower School building, and a major new Sports and Conference Centre which was opened in February 2005. A new Art Department, Performing Arts Centre and a new Sixth Form Centre were completed in the middle of 2011.

Originally a day school, boarding was introduced in 1992,^[8] but a new boarding house was opened for the 2013–14 school year.^[9]