Royal Grammar School Worcester
The Royal Grammar School Worcester (also known as RGS Worcester or RGSW) is an eleven-eighteen mixed, private day school and sixth form in Worcester, Worcestershire, England. Founded before 1291, it is one of the oldest British independent day schools.
| Royal Grammar School Worcester | |
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Upper Tything , , WR1 1HP England | |
| Coordinates | 52.2004°N 2.2242°W |
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| Type | Private day school Grammar school |
| Motto | Latin: Respice et Prospice (Remember the Past and Look to the Future) |
| Established | 1291 |
| Founder | Bishop Bosel |
| Local authority | Worcestershire County Council |
| Department for Education URN | 117038 Tables |
| Headmaster | John Pitt |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Age range | 11–18 |
| Enrolment | 1,272 (Across all of the family of schools in 2019) |
| Capacity | 2,182 |
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| Colour(s) | Green, blue, white |
| Alumni | Old Elizabethans |
| Website | www |
In September 2007, the school merged with the neighbouring Alice Ottley School and was briefly known as RGS Worcester and the Alice Ottley School (RGSAO) before reverting to their original name. The school began accepting girls in 2003, prior to the merger. The school currently consists of the main secondary school and three preparatory campuses known as RGS Springfield (previously a boarding house of the Alice Ottley School), RGS The Grange (opened 1996), and RGS Dodderhill.
Until 1992 it accepted boarders. Boarding pupils would reside in Whiteladies House, a building that is rumoured to contain hidden treasure from Charles I from when he sought refuge there during the Civil War. It is now a day school.
Tracing its origins back to the 7th century, it is the sixth oldest school in the world.