endures Annual Journal 2019 / 2020 now more than ever we

Contents

Chairman's welcome 4

Achievement snapshot 6

We serve 8

We care 12

We excel 16 Reflections 20 serve Our legacy 24 Our history 26 care eexcel

Annual Journal 2019/20 3 ¬ nurses ¬ minibus drivers ¬ residents This journal is typically produced to share ¬ advice workers ¬ administrators stories from across our rich and diverse community, to celebrate our collective success, ¬ teaching staff ¬ care assistants and to reflect on another year in our charity’s long history. In these strange and difficult ¬ school heads ¬ home managers times, such an endeavour may seem an odd undertaking. However, it is how we react to ¬ maintenance & grounds teams times like these that defines us. And in the face ¬ carers ¬ students ¬ alumni of such adversity, we can all take huge pride ¬ volunteers ¬ support staff in the way our community has responded. ¬ home managers ¬ bursars ¬ housekeepers ¬ caterers ¬ pastoral staff ¬ chaplain ¬ governors ¬ counsellors We’ve seen staff and alumni from our schools battling to save lives in hospitals across the UK, DT teachers ¬ carers support staff manufacturing PPE for frontline workers, minibuses delivering essential supplies, care home residents sewing scrubs for the NHS, and staff at the Carers Support Centre arranging food parcels for carers as far afield as Milton Keynes and Plymouth. We’ve seen our community pull together and collaborate like never before in a time of great need, living and breathing the values our charity stands for.

These are stories worth celebrating. This is a year worth reflecting on. As I do so, I’m minded of the motto which two of our three schools share – vincit qui patitur – which means ‘he who endures, succeeds’. We have endured much throughout this year. But if one success is to be celebrated, I hope it will be that of a community bound closer together.

Christopher Houlding Chairman, Foundation

4 john Annual Journal 2019/20 5 serve Whitgift and Trinity manufactured over

care Wilhelmina House 3,000 resident turned visors for NHS staff care serve 106 48% excel excel Carers Information Service during first lockdown More than Whitgift students handles more than of all students helped score an incredible – oldest ever Whitgift with school fees Care resident 1 / 4 5,000 of Old Palace students 40/ 45 urgent carer enquiries care care receive highest possible and in the Global Trinity raised - provides 55 counselling sessions £6,000,000 A-Level and GCSE grades Top 10 of IB Schools. - and 150 online health and well-being sessions excel excel granted in bursaries by £100,000 John Whitgift Foundation in 36 hours after 90% 30 launching online of Trinity leavers students awarded bursary appeal receive place to places at Oxbridge 1st choice institution

6 john whitgift foundation Annual Journal 2019/20 7 we e servthe communities we are a part of, e inspiring others to do the same I’ve been volunteering

Alumni, staff, and students essential supplies to those in need. our care homes – shuttling our staff at a local charity called report for duty Two brothers at Trinity have even to and from work to help minimise the launched a successful non-profit venture additional risks posed by taking public Compliments of the We’re extremely proud of the many – selling face masks to raise money for transport. students, staff, and alumni who have Shelter and other food bank charities. House. Normally, they reported for duty over the course of the pandemic – working on the front School minibuses shuttle key deliver surplus food line or volunteering to support those workers and supplies around them. Former students of Old from restaurants to Palace, Trinity, and Whitgift – some only With fewer students on site than usual a year or two out of medical school – before the schools reopened, Whitgift people in need. But with restaurants have been deployed to Nightingale and Trinity both offered up minibuses shut, they’ve had to find other ways of hospitals and intensive care units across and drivers to support local people in the country. Nurses at our schools have need. Whitgift's minibuses delivered sourcing food for people. In a single shift, joined the effort alongside them, after essential supplies from food banks to volunteering to rejoin the NHS in a people shielding in quarantine as well I’d be boxing enough food to support time of great need. And many current as to vulnerable families, who rely on students have volunteered to support school meals to ensure their children 20 or 30 families. It was really rewarding, those around them – signing up to be get at least one proper meal every NHS Responders or working with local day. In addition to working with CVA, and nice to get out of the house too. food banks and charities to deliver the minibuses were also offered up to Constanza, Year 11, of John Whitgift.

8 john whitgift foundation Annual Journal 2019/20 9 I hope that you are staying safe but also having fun and being happy, especially during this very hard time. I know that we will get through this Whitgift Community Summer School keeps local children learning together and everything will Last summer, be back to normal again soon. collaborated with Council to run a Year 5 Community Summer School Navinna, Old Palace of John Whitgift School Whitgift House residents – helping 142 local boys and girls from sew scrubs for NHS workers 22 different primary schools achieve their full academic potential and look Residents at Whitgift House beyond the pressures they and their decided to do their bit – sewing families may have encountered over the scrubs for NHS workers. past few months. Year 5 is a formative moment in a child’s education, a crucial learning phase in building towards the teaching stimulating lessons in the core transition to secondary school which subjects of English, Maths, and Science, has been massively disrupted for an with the addition of a range of exciting entire year group by school closures. enrichment lessons in Philosophy, And due to the nature of achievement Languages, Music Technology, and gaps, the negative effects of this will Sport. Much to their parents’ delight, land disproportionately on children from the boys and girls who attended 3,000 visors less privileged backgrounds. Funded not only developed their academic almost entirely by generous donations understanding but grew in confidence from Whitgift parents, and staffed and had the chance to mix with other Schools print +3,000 protective visors children as part of a school community – entirely by John Whitgift Foundation for frontline staff school teachers, the course focused on something many had greatly missed. Teachers and support staff from Whitgift and Trinity have put their skills and equipment to good use – 3D printing Blown away by the summer school. more than 3,000 protective visors for NHS staff at Croydon University Best summer school ever. Carers Information Service Hospital, as well as for staff at Whitgift delivers for carers House and Wilhelmina House. He really enjoyed the lessons and I can The impressive effort began with a The coronavirus has had a substantial simple design by Whitgift DTE teacher see his confidence growing. impact on carers and the vulnerable Mr Wendes, which has now been shared people who rely on them – often with schools right across the borough, rendering one or both unable to even inspiring other schools to follow suit. He was so pleased to tell us about what he had leave the house, due to the need to learned and the new friends he had made. shield or self-isolate. At the beginning of the outbreak, the Carers Information Service received hundreds of enquiries The science lesson my daughter had from carers as far afield as Milton Keynes was spectacular – she wants to and Plymouth worried about how they’d get access to food, medication, and become a microbiologist. other essentials. Fortunately, while the Carers Support Centre may have been My daughter has been closed, staff at the Carers Information Service were still hard at work – helping inspired to aim higher. carers get food parcels and emergency cards so they could shop quickly and Parent feedback about the safely during protected times. Whitgift Community Summer School 2020

10 john whitgift foundation Annual Journal 2019/20 11 £100,000+ Students and residents keep in touch We are all a bit lost, worried, and Trinity raises more than £100,000 by exchanging art and letters in just 36 hours concerned at the moment. I am also Children from Oakwood Primary joined Trinity School held its first Giving Day students from all three of our schools in extremely bored. I’d prefer to be at on Thursday 18th June – raising much exchanging letters, poems, and pictures needed donations for the Trinity Bursary with care home residents. The initiative school and see my friends.” Fund. The newly launched ‘Trinity Gives’ was launched at the start of the first website kept a tally of funds coming lockdown, to give young children and Diya, Old Palace School of John Whitgift in from all over the world to support residents a constructive way to tackle bursaries for students, particularly feelings of loneliness and isolation Trinity families whose finances have and to help bridge the gap between been affected by the pandemic. In total, generations. But over time, it grew into Thank you so much for all your letters. the Giving Day alone raised £115,000. something much larger. Students at We’re pleased you’re thinking of us and This year, the school raised in excess Trinity launched a ‘visual conversation’ of £250,000, more than half of what with residents, creating uplifting artworks have enjoyed reading all about you. the school requires if it is to achieve its to brighten up their homes. A teacher goal of supporting 1 in 5 students with and student at Old Palace donated I’m keeping occupied, sewing, and means tested bursaries. artworks too, and students at all three of our schools created beautiful had-crafted reading. And although we can’t go out, "Well done and thanks for a brilliant job. and personalised Christmas cards to we can ring people up. And at least You all put so much into the Giving Day send to residents at Whitgift Care. and the result was stunning. You should be really proud and please be assured we’re sure to find them at home! that it is very much appreciated by the Margaret, Whitgift Care resident alumni population." we Trinity alumnus, left 1965

for those around us, in our immediate community and ccare beyond 12 john whitgift foundation Annual Journal 2019/20 13 Phone a friend: caring for family carers carers someone to talk to, someone who understands their situation, and The pandemic has had a varied and someone who can offer practical advice wide-reaching impact on carers. With and even cognitive behavioural therapy. the person they care for needing to While it may seem a simple solution, the be shielded, many family carers had service has been a lifeline for many, who to cancel any outside support they felt they had nowhere else to turn. received – leaving them physically and emotionally exhausted. With its Carers Carers offered ‘life changing’ Support Centre closed, the Carers bereavement counselling Information Service decided to offer its respite service over the phone – offering Sadly, for some carers, the pandemic meant saying goodbye to the loved one they cared for. And with things understandably moving much slower than usual, many went weeks without being able to arrange funerals to say goodbye properly. With no one to talk to, some were left totally lost in their grief. When the impact on carers became clear, the Carers Information Service ramped up its bereavement service, offering weekly telephone counselling sessions to those affected, as well as helping many with financial assistance for a funeral.

The pain of losing my dad will never go Trinity students run to Malawi (and back again) for charity away, but you’ve made it easier for me to In the absence of their usual Sports Day last summer, students at Trinity set out Residents embrace new technology understand that I did my best and couldn’t to make it to Malawi during lockdown. to FaceTime with friends & family have changed things. You’ve changed my life. All told, students ran, walked, and For older generations in particular, cycled a collective 11,811 miles – enough there’s still something special about to make it to their partner school in receiving a card or a letter. But without Chipwepwete, and half the way back visitors for large parts of the year – too. The challenge not only helped Whitgift Care residents embraced new students stay active during lockdown, 11,811 technology to get their ‘face time’ but also helped raise almost £2,000 with loved ones. With the help of staff, to stop children going hungry, both in miles residents have been FaceTiming friends Malawi and here in the UK, with funds and family on iPads, using a brand new being split between Hope4Malawi Alexa to play old songs and movies, and The Trussell Trust. and even live streamed Christmas carol services from our schools. Whitgift House resident knits tiny clothes for premature baby

After hearing about a little boy born so prematurely that his family were struggling to find clothes that would fit – Whitgift House resident Daphne got straight to work on a new cardie for baby Jamie. Daphne took a keen interest in the little boy’s development – and was delighted to hear that Jamie is happy and healthy, growing more and more every day at home with his family.

14 john whitgift foundation Annual Journal 2019/20 15 Trinity alumnus performs lockdown Students excel across the board recitals from his balcony in Valencia Despite the unique challenges of Trinity alumnus and professional opera the past academic year, students singer Joel Williams gave his neighbours at Old Palace, Trinity, and Whitgift we quite the show during the first lockdown have all enjoyed a strong set of – performing masterful renditions of academic results. At Old Palace, classic operatic pieces from his balcony 25% of all A-Level entries were each evening to thunderous applause. awarded the top grade of A*, with One of the first cities to go into lockdown, 93% achieving A*, A, or B. GCSEs touching videos of musicians in Valencia were similarly impressive, with 32% performing from their balconies quickly of all entries awarded the top grade went viral, inspiring similarly beautiful of 9. At Trinity, an incredible 54% performances all over the world. Visit of GCSE grades awarded were the Trinity’s You Tube channel to view. top grade of 9, and 90% of school leavers gained a place at their 1st Activities organiser at Whitgift choice institution after an excellent House excels in NVQ qualification set of A Level results. Whitgift also enjoyed success across the board Carefully planned activities have a – particularly with IB results, huge role to play in residents’ well- with students scoring an even in the face of adversity being and quality of life – empowering average score of 40/45, them to use their independence placing them in the excel and encouraging them to engage Global Top 10 of IB socially and build self-esteem. Schools. To ensure residents at Whitgift House continue to get the best quality care, its Activities Organiser, Angela, spent lockdown completing her NVQ Level 2 in Supporting Activity Provision in Social Care – which normally takes about five months to complete. Wilhelmina House ranked in the top 20 care homes in

Wilhelmina House has once again been ranked in the top 20 care homes in London by leading review site l carehome.co.uk. The rankings are based on reviews by residents and their families and cover everything from cleanliness and quality of food to dignity and quality of care. The home’s day care I cannot praise the home too service, the 1596 Club, also received glowing praise for the various activities highly. The accommodation is so it runs throughout the week for both full time residents and day visitors. While comfortable, the garden delightful, the 1596 Club has since had to be closed due to Covid, staff across Whitgift Care and the food excellent. The whole have worked enormously hard to keep the homes Covid-free and even been atmosphere is one of friendliness, able to introduce safe visits through the peace, and contentment. A care use of a Covid-secure screen. home could not be better. one of many recent five-star reviews

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Old Palace, Trinity, and Whitgift all came together in a concert for the first time in over 20 years, in October 2019, in a stunning performance that marked the grand re-opening of the Fairfield Halls. Described as ‘stunning’ and ‘enthralling’ by those in attendance, the Joint Schools Concert saw more than 450 students and staff take to the stage to perform a spectacular programme of choral and orchestral pieces, including two original pieces never performed before. The opening Fanfare, composed by Whitgift student William Brotherhood, and Te Deum, by the award-winning Jack Oades, were Trinity artist paints portrait of key both written especially for the occasion. worker to raise funds for NHS From start to finish, the concert was a wonderful showcase of what these Lilian McCann, a member of Trinity’s three very special schools can do for art department, has joined hundreds the boys and girls who attend them of British artists who have painted and a fitting tribute to our charity’s portraits of NHS workers as part of founder. It’s thanks to his legacy that the #portraitsfornhsheroes initiative. our charity is able to support important Lily’s portrait will form part of a virtual cultural venues like the Fairfield Halls exhibition to raise funds for NHS and ensure boys and girls from all sorts Charities Together, supporting the of backgrounds can aspire to have the ongoing Covid-19 relief effort. very best education and opportunities. Earlier in the day, ensembles from Can’t lock a good choir down Whitgift wins Independent Boys’ Whitgift School performed at the School of the Year 2020 Fairfield Halls to over 1300 local primary From a haunting recital of Dormi Jesu school children as part of the Whitgift by Trinity Boys Choir to Old Palace’s Whitgift School has been awarded the Primary Project. funky rendition of September by title of Independent Boys’ School of the Earth, Wind & Fire – performing arts Year 2020 at the Independent School of enthusiasts from across our broad the Year Awards following a ‘compelling and diverse community have taken entry that radiated the school’s inclusive things online in lockdown. Trinity even and collaborative values.” The judging launched an entire Lockdown Series panel was chaired by Dr Helen Wright, YouTube channel – featuring an eclectic international education adviser and past mix of performances including guitar Vice Chair of the ISC, supported by a quartets, jazz piano, and haunting choral panel of judges which included leading arrangements. A wonderful example of headteachers and representatives of the incredible power music has to bring several professional associations. The whole event was of the highest people together. "We were amongst some exceptionally • September by Earth, Wind & Fire – order. From the first note to the last, worthy finalists and are humbled that Old Palace Virtual Choir there was nothing to suggest I was the judging panel selected us. This is • Lean on me by Bill Withers – a wonderful acknowledgement of the listening to school children rather than Whitgift Soul Choir inspiring work of everyone, from the students and staff who make our school top tier professionals. A truly enjoyable • Keep Going – Croydon Carers Choir what it is, to our hugely supportive parents and alumni." and totally stunning showcase • Trinity Lockdown Series – various of an evening. school choirs and performance groups Chris Ramsey, Headmaster Martin Corney – Chief Executive

18 john whitgift foundation Annual Journal 2019/20 19 reflections Voices from across the John Whitgift Foundation community

by Jane Burton by Chris Ramsey Headmistress at Old Palace School of John Whitgift Headmaster at Whitgift School “In my first year at Old Palace, the true to carry on, to remain outward looking, “Reflecting on one of the strangest I also wish to thank all those parents, meaning of the word ‘community’ has and having the courage to introspect times in living memory, I am immensely students, and former students who never been far from my thoughts. as well. This was particularly important proud of our staff and boys. Students wrote to me – whether to show Upon my arrival, it quickly when we turned our attention to the have responded to remote appreciation of the community and became clear that the school issues raised by the Black Lives Matter learning and restricted school its values or to share experiences and was very special, blessed movement, engaging positively to facilities with a great deal of stress the importance of diversity at with a wonderfully vibrant hear all the voices in our community maturity, and our teachers Whitgift. The key word many have and diverse student base, and working to develop a collective and support staff have shown used is community. A school like ours embedded in the wider response together. This year has been themselves to be astonishingly is so much more than the grounds it family of the John Whitgift testing, but our values and culture have adaptable and hard working. sits upon. It is the people who make a Foundation. I’m incredibly equipped our girls well for it. As ever, What’s more, while taking school like ours what it is. Your letters proud of the way the whole they have showed themselves to be these challenges in their will inform our ongoing plans to ensure school has pulled together in well-rounded young women, capable, stride, students and staff have Whitgift is a truly inclusive environment these difficult times, showing confident, and connected to the world remained outward looking at a and a force for good that continues to the resilience and flexibility around them.” time where it would be so easy develop and promote talent from all to retreat into insularity. I wish sorts of backgrounds.” to congratulate them for that.

by Alasdair Kennedy by Revd Canon Dr Andrew Bishop Headmaster at Trinity School Foundation Chaplain “The way students and staff have Trinity with compassion for all and with “The people of Croydon have lived It has tested our physical, mental, responded to an incredibly disruptive the confidence and character to see through many major upheavals: civil and spiritual resilience. But the worst and challenging time does them and stand against racism and indeed war, world wars, industrial revolutions, of times also bring out the best of great credit. Their steadfast all forms of prejudice. And from raising cultural revolutions, austerity qualities. In such times, we see what commitment to rigorous and money for students affected by Covid and recovery. We’ve seen lives is really precious to us. We see what engaged learning, to co- to engaging positively with the Black torn apart by riots and knife truly endures. I suspect many have curricular endeavour, and to Lives Matter movement – their actions crime, and healed through concluded, with St. Paul, that: compassionate care for all have been an exemplar of the Trinity love and understanding. ‘Now faith, hope, and love abide, these those around them should ethos, helping ensure our community is This year, we add a global three; and the greatest of these is love.’ be a source of great pride. a model for the world we want to see.” pandemic and injustice to We want our young people to that long list of suffering our move into the world beyond community has endured.

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by Dolores Pickersgill by Deborah Pearson by Annie Reader Director of Care Services Wilhelmina House Home Manager Whitgift Care’s oldest ever resident, “The commitment people across our Connected to their families through the “It is truly wonderful that the whole John Annie celebrated her 106th birthday this community have shown in these difficult use of new technologies, connected Whitgift Foundation has come together year in her home at Wilhelmina House. times has been breathtaking. It’s been to younger generations through the as one to support care staff. I would an honour to work alongside such wonderful letters children have been like to particularly thank Whitgift and “I’ve lived through two World Wars dedicated colleagues. Not just at our sending them, and connected to a Trinity schools for volunteering to drive and almost half a dozen pandemics. care homes and the Carers Information general feeling of community spirit that staff to and from work in their minibuses Throughout it all, I’ve tried to remain Service, but at the schools too. With many haven’t seen since WW2. With the to help keep them safe on their way to kind and respectful to everyone I meet. their help, throughout this pandemic, talent and commitment we have seen work and to the girls at Old Palace for That is the secret to a happy life. That residents have been made to feel not within John Whitgift Foundation this their wonderful letters – we very much and a glass of sherry.” just safe, but connected. year, I feel positive and confident for our look forward to having them over for future, that we will move forward as one.” afternoon tea once it’s safe to do so.”

by Dr Sam Barke by Harold by Andy H an Old Whitgiftian, Sam is one of many alumni from A long-standing resident of Whitgift House, A relative of a Wilhelmina House resident wrote a our schools who joined frontline efforts in Nightingale Harold became a great, great grandfather just 5 star review on carehome.co.uk praising the care hospitals and intensive care units across the UK. before the first lockdown began, when he wrote this. services that Whitgift Care provides.

“For me, one of the biggest takeaways a ventilator, to see them take joy in “With the boys not at school at the "My sister came to Wilhelmina House from this year is what can be achieved eating again, and to clap them as they’re moment, I’ve found a gentle stroll after suffering Covid-19. She was at a when needs must. We’ve seen hospitals discharged from the ICU. But as hard around the grounds most relaxing. very low ebb, and was frightened and built in days, outdated processes as it has been, I also feel privileged to But apart from this little luxury, most of depressed. She is delighted with the overhauled practically overnight, and have been able to care for the dying, us here at Whitgift House have been excellent love and care that she has a renewed gratitude for the work to pass on messages of love from those ‘locked in’ – and it’s made me so grateful received which has been a major factor healthcare professionals do. I’ve taken who couldn’t be by their side, and to for all the people who bring joy into our in her recovery, and so has decided great pride in seeing junior colleagues – hold their hands in their final moments, lives. I’ve lived here at Whitgift House to stay at Wilhelmina House on a many only a year or two out of medical and say goodbye. When this is all for sixteen years, and have so many permanent basis. The staff are always school – take on responsibilities usually over, there will understandably be a memories of friends and neighbours, friendly and helpful when I visit, and reserved for far more experienced temptation to rush back to normality. and the lovely staff who look after us they are very careful about the Covid-19 doctors. While much of our work But we mustn’t miss the opportunity to so well. I’m so grateful for their help – restrictions in order to protect all the has been upsetting, it has also been reflect on some of the positives we have delivering meals, shopping, and posting residents and staff, as well as the visitors. rewarding. I feel hugely privileged to seen during this crisis and to implement letters so we can keep in touch with This is an excellent, well-run care home. have watched patients talk to their much needed changes, to ensure those those who mean the most to us in the I commend the John Whitgift families on FaceTime after weeks on positives remain. We must not let that world. Just before lockdown, I became Foundation for the provision of these opportunity pass us by.” a great, great grandfather. How can care facilities." something like that fail to make you pause for thought, and have a think about all the good things around you?”

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s i y t i r a h c . y c a g e l o

u Figures

Income r r School fees and care £65,042,245 81.94%

For more than 425 years, the land and wealth laid down by u l Investment income £7,731,994 9.74%

e our Founder has been carefully invested to fund the vital Voluntary and other income £5,805,517 work our charity does. Each year, a substantial portion of o 7.31% 1,000

g the returns is allocated to funding bursaries for students staff employed by the Trading subsidiary £794,304 1% John Whitgift Foundation in at Old Palace, Trinity, and Whitgift, where almost half of all education and care services s

a Total income £79,374,060 100% students receive financial support. i

c Despite challenging financial conditions, both locally Expenditure y

y and globally, we’re proud to grant £6m a year – a figure Wages £41,694,361 50.15% we have pledged to continue to provide. But with so many t i . families badly impacted financially by the pandemic, Other operating costs £25,201,391 30.31%

r

c we expect that in the next academic year, more of this 509 Bursaries, grants and allowances £11,626,306 13.98% students have been funding will be needed to support current bursary students, awarded a bursary across

a the three schools h to ensure they can continue their education with us. Investment expenses £2,910,023 3.50% As a result, there will be more pressure on the Foundation h Depreciation - fixed asset note £1,707,304 2.05% a to support bursaries for new students.. Total expenditure £83,139,385 100% c r Featured in this journal, Trinity has enjoyed great success . i with its fundraising this year, and there are plans afoot How we’re governed Committees Court Governors (2020) t

at Whitgift also to raise additional funds for bursaries. y Our Court governors come from Finance and Administration Committee Christopher Houlding a range of education, care, and business (Chairman)

y Salaries and Conditions of The John Whitgift Foundation fully supports all additional backgrounds. They oversee the day-to- Service Committee Ian Harley MA FCA FCIB

c day management of the charity, fundraising efforts, and we urge all our readers, whether led by Chief Executive Martin Corney. Pension Fund Trustees The Rt Revd Jonathan Clark

Court meets at least four times a year i school alumni themselves or not, to support them in any Education Committee Michael Proudfoot MA MLitt

a to make key decisions.

s way they can. Governance and External Dean Sutton JP FRICS There are several subcommittees Relations Committee David Seymour CB which governors also sit on which meet

g Whitgift Care Committee through the year relating to aspects of Anand Mehta FRCP

o The incredible diversity of students is one of the things the Foundation’s work. Old Palace of John Whitgift Asif Patel ACA MSc School Committee

that makes Old Palace, Trinity, and Whitgift such special e The Revd Canon Dr Andrew Bishop Trinity School Committee l u places to learn. Bursaries are key to achieving that, and to (Chaplain)

Whitgift School Committee keeping the vision of John Whitgift alive. Diana Payne BA Nick Edwards r r Drew McNeil

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legacy. charity is o 24 john whitgift foundation Annual Journal 2019/20 25 celebrating 425 years

1596 FOUNDATION 1931 WHITGIFT SCHOOL 1984 NURSING HOME 2007 RESIDENTIAL HOME 2011 CO-ED SIXTH FORM 2013 CARERS SUPPORT CENTRE On 22 March, Archbishop John Whitgift Whitgift Grammar School Whitgift House was built and years later, Wilhelmina House residential care Trinity opened its co-educational Carers Support Centre, a joint initiative laid the two foundation stones of moved to Haling Park. new flats for sheltered living were added. home joined the Foundation. Sixth Form and celebrates its 10th between John Whitgift Foundation The Hospital of the Holy Trinity 1993 OLD PALACE SCHOOL anniversary in 2021. and Croydon Council, opened on (the Almshouses). Old Palace School joined the John George Street to support the Whitgift Foundation on 1 September. borough’s 34,000 carers.

1856 TWO SCHOOLS 1954 TRINITY SCHOOL 1997 CARERS 2008 OLD PALACE PREP SITE 2012 BOARDING HOUSE 2019 REBRAND At this time there were two schools: Whitgift Middle School changed its The Carers Information Service merged with Whitgift School opened Founder’s The charity became known as the a ‘Poor’ or elementary School, and a name to Trinity School of John Whitgift was established to provide free Old Palace and Old Palace Prep School House to full, weekly, and flexi boarders. John Whitgift Foundation in ‘Commercial’ or ‘Middle-class’ School. and relocated to Shirley Park in 1965. and impartial advice, information, moved to this location. recognition of Archbishop John advocacy and training. Whitgift’s charitable legacy.

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