A prestigious private school is preparing to admit girls across all year groups for the first time in its 700-year history, it has been revealed.
Westminster School, whose alma mater includes six former British prime ministers, has allowed female pupils to join its sixth form for 50 years. Now it plans to extend that access to ‘reflect the community’ it serves.
It is hoped the plans to make the school fully co-educational will be implemented by 2030, it was reported.
A spokesman said the school – which dates back to at least the early 14th century and is housed within the walled precincts of Westminster Abbey – looks forward to ‘reaching the point at which we can make this significant change... enabling any child who would flourish here to be able to come, irrespective of gender’.
They added: ‘Co-education is based on demand – the number of parents, pupils, staff, alumni and interested outsiders asking about girls joining the school has grown year-on-year.
