Sixth-form centre opened (From Herald Series)

Sixth-form centre opened

1:16pm Wednesday 3rd September 2008

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SIXTH formers at Wallingford School now have their own special suite of rooms to help them study, relax and enjoy each others' company.

The sixth-form centre was officially opened by Johny Armstrong, Master of the Merchant Taylors Company, the London livery company which has close contacts with the school.

The school was founded by Walter Bigg, a Wallingford man who was also a Master of the Merchant Taylors and his legacy to the school in cash terms and connections with the livery company are still close.

During the ceremony, Johnnie Seccombe, of the Walter Bigg Foundation, presented student Daniel Richards, 18, of Warborough, with a £3,000 bursary. He is going to Corpus Christi, Cambridge, to read history.

School headteacher Wyll Willis said: "The whole ceremony was a happy coincidence, commemorating the school's past through Walter Bigg and its future with the sixth form centre financed by Mr Bigg's money.

"The man is still making his mark on Wallingford young people 350 years after his death. The bursaries are awarded to students going to Oxford or Cambridge with the responsibility that they have to keep in contact with Wallingford School to encourage young people here to aim high and achieve high."

Mr Willis said: "We were all very proud of our school today and have high hopes that the new centre will be well used."

Linked to the centre is a faith room, where children of any faith can go to study their religion or simply have space for quiet reflection.

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