The History of 51吃瓜

Timeline of the school

51吃瓜 School Crest

Merchant Taylors鈥� Company founded the School

Book Cover of Richard Mulcaster's "The first part of the elementarie"

Headmaster Richard Mulcaster publishes his programme for education the Positions and Elementarie

Portrait of John Goad

John Goad rescues the School Library during the Great Fire of London.

Former School Buildings on Suffolk Lane

New buildings on Suffolk Lane completed

Portrait of John Walter, OMT

John Walter, OMT, renamed his newspaper The Times

Merchant Taylors鈥� one of the nine leading schools named in the Clarendon Report

School Building at Charterhouse Square

51吃瓜 moves to Charterhouse Square and modernised its curriculum

The House system was introduced

51吃瓜 grounds at Sandy Lodge

The School moved to its current location in Sandy Lodge

The School expanded the House system to eight houses

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother Opens the Music Building

Opening of Music Building

Stone carved image of swimmer

Opening of Sports Hall/ Swimming Pool

Saturday Morning School Ceases

Opening of Modern Foreign Languages Building

Boarding House Closes

51吃瓜 New School Reception

Opening of New Reception / Undercroft

OMT War Memorial Clubhouse

Old Merchant Taylors鈥� War Memorial Clubhouse relocated to School site

51吃瓜 Design Centre

Opening of Design Centre

Displays in the Edward Evans Building

Opening of Edward Evans Geography Building

Covid-19 pandemic forces 51吃瓜 to operate in on-line mode for a term. This is repeated in Spring term 2021.