Watch Westminster
Find out more about Westminster School, both in and outside the classroom, during the day and in the boarding houses.
Now may we singen
In 2019, the Choir of Westminster School released its debut recording on the international record label, Signum, and Classic FM chose it as its ‘Drive Time Recording of the Week’. BBC Music Magazine listed Now may we singen in its ‘Top Ten Christmas Playlist’, and Gramophone Magazine wrote that, ‘there aren’t many schools around with choirs that sing as impressively as this’.
Life gets better
A song co-written by Solomon Morris (OW) and Westminster’s Head of Jazz and Popular Music, Mr Swana, entitled, ‘Life gets better’, features pupils from St Matthew’s Primary School, Burdett Coutts Primary School, Churchill Gardens Primary Academy, Harris Westminster Sixth Form Academy and Westminster School. A massed choir of 60 singers performed at the Boarding Schools Association Conference 2019.
The School Prayer
The School Prayer is said throughout the academic year at all the School’s major services in Westminster Abbey. Director of Music, Tim Garrard, set the text to music in 2014 on the occasion of the retirement of the then Head Master, Dr Stephen Spurr. This virtual recording was made during Lockdown in 2020.
Life as a Queen's Scholar
There are a total of 48 Queen’s Scholars, with 12 chosen every year: eight boys at age 13 and four girls at age 16. The Scholars are chosen based on their performance in the entrance exams and interviews and the scholarship lasts for the duration of their time at the school.