History
The school is part of the Whitgift Foundation, alongside Whitgift School and Old Palace School for Girls. The Whigift Foundation was founded in 1596 by John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury. His legacy allows the School to provide outstanding facilities and an extensive range of bursaries and scholarships, allowing children from all backgrounds to benefit from a truly exceptional independent school education.
Formerly known as the Whitgift Middle School, in 1954 it was renamed Trinity School of John Whitgift, reflecting the school's increasing equality with Whitgift School. The school's Old Boys' Club, was known as the Old Mid-Whitgiftians, until early 2010, when a vote was taken to change the name to the Trinity Mid-Whitgiftian Association.
The school was a direct grant grammar school from 1945 until 1968, when it left the scheme but continued to take LEA-funded pupils until the late 1970s.
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