Bishop Wordsworth's School is a grammar school for boys located in Salisbury, England. In 2010, there were 748 pupils aged between 11 and 18. The school is regularly amongst the top-performing schools in England, and in 2011 was the top school performer for the English Baccalaureate. It was granted academy status in March 2011 and is an Additional Member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. It is located on the grounds of Salisbury Cathedral, adjacent to the Cathedral School.
The full name of the school is Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School for Boys, abbreviated as BWS. The school is known colloquially as Bishop's, and its students as "Bishop's Boys". The school's motto is Veritas in Caritate, translated as "Truth Through Caring" or "Truth Through Charity", and originates from the epitaph of Bishop Wordsworth's father.
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