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Merchant Taylors’ School
Life at Taylors’
About
History of MTS
About
Welcome from the Head Master
Ethos
The Future of MTS
History of MTS
(current)
Old Boys
Academic Faculty
Reviews & Reports
Activities
Assemblies
Good Schools Guide
Policies
Publications
School Life
Sport
The History of MTS
Timeline of the school
1561
Merchant Taylors’ Company founded the School
1581
Headmaster Richard Mulcaster publishes his programme for education the Positions and Elementarie
1666
John Goad rescues the School Library during the Great Fire of London.
1675
New buildings on Suffolk Lane completed
1788
John Walter, OMT, renamed his newspaper The Times
1864
Merchant Taylors’ one of the nine leading schools named in the Clarendon Report
1875
MTS moves to Charterhouse Square and modernised its curriculum
1921
The House system was introduced
1933
The School moved to its current location in Sandy Lodge
1947
The School expanded the House system to eight houses
1975
Opening of Music Building
1990
Opening of Sports Hall/ Swimming Pool
1992
Saturday Morning School Ceases
1993
Opening of Modern Foreign Languages Building
2000
Boarding House Closes
2003
Opening of New Reception / Undercroft
2011
Old Merchant Taylors’ War Memorial Clubhouse relocated to School site
2014
Opening of Design Centre
2019
Opening of Edward Evans Geography Building
2020
Covid-19 pandemic forces MTS to operate in on-line mode for a term. This is repeated in Spring term 2021.
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