Kingswood School

Kingswood School
Address
Lansdown Road, Fonthill Road and College Road Bath , Somerset , BA1 5RG England
Coordinates	51°23′56″N 2°22′12″W / 51.399°N 2.370°W / 51.399; -2.370
Information
Type	Private
Motto	Latin: In Via Recta Celeriter (In The Right Way Quickly)
Religious affiliation(s)	Methodist
Established	1748; 276 years ago (1748)
Founder	John Wesley
Chairman of Governors	Tim Westbrook
Headmaster	Andrew Gordon-Brown
Gender	Mixed (boys-only before 1972)
Age	9 months to 18
Enrolment	1,102
Houses	7
Colour(s)	Red, black and white
Former pupils	Old Kingswoodians
Member of	Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference
Mascot	Wyvern
Website	www.kingswood.bath.sch.uk

Kingswood School is a private day and boarding school in Bath, Somerset, England. The school is coeducational and educates over 1,000 pupils aged 9 months to 18 years. It was founded by John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, in 1748, and is the world's oldest Methodist educational institution.^[1] The school was established to provide an education for the sons of colliers and Methodist ministers. It owns the Kingswood Preparatory School, the Upper and Middle Playing Fields and a number of other buildings.