The Royal Masonic School for Girls
Origins of The Royal Masonic School Early 1788, Bartholemew Ruspini and nine fellow Freemasons met Wished to establish a charitable institution for the daughters of Masons who had fallen on hard times Original Site was Somers Place East 5 January 1789 – 15 children met at Ruspini's house and walked in procession to their School
The Origins of RMS By 1790 there was already need for a bigger site – moved in 1795 to St George's Fields, that is today 28 Westminster Bridge Road. St John's Hill, Battersea Rise was the school's third location. In 1918, the junior girls moved to a new junior school in Weybridge, Surrey. Purchased Rickmansworth Park in 1927 and school life began on this current site on 24th April 1934.
The Royal Masonic School for Girls
Our close and long association with Freemasonry Instituter, Name of School and Sections of School, Architect and Design, Symbols and Statues around the school The school Coat of Arms Ashlar – “that our daughters may be as the polished cornerstone of the Temple” The Values of the school closely align with those of Freemasonry Support for and education of tens of thousands of daughters of Freemasons Continued support for Masonic girls to this day
The Values of the School today