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Made in Warminster
07
ZOE SYMES (OV10)
CORPORATE
LAWYER
I started at Warminster as an overly tall, slightly
socially awkward eleven year old. It was certainly a
daunting prospect but Warminster welcomed me with
open arms and over the following 7 years until I left in
2010 I bought into everything the School had to offer.
I haven’t looked back.
Every school will sell itself on its ability to encourage academic
excellence, and will likely assure you that its focus on cocurricular activities is equally important. Warminster is the
only school I have known that really does achieve that. Where
else would you find half of your 1st XV rugby team performing
in the end of year school musical or your Head Girl, a bookish,
‘straight A student’, running around on Monday afternoons in full
Combined Cadet Force uniform? When I started at the School,
every person in my year group played sport, participated in
music, foreign language lessons, the year group production,
inter-house activities and themed days. It brought everyone
closer, not just within their own year group, but across all
ages, right through to the Sixth Form. Everyone at Warminster
genuinely gets to know one another, thanks to the School
fostering such a familial atmosphere. It gives its pupils the
confidence to excel, to push themselves and to
try something new.
I would love to say my performance in the School production
‘Alice in Wonderland’ was a memorable one, or that I am now
a languages expert. Sadly neither are true. What I can say is that
I was given the opportunity to try everything, to sometimes fail,
but also to succeed, and to know that, either way, I had the best
possible chance of a positive outcome. Collecting the House Cup
on Speech Day, winning the Enrichment Day inter-house
challenge, getting into my first choice university, earning my first
house badge or being picked to play for the 1st XI hockey team
are just a few snapshots of my Warminster highlights.
Unpretentious and unassuming in
comparison to some of its larger
neighbours – it is a school not to
be missed and I urge you to visit.
Over the following pages you will discover the stories of many
other former pupils, our Old Verlucians, whose experiences and
highlights are as diverse as the individuals themselves. That is
Warminster. Every pupil’s journey at the School is unique and
is tailored to what they want to make of it. No matter the
directions they choose, they can count on the full support
of their classmates and staff to give them the best chance
of getting there.
Unpretentious and unassuming in comparison to some of its
larger neighbours – it is a school not to be missed and I urge
you to visit. You will see it isn’t just what Warminster does
that makes it such an impressive school, but the welcoming,
supportive and collaborative community that it has established
and nurtured is what truly defines it. For the overly tall, slightly
socially awkward eleven year old, it was the ideal fit and the
biggest influence over who I am today.
