Walking with the Ancestors - John Bayley

John Bayley

From the modest surroundings of two semi-detached houses in Albert Road, John Bayley established a small private school in 1880 that is better known today as Wrekin College. Bayley, the son of a Lancashire mine worker, began his career as a pupil teacher in Cheshire and, despite his own lack of formal qualifications, gained a national reputation as an educationalist and was eventually knighted.