Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School

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Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School
Badge of Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School, being the arms of the founder Sir Joseph Williamson: Or, a chevron engrailed between three trefoils slipped sable
Address
Maidstone Road Rochester , Kent , ME1 3EL England
Coordinates	51°22′13″N 0°29′55″E / 51.3703°N 0.4987°E / 51.3703; 0.4987
Information
Type	Grammar School; Academy
Motto	Latin: Sub Umbra Alarum Tuarum ("Beneath the shadow of thy wings")
Established	1701; 323 years ago (1701)
Founder	Sir Joseph Williamson
Department for Education URN	136662 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Head teacher	Eliot Hodges
Age	11 to 18
Enrolment	1250
Houses	Bridge, Castle, Gordon, Pitt, River, Thetford, Tower
Colour(s)	Yellow, Light Blue, Navy and Black
Alumni	Old Williamsonians
Website	sjwms.org.uk
2km 1.2miles Rochester Math School

Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School (SJWMS) is an all boys' grammar school with academy status in Rochester, Kent, and a co-ed sixthform, also referred to as Rochester Math or The Math School. The school was founded by the statesman Sir Joseph Williamson (1633–1701), lord of the nearby Manor of Cobham, Kent, who, in his will, bequeathed £5,000^[1] to set up the school. The school was termed a mathematical school because it specialised in teaching navigation and mathematics to the sons of Freemen of the City of Rochester, the Chatham Naval Dockyard being nearby.^{[2][citation needed]}