Oswestry School
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| Motto | We learn not for school but for life |
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| Established | 1407 |
| Type | Independent School |
| Religion | Non-denominational |
| Headmaster | Douglas Robb |
| Chairman of Governors | Peter T. Wilcox-Jones |
| Founders | David & Guinevere Holbache |
| Location | Upper Brook Street Oswestry Shropshire SY11 2TL  United Kingdom |
| Local authority | Shropshire |
| DfE number | 893/6011 |
| DfE URN | 123613 |
| Staff | ca.65 |
| Students | ca.415[1] |
| Gender | Coeducational (since 1972) |
| Ages | 4–18 |
| Houses | Burnaby, Donne, Oswald and Spooner |
| Colours | School Crest: School Uniform: |
| Publication | The Oswestrian |
| Patron | The Earl of Powis |
| School song | "Gaude plebs redemptionis" |
| Website | oswestryschool.org.uk |
Coordinates: 52°51′22″N 3°03′48″W / 52.85618°N 3.06338°W
Oswestry School is a co-educational independent school, located in the town of Oswestry, Shropshire, England. Founded in 1407 by David Holbache and his wife Guinevere Holbache, it is the second oldest non-denominational school in England.
The senior school is located on Upper Brook Street while the junior school is based at Bellan House on Church Street. Bellan House Preparatory School was a completely separate institution until its amalgamation in the 1970s. The original school building, dating from 1407, is also on Church Street and is currently used as the town's visitor and information centre.
[edit] Notable Old Oswestrians
Former students of Oswestry School are referred to as Old Oswestrians.
Some notable pupils and staff of the school include:
- Thomas Bray
- Frederick Gustavus Burnaby
- John Freeman Milward Dovaston
- Peter Edwards
- Major Charles Ingram
- Alexander Jones (1854–1878), former Wales international footballer, who was killed in a shooting accident on board a train.[2]
- Edward Lhuyd
- Philip Llewellin
- Charles Moses
- Goronwy Owen (poet)
- John Godfrey Parry-Thomas
- Thomas Mainwaring Penson
- Ivor Roberts-Jones
- William Archibald Spooner
- Hamilton Verschoyle
- Jo Walton
- William Worthington
- Patrick Kynaston
[edit] References
- ^ Oswestry School, Oswestry, Shropshire, Independent Schools
- ^ "Alexander Fletcher Jones: 1854–1878". Historic Redland. Redland Parish Church. http://www.redland.org.uk/cgi-bin/page.cgi?20:20:40. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
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