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Type | Independent school Co-educational Day and Boarding School |
Motto | 'Porta Vacat Culpa', literally 'the gate is free from blame'. |
Religious affiliation(s) | Anglican |
Established | 1557 |
Founder | Sir John Port |
Chairman of Governors | Jonathan M. Fry |
Headmaster | Robert A. Holroyd |
Chaplain | Reverend Adam Watkinson |
Gender | Coeducational |
Age | 13 to 18 |
Enrollment | ~600 |
Houses | 10 |
Colour(s) | Navy & Yellow |
Preparatory School | Repton Preparatory School |
Website | http://www.repton.org.uk |
Repton School, founded in 1557, is a co-educational English independent school for both day and boarding pupils, in the British public school tradition, located in the village of Repton, in Derbyshire, in the Midlands area of England. Some of the remains of the oldest buildings date back to the 6th century.
History
Some silly peackerwood school
Motto
The school's motto, Porta Vacat Culpa ("the gate is free from blame"), is a quotation from Ovid's [[[Fasti (poem)|Fasti]]] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help).[1] 'The gate' (Porta) refers to the school's famous arch[2] and, by a synecdoche of [[[Pars pro toto|pars pro toto]]] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help), the school itself, whilst also being a pun on the name of the school's founder, Sir John Port.[3] It is an unusual motto for a public school in that it does not form an exhortation to, or a claim of, virtue or excellence but seems rather to act as a disclaimer: the school cannot be held responsible for the shortcomings of those educated there.
Houses
Repton school has 10 houses, 6 for boys and 4 for girls. The boys' houses are The Cross, Latham House (winner of harmony), The Priory, New House ( winner of unision), The Orchard , and School House, each consisting of about 65 boys across 5 school years. The girls' houses are The Abbey, Field House, The Garden, and The Mitre, with roughly the same number of members each.
Sports
Repton has a long tradition of sporting excellence,[4] having produced numerous top-level sportsmen and women including the last male British Wimbledon tennis finalist and 130 first-class cricketers.[5] The school competes in sports typical of a medium-sized English public school (football, Field hockey, athletics, etc.), and more recently Rugby and tennis. Repton also competes in lesser-known sports such as Eton Fives. Repton have been National Champions in hockey, cricket, swimming and tennis in recent years.[4][6]
Repton Dubai
On 24 January 2006, it was announced that Repton School is to branch out internationally with the launch of a new boarding school in Dubai, an initiative of the Dubai Education Council (DEC).[7] The school opened to the public in September 2007. The school is similar in many aspects of its teaching and layout to Repton School. It is situated on a 50-acre (200,000 m2) site in Nad al Sheba and, according to the Good Schools Guide International, enjoys "very expensive facilities". [8] Houses in Repton Dubai include Foremarke, School, Dahl, Orchard, Brook, New, Latham and Jumeirah.
Film and TV settings
The exterior of Repton School was used to represent the fictional Brookfield School in both the 1939 film Goodbye, Mr. Chips and the 1984 BBC television drama version of the story, originally written by James Hilton.[9][10] Around 200 Repton boys stayed at the School during the holidays in order to appear as extras in the 1939 film.[11]
Notable alumni
- Harold Abrahams, 100 m Gold Medallist, 1924 Olympics[12]
- Charles A. Adeogun-Phillips, genocide and war crimes prosecutor (Orchard 1983-85)
- Kate Allan aka Kasia, author
- Harry Altham, cricket historian, coach and administrator[13]
- Henry Austin, tennis player
- Charles Beare, OBE, violin expert, Chairman of J&A Beare
- Paul Borrington, cricketer
- Joseph Bosworth, scholar of the Anglo-Saxon language
- Donald Carr, cricketer
- John Carr, cricketer
- Tom Chambers, actor
- Jeremy Clarkson, journalist and presenter of the BBC show Top Gear
- D'Ewes Coke, clergyman and philanthropist
- Jack Crawford, cricketer
- Roald Dahl, author[14]
- Sir James Ralph Darling OBE, Headmaster of Geelong Grammar School and Chairman of the Australian Broadcasting Commission
- James Fenton, poet and journalist
- Maurice Fiennes, industrialist
- Sir Henry Firebrace, courtier to Charles I and Charles II
- Sir Christopher Frayling, Rector, The Royal College of Art
- Simon Friend, musician and member of the contemporary British rock band The Levellers
- C. B. Fry, cricketer
- Graeme Garden, comedian, member of The Goodies
- Lord Grimston, politician
- Brigadier Robert Hall, last chairman of Wiltshire County Council
- Stuart Hampshire, Oxford philosopher
- Jonathan Harvey, composer
- Martin How, composer
- Christopher Isherwood, novelist and screenwriter
- Stephen Jones, lead singer of the band Babybird
- Andrew Li, Queen's Counsel, Former Chief Justice of Hong Kong
- Ewen Macintosh, actor in The Office
- Eric Maschwitz, entertainer, writer, broadcaster
- Adrian Newey, Formula One engineer; Newey-inspired designs have won numerous titles & almost 80 Grands Prix
- Edward Oakden, British Ambassador to UAE
- David Pratt, Oxford graduate and Professor of Law at Albany Law School
- Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Basil Rathbone, actor who played Sherlock Holmes in the 1930s and 1940s black & white films[15]
- Denys Rayner, Battle of the Atlantic veteran, writer and boat designer
- Nick Raynsford, Labour MP
- Sir John Rolleston, Conservative MP
- Johnny Rozsa, fashion, portrait, and celebrity photograper
- Robert Sangster, racehorse owner and breeder author[16][17]
- John James Scott-Chisholme, Boer war cavalry officer
- Rev. Henry Holmes Stewart (1847–1937) FA Cup winner in 1873[18]
- Edward Upward, novelist, short story writer
- Andy Wilman, Top Gear producer (2002–present) and Top Gear (1994–2001)
- Nicholas Wood (MP), 1832-1892, industrialist and Conservative MP
- Robert J. C. Young, post-colonial theorist, cultural critic and historian
Headmasters
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Gallery
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Repton School
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New House, part of Repton School
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Through the archway is Repton School
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School art work
References
- ^ Ovid's Fasti, book 2, line 204
- ^ Repton School website
- ^ article entitled "Pro Pelle Cutem, The Hudson's Bay Company Motto" by E. E. Rich in Manitoba Pageant, April 1961, Volume 6, Number 3
- ^ a b The 2008 Telegraph School Sport Matters Awards winners 7 October 2008
- ^ Repton Pilgrims 1st Class cricketers
- ^ Daily Telegraph Repton School uphold reputation for hockey excellence 7 January 2010
- ^ Repton Dubai Website
- ^ Good Schools Guide International, accessed Sept 2008
- ^ Movies made in the Midlands, accessed March 2011
- ^ Repton, Derbyshire, accessed March 2011
- ^ 1930s: A year of tragedy and war worries, accessed March 2011
- ^ Harold Abrahams' Blue Plaque details
- ^ Harry Altham Biography at Cricinfo.com
- ^ a b Dahl, Roald "Boy" ISBN 0-435-12300-9 (hardcover, 1986) (see also Boy: Tales of Childhood)
- ^ Basil Rathbone biography
- ^ Robinson, Patrick Horsetrader ISBN 0-00-638105-7 (paperback, 1993)
- ^ Robert Sangster's Times obituary
- ^ Warsop, Keith (2004). The Early FA Cup Finals and the Southern Amateurs. SoccerData. pp. 126–127. ISBN 1-899468-78-1.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Robert Bigsby Historical and Topographical Description of Repton Woodfall and Kinder 1854
- ^ a b c d Repton Church Monuments
External links
- Repton School Website
- Repton Preparatory School Website
- Old Reptonian Society
- Repton Dubai Website
- ISBI Information on Repton School