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Exeter School
Established 1633
Type Independent, Co-educational
Headmaster Bob Griffin
Students 840
Location Victoria Park Road,
Exeter, Devon, England
Website Official site

Exeter School is a selective independent co-educational day school for children between the ages of 7 and 18 located in Exeter, Devon, England. Educational institutions are often categorised along several dimensions An independent school is a school which is not dependent upon national or local Government for financing its operation and is instead operated by tuition charges gifts and Mixed-sex education, (or just Mixed education) also known as Coeducation, is the integrated education to males and females at the same school facilities Exeter ( (IPA ˈeksɪtər is a city, district and County town of Devon, England. Devon is a large county in the South West of England. The county is also referred to as Devonshire, but that is an entirely unofficial name England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages An independent school in the United Kingdom is a school relying upon private sources for all of its funding predominantly in the form of school fees Mixed-sex education, (or just Mixed education) also known as Coeducation, is the integrated education to males and females at the same school facilities Exeter ( (IPA ˈeksɪtər is a city, district and County town of Devon, England. Devon is a large county in the South West of England. The county is also referred to as Devonshire, but that is an entirely unofficial name England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland In 2007 there are around 165 pupils in the Junior School and 675 in the Senior School. The school maintains close links with its pupils through the Old Exonian Club which meets annually in a number of locations throughout the country.

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History

St John's Hospital site of the school from 1633 to 1878
St John's Hospital site of the school from 1633 to 1878

The School traces its origins from the opening of the Exeter Free Grammar School on 1 August 1633, attended mainly by the sons of the City freemen. Exeter’s wealthy merchants provided the finance, with sufficient bequests to pay the Headmaster £50 a year and to install the school in the medieval buildings of St John’s Hospital, which had stood on the south side of the High Street since the 12th Century.

In 1878 the school opened as Exeter Grammar School at a new campus designed by noted architect William Butterfield. William Butterfield ( 7 September 1814 – 23 February 1900) born in London, Architect of the Gothic revival [1] The school occupies this 25-acre site on Victoria Park Road to this day. The cost at the time was £7,600 with a further £16,750 spent on the erection of buildings. It was decided that St John’s Hospital Trust had to pay to Exeter School the net annual income of all endowments for Exhibitions and Scholarships attached to the School, and it also had to pay a proportion of the residue of its income.

In 1920 the Governors of Exeter School decided that it was no longer possible for them to continue the School without considerable assistance. The Exeter Education Authority agreed to assist but only if the School came under its direct control so, in April 1921, control of the school was handed over to the City. It then became a ‘maintained’ school until 1929 when it became an ‘aided’ school, thus regaining charge of its own finances under a newly appointed Governing Body. [2][3][4]

In March 1945 its status changed again to a Direct Grant School and remained as such until September 1975 when the Direct Grant System was abolished by the Government of the day. In September 1976 the first ‘independent’ pupils were admitted. [5]

From 1979, the School participated in the Assisted Places Scheme, taking over 200 pupils at its peak, but this scheme was abolished in 1997 and the last of these pupils left in the summer of 2004. The Assisted Places Scheme was established in the UK by the Conservative government in 1980 [6]

Academic standards

In March 2002, the Independent Schools Inspectorate assessed the school as "Exeter School provides a good rounded education for pupils of a high range of ability from a large catchment area, mainly within 30 miles of Exeter. March 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September The Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI is an organisation responsible for the Inspection of independent schools in England which are affiliated to the It enriches both the academic and, particularly, the cultural and personal development of its pupils. Its many facilities, set in an attractive and very well cared for campus, provide an excellent environment for the education of its pupils. The school achieves its aims and expectations well. "[7]

In summer 2007 it was rated the top independent school in the South West on points in A Level examinations, with an overall score equivalent to every candidate gaining more than 3 A grades. At GCSE, candidates scored 59% A*/A grades, with 42 pupils gaining at least 7 A*/As.

In the news

In June 2007 members of the Sixth Form released over 4,000 crickets into the school's Common Room. June 2007 is the sixth month of that year It began on a Friday and 30 days later ended on a Saturday. The sixth form, in the English, Welsh and Northern Irish education systems Commonwealth West Indian countries such as Barbados, Belize Crickets, family Gryllidae (also known as "true crickets" are Insects somewhat related to Grasshoppers and more closely related to katydids The phrase common room is used especially in British and Canadian English to describe a type of shared Lounge, most often found in dormitories, at (for According to the Daily Mail, this prank took place during a parents' buffet. A buffet is a meal serving system where patrons serve themselves The damage caused by the end of term 'prank' cost over £1,000 to repair and headmaster Bob Griffin said to pupils that parents may be asked to contribute to the cost. A practical joke or prank is a stunt or trick to purposely make someone feel foolish or victimized usually for humor [8]

Fees

Annual Day Fees: £7,980 - £8,880.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ Cherry, Bridget; Nikolaus Pevsner (1991). Bob Wigley is the senior vice president and chairman of Merrill Lynch EMEA (Europe the Middle East and Africa Devon. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 407. ISBN 0300095961.  
  2. ^ Bush, R. J. E. Exeter Free Grammar School, 1633-1809. Trans. Devon. Assoc. 94, (1962)
  3. ^ Parry, H. Lloyd. The Founding of Exeter School: A History of the Struggle for freedom of Education within the City of Exeter, Exeter and London, (1913)
  4. ^ "A short history of Princesshay", Exeter Memories
  5. ^ "Study of Occupational Change", Nuffield College Oxford, 1972
  6. ^ "Exeter Middle School's Cup Final", The New Millennium
  7. ^ Independent Schools Inspectorate report on Exeter School
  8. ^ "The school plague: pupils release 4,000 hopping crickets into end-of-term buffet", Nick Constable, Daily Mail, 9 June 2007
  9. ^ "Obituary - General Sir Anthony Farrar-Hockley", The Guardian, 15 March 2006
  10. ^ Who's Who 2006
  11. ^ "Collins, David (1754-1810)", Project Gutenburg of Australia
  12. ^ "Harry Pennell collection", Archives Hub
  13. ^ "A wealth of knowledge", The Guardian, 31 October 2001

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