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Fettes College
Image:Fettes.png
Motto Industria
Established 1870
Type Independent school (UK) or Public School
Headmaster Michael Spens Esq. A motto (from the Italian word motto, meaning witticism sentence is a phrase meant to formally describe the general motivation or intention of a social group Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Educational institutions are often categorised along several dimensions 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
Founder Sir William Fettes
Students circa 600
Location Carrington Road,
Edinburgh, Scotland
Mascot a Bee (also crest)
Newspaper 'The Buzz'
Magazine The Fettesian
Website www.fettes.com
Image:Fetteslogo.jpg

Fettes College is an independent boarding and day school in Edinburgh, Scotland. Not to be confused with Sir William Fettes Douglas Sir William Fettes (1750-1836 a very wealthy Scottish businessman and philanthropist Edinburgh ( ˈɛdɪnb(ərə Dùn Èideann) is the Capital of Scotland and is its second largest city after Glasgow. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. The term mascot – defined as a term for any person animal or object thought to bring Luck – colloquially includes anything used to represent a group with a common Bees are flying Insects closely related to Wasps and Ants Bees are a Monophyletic lineage within the superfamily Apoidea A student newspaper is a Newspaper run by Students of a University, High school, Middle school, or other school 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 A day school is - as opposed to a Boarding school - an Institution where Children are given educational instruction during the day and after which children Edinburgh ( ˈɛdɪnb(ərə Dùn Èideann) is the Capital of Scotland and is its second largest city after Glasgow. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. It is often referred to as a public school in common with the traditional independent schools in England and Wales, although in Scotland, as in most of the English-speaking world, "public school" usually refers to a state school. 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 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 The word Anglosphere describes a concept of a group of Anglophone ( English -speaking nations which share historical political and cultural characteristics rooted State school is an expression used in Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom to distinguish schools provided by the government from privately [1]

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Overview

There are 640 students at Fettes; these consist of 490 boarders and 150 day pupils. Fees per term are £7,442 for boarders and £5,280 for day pupils, with three terms a year. [2] Discounts are available if children from the same family attend the school and for children of members of the armed forces. There are scholarships which cover up to a third of a pupils fees, with bursaries available for scholarship holders which can provide further assistance up to the full value of the fees. [3]

An all-boys school until 1970, when female pupils were first admitted for the final year - Fettes has been co-educational since 1983 . Fettes, the face of Tatler's School Guide 2007[4], is known as the "Eton of the North"[5][6][7] [8] highlighting the school's strong reputation. It is also ranked in the top ten, out of 950 schools, in the ISN Rankings for Mixed Schools in the UK. [9]. The current Headmaster, Michael Spens, was appointed in 1998.

History

Fettes College
Fettes College

To perpetuate the memory of his only son William, who had predeceased him in 1815, Sir William Fettes (1750-1836), a former Lord Provost of Edinburgh and wealthy city merchant, bequeathed the then very large sum of £166,000 to be set aside for the education of poor children and orphans. Not to be confused with Sir William Fettes Douglas Sir William Fettes (1750-1836 a very wealthy Scottish businessman and philanthropist A bequest is the act of receiving Property by will. Strictly "bequest" is used of Personal property, and "devise" of Real property

After his death the bequest was effected and invested and the accumulated sum was then used to acquire the land, to build the main building and found the school in 1870. Fettes College thus opened with 53 pupils (40 were Foundation Scholars with 11 others boarding & 2 day pupils).

Fettes has been referred to as "the most prestigious school in Scotland"[10] and indeed over the last decade Fettes candidates have regularly achieved very high academic standards at A level and GCSE as evidenced by:

The Headmaster who provoked most controversy was Anthony Chenevix-Trench (1971-79), formerly of Eton. Anthony Chenevix-Trench ( 10 May 1919 - 21 June 1979) is best known as the Headmaster of Eton College from 1964-1970 Eton College, or just Eton, is a world-famous British Independent school for boys founded in 1440 by King Henry VI. The investigative journalist Paul Foot wrote an expose in Private Eye detailing his excessive use of corporal punishment while he was a Housemaster at Shrewsbury School. Paul Mackintosh Foot ( 8 November 1937 in Palestine &ndash 18 July 2004 at Stansted Airport) was a British investigative Private Eye is a fortnightly British satirical Magazine, edited by Ian Hislop. Corporal punishment is the deliberate infliction of pain intended to Punish a person or change his/her behavior Tim Card, a former Vice-provost of Eton College, said Chenevix-Trench's resignation from that school was caused by his heavy drinking and his overuse of the cane. [15] Chenevix-Trench did reveal, at the 1974 Commemoration Dinner, that he had been glad to have left Eton as its form of administration was not something he lived with happily.

Fettes is renowned for its distinctive chocolate and magenta coloured blazer. It is said that Fettes, which "used to have a hearty, rugger-bugger, Caledonian image"[16] chose these colours to represent the mud and the blood of the rugby field.

In 2002, a couple of incidents involving drugs occurred at the school. Three sixth-form boys were excluded from the school over drugs: two were caught with Cannabis at a school event, while the other failed a drugs test while on a school trip. A female sixth-former was expelled for revealing details of these exclusions to the media. Writing a letter to parents, the Headmaster described her actions as "despicable", "reprehensible" and "well beyond the pale". [17] A physics teacher, who claimed to have suffered from leukaemia for the past four years, was found to have been faking her illness (shaving her head, appearing to faint in the classroom) and was asked to leave the school. Leukemia or leukaemia (Greek leukos λευκός, "white" aima αίμα, "blood" is a Cancer of the Blood [18] In April of that year, a pupil was shot by another pupil with an air pistol - the incident was not reported to the police and was dealt with by school authorities. "Air rifle" and "Air pistol" redirect here For other uses see Air gun (disambiguation An air gun ( air rifle [19]

In early 2007, videos made at the school- which were apparently based on the television programme Jackass- were posted to the video-sharing website YouTube. Jackass is an American Television series, originally shown on MTV from 2000 to 2002 featuring people performing various dangerous crude ridiculous YouTube is a video sharing website where users can upload view and share Video clips YouTube was created in February 2005 by three former PayPal employees These videos featured stunts such as pupils smashing branches over their heads and walking on banisters, as well as nudity and the consumption of alcohol. A local newspaper reported that Fettes pupils were being investigated by school authorities over the incident. [20]

Curriculum

Fettes College has always followed the English, rather than the Scottish education system. Education in England is the responsibility of the Department for Children Schools and Families and the Department for Innovation Universities and Skills of the Scotland has a long history of universal provision of Public education, and the Scottish education system is distinctly different from other parts of the United Pupils take GCSEs rather than Scottish Standard Grades and, due to the recent removal of the Scottish Highers examination, students now have the choice between the A Level exam system or the new International Baccalaureate Diploma, but cannot take Scottish exams. The General Certificate of Secondary Education ( GCSE) is the name of an academic qualification awarded in a specified subject generally taken in a number of subjects by Standard Grades ( Scottish Gaelic: An Ìre Choitchinne) are Scotland 's educational qualifications for students aged around 14 to 16 years In Scotland the Higher ( Scottish Gaelic: An Àrd Ìre) is one of the national school-leaving certificate exams and university entrance qualifications of The A-level, short for Advanced Level, is a General Certificate of Education qualification in England, Northern Ireland and Wales, The International Baccalaureate (IB Diploma Programme (DP is an Educational programme examined in one of three languages ( English, French or Spanish

Fettes is an IB World School, one of only three schools in Scotland to have attained this status. A total of 1924 schools (as of February 2007 offer one or more of the three International Baccalaureate (IB programmes the majority of these offer the IB Diploma Programme Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. [21]

School culture

Fettes College main building.
Fettes College main building.

Some major events in the life of the school include:

The Boarding Houses

There are currently eight houses; four for boys, three for girls and one for boys and girls. The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service) For the ship see RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Context States headed by Elizabeth II Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (Elizabeth Angela Marguerite 4 August 1900 &ndash 30 March 2002 was the Queen Consort of King George Guangdong ( EFEO: Kouangtong; Pinyin Guǎngdōng; Postal map spelling: Kwangtung) is a province on the China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National The house system is a traditional feature of British Schools and schools in ex- British colonies, similar to the collegiate system of a University The houses are named after the estates of the first Trustees. The male houses are large period buildings which stretch from East Fettes Avenue to Carrington Road; two of the female houses are in the upper floors of the main College Building and the third is in a modern building in the eastern part of the grounds. An innovation, reflecting the changes in responsibilities of teenagers in the school and society, is the Upper Sixth Boarding House, for both boys and girls in their last year at Fettes, which opened in September.

Boys

Girls

Boys and Girls

also

Architecture

The college's main building by David Bryce (built 1863-9) blends the design of a Loire château with elements of the 19th century Scottish Baronial. David Bryce (1803-1876 was a Scottish architect Born in Edinburgh, he was educated at the Royal High School and joined the office of architect William Loire Valley (Vallée de la Loire is known as the Garden of France and the Cradle of the French Language. For other senses of this word see Château (disambiguation. A château (plural châteaux) is a Manor house or residence The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar The Scottish Baronial style is part of the Gothic revival in architectural styles drawing on stylistic elements and forms from Castles Tower houses The combination of styles and the site of the building make, what a modern architectural expert has praised as, "undeniably one of Scotland's greatest buildings"[23].

Fettes and Bond

Whilst expanding on James Bond's back story, Ian Fleming wrote in You Only Live Twice that the spy had attended Fettes College, his father's old school, after having been removed from Eton. James Bond 007 is a Fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve Novels and two Short story Ian Lancaster Fleming ( May 28, 1908 – August 12, 1964) was a British author, Journalist and Second World War You Only Live Twice is the twelfth novel in Ian Fleming 's James Bond series Eton College, or just Eton, is a world-famous British Independent school for boys founded in 1440 by King Henry VI. "Here the atmosphere was somewhat Calvinistic, and both academic and athletic standards were rigorous. Nevertheless, though inclined to be solitary by nature, he established some firm friendships among the traditionally famous athletic circles, at the school. By the time he left, at the early age of seventeen, he had twice fought for the school as a light-weight and had, in addition, founded the first serious judo class at a British public school. "[24]

While Fleming never claimed there was any other source for the name of Bond than James Bond an American ornithologist, there was a real life James Bond who did attend Fettes. James Bond ( January 4, 1900 &ndash February 14, 1989) was a leading American Ornithologist whose name was appropriated Ornithology (from Greek ὄρνις ὄρνιθος ornis, ornithos, "bird" and λόγος logos, "knowledge" is the branch of He was a frogman with the Special Boat Service, much as the fictional character Bond has a naval background. A frogman is someone who is trained to dive or swim in a military capacity often in combat The Special Boat Service ( SBS) is the Special forces unit of the British Royal Navy. The school actually has his Who's Who entry copied and framed in one of its main corridors. Who's Who (2007 edition ISBN 978-0-7136-7527-6 is an annual British publication of biographies which vary in length (typically a single paragraph or

Fettes College Grace

BENEDIC, DOMINE,

HUNC CIBUM ET GAUDIUM NOSTRI CONVENTUS

UT SEMPER NOS

ET OMNES ALUMNI HUIUS COLLEGII

MEMORES SIMUS TUI AMORIS

ET TUAE MUNIFICENTIAE

PER IESUM CHRISTUM DOMINUM NOSTRUM

AMEN

Fettes Tartan

A school tartan was designed in 1996 at the prompting of the Headmaster, Malcom Thyne. It is a fine balance between the traditional kilt colours of green, blue and black and the Fettes colours of chocolate and magenta, with white stripes to add brightness.

The Fettes Tartan is worn as a kilt by boys and as a kilt skirt by girls who do not have a family tartan. The first showing of the kilt was on the hockey/lacrosse tour of Australia and Japan in 1998. [25]

Headmasters

Famous Old Fettesians

Four Old Fettesians have won the Victoria Cross and one the George Cross, please see the above list for details. Sir John Macqueen Ward, CBE, CA, FRSE, FRSA, FIET is a Scottish businessman educated at Edinburgh Academy and Harry Kenneth Woolf Baron Woolf of Barnes, PC, FBA (born 2 May 1933) was Master of the Rolls from 1996 until 2000 and Lord The Keeper or Master of the Rolls and Records of the Chancery of England, known as the Master of the Rolls, is the third most senior judge of England and The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales was historically the second-highest judge of the Courts of England and Wales, after the Lord Chancellor. See below the section "Separate Commonwealth awards" Note that since The George Cross ( GC) is the highest Civil decoration of the Commonwealth of Nations. Former pupils of the school sometimes refer to themselves as "OF" and can use the post nominal "OF".

See also Category:Old Fettesians.

References

  1. ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Ed. The Oxford English Dictionary ( OED) published by the Oxford University Press (OUP is a comprehensive Dictionary of the English , 1989, s. v. "Public school", available here.
  2. ^ See http://www.fettes.com/information/fees.htm.
  3. ^ See http://www.fettes.com/information/scholarships.htm.
  4. ^ Tatler Schools Guide 2007
  5. ^ Tony Blair's revolting schooldays - Scotsman.com News
  6. ^ Under the Green Oak, an old elite takes root in Tories | The Guardian | Guardian Unlimited
  7. ^ House of rivals shares the bond of an educated elite - Times Online
  8. ^ http://www.tatler.co.uk/Schools/2008/Details.aspx?Type=Public&Area=North%20and%20Scotland&ID=2042&List= Tatler School Guide
  9. ^ http://reviews.independentschools.com/uk/matrix.php?sort=avgavg&dir=&type=coed ISN Ranking for Mixed Schools in the UK
  10. ^ C. Hauss, Domestic Responses to Global Challenges, Oxford (Wadsworth: 2005).
  11. ^ See Sunday Times 21 October 2001
  12. ^ See http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/newspapers/sunday_times/scotland/article393673.ece
  13. ^ http://reviews.independentschools.com/uk/matrix.php?sort=avgavg&dir=&type=coed ISN Ranking for Coed/Mixed Schools in the UK
  14. ^ http://www.tatler.co.uk/Schools/2007/ Face of Tatler's School Guide 2007
  15. ^ See http://www.archivist.f2s.com/cpa/pubschools/press2.htm
  16. ^ http://www.tatler.co.uk/Schools/2007/Details.aspx?Type=Public&Area=North%20and%20Scotland&ID=583&List=
  17. ^ See http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=233&id=188012002.
  18. ^ See http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=233&id=188022002.
  19. ^ See http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=233&id=468292002.
  20. ^ See http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/education.cfm?id=347332007.
  21. ^ See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4799959.stm.
  22. ^ Welcome to Westwoods Health Club
  23. ^ http://www.fettes.com/Prospective/senior/history_building.htm The Building
  24. ^ http://www.youngbonddossier.com/Young_Bond/Danger_Society_News/Entries/2007/4/28_Young_Bond_Series_II_-_The_Fettes_Years.html Ian Fleming You Only Live Twice, Chapter 21, Obit
  25. ^ http://www.fettes.com/Prospective/senior/history_tartan.htm
  26. ^ a b c d See OLD FETTESIAN NEWSLETTER, Number 46, January 2004 (OLD FETTESIAN ASSOCIATION)
  27. ^ See George Cross Database
  28. ^ See http://www.fettes.com/foundation/interviews/leckie.htm

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