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Uppingham School
Established 1584
Type Public boarding school
Headmaster Richard S Harman, MA
Founder Archdeacon Robert Johnson
Location Uppingham
Rutland
LE15 9QE
England Flag of England
Students c. 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 boarding school is a School where some or all pupils not only study but also live during term time with their fellow students and possibly teachers Archdeacon Robert Johnson (1540&ndash1625 was the founder of Oakham School and Uppingham School. Disambiguation "Uppingham" is the colloquial name for Uppingham School Uppingham is a small market town in the county of Rutland in the East Rutland is a county of mainland England, bounded on the west and north by Leicestershire, northeast by Lincolnshire, and southeast by 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 760 pupils and students
Gender Coeducational
Ages 13 to 18
Houses 15 Boarding houses
School colours Blue and white          
Website http://www.uppingham.co.uk

Uppingham School is a co-educational independent school situated in the small town of Uppingham in Rutland, England. Mixed-sex education, (or just Mixed education) also known as Coeducation, is the integrated education to males and females at the same school facilities Blue is a Colour, the Perception of which is evoked by White is a Color, the perception which is evoked by Light that stimulates all three types of color sensitive Cone cells in the Human eye 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 Disambiguation "Uppingham" is the colloquial name for Uppingham School Uppingham is a small market town in the county of Rutland in the East Rutland is a county of mainland England, bounded on the west and north by Leicestershire, northeast by Lincolnshire, and southeast by 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 school's current Headmaster, Richard Harman MA, is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference and the school is a member of the Rugby Group of independent schools in the United Kingdom. The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC is an association of the headmasters or headmistressess of 242 leading day and boarding independent schools in The Rugby Group consists of well-known British independent schools It is similar to other groups of independent schools known as the Eton Group 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 The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located

Reverend Edward Thring 1853–87 is perhaps the school's best-known headmaster. Edward Thring ( 29 November 1821 -1887 was a celebrated British Educator. Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common He made many innovative changes to the school's curriculum which were later adopted in other English schools. During his headship the school was forced to move temporarily to Borth in Wales after an outbreak of typhoid ravaged the student body. Borth ( Y Borth) is a small Welsh Village about 7 Miles north of Aberystwyth in the County of Ceredigion. Typhoid fever, also known as enteric fever, bilious fever, Yellow Jack or commonly just typhoid, is an illness caused by the Bacterium The move to Borth is commemorated in an annual service, held in the school chapel.

Uppingham has a tradition for high musical standards and has recently opened a new state-of-the-art music school, a fusion of new and old buildings named after the first Director of Music, Paul David. Its current Director of Music is Stephen Williams.

Uppingham has the greatest area of playing fields of any school in England. [1]

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History

In 1584 Uppingham School was founded with a hospital, or almshouse, by Archdeacon Robert Johnson. Archdeacon Robert Johnson (1540&ndash1625 was the founder of Oakham School and Uppingham School. The original 1584 Schoolroom still exists in Uppingham churchyard. The original hospital building is now incorporated in the School Library.

The first recorded Uppingham schoolboy was Henry Ferne from York, who was Chaplain to Charles I. Henry Ferne (1602 York &ndash March 16 1662 Chester) was awarded a D Charles I, (19 November 1600 &ndash 30 January 1649 was King of England, Scotland and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution.

In the 17th, 18th and early 19th centuries Uppingham remained a small school of 30-60 pupils, with two staff. Despite its small size pupils then, as now, regularly gained places and scholarships to Oxford and Cambridge Universities. The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the The University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University) located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the

During that period, various features of life in the School developed which are still in evidence today. Uppingham became a full boarding school, with all pupils having individual studies, and this pattern was established around 1800 - some of these original studies still survive (though not now in use!). The first recorded school play was performed in 1794 and Uppingham has a thriving theatre. Year 1794 ( MDCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a The main recreation in the 19th century was cricket - the first recorded cricket match, described in the school magazine, was in 1815 - and the game still thrives at Uppingham. Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries Year 1815 ( MDCCCXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year In 1846 the Institution of School Praepostors, or Prefects, was established and still operates. For the game see 1846 (board game. Year 1846 ( MDCCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Praepostor (sometimes spelt Praepositor) is now used chiefly at English Independent schools such as Rugby and Uppingham, and at other

As now, certain pupils were to gain distinction in later life, an early example being Professor Thomas Bonney, at Uppingham in the 1850s, the most distinguished geologist of his time, and President of the Alpine Club. The Alpine Club was once described as a club of English gentlemen devoted to mountaineering first of all in the Alps members of which have successfully addressed themselves

Edward Thring transformed the School from a small, high-quality local grammar school into a large, well-known public school, with 330 pupils. Edward Thring ( 29 November 1821 -1887 was a celebrated British Educator. He moved the whole school (of around this number) temporarily to Borth in Wales to escape typhoid fever as a result of the poorly-maintained water system. This was successful in saving the school from a serious epidemic. He also won national and transatlantic reputation as an original thinker and writer on education. His ideas are still important today: - Every pupil must receive full and equal attention; as much time should be spent in class on an ordinary as on a brilliant pupil; those not intellectually gifted should have opportunities to succeed in other occupations; scattered boarding house enshrine a different and higher life; each pupil must have a small study of his own. At a time when Maths and Classics dominated the curriculum he encouraged many ‘extra’ subjects - French, German, Science, History, Art, Carpentry and Music. In particular Thring was a pioneer in his introduction of Music into the regular system of education; thus were the foundations laid for Uppingham’s present flourishing musical life.

He also opened the first gymnasium in an English school, the forerunner of the present Sports Hall, and later added a heated indoor swimming pool. He also commissioned a number of impressive buildings, notably the Chapel designed by the famous Gothic Revival architect G E Street.

Ernest William Hornung was at the School in the 1880s; he wrote several novels but his fame rests upon his creation of the character A.J. Raffles. Ernest William Hornung (June 7 1866 &ndash March 22 1921 known as Willie, was an English author most famous for writing the Raffles series of novels about a Arthur J Raffles is a character created in the 1890s by E W Hornung, a brother-in-law to Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes.

During this period the School continued to grow, with numbers reaching well over 400. These years saw the formation in 1889 of the Combined Cadet Force; the creation in 1890 of the first School Orchestra; in 1896 the re-introduction of hockey; and the adoption of rugby football, with the first match being against Rugby. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Combined Cadet Force (CCF is a Ministry of Defence sponsored youth organisation in the United Kingdom. Rugby School, located in the town of Rugby, Warwickshire, is a Co-educational Boarding school and one of the oldest public schools Uppingham pupils still take part in all these activities today.

The buildings of the School also continued to grow with the construction of the Tower block, through which you still enter the School, and the combined gymnasium and concert hall - which in 1972 was converted into the School Theatre. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Pupils continued to go on to later fame - Patrick Abercrombie, pioneer Town Planner; Sir Malcolm Campbell, motor racer; James Elroy Flecker, poet and playwright: CRW Nevinson, official war artist in both wars; WH Pratt (Boris Karloff), film actor; EJ Moeran, composer; Lt General Sir Brian Horrocks, Commander of the XXX Corps under Montgomery, and later a TV lecturer on battles and war; and Percy Chapman, captain of the England cricket team 1926-30, who won the Ashes. Sir Leslie Patrick Abercrombie ( 6 June 1879 in Ashton upon Mersey &mdash 23 March 1957 in Aston Tirrold, Didcot Sir Malcolm Campbell ( 11 March 1885 &ndash 31 December 1948) was an English racing motorist and motoring journalist James Elroy Flecker ( November 5 1884 - January 3 1915) was an English poet novelist and playwright Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson, ( August 13 1889 &ndash October 7 1946) was an English painter Boris Karloff ( 23 November, &ndash 2 February,) was an English actor who emigrated to Canada in the 1910s Lieutenant-General Sir Brian Gwynne Horrocks KCB, KBE, DSO, MC (7 September 1895 &ndash 4 January 1985 was a British Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO, PC, (məntˈgʌmərɪ əv ˈæləmeɪn Arthur Percy Frank Chapman (was born at Reading Berkshire on 3 September 1900 and died at Alton, Hampshire on 16 September The England cricket team is the national cricket team which represents England and Wales.

The growth of the School continued with numbers of well over 600 pupils being reached in the 1960s. In 1973 the first girl attended Uppingham, as a day-girl; with a few more added in 1974. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Then in 1975 the first Sixth Form Girls’ House, Fairfield, was opened, with its full complement of 50 girls achieved by 1976. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This venture proved so successful that in 1986 a second Girls’ House, Johnson’s, was opened; and in 1994 the Lodge House (formerly a Boys’ House) was converted into the third Girls’ House. In 2001 the first 13-year-old girls entered the School, with the opening of a new house, Samworths’, the first house for girls aged 13-18; followed in 2002 by the conversion of Fairfield into a second House for 13-18 year-old girls and another new house, New House, opened in 2004. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar.

The buildings of the School continued to expand. Four hundred and fifty ex-pupils died in the First World War and the School Hall was built in their memory. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Also built in this period were the main classroom block in the centre of the School, the Cricket and Rugby pavilions, and a school sanatorium. In 1956 the new Science Block was opened by the Duke of Edinburgh; it was extended in the 1960s. The Duke of Edinburgh is a Dukedom associated with Edinburgh, Scotland. In 1989 a new Maths Block, to house Mathematics and Computing was opened by Professor Stephen Hawking. Stephen William Hawking CH, CBE, FRS, FRSA (born 8 January 1942 is a British theoretical physicist. New squash courts were built and in 1970 the Sports Centre, incorporating the old swimming pool was opened, with the later addition of a climbing wall and a well-equipped weights room. In 1981 a new Music School and a new Buttery, where the pupils can buy snacks, were built. In 1995 the new Arts and Design Centre was built, the Leonardo Centre, designed by old pupil Piers Gough. In 2003 The Language Centre opened. Finally in 2006 a New Music Centre, the Paul David Music School, opened on School Lane, incorporating all the old houses that were there, to accommodate the growing demand for music at the School.

In the post-War period sports other than the main ones of rugby, hockey, cricket, athletics, swimming and shooting began to be introduced including tennis, basketball, badminton, fencing, squash, sailing, soccer and golf.

In 1945 Douglas Guest became Director of Music and this area of School life developed even further. Douglas Albert Guest ( 9 May 1916 &ndash 18 November 1996) was an English Organist, conductor, Teacher The concert choir was increased until it contained over half the School: a bandmaster was appointed; music scholarships were introduced; and various music societies were created. All these innovations still flourish.

In the 1960s Uppingham pioneered the introduction of Design and Technology into the curriculum, with Uppingham being the first independent school, and one of the first 5 schools in Britain, to evolve and introduce A-level Design. Design was taught in the Thring Centre, opened in 1965. These subjects were then transferred with Art, Woodwork and Metalwork to the Leonardo Centre, opened in 1995.

The years since the 1970s have also seen a considerable expansion in the subjects taught, particularly at A-level, with the introduction of Politics, Ancient History, Design, Business Studies, Theatre Studies, Classical Civilisation, Spanish, Italian, Philosophy & Religious Studies, ICT, and Physical Education.

Uppingham is considered one of Britain's best schools for music, and the school's music facilities have been improved considerably recently. There are two large pipe organs, of which the Chapel organ was substantially rebuilt in the summer of 2007 by Nicholson Organs of Malvern. A completely new Choir division is now situated high on the South wall, and a new console and action has been installed, along with new pipework. The organ is notable for its smooth Harrison tone and rare two independent sets of Swell shutters - one opening westwards and one southwards across the repositioned choir stalls.

Uppingham has one of the largest private theatres in the country, in a building based on the original Leipzig Gewandhaus. This sort of fix restores section edit linkpoints to where they belong The Gewandhaus ("cloth hall" is a Concert hall in Leipzig, Germany. An extension to the main theatre houses a Drama studio to be used for the teaching of Theatre Studies as well as for performances of smaller productions. There is also a large workshop to provide storage and workspace for technical equipment.

Houses

The nine boys' boarding houses at Uppingham are: Brooklands, Farleigh, Fircroft, Highfield, Lorne House, Meadhurst, School House, West Bank and West Deyne.

These houses are split up into three different groups known as the country, hill and town houses.

The six girls' boarding houses at Uppingham are: Johnson's (sixth form only), The Lodge (sixth form only), Fairfield, New House, Constables and Samworths'. Samworths' was built in 2001 as the first house for girls aged 13 to 18. It was named for the Samworth Brothers, Old Uppinghamians who helped to finance the construction.

Quatercentenary

Queen Elizabeth II visited the school on the occasion of the Quatercentenary, November 16, 1984. For the ship see RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Context States headed by Elizabeth II Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar)

Notable alumni (Old Uppinghamians)

See also Category:Old Uppinghamians.

Notable alumni include:

Military

Victoria Cross Holders

At least two Old Uppinghamians have won the Victoria Cross:

Notable masters

Southern Railway School's Class

The twentyfourth steam locomotive (Engine 923) in the Southern Railway's Class V (of which there were 40) was originally named Uppingham, but the name was changed following objections from the school. Charles Plumpton Wilson (12 May 1859 &ndash 9 March 1938 was an English amateur footballer who played at Wing-half. The English national football team represents England in international football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football William Yates (born 15 September 1921) has been a British Conservative politician (Anthony Edward Timpson (born) is a British Politician. He is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Crewe and Nantwich. Crewe and Nantwich is a Constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. See below the section "Separate Commonwealth awards" Note that since See below the section "Separate Commonwealth awards" Note that since World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Arthur Moore Lascelles VC MC (12 October 1880-7 November 1918 was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious George William Saul Howson MA ( 8 August 1860 - 7 January 1919) was an English Educationalist and Writer Gresham’s School is an independent A locomotive is a railway Vehicle that provides the motive power for a Train. The Southern Railway (SR was a British railway company established in the 1923 Grouping. [4] This Class was also known as the Schools Class because all 40 of the class were named after prominent English public schools. 'Uppingham', as it was called, was built in 1934 and had its name changed to Bradfield. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bradfield College is a coeducational Public school located in the small village of Bradfield in the English

References

  1. ^ I Never Knew That About England, by Christopher Winn, Ebury Press, 2005
  2. ^ Uppingham School, (1906), Uppingham School Roll, 1824 to 1905, page 314, ((E. Stanford)
  3. ^ Uppingham School, (1906), Uppingham School Roll, 1824 to 1905, page 385, ((E. Stanford)
  4. ^ Burridge, Frank: Nameplates of the Big Four (Oxford Publishing Company: Oxford, 1975) ISBN 0-90288-843-9

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