Repton School

For the school of the same name in Dubai, see Repton School Dubai.
Repton School
Motto Porta Vacat Culpa
(Latin: "The gate is free from blame")
Established
  • Bequest made: 1557
  • Land for school acquired: 1559
Type Independent day and Boarding School
Religion Anglican
Chaplain Adam Watkinson
Chairman of Governors Sir Henry Every Bt
Founder Sir John Port
Location Repton
Derbyshire
England
Coordinates: 52°50′27″N 1°33′04″W / 52.8409°N 1.5510°W / 52.8409; -1.5510
DfE URN 113009 Tables
Students ~600
Gender Coeducational
Ages 13–18
Houses 10
Colours

Navy and Yellow

         
Preparatory School Repton Preparatory School
Former pupils Old Reptonians
Website www.repton.org.uk

Repton School is a co-educational English independent school for both day and boarding pupils located in the village of Repton, Derbyshire, in the English Midlands. The bequest to found a school either at Etwall or Repton was made in 1557, with the site of the former Repton Priory being acquired in 1559.

History

The school was founded at the bequest of Sir John Port of Etwall, who died on 6 June 1557.[1] Port left funds to found a Grammar School either at Etwall or Repton, on the condition that the students of the school pray daily for the souls of his parents and relatives.[1] Two years after Sir John's death, in 1559, the executors of his will purchased the site of Repton Priory from the Thacker family, for £37. 10s.

Repton Priory was a 12th-century Augustinian Priory, which had been dissolved in 1538. The abbey church and associated buildings had remained standing as the residence of the Thacker family until 1553, when then owner, Gilbert Thacker, fearing the priory would be recommissioned under Catholic Queen Mary I, had the church destroyed; a task that was almost entirely completed within a single day.[2][3] Thacker claimed "He would destroy the nest, for fear the birds should build therein again."[2] Thus when the land was acquired, only parts of the original priory buildings remained.[4][5] Fragments of the prior's lodgings, dated c.1438, were incorporated into a later building; the majority of this building dates from the 17th century and was comprehensively altered in the 19th century.[4][6][7] Foundations of other areas of the priory remain in several areas, having been uncovered during construction work in 1922: the bases of a cluster of columns remain of the former chancel and chapels; fragments of an arch remain, belonging to the former pulpitum, which were moved to their current position in 1906;[5] and fragments of the door surrounds of both the chapter house and warming room also survive.[4][7] The largest portion of the priory to survive is known as "Prior Overton's Tower", which dates from after 1437; largely altered from its original state, it has been incorporated into a largely 19th-century building.[8]

The School Arch. Formerly part of Repton Priory, it was moved to its current position in 1906.[5]
The Chapel

Repton Preparatory School was founded in 1940 and moved to nearby Foremarke Hall in 1947.

In 1970, Repton School, formerly only for boys, started accepting girls in the sixth form (the last two years). One of the first female sixth formers, Carole Blackshaw, was Lady Mayoress of London in 2002/03.[9] Repton became fully coeducational around 1990.

Motto

The school's motto, Porta Vacat Culpa ("the gate is free from blame"), is a quotation from Ovid's Fasti.[10] 'The gate' (Porta) refers to the school's arch[11] and, by a synecdoche of pars pro toto, the school itself, whilst also being a pun on the name of the school's founder, Sir John Port.[12]

Today

The school caters for those aged 13 to 18, and has around 660 pupils, of whom 451 are boarders.[13] The school is divided into 10 houses, 6 for boys and 4 for girls.[14]

The Rep Theatre Company is an active theatre group composed of current and former pupils. The most recent production of Equus is taking place in August 2015.[15]

As of the 2014–2015 academic year, the school's fees were £10,547 per term (£31,641 per year) for boarding pupils, and £7,825 per term (£23,475 per year) for day pupils.[16]

Sports

The school has a long sporting tradition and alumni include Wimbledon tennis finalist, Bunny Austin, and a number of first-class cricketers.[17] The school competes in a variety of sports including football, Field hockey, athletics, Rugby and tennis. Repton School holds the titles of Reigning National Girls U16 Indoor Champions and Girls U18 Outdoor and Indoor Champions.[18][19] In 2013 Repton School laid claim to a slice of hockey history after six former pupils played in the same international match.[20]

Repton International Schools Ltd

RISL was set up to establish, develop and maintain British international schools and currently has three schools in the UAE.[21]

Repton School Dubai

Main article: Repton School Dubai

On 24 January 2006, Repton School announced plans to launch a new boarding school in Dubai; an initiative of the Dubai Education Council.[22] The school opened to the public in September 2007. The school is similar in many aspects of its teaching 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".[23] Houses in Repton Dubai include Foremarke, School, Dahl, Orchard, Brook, New, Latham and Jumeirah.

Repton School Abu Dhabi

Repton announced in March 2013 that it will be opening a similar campus on Al Reem Island, Abu Dhabi, in September 2013. The campus is scheduled to open in September 2014, and is expected cover 7,000 square metres.[24]

Foremarke Dubai

[25] Foremarke Dubai opened in 2013 and is located in Dubiotech, Al Barsha South.

Recent Events

In November 2014, the School held a week-long programme of events to commemorate the Great War and to Remember the 355 Old Reptonians who fell in the conflict.[26] Click the link below to visit the gallery of photos from the Exhibition. http://www.repton.org.uk/Great-War-Week

Social Media

Repton School has a very active Twitter account which broadcasts real-time news from the school.[27]

Film and TV settings

The exterior of Repton School was used to represent the fictional Brookfield School in both the 1939 film and the 1984 BBC television drama version of Goodbye, Mr. Chips, while Sherborne School was the location in the 1969 musical version.[28][29] Around 200 Repton boys stayed at the School during the holidays in order to appear as extras in the 1939 film.[30]

Notable Old Reptonians

Headmasters

  • Thomas Whitehead (1621–1639)[63]
  • Philip Ward (1639–1642)[63]
  • William Ullock (1642–1667)[63]
  • Joseph Sedgwicke (1667–1672)[63]
  • Edward Letherland (1672–1681)[63]
  • John Doughty (1681–1705)[63]
  • Edward Abbot (1705–1714)[63]
  • Thomas Gawton (1714–1723)[63]
  • William Dudson (1723–1724)[63]
  • George Fletcher (1724–1741)[63]
  • William Asteley (1741–1767)[63]

Gallery

References

  1. 1 2 "John Port". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  2. 1 2 'Houses of Austin canons: The priory of Repton, with the cell of Calke', A History of the County of Derby: Volume 2 (1907), pp. 58-63. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=40125 Date accessed: 08 June 2013
  3. ↑ Repton Church: Our Church - Christianity in Repton http://www.reptonchurch.org.uk/index.htm
  4. 1 2 3 "Remains of Priory Church". Retrieved 8 June 2013.
  5. 1 2 3 Pastscape - Detailed Result: PRIORY GATEWAY
  6. ↑ English Heritage. "EH". Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  7. 1 2 "Repton". Pastscape. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  8. ↑ English Heritage listing for "Repton Hall with Prior Overton's Tower, Repton School"
  9. 1 2 BRYANT, MARC (8 November 2002). "Repton old girl is London Mayoress". Burton Mail. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  10. ↑ Ovid's Fasti, book 2, line 204
  11. ↑ Repton School website
  12. ↑ article entitled "Pro Pelle Cutem, The Hudson's Bay Company Motto" by E. E. Rich in Manitoba Pageant, April 1961, Volume 6, Number 3
  13. ↑ http://www.ukboardingschools.com/schools/repton-school/
  14. ↑ "Repton Houses". Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  15. ↑ http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/Equus-Repton-School/story-27646575-detail/story.html
  16. ↑ "Fees". Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  17. ↑ Repton Pilgrims 1st Class cricketers
  18. ↑ http://www.repton.org.uk/hockey
  19. ↑ Daily Telegraph Repton School uphold reputation for hockey excellence 7 January 2010 Archived 13 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
  20. ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/hockey/10478137/Repton-School-claim-hockey-history-as-six-former-pupils-play-in-GB-v-Germany-series.html
  21. ↑ http://www.reptoninternational.com
  22. ↑ Repton Dubai Website
  23. ↑ Good Schools Guide International, accessed Sept 2008
  24. ↑ Top UK school comes to Reem Island this September
  25. ↑ http://www.foremarkedubai.org/
  26. ↑ http://www.repton.org.uk/history-of-repton
  27. ↑ https://twitter.com/reptonschool
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  29. ↑ Repton, Derbyshire, accessed March 2011
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  31. ↑ Harold Abrahams' Blue Plaque details
  32. ↑ "Charles Anthony Law". Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  33. ↑ Sir Harry Altham Biography at Cricinfo.com
  34. ↑ Siddique latest off the impressive Repton production line
  35. ↑ "Buckmaster, Walter Selby (BKMR891WS)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  36. ↑ http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/154579.html
  37. ↑ "Nerves get to Strictly Come Dancing star Tom Chambers". Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  38. ↑ John Cornforth's obituary in the Daily Telegraph
  39. ↑ "John Crawford (Cricketer of the Year)". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. John Wisden & Co. 1907. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
  40. ↑ "Repton School 'helped inspire Dahl' to write Charlie". BBC News (BBC News Group). 13 September 2011. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  41. ↑ "OBITUARY:Sir James Darling". The Independent (London). 15 November 1995.
  42. ↑ http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Maj-Brian/640655985
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  44. ↑ 20 May 1932 - THE WORLD OF BOOKS REVIEWS
  45. ↑ Walter Franklin | England Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo
  46. ↑ http://www.rca.ac.uk/Default.aspx?ContentID=501861&GroupID=504103&CategoryID=36538
  47. ↑ The Death of C.B. Fry | History Today
  48. ↑ Biography - Sir Charles Henry Gairdner - Australian Dictionary of Biography
  49. ↑ Debi Allen Associates - Clients - Graeme Garden
  50. ↑ Davies, Gareth A (28 September 2010). "Johnny Gorman - the international in the classroom". The Daily Telegraph (London).
  51. ↑ O'Grady, Jane (16 June 2004). "Sir Stuart Hampshire". The Guardian (London).
  52. ↑ Jonathan Harvey - Short Biography - Music Sales Classical
  53. ↑ The Home of CricketArchive
  54. ↑ BBC Sport - Derby's Will Hughes - the Championship's latest sensation
  55. ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1402852/Major-Peter-Oldfield.html
  56. ↑ Basil Rathbone biography
  57. ↑ Robinson, Patrick Horsetrader ISBN 0-00-638105-7 (paperback, 1993)
  58. ↑ Robert Sangster's Times obituary
  59. ↑ Warsop, Keith (2004). The Early FA Cup Finals and the Southern Amateurs. SoccerData. pp. 126–127. ISBN 1-899468-78-1.
  60. ↑ Georgie Twigg
  61. ↑ http://www.georgietwigg.com
  62. ↑ Ellie Watton
  63. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Robert Bigsby Historical and Topographical Description of Repton Woodfall and Kinder 1854
  64. 1 2 3 4 Repton Church Monuments
  65. ↑ Dahl, Roald "Boy" ISBN 0-435-12300-9 (hardcover, 1986) (see also Boy: Tales of Childhood)
  66. ↑ Repton School head teacher Robert Holroyd has to step down due to 'ill health'
  67. ↑

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