Repton School, founded in 1557, is a British independent public school located in the village of Repton, in Derbyshire, England. Some of the remains of the oldest buildings date back to the 6th century.
Sports
Repton competes in sports typical of a medium-sized English public school (football, rugby, athletics, etc.), and more recently hockey and tennis. Repton also competes in lesser-known sports such as Eton Fives and has fully equipped facilities for most sports on site. Repton sport is pushed very highly and the sports teams contain many players who represent local counties and even Great Britain.
House system
All of Repton's pupils are placed into one of ten houses, each of which has approximately 70 boarding and day pupils. Repton is unusual in that all meals are taken in houses, as opposed to a central dining system.
The boys' houses are Cross, Latham, New, Orchard, Priory and School. The girls' houses are Abbey, Field, Garden and Mitre. The Mitre was previously a boys' house and School House incorporates the old boys' houses Brook House and the Hall.
Repton Dubai
On 24 January 2006, it was announced that Repton School is to branch out internationally with the launch of new boarding school in Dubai[1], an initiative of the Dubai Education Council (DEC). The school opened to the public in September 2007. The school, similar in many aspects of its teaching and layout to Repton School, is the first boarding school in the Middle East. It is situated on a 50-acre site in Nad al Sheba and, according to the Good Schools Guide International, enjoys "very expensive facilities".[2]
Notable Alumni
- Harold Abrahams, 100m Gold Medalist, 1924 Olympics[3]
- Kate Allan aka Kasia, author
- Harry Altham, cricket historian, coach and administrator[4]
- Joseph Bosworth, scholar of the Anglo-Saxon language
- Jeremy Clarkson, Award winning journalist and presenter of the BBC show 'Top Gear'
- D'Ewes Coke, clergyman and philanthropist
- Roald Dahl, author [5]
- James Fenton, poet and journalist
- Simon Friend, musician and member of the contemporary British rock band The Levellers
- Charles Fry, cricketer
- Graeme Garden, comedian, member of The Goodies
- Lord Grimston, politician
- Stuart Hampshire, Oxford philosopher
- Martin How, composer
- Christopher Isherwood, novelist and screenwriter
- Eric Maschwitz, entertainer, writer, broadcaster
- Adrian Newey, one of the best engineers in Formula One, Newey-inspired designs have won numerous titles & almost 80 Grands Prix
- Michael Ramsey, archbishop of Canterbury
- Basil Rathbone, Sherlock Holmes in the 1930's and 40's black & white films[6]
- Denys Rayner, Battle of the Atlantic veteran, writer and boat designer
- Robert Sangster, racehorse owner and breeder author [7] [8]
- John James Scott-Chisholme, Boer war cavalry officer
- Denton Welch, novelist, short story writer
- Edward Upward, novelist, short story writer
- Tom Chambers, actor
Former Headmasters of Repton
References
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