REPTON SCHOOL

'Repton School', founded in 1557, is one of the most famous co-educational public schools (theoretically an independent school, but was awarded the 'dignity of a public school' because of its fame and ancestry. ) in the UK, located in the village of Repton, in Derbyshire, England. Some of the remains of the oldest buildings date back to the 6th century.

Contents

Sports

House system

Bullying at Repton

Repton in Dubai

Old Reptonians

Former Headmasters of Repton

Southern Railway School's Class

References

External links

Sports

Whilst Repton competes in a variety of sports typical of a medium sized English public school (football, rugby, athletics, etc...) in recent years Repton has excelled in hockey and tennis. Repton also competes in less known sports such as Eton Fives and has fully equipped facilities for most sports on site.

House system

Like many British public schools, Repton is subdivided into various houses within which the students are allocated. Repton has ten such houses, housing approximately 60 of a combination of boarding and day pupils in each, and is fairly unique in that all meals are taken in the houses, as opposed to using a central dining system.
The boys' houses are Cross, Latham, New, Orchard, Priory and School. The girls' houses are Abbey, Field, Garden and Mitre.

Bullying at Repton

Roald Dahl had a famously unhappy time at Repton. In his book, "Boy" he makes mention of the "fagging" system that was in place. Under this system the younger children were forced to do the bidding of the older children, catering to their whims, in fear of violent retribution. Dahl mentions being forced to clean the study of an older student every weekend. The student would then search for a single speck of dust with a white glove, beating Dahl, when he found it.

Repton in Dubai

On the 24th January 2006, it was announced that Repton School is to branch out internationally with the launch of new boarding school in Dubai^[2], an initiative of the Dubai Education Council (DEC). The School will begin to admit pupils as early as September 2007, and as a boarding school, will be the first of its kind.

Old Reptonians

★ 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, journalist and television presenter

★ Roald Dahl, author ^[5]

★ 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

★ 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]}

★ Denton Welch, novelist, short story writer

★ Edward Upward, novelist, short story writer

★ Jane Welch, author, daughter of Tom Davies, former headmaster of Repton Prep School

Former Headmasters of Repton

★ Geoffrey Fisher

★ Lionel Ford

★ David Jewell

★ William Temple

Southern Railway School's Class

The School lent its name to a steam locomotive (Engine 916) in the Southern Railway's Class V of which there were 40.This Class was also known as the Schools Class because all 40 of the class were named after prominent English public schools. 'Repton', as it was called, was built in May, 1934.^[9]. Repton is still in use in 2007 and is owned by the North Yorkshire Moors Railway and runs on that line.Herring, Peter, ''Classic British Steam Locomotives'' (Abbeydale Press: London, 2000) Section "V ('Schools') Class" Pages 124 to 125 ISBN 1-86147-057-6

References

1. Picture from Wikimedia Commons
2.
★ Repton Dubai Website
3. Harold Abrahams' Blue Plaque details
4. Harry Altham Biography at Cricinfo.com
5. Dahl, Roald "Boy" ISBN 0-435-12300-9 (hardcover, 1986)
6. Basil Rathbone biography
7. Robinson, Patrick "Horsetrader" ISBN 0-00-638105-7 (paperback, 1993)
8. Robert Sangster's Times obituary
9. Repton - the steam locomotive

External links

★ Repton School Website

★ Repton Preparatory School Website

★ Old Reptonian Society

★ Repton Dubai Website

★ ISBI Information on Repton School
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