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'Summer Fields' is a boys' preparatory school based in Summertown, Oxford, England.
Originally called 'Summerfield', it became a Boys' Preparatory School in 1864 with seven pupils. Its owner, Archibald Maclaren, was a fencing teacher who ran a gymnasium in Oxford. He strongly believed in the importance of physical fitness. His wife, Gertrude, was a classical scholar and teacher. The school motto is 'mens sana in corpore sano', a healthy mind in a healthy body.
It is Maclaren who lends his name to one of the four leagues into which the boys are organized; others include Moseley, after Henry Moseley, Case and Congreve, named after William La Touche Congreve. Each league has its own identifying colour, Case with red, Congreve with yellow, Maclaren with green, and Moseley with blue. In their leagues the boys wear a polo shirt in the league colour, along with the rest of the uniform, blue corduroys, and brown shoes. On Sundays as well as on special days, such as the School Concert, and the end of term, boys wear a tweed jacket, with a light blue coloured shirt, black shoes, and grey flannel trousers. Again, they wear their tie in their league colour.
The school remained in the hands of the Maclaren, Williams and Alington families for its first 75 years. In 1955, to ensure the School's future, it became a charitable trust with a board of governors, including Harold Macmillan, who was at the school as a boy and was soon to become Prime Minister. Other famous alumni include the England cricketer, Gubby Allen, and the Dracula actor, Christopher Lee.
In 1975, Nigel Talbot Rice took over as headmaster. He put the school on a sound financial footing through a series of appeals which financed an ambitious building programme: new classrooms, the Macmillan Hall and Music Centre, an indoor swimming-pool, the Wavell Arts and Technology Centre (named after the first Earl Wavell), and the Sports Hall. In 1997, Talbot Rice retired and was succeeded by Robin Badham-Thornhill.
Over the last few years a new lodge called Savage's has been built and a new year group has been added to the bottom of the school, as Summer Fields modernises and adapts.
The school prides itself on its academic excellence, evidenced by the numerous scholarships won by its boys, and is proud of its high standards of pastoral care. The majority of its pupils go on to attend the only four all-boys all-boarding schools that are left: Eton College, Radley College, Winchester College and Harrow School.
★ The school has traditionally been a rival of the Dragon School, also located in North Oxford
★ A second Summer Fields School (“Summers mi”) was set up in St Leonards-on-Sea Sussex.[1] Prince Rainier of Monaco attended this school.[2]
★ There is another school named Summer Fields School in New Delhi, India. [3]
★ Ronald Knox, theologian and author (1896–1900)
★ Julian Grenfell, war poet (1898–1901)
★ William La Touche Congreve VC, DSO, MC (1902–1904)
★ Harold Macmillan, British Prime Minister (1903–1906)
★ Thomas Riversdale Colyer-Fergusson VC (1905–1909)
★ Ralph Dominic Gamble MC, British Army officer (1906–1912)
★ Arthur Rhys Davids DSO, MC with Bar, flying ace (1909–1911)
★ Gubby Allen, cricketer
★ Anthony Asquith, writer (1913–1916)
★ Christopher Lee, actor
★ John G.W. Husted Jr., first fiancée of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
★ School website
| Contents |
| History |
| Trivia |
| Notable alumni |
| External links |
History
Originally called 'Summerfield', it became a Boys' Preparatory School in 1864 with seven pupils. Its owner, Archibald Maclaren, was a fencing teacher who ran a gymnasium in Oxford. He strongly believed in the importance of physical fitness. His wife, Gertrude, was a classical scholar and teacher. The school motto is 'mens sana in corpore sano', a healthy mind in a healthy body.
It is Maclaren who lends his name to one of the four leagues into which the boys are organized; others include Moseley, after Henry Moseley, Case and Congreve, named after William La Touche Congreve. Each league has its own identifying colour, Case with red, Congreve with yellow, Maclaren with green, and Moseley with blue. In their leagues the boys wear a polo shirt in the league colour, along with the rest of the uniform, blue corduroys, and brown shoes. On Sundays as well as on special days, such as the School Concert, and the end of term, boys wear a tweed jacket, with a light blue coloured shirt, black shoes, and grey flannel trousers. Again, they wear their tie in their league colour.
The school remained in the hands of the Maclaren, Williams and Alington families for its first 75 years. In 1955, to ensure the School's future, it became a charitable trust with a board of governors, including Harold Macmillan, who was at the school as a boy and was soon to become Prime Minister. Other famous alumni include the England cricketer, Gubby Allen, and the Dracula actor, Christopher Lee.
In 1975, Nigel Talbot Rice took over as headmaster. He put the school on a sound financial footing through a series of appeals which financed an ambitious building programme: new classrooms, the Macmillan Hall and Music Centre, an indoor swimming-pool, the Wavell Arts and Technology Centre (named after the first Earl Wavell), and the Sports Hall. In 1997, Talbot Rice retired and was succeeded by Robin Badham-Thornhill.
Over the last few years a new lodge called Savage's has been built and a new year group has been added to the bottom of the school, as Summer Fields modernises and adapts.
The school prides itself on its academic excellence, evidenced by the numerous scholarships won by its boys, and is proud of its high standards of pastoral care. The majority of its pupils go on to attend the only four all-boys all-boarding schools that are left: Eton College, Radley College, Winchester College and Harrow School.
Trivia
★ The school has traditionally been a rival of the Dragon School, also located in North Oxford
★ A second Summer Fields School (“Summers mi”) was set up in St Leonards-on-Sea Sussex.[1] Prince Rainier of Monaco attended this school.[2]
★ There is another school named Summer Fields School in New Delhi, India. [3]
Notable alumni
★ Ronald Knox, theologian and author (1896–1900)
★ Julian Grenfell, war poet (1898–1901)
★ William La Touche Congreve VC, DSO, MC (1902–1904)
★ Harold Macmillan, British Prime Minister (1903–1906)
★ Thomas Riversdale Colyer-Fergusson VC (1905–1909)
★ Ralph Dominic Gamble MC, British Army officer (1906–1912)
★ Arthur Rhys Davids DSO, MC with Bar, flying ace (1909–1911)
★ Gubby Allen, cricketer
★ Anthony Asquith, writer (1913–1916)
★ Christopher Lee, actor
★ John G.W. Husted Jr., first fiancée of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
External links
★ School website
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