Sherborne School
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| Foundation | 1550 |
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| School type | Independent |
| Headmaster | Simon Eliot |
| Chairman of Trustees | Sir John Weston |
| Location | Sherborne, Dorset |
| Pupils | ~570 |
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| Houses | 8 |
| School Colours | Royal Blue, Yellow |
| Website | http://www.sherborne.org |
Sherborne School is an English public school for boys in the affluent town of Sherborne in north-west Dorset, England.
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[edit] History
The school's origins date back to the eighth century, when a tradition of education in Sherborne was begun by St Aldhelm. Notably, Alfred the Great was one of the school's early pupils. The school was then linked with the Benedictine Abbey in the town. The earliest Master was Thomas Copeland in 1437. After the Dissolution of the monasteries, Edward VI refounded the School in 1550 as King Edward's school, a free grammar school for local boys. The present School, which has gone through various changes of fortune since the Reformation, stands on land which once belonged to the Monastery, and the Library, Chapel and Headmaster's rooms, which adjoin the Abbey Church, are modifications of its original buildings. Sherborne School is now a very successful public school which draws pupils from around the world.
[edit] Famous alumni
- Hugh Bonneville, actor
- Tom Bradby, TV journalist and author
- Rt Hon Sir Christopher Chataway, athlete and politician
- Charles Collingwood, actor
- David Cornwell, (a.k.a. John le Carré) writer
- Cecil Day-Lewis, poet
- Nigel Dempster, journalist
- Jimmy Edwards, comedian
- Sir Richard Eyre, film and theatre director, artistic director of the National Theatre 1988-97
- Sir Michael Hopkins, architect
- Jeremy Irons, actor
- Stanley Johnson, politician
- Stuart Kennon, comedian
- Anthony Lane, film critic
- John Le Mesurier, actor
- Colin Lucas, Master of Balliol and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University until 2001.
- Chris Martin, musician (Coldplay)
- King Mswati III, king of Swaziland
- Keith Muspratt, World War One Flying Ace
- George Miller, lawyer
- Julius Neave, insurance executive
- Alfred North Whitehead, mathematician
- Lance Percival, actor
- Jon Pertwee, actor
- Sir Alastair Pilkington, director of the Bank of England
- James Purefoy, actor
- Rt Rev Lord Sheppard of Liverpool, former England cricketer and Bishop of Liverpool
- Sir David Spedding, head of the SIS
- Alan Turing, mathematician
- Alec Waugh, novelist
- John Weston, diplomat
[edit] Houses at Sherborne
Sherborne School is composed of 8 houses, where the pupils (invariably referred to as 'boys') live and work when not in lessons. The names of the houses, and their distinctive letter, used in certain circumstances as an abbreviation, are:
- School House (a)
- Abbey House (b)
- The Green (c)
- Harper House (d)
- Wallace House (e) (formerly Elmdene)
- Abbeylands (f)
- Lyon House (g)
- The Digby (m) (formerly the Digby Hotel)
Until 1999 there was another house, Westcott (h).
These houses also compete against each other in various sporting, educational and musical competitions.
[edit] School Song ("Carmen Saeculare")
Olim fuit monachorum
Schola nostra sedes;
Puer regius illorum
Fecit nos heredes;
Hoc in posteros amoris
Grande dedit signum;
Sonet ergo Fundatoris
Nomen laude dignum;
Vivat Rex Eduardus Sextus!
Vivat!
Ergo dum verenda mole
Cana perstat aedes,
Dum recenti gaudet prole
Monachorum sedes,
Stimulet certamen ludi,
Suadeat laboris,
In sigillo sculptum rudi
Nomen Fundatoris.
Vivat Rex Eduardus Sextus!
Vivat!
