Barnard Castle School
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Barnard Castle School is a co-educational independent day and boarding school
situated in the market town
of Barnard Castle
, in the North East of England. It was founded in 1883 as the North Eastern County School, with the name changed to the current one in 1924, and to this day is generally known by the inhabitants of Barnard Castle as the "County School". It is set in its own 50 acres (202,343 m²) grounds, in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
. It is one of the most famous schools in the North East. It is a member of The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference.
The school was funded by direct grant from 1945 until 1975. Founded as an all boy school, the school has been fully co-educational since 1993. During the 1980s the school was famous for producing England international rugby union players Rob Andrew
and Tony
and Rory Underwood
. The school has again become notable in recent years for producing over 30 international rugby union players including Matthew Tait, Alex Tait
and Rory Clegg
, and appearing in three finals of the inter-school Daily Mail Cup
.
, County Durham
, whilst building of the main school building was undertaken in Barnard Castle. There were initially 25 boarders and 10 day pupils. By the end of 1884, there were 76 boarders. Originally known as the North Eastern County School, the main school building was completed on February 2 1886 and initially housed 116 boarders and 12 day pupils. The building was designed by Clark & Moscrop of Darlington
in the Jacobean style, and is a Grade II listed building built with local Yorkstone
and Lakeland slate. The school was built for the Trustees of Benjamin Flounders
and the Trustees of St. John's Hospital, Barnard Castle, with a Durham University
Committee. The Flounders trustees financed the entirety of the school's construction with a gift of £31,000. A further £20,000 was raised by subscription to cover initial running costs, £10,000 of which came from St John's Hospital in Barnard Castle. St John's specified that the school had to be based in Barnard Castle, and this was what decided the school's location.
The object of the school was to provide a liberal and religious education, at fees large enough to cover the cost of board and tuition and to return a fair interest on capital invested, but at a fraction of what was charged by public schools. Tolerance of non-conformist denominations such as Methodism
and Roman Catholicism informed the school's ethos, and the school has always remained independent of the Church of England
. Extensions over the next few years included a sanatorium
in 1890 (now the music school) and a swimming-bath block in 1896. In 1900 a £4000 (£400,000 in 2010) science block was opened by Lord Barnard
which is now inhabited by Tees and Dale houses. A 1904 description describes the continuing ethos of the school: "[it] provides the advantages of a large public school for boys of the middle classes at a moderate cost." The foundation stone of the Grade II* listed chapel was laid in 1910, and the W. D. Caroe designed building was completed in 1911. Financial backing for the chapel was provided by Lord Barnard and the local freemasons, and the foundation ceremony was performed in full masonic regalia. It houses a painting by Ary Scheffer
and a Father Willis organ. Its stained glass windows commemorate John Balliol, the founder of St. John's Hospital, and Benjamin Flounders. The school name was changed to Barnard Castle School in 1924, and it was by this time one of the largest public schools in the North of England.
During the tenure as headmaster of Harold Birkbeck from 1935 until 1965, the school more than doubled in size. He introduced squash
to the school, and made the school one of the best renowned for the sport in the country. In April 1961 a £65,000 appeal was launched for funding to build the science blocks and library that still stand to this day. By this time there were 470 boys at the school, with more than half progressing on to universities or higher education. From 1945 until 1975 the school was funded by direct grant. The first computer was installed in January 1978; it was so large that it required its own room. Girls were first admitted to the Sixth Form
in 1981, and the school has been fully co-educational since 1993. By 1992 there were around 610 pupils with an approximately 50:50 split between boarding and day pupils.
(Prep School). The original building is now used mainly for accommodation and administration. All teaching is undertaken in purpose built classrooms. There are tennis/netball courts, squash courts and an AstroTurf
pitch. The school also has access to the tennis courts at the Bowes Museum
which is next door. There is a large sports hall. There has been £3 million worth of recent investment in the school's infrastructure. In January 2008 a new £1.5 million Physics and ICT block was opened; a new hall for the Prep School and a new sports pavilion containing a gym and a dance studio was opened in August 2010.
40 per cent of pupils to the senior school come from the state sector. Over 50 per cent come from the on site Prep School. 25 per cent of Sixth Form pupil intake is from state schools. Day pupils commute from a geographically large catchment area
, predominantly rural in nature, as well as travelling from settlements as far a field as Hurworth and Stanhope
as well as larger settlements such as Kirkby Stephen
, Durham
, Bishop Auckland
, Richmond
and Darlington
. Pupils are from a
wide range of professional, managerial and farming backgrounds. There are 200 boarding pupils, significant numbers of whom have parents who are members of HM Forces, and many families are linked to Catterick Garrison
, Europe's largest military base, which is situated nearby. 15 per cent of boarders have parents living overseas, particularly Hong Kong
. An Open Day is held annually when the school welcomes prospective students and their families to tour the school. It is held on a Saturday morning in early October.
weekends. The Sunday chapel service is compulsory for boarding pupils. Homework (always called "prep") is set for every evening with the exception of Sunday. Refreshments are provided during the twenty minute morning coffee break. Lunch break is an hour long. Uniform is traditional, including a black blazer and a tie. Coloured shirts may be worn by Sixth Formers. Rewards include merits. Punishments include afternoon detention and Saturday detention. As with most independent schools, corporal punishment
was phased out by the 1980s. As well as the standard subjects, Latin, Classics, Ancient History, Greek, German and Spanish are taught.
series.
governed by twelve foundation and seven nominated governors, the latter with links to Durham
and Newcastle Universities, Durham County Council, Barnard Castle Town Council and the Old Barnardian Association. It is a member of The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. The school aims to offer the best independent education to children from the North East of England.
and York Minster
. The school has had a Combined Cadet Force
since at least 1939, although at this time it was known as the Officers Training Corps.
, cricket
is the most important sport for boys. Teams have toured Majorca and the Caribbean
in recent years. Members of the 1st XI often gain representative honours for their counties and the North of England. Girls focus on rounders in the summer whilst both girls and boys partake in tennis and athletics. Recently, the junior girls won the HMC Northern Schools Championship at Gateshead International Stadium
.
donated and presented the trophy. The modern Barnard Run involves girls and boys competing at Junior (Years 7 and 8), Intermediate (Years 9 and 10) and Senior (Years 11 and Sixth Form) levels. The race takes place annually at the end of the first half of the Spring Term. It is keenly contested between houses. The girls' and younger boys' race is around two and a half miles long while the senior boys' is four miles. The competition is a key event in the school calendar.
has said that "Barnard Castle School has a happy knack of producing some of England's finest rugby talents." The best known are Rob Andrew
, brothers Rory Underwood
and Tony Underwood
, and Mathew Tait
who have all played for England at senior level. Rob Andrew
captained the school's first XV in 1981. He went on to play for England from 1985-1997 appearing 71 times and scoring 369 points for England. He holds five international caps for the British and Irish Lions. Andrew is England's third highest points scorer after Paul Grayson and Jonny Wilkinson. Andrew was Director of Rugby for the Newcastle Falcons before leaving in 2006 to become the Rugby Football Union's Elite Director of Rugby. Many other Old Barnardians are involved in professional rugby, especially with the Newcastle Falcons
. Lee Dickson (who moves to Northampton Saints for the 2008/09 season), Tim Visser, Alex Tait, Ed Williamson and Rory Clegg (who moved to Harlequins in June 2009) have all represented the Falcons in the Guinness Premiership. Numerous others are members of the senior academy. Calum Clark, the school's 1st XV captain for the 2006-2007 season, made his Premiership debut in 2007 for Leeds Carnegie, just three months after leaving school, becoming the youngest ever forward to play in the Premiership. Many current Barnardians represent junior international sides, as well as the North of England, several northern county sides (such as Durham, Cumbria, Yorkshire and Cheshire) and the Independent Schools' Barbarians. In recent years Alex Gray, Tom Catterick and Rory Clegg have represented England at Under 16 and 18 levels. Gray captained the international side to a Grand Slam Under 16s Four Nations in 2007 as the first pupil to captain an international side whilst at the school. Rory has been selected for England U20's in the current 2008-2009 season. The first team coach since 1999 has been Martin Pepper. A former professional back-rower for Harlequins, Pepper appeared in a number of games for England but never an international test. The 1st VII have appeared in the final of the North of England Sevens and Rosslyn Park Sevens.
for U18s three times in five seasons between 2002/03 and 2006/07. Nicknamed the Barney Army, the team lost to Oakham School
, Colston's School and Warwick School
respectively in the 2002, 2003 and 2007 finals. In 2007/2008, the 1st XV were beaten in the semi-finals 19-16 by St Benedict's School
. Meanwhile, in the counterpart Daily Mail U15s Cup competition, the School's U15s exited at the round 3, 6, 4, 5, 2 and 3 stages in the six seasons from 2002/03 to 2007/08, culminating in a 15-3 losing semi-final clash with Millfield School in 2008/09.
Sale Sharks
Leeds Carnegie
Nailing Up: This occurs at every end of term school chapel service. Originally taking place in Central Hall, the captain of the house team which had won that term's major sporting event would climb up to his house shield displayed on the first floor balcony and nail the award to the shield. Nowadays the captain of the winning house team comes to the front of chapel and ceremonially taps the shield. Jerusalem is always sung at the last service of term.
Speech Day: Occurring on the final day of the Summer Term (usually a Saturday) the entire school community including parents, relatives and friends of the school, meet for Speech Day. The Chairman of the Governors, the Headmaster, an invited Speaker and the Head of School make speeches, and academic prizes are awarded to pupils. Past speakers have included the Bishop of Durham and the vice chancellor of Durham University Sir Kenneth Calman
.
A current member of staff is former cricket star Martin Speight
. Notable former staff have included George Graham Able
.
Boarding school
A boarding school is a school where some or all pupils study and live during the school year with their fellow students and possibly teachers and/or administrators. The word 'boarding' is used in the sense of "bed and board," i.e., lodging and meals...
situated in the market town
Market town
Market town or market right is a legal term, originating in the medieval period, for a European settlement that has the right to host markets, distinguishing it from a village and city...
of Barnard Castle
Barnard Castle
Barnard Castle is an historical town in Teesdale, County Durham, England. It is named after the castle around which it grew up. It sits on the north side of the River Tees, opposite Startforth, south southwest of Newcastle upon Tyne, south southwest of Sunderland, west of Middlesbrough and ...
, in the North East of England. It was founded in 1883 as the North Eastern County School, with the name changed to the current one in 1924, and to this day is generally known by the inhabitants of Barnard Castle as the "County School". It is set in its own 50 acres (202,343 m²) grounds, in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is an area of countryside considered to have significant landscape value in England, Wales or Northern Ireland, that has been specially designated by the Countryside Agency on behalf of the United Kingdom government; the Countryside Council for Wales on...
. It is one of the most famous schools in the North East. It is a member of The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference.
The school was funded by direct grant from 1945 until 1975. Founded as an all boy school, the school has been fully co-educational since 1993. During the 1980s the school was famous for producing England international rugby union players Rob Andrew
Rob Andrew
Christopher Robert "Rob" Andrew MBE , nicknamed "Squeaky", is a former English rugby union footballer and currently Director of Operations at the RFU. He was formerly the Director of Rugby of Newcastle Falcons. As a player, Andrew was assured in his kicking and defensive skills off both feet...
and Tony
Tony Underwood
Tony Underwood is a former English rugby union footballer who played as a wing three-quarter back. He is of Chinese-English parentage....
and Rory Underwood
Rory Underwood
Rory Underwood MBE is a former English rugby union footballer who played wing for, most notably, Leicester Tigers and Bedford. He represented England and the British Lions and is a former Royal Air Force pilot....
. The school has again become notable in recent years for producing over 30 international rugby union players including Matthew Tait, Alex Tait
Alex Tait (rugby player)
Alex Tait is a rugby union player for Newcastle Falcons in the Aviva Premiership. Tait's usual position is fullback but he can also cover at centre. He made his first team début for Newcastle against Cetransa El Salvador in November 2007.He is the younger brother of England international Mathew...
and Rory Clegg
Rory Clegg
Rory Clegg in the British Military Hospital, Hannover Germany is a rugby union player for Harlequins F.C. in the Aviva Premiership...
, and appearing in three finals of the inter-school Daily Mail Cup
Daily Mail Cup
The Daily Mail RBS Cup is the annual English schools' rugby union cup competition. The semi-finals are now held at Broadstreet Rugby Club. The final is held at Twickenham Stadium. Competitions are held at the U18 and U15 age group levels...
.
History
The origins of the school date back to 1883 when it occupied temporary premises in Middleton One RowMiddleton One Row
Middleton One Row is a village in the borough of Darlington and the ceremonial county ofCounty Durham, England. It is situated to the east of Darlington, just north of the River Tees...
, County Durham
County Durham
County Durham is a ceremonial county and unitary district in north east England. The county town is Durham. The largest settlement in the ceremonial county is the town of Darlington...
, whilst building of the main school building was undertaken in Barnard Castle. There were initially 25 boarders and 10 day pupils. By the end of 1884, there were 76 boarders. Originally known as the North Eastern County School, the main school building was completed on February 2 1886 and initially housed 116 boarders and 12 day pupils. The building was designed by Clark & Moscrop of Darlington
Darlington
Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, part of the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It lies on the small River Skerne, a tributary of the River Tees, not far from the main river. It is the main population centre in the borough, with a population of 97,838 as of 2001...
in the Jacobean style, and is a Grade II listed building built with local Yorkstone
Yorkstone
Yorkstone is a term for a variety of sandstone, specifically from quarries in Yorkshire that have been worked since medieval times, but now applied generally. Yorkstone is a tight grained, Carboniferous sedimentary rock...
and Lakeland slate. The school was built for the Trustees of Benjamin Flounders
Benjamin Flounders
Benjamin Flounders was a prominent Quaker with business interests in key new industries and developments at the time of the Mid-Industrial Revolution, such as The Stockton and Darlington Railway and new canals in his native North-East; he operated his own family businesses very successfully with...
and the Trustees of St. John's Hospital, Barnard Castle, with a Durham University
Durham University
The University of Durham, commonly known as Durham University, is a university in Durham, England. It was founded by Act of Parliament in 1832 and granted a Royal Charter in 1837...
Committee. The Flounders trustees financed the entirety of the school's construction with a gift of £31,000. A further £20,000 was raised by subscription to cover initial running costs, £10,000 of which came from St John's Hospital in Barnard Castle. St John's specified that the school had to be based in Barnard Castle, and this was what decided the school's location.
The object of the school was to provide a liberal and religious education, at fees large enough to cover the cost of board and tuition and to return a fair interest on capital invested, but at a fraction of what was charged by public schools. Tolerance of non-conformist denominations such as Methodism
Methodism
Methodism is a movement of Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations, claiming a total of approximately seventy million adherents worldwide. The movement traces its roots to John Wesley's evangelistic revival movement within Anglicanism. His younger brother...
and Roman Catholicism informed the school's ethos, and the school has always remained independent of the Church of England
Church of England
The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...
. Extensions over the next few years included a sanatorium
Sanatorium
A sanatorium is a medical facility for long-term illness, most typically associated with treatment of tuberculosis before antibiotics...
in 1890 (now the music school) and a swimming-bath block in 1896. In 1900 a £4000 (£400,000 in 2010) science block was opened by Lord Barnard
Henry de Vere Vane, 9th Baron Barnard
Henry de Vere Vane, 9th Baron Barnard FSA, JP, Hon. DCL Durham was a British peer and masonic grand master.-Education:...
which is now inhabited by Tees and Dale houses. A 1904 description describes the continuing ethos of the school: "[it] provides the advantages of a large public school for boys of the middle classes at a moderate cost." The foundation stone of the Grade II* listed chapel was laid in 1910, and the W. D. Caroe designed building was completed in 1911. Financial backing for the chapel was provided by Lord Barnard and the local freemasons, and the foundation ceremony was performed in full masonic regalia. It houses a painting by Ary Scheffer
Ary Scheffer
Ary Scheffer , French painter of Dutch and German extraction, was born in Dordrecht.-Life:After the early death of his father Johann Baptist, a poor painter, Ary's mother Cornelia, herself a painter and daughter of landscapist Arie Lamme, took him to Paris and placed him in the studio of...
and a Father Willis organ. Its stained glass windows commemorate John Balliol, the founder of St. John's Hospital, and Benjamin Flounders. The school name was changed to Barnard Castle School in 1924, and it was by this time one of the largest public schools in the North of England.
During the tenure as headmaster of Harold Birkbeck from 1935 until 1965, the school more than doubled in size. He introduced squash
Squash (sport)
Squash is a high-speed racquet sport played by two players in a four-walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball...
to the school, and made the school one of the best renowned for the sport in the country. In April 1961 a £65,000 appeal was launched for funding to build the science blocks and library that still stand to this day. By this time there were 470 boys at the school, with more than half progressing on to universities or higher education. From 1945 until 1975 the school was funded by direct grant. The first computer was installed in January 1978; it was so large that it required its own room. Girls were first admitted to the Sixth Form
Sixth form
In the education systems of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, and of Commonwealth West Indian countries such as Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Belize, Jamaica and Malta, the sixth form is the final two years of secondary education, where students, usually sixteen to eighteen years of age,...
in 1981, and the school has been fully co-educational since 1993. By 1992 there were around 610 pupils with an approximately 50:50 split between boarding and day pupils.
School site
"One of the North-East's most famous schools", Barnard Castle is set in its own 50 acre grounds on the edge of town in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The school caters for pupils aged 4 to 18, with pupils younger than 11 being taught in a separate on-site preparatory schoolPreparatory school (UK)
In English language usage in the former British Empire, the present-day Commonwealth, a preparatory school is an independent school preparing children up to the age of eleven or thirteen for entry into fee-paying, secondary independent schools, some of which are known as public schools...
(Prep School). The original building is now used mainly for accommodation and administration. All teaching is undertaken in purpose built classrooms. There are tennis/netball courts, squash courts and an AstroTurf
AstroTurf
AstroTurf is a brand of artificial turf. Although the term is a registered trademark, it is sometimes used as a generic description of any kind of artificial turf. The original AstroTurf product was a short pile synthetic turf while the current products incorporate modern features such as...
pitch. The school also has access to the tennis courts at the Bowes Museum
Bowes Museum
The Bowes Museum has a nationally renowned art collection and is situated in the town of Barnard Castle, Teesdale, County Durham, England.The museum contains an El Greco, paintings by Francisco Goya, Canaletto, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, François Boucher and a sizable collection of decorative art,...
which is next door. There is a large sports hall. There has been £3 million worth of recent investment in the school's infrastructure. In January 2008 a new £1.5 million Physics and ICT block was opened; a new hall for the Prep School and a new sports pavilion containing a gym and a dance studio was opened in August 2010.
Barnard Castle Preparatory School
The Prep School is an important part of Barnard Castle School, having access to its facilities. It is situated in a separate area of the school grounds with its own organisation, staff and buildings. It has around 200 pupils. In 1989 there were just 65 pupils, all of them boys. By 2009 there were over 200 pupils, equally split between girls and boys.Intake
Drainage basin
A drainage basin is an extent or an area of land where surface water from rain and melting snow or ice converges to a single point, usually the exit of the basin, where the waters join another waterbody, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea, or ocean...
, predominantly rural in nature, as well as travelling from settlements as far a field as Hurworth and Stanhope
Stanhope, County Durham
Stanhope is a small market town in County Durham, in England. It is situated on the River Wear between Eastgate and Frosterley on the north side of Weardale. The A689 trans-Pennine road meets the B6278 road from Barnard Castle to Shotley Bridge here....
as well as larger settlements such as Kirkby Stephen
Kirkby Stephen
Kirkby Stephen is a civil parish and small market town in Cumbria, in North West England which historically, is part of Westmorland. The town is located on the A685, surrounded by sparsely populated hill country, and about from the two nearest larger towns, Kendal and Penrith...
, Durham
Durham
Durham is a city in north east England. It is within the County Durham local government district, and is the county town of the larger ceremonial county...
, Bishop Auckland
Bishop Auckland
Bishop Auckland is a market town and civil parish in County Durham in north east England. It is located about northwest of Darlington and southwest of Durham at the confluence of the River Wear with its tributary the River Gaunless...
, Richmond
Richmond, North Yorkshire
Richmond is a market town and civil parish on the River Swale in North Yorkshire, England and is the administrative centre of the district of Richmondshire. It is situated on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, and serves as the Park's main tourist centre...
and Darlington
Darlington
Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, part of the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It lies on the small River Skerne, a tributary of the River Tees, not far from the main river. It is the main population centre in the borough, with a population of 97,838 as of 2001...
. Pupils are from a
wide range of professional, managerial and farming backgrounds. There are 200 boarding pupils, significant numbers of whom have parents who are members of HM Forces, and many families are linked to Catterick Garrison
Catterick Garrison
Catterick Garrison is a major Army base located in Northern England. It is the largest British Army garrison in the world with a population of around 12,000, plus a large temporary population of soldiers, and is larger than its older neighbour...
, Europe's largest military base, which is situated nearby. 15 per cent of boarders have parents living overseas, particularly Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
. An Open Day is held annually when the school welcomes prospective students and their families to tour the school. It is held on a Saturday morning in early October.
Routine
Every weekday (except for Wednesday) begins with a chapel service at 8:45am. The school is among a dwindling number which hold compulsory lessons on Saturday mornings, with many sporting fixtures taking place on Saturday afternoons. There are however, occasional exeatExeat
The Latin word exeat is most commonly used to describe a period of absence from a centre of learning. Exeat is used in Britain to describe weekend leave from a boarding school...
weekends. The Sunday chapel service is compulsory for boarding pupils. Homework (always called "prep") is set for every evening with the exception of Sunday. Refreshments are provided during the twenty minute morning coffee break. Lunch break is an hour long. Uniform is traditional, including a black blazer and a tie. Coloured shirts may be worn by Sixth Formers. Rewards include merits. Punishments include afternoon detention and Saturday detention. As with most independent schools, corporal punishment
Corporal punishment
Corporal punishment is a form of physical punishment that involves the deliberate infliction of pain as retribution for an offence, or for the purpose of disciplining or reforming a wrongdoer, or to deter attitudes or behaviour deemed unacceptable...
was phased out by the 1980s. As well as the standard subjects, Latin, Classics, Ancient History, Greek, German and Spanish are taught.
Pastoral
Pastoral care for senior school pupils is provided through a house system. Each pupil is assigned to a house. Each house has its own accommodation in the school and its own set of tutors to look after members of the house. There are eight vertically integrated houses in total, each with its own colour and heraldic-like shield: The two boys' boarding houses are York (red) and Northumberland (pale blue). The three day boys' houses are Tees (dark green) and Dale (burgundy), both formed by splitting Teesdale House, the first day boys' house, and finally Durham (gold), which was converted from boarding to day when the school expanded in the 1990s. The boarding girls belong to the original Sixth Form girls' house, Longfield (dark pink), and the new houses formed for day girls when the school became co-educational are Marwood (purple) and more recently Bowes (pale green). The school considered abolishing its boarding facilities when, like many boarding schools, it suffered a significant drop in numbers during the 1990s. However numbers unexpectedly improved around the turn of the millennium, and this turnaround has often been attributed to the positive image that boarding received from the Harry PotterHarry Potter
Harry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by the British author J. K. Rowling. The books chronicle the adventures of the adolescent wizard Harry Potter and his best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry...
series.
Governance
The school is a charitable trustCharitable trust
A charitable trust is an irrevocable trust established for charitable purposes, and is a more specific term than "charitable organization".-United States:...
governed by twelve foundation and seven nominated governors, the latter with links to Durham
Durham University
The University of Durham, commonly known as Durham University, is a university in Durham, England. It was founded by Act of Parliament in 1832 and granted a Royal Charter in 1837...
and Newcastle Universities, Durham County Council, Barnard Castle Town Council and the Old Barnardian Association. It is a member of The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. The school aims to offer the best independent education to children from the North East of England.
Extracurricular activities
The houses form the basis for much competition within the school. The first competition in the school year is the House Singing Competition in which every member of the school takes part. Thereafter, throughout the school year, the houses compete against each other in a variety of academic, artistic, and sporting events. The school boasts one of the finest school choirs in the North East of England, performing annually at Durham CathedralDurham Cathedral
The Cathedral Church of Christ, Blessed Mary the Virgin and St Cuthbert of Durham is a cathedral in the city of Durham, England, the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Durham. The Bishopric dates from 995, with the present cathedral being founded in AD 1093...
and York Minster
York Minster
York Minster is a Gothic cathedral in York, England and is one of the largest of its kind in Northern Europe alongside Cologne Cathedral. The minster is the seat of the Archbishop of York, the second-highest office of the Church of England, and is the cathedral for the Diocese of York; it is run by...
. The school has had a Combined Cadet Force
Combined Cadet Force
The Combined Cadet Force is a Ministry of Defence sponsored youth organisation in the United Kingdom. Its aim is to "provide a disciplined organisation in a school so that pupils may develop powers of leadership by means of training to promote the qualities of responsibility, self reliance,...
since at least 1939, although at this time it was known as the Officers Training Corps.
Sports
Rugby for boys and hockey for girls are the major sports during the Autumn term. Girls regularly represent Durham County at Under 14, 16 and 18 levels. In the Spring Term the boys play football, hockey and squash whilst the girls play netball and lacrosse. Both boys and girls take part in cross country running and swimming. During the Summer termSummer term
Summer term is the name of the summer academic term at many British schools and universities and elsewhere in the world.In the UK, 'Summer term' runs from the Easter holiday until the end of the academic year in June or July, and thus corresponds to the Easter term at Cambridge University, and...
, cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
is the most important sport for boys. Teams have toured Majorca and the Caribbean
Caribbean
The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...
in recent years. Members of the 1st XI often gain representative honours for their counties and the North of England. Girls focus on rounders in the summer whilst both girls and boys partake in tennis and athletics. Recently, the junior girls won the HMC Northern Schools Championship at Gateshead International Stadium
Gateshead International Stadium
Gateshead International Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium, in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England. The stadium is primarily set up for athletics, with a running track, but it is home to Gateshead Thunder rugby league club, Gateshead Senators American Football and Gateshead FC. It has also held a...
.
Barnard Run
The Barnard Run is a school competition, consisting of a cross-country trial over a hilly course. It dates back to 1893 when Lord BarnardHenry de Vere Vane, 9th Baron Barnard
Henry de Vere Vane, 9th Baron Barnard FSA, JP, Hon. DCL Durham was a British peer and masonic grand master.-Education:...
donated and presented the trophy. The modern Barnard Run involves girls and boys competing at Junior (Years 7 and 8), Intermediate (Years 9 and 10) and Senior (Years 11 and Sixth Form) levels. The race takes place annually at the end of the first half of the Spring Term. It is keenly contested between houses. The girls' and younger boys' race is around two and a half miles long while the senior boys' is four miles. The competition is a key event in the school calendar.
Rugby
The school has produced more than 30 international rugby players in recent years. The TimesThe Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
has said that "Barnard Castle School has a happy knack of producing some of England's finest rugby talents." The best known are Rob Andrew
Rob Andrew
Christopher Robert "Rob" Andrew MBE , nicknamed "Squeaky", is a former English rugby union footballer and currently Director of Operations at the RFU. He was formerly the Director of Rugby of Newcastle Falcons. As a player, Andrew was assured in his kicking and defensive skills off both feet...
, brothers Rory Underwood
Rory Underwood
Rory Underwood MBE is a former English rugby union footballer who played wing for, most notably, Leicester Tigers and Bedford. He represented England and the British Lions and is a former Royal Air Force pilot....
and Tony Underwood
Tony Underwood
Tony Underwood is a former English rugby union footballer who played as a wing three-quarter back. He is of Chinese-English parentage....
, and Mathew Tait
Mathew Tait
Mathew Tait is an English rugby union footballer. He is an outside centre, a fullback or wing...
who have all played for England at senior level. Rob Andrew
Rob Andrew
Christopher Robert "Rob" Andrew MBE , nicknamed "Squeaky", is a former English rugby union footballer and currently Director of Operations at the RFU. He was formerly the Director of Rugby of Newcastle Falcons. As a player, Andrew was assured in his kicking and defensive skills off both feet...
captained the school's first XV in 1981. He went on to play for England from 1985-1997 appearing 71 times and scoring 369 points for England. He holds five international caps for the British and Irish Lions. Andrew is England's third highest points scorer after Paul Grayson and Jonny Wilkinson. Andrew was Director of Rugby for the Newcastle Falcons before leaving in 2006 to become the Rugby Football Union's Elite Director of Rugby. Many other Old Barnardians are involved in professional rugby, especially with the Newcastle Falcons
Newcastle Falcons
The Newcastle Falcons is an English rugby union team currently playing in the Aviva Premiership. The club was established in 1877 and played under the name of Gosforth Football Club until 1990. The name was then changed to Newcastle Gosforth and the club began to play at Kingston Park stadium in...
. Lee Dickson (who moves to Northampton Saints for the 2008/09 season), Tim Visser, Alex Tait, Ed Williamson and Rory Clegg (who moved to Harlequins in June 2009) have all represented the Falcons in the Guinness Premiership. Numerous others are members of the senior academy. Calum Clark, the school's 1st XV captain for the 2006-2007 season, made his Premiership debut in 2007 for Leeds Carnegie, just three months after leaving school, becoming the youngest ever forward to play in the Premiership. Many current Barnardians represent junior international sides, as well as the North of England, several northern county sides (such as Durham, Cumbria, Yorkshire and Cheshire) and the Independent Schools' Barbarians. In recent years Alex Gray, Tom Catterick and Rory Clegg have represented England at Under 16 and 18 levels. Gray captained the international side to a Grand Slam Under 16s Four Nations in 2007 as the first pupil to captain an international side whilst at the school. Rory has been selected for England U20's in the current 2008-2009 season. The first team coach since 1999 has been Martin Pepper. A former professional back-rower for Harlequins, Pepper appeared in a number of games for England but never an international test. The 1st VII have appeared in the final of the North of England Sevens and Rosslyn Park Sevens.
Daily Mail Cup
The School's 1st XV team reached the final of the national Daily Mail CupDaily Mail Cup
The Daily Mail RBS Cup is the annual English schools' rugby union cup competition. The semi-finals are now held at Broadstreet Rugby Club. The final is held at Twickenham Stadium. Competitions are held at the U18 and U15 age group levels...
for U18s three times in five seasons between 2002/03 and 2006/07. Nicknamed the Barney Army, the team lost to Oakham School
Oakham School
Oakham School is a British co-educational independent school in the historic market town of Oakham in Rutland, accepting around 1,000 pupils, aged from 10 to 18, both male and female, as boarders and day pupils . The Good Schools Guide called the school "a privileged but unpretentious and...
, Colston's School and Warwick School
Warwick School
Warwick School is an independent school with boarding facilities for boys in Warwick, England, and is reputed to be the third-oldest surviving school in the country after King's School, Canterbury and St Peter's School, York; and the oldest boy's school in England...
respectively in the 2002, 2003 and 2007 finals. In 2007/2008, the 1st XV were beaten in the semi-finals 19-16 by St Benedict's School
St Benedict's School
St Benedict's School is a co-educational independent Roman Catholic school situated in Ealing, West London. The school is part of Ealing Abbey and is governed by the Abbot and monks of Ealing. As the only day school of the English Houses of the English Benedictine Congregation, the school does not...
. Meanwhile, in the counterpart Daily Mail U15s Cup competition, the School's U15s exited at the round 3, 6, 4, 5, 2 and 3 stages in the six seasons from 2002/03 to 2007/08, culminating in a 15-3 losing semi-final clash with Millfield School in 2008/09.
International rugby honours
Full England caps- James E. Hutchinson (1906)
- Tom Danby (1949)
- Rory Underwood (1984–1996)
- Rob Andrew (1985–1997)
- Tony Underwood (1992–1999)
Club honours
Newcastle Falcons- 2004-2008 Matthew Tait
- 2007–Present Alex Tait
- 2008–Present Tom Catterick
- 2008–Present Alex Gray
- 2009–Present Anthony Harrison
- 2009–Present Guy van den Dries
- 2009–Present Andrew Lister
- 2009–Present Bruce Clegg
Sale Sharks
- 2008–Present Matthew Tait
Leeds Carnegie
- 2005–Present Callum Clark
Tradition
Cheers: If a school sports team is victorious the entire team will, on return to school, stand on Central Hall Table (Central Hall being the school's focal point) and the captain will lead three cheers for the school. For the 1st XV cheers also take place after home victories. The team gathers in what is known as Back Porch immediately after the match and three cheers are sounded.Nailing Up: This occurs at every end of term school chapel service. Originally taking place in Central Hall, the captain of the house team which had won that term's major sporting event would climb up to his house shield displayed on the first floor balcony and nail the award to the shield. Nowadays the captain of the winning house team comes to the front of chapel and ceremonially taps the shield. Jerusalem is always sung at the last service of term.
Speech Day: Occurring on the final day of the Summer Term (usually a Saturday) the entire school community including parents, relatives and friends of the school, meet for Speech Day. The Chairman of the Governors, the Headmaster, an invited Speaker and the Head of School make speeches, and academic prizes are awarded to pupils. Past speakers have included the Bishop of Durham and the vice chancellor of Durham University Sir Kenneth Calman
Kenneth Calman
Sir Kenneth Charles Calman, KCB, DL, FRSE is a Scottish cancer researcher and former Chief Medical Officer of Scotland, and then England. He was Warden and Vice-Chancellor of Durham University from 1998 to 2006, before becoming Chancellor of the University of Glasgow. He has held the position of...
.
Notable former pupils (Old Barnardians)
- Tony Aikenhead, project director for Olympic StadiumOlympic Stadium (London)The London Olympic Stadium will be the centrepiece of the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics. The stadium is located at Marshgate Lane in Stratford in the Lower Lea Valley and has capacity for the Games of approximately 80,000 making it temporarily the third largest stadium in Britain behind...
, 2012 Olympics. - Rob AndrewRob AndrewChristopher Robert "Rob" Andrew MBE , nicknamed "Squeaky", is a former English rugby union footballer and currently Director of Operations at the RFU. He was formerly the Director of Rugby of Newcastle Falcons. As a player, Andrew was assured in his kicking and defensive skills off both feet...
, former international rugby union player, now Director of Elite Rugby at the RFU. - Ross BattyRoss BattyRoss Batty a former Barnard Castle School pupil, is a rugby union player for the Bath in the Aviva Premiership. He plays as a hooker.-External links:*...
, rugby union player with BathBath RugbyBath Rugby is an English professional rugby union club that is based in the city of Bath. They play in the Aviva Premiership league...
. - Bentley BeethamBentley BeethamBentley Beetham was an English mountaineer, ornithologist and photographer, and a member of the 1924 British Mount Everest Expedition.-Early life:...
, a former pupil and schoolmaster. He was an ornithologist, photographer and member of the 1924 British Mount Everest Expedition. - David J. BodycombeDavid J. BodycombeDavid J. Bodycombe is a puzzle author and games consultant. He is based in London, and his work is read by over 2 million people a day in the UK, and is syndicated to over 300 newspapers internationally...
, puzzle author. - George Nicholson BradfordGeorge Nicholson BradfordLieutenant Commander George Nicholson Bradford VC was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces...
, Victoria CrossVictoria CrossThe Victoria Cross is the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories....
recipient. - Andrew CantrillAndrew CantrillAndrew Cantrill is a British-born organist and choral director. He has held cathedral positions in New Zealand and America and is currently Organist & Master of the Choristers at Croydon Minster.-Education:...
, organist. - Scott CarpenterScott Carpenter (water polo)Scott Thomas Carpenter is a British water polo player. He competes in the Spanish Division D'Honor for Club Natacio Terrassa and the Great Britain National Team. He has spent time playing for Lancaster and Sedgefield Water Polo Clubs in the UK, and helped Melbourne's Victorian Tigers to the...
, water polo player for the Great Britain National Team. - Ian CarrIan CarrIan Carr was a Scottish jazz musician, composer, writer, and educator.-Early years:Carr was born in Dumfries, Scotland, the elder brother of Mike Carr...
, jazz musician and writer. - Tom Catterick, rugby union player with Newcastle FalconsNewcastle FalconsThe Newcastle Falcons is an English rugby union team currently playing in the Aviva Premiership. The club was established in 1877 and played under the name of Gosforth Football Club until 1990. The name was then changed to Newcastle Gosforth and the club began to play at Kingston Park stadium in...
. - Calum ClarkCalum ClarkCalum Clark is a professional rugby union player for Northampton Saints. His primary position is Openside Flanker. Clark came through the Leeds Carnegie youth academy. Clark captained the England under 20 team to second place in the IRB Junior World Cup 2009. He has played for the England u21s...
, rugby union player with Northampton SaintsNorthampton SaintsNorthampton Saints are a professional rugby union club from Northampton, England. The Northampton Saints were formed in 1880. They play in green, black and gold colours. They play their home games at Franklin's Gardens, which has a capacity of 13,591....
. - Rory CleggRory CleggRory Clegg in the British Military Hospital, Hannover Germany is a rugby union player for Harlequins F.C. in the Aviva Premiership...
, rugby union player with Harlequins F.C. - Andrew Critchlow, Bureau chief for The Wall Street JournalThe Wall Street JournalThe Wall Street Journal is an American English-language international daily newspaper. It is published in New York City by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corporation, along with the Asian and European editions of the Journal....
and Dow Jones NewswiresDow Jones NewswiresDow Jones Newswires is the real-time financial news organization owned by Dow Jones . Founded in 1882, its primary competitors are Bloomberg L.P. and Thomson Reuters. The company reports more than 300,000 subscribers -- including brokers, traders, analysts and fund managers -- as of July 2011.-...
in Australia and New Zealand. - Tom Danby, international rugby union player.
- Giles DeaconGiles DeaconGiles Deacon is a British fashion designer, best known for his playful designs and his collaboration with High Street retailer New Look. Deacon was employed by the fashion houses Bottega Veneta and Gucci, before founding his own label, GILES, in 2003...
, fashion designer. - Lee DicksonLee DicksonLee Dickson is a rugby union footballer who plays at scrum-half for Northampton Saints in the Aviva Premiership....
, rugby union player with Northampton Saints. - Robert DinwiddieRobert Dinwiddie (golfer)-Early years:Dinwiddie was born in Dumfries, Scotland. He went to college in the United States, where he attended Tennessee State University, and was the number one ranked English golfer....
, professional golfer. - Lionel FanthorpeLionel FanthorpeThe Reverend Robert Lionel Fanthorpe is a British priest and entertainer, and has at various times worked as a journalist, teacher, television presenter, author and lecturer...
, writer. - Nigel FarndaleNigel FarndaleNigel Farndale is a British author and journalist, known for his award-winning interviews in the Sunday Telegraph.He has written five books: two novels, two biographies and a collection of interviews...
, journalist and novelist. - Patrick GrantPatrick Grant (designer)Patrick Grant is a British fashion designer and the current owner and director of tailors Norton & Sons of Savile Row, as well as its subsidiary E. Tautz. Educated at Saïd Business School he gained an executive MBA degree. It was during his time at Saïd that he discovered the sale of Norton &...
, fashion designer and owner of Norton & SonsNorton & SonsNorton & Sons is a Savile Row bespoke tailor founded in 1821 by Walter Grant Norton. The firm is located on the East side of the street, at No. 16....
and E. Tautz & SonsE. Tautz & SonsEdward Tautz, a tailor, founded E. Tautz in 1867.In 1875 the firm changed its name to E. Tautz & Sons as Edward brought his son Frederick George Tautz into the business....
of Savile RowSavile RowSavile Row is a shopping street in Mayfair, central London, famous for its traditional men's bespoke tailoring. The term "bespoke" is understood to have originated in Savile Row when cloth for a suit was said to "be spoken for" by individual customers...
. - Alex GrayAlex Gray (rugby union)Alex Gray is a professional rugby union player for Newcastle Falcons. The former Barnard Castle Schoolboy has captained England to Grand Slams at both Under-16s and 18s levels, making his Under-18s debut three years young when they toured Australia in 2007...
, rugby union player with London IrishLondon IrishLondon Irish RFC is an English rugby union club based in Sunbury, Surrey, where the senior squad train, the youth teams and senior academy play home games, and the club maintain their administrative offices. The senior squad play home games at the Madejski Stadium in Reading and compete in the top...
, and former England U20s captain. - Glenn HugillGlenn HugillGlenn Hugill is a British television presenter and producer.He was educated at Barnard Castle School and Christ Church, Oxford....
, television producer and presenter. - George MacaulayGeorge MacaulayGeorge Gibson Macaulay , was a professional English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1920 and 1935. He played in eight Test matches for England from 1923 to 1933, achieving the rare feat of taking a wicket with his first ball in Test cricket...
, test match cricketer. - Howard MarshallHoward Marshall (rugby player)Dr. Howard Marshall OBE was an English rugby union half-back who played club rugby for Blackheath and Richmond and was a member of the first official British Isles tour in 1891...
, international rugby union player. - Nathan McCreeNathan McCreeNathan McCree is a music composer and sound effects editor for multimedia projects including computer games, television, live events, and radio. He worked mainly with Core Design, for the first three Tomb Raider games, among others. He worked also with profile names such as the Spice Girls and...
, composer. - ProfessorProfessorA professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
SirSirSir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in many English speaking cultures...
Edward Mellanby, discoverer of Vitamin DVitamin DVitamin D is a group of fat-soluble secosteroids. In humans, vitamin D is unique both because it functions as a prohormone and because the body can synthesize it when sun exposure is adequate ....
. - Kenneth MellanbyKenneth MellanbyMajor Kenneth Mellanby was an ecologist and entomologist who, in 1961, founded and served as director of the Monks Wood Experimental Station, an ecological research center in Huntingdon, England. He started the journal Environmental Pollution in 1970, and was the author of many books...
, ecologist. - Percy Mills, 1st Viscount MillsPercy Mills, 1st Viscount MillsPercy Herbert Mills, 1st Viscount Mills KBE , PC was a British politician. He was born at Thornaby on Tees and educated at Barnard Castle School....
, Cabinet member and industrialist. - Jack OrmstonJack OrmstonJohn Glaholme 'Jack' Ormston was a Speedway rider who finished runner-up in the Star Riders' Championship in 1935, the forerunner to the Speedway World Championship...
, speedwayMotorcycle speedwayMotorcycle speedway, usually referred to as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. Speedway motorcycles use only one gear and have no brakes and racing takes place on a flat oval track usually...
pioneer. - Craig RaineCraig RaineCraig Raine is an English poet and critic born in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England. Along with Christopher Reid, he is the best-known exponent of Martian poetry.-Life:...
, poet. - Graham Ratcliffe, the first BritonBritish peopleThe British are citizens of the United Kingdom, of the Isle of Man, any of the Channel Islands, or of any of the British overseas territories, and their descendants...
to ascend Everest twice. - Geoffrey SmithGeoffrey Smith (gardener)Geoffrey Denis Smith was a professional gardener, broadcaster, writer and lecturer. He was the presenter of Gardeners World from 1980 to 1982 and a number of other BBC series in the early 80s including Geoffrey Smith's World of Flowers, Mr Smith’s Flower Garden, Mr Smith's Favourite Garden and Mr...
, horticulturalist and broadcaster. - Mark Sowerby, Bishop of HorshamBishop of HorshamThe Bishop of Horsham is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Chichester, in the Province of Canterbury, England...
. - Alex TaitAlex Tait (rugby player)Alex Tait is a rugby union player for Newcastle Falcons in the Aviva Premiership. Tait's usual position is fullback but he can also cover at centre. He made his first team début for Newcastle against Cetransa El Salvador in November 2007.He is the younger brother of England international Mathew...
, rugby union player with Newcastle FalconsNewcastle FalconsThe Newcastle Falcons is an English rugby union team currently playing in the Aviva Premiership. The club was established in 1877 and played under the name of Gosforth Football Club until 1990. The name was then changed to Newcastle Gosforth and the club began to play at Kingston Park stadium in...
. - Mathew TaitMathew TaitMathew Tait is an English rugby union footballer. He is an outside centre, a fullback or wing...
, rugby union player for England and Leicester TigersLeicester TigersLeicester Tigers is an English rugby union club that plays in the Aviva Premiership.Leicester are the most successful English club since the introduction of league rugby in 1987, a record 9 times English champions - 3 more than either Bath or Wasps, the last of which was in 2010...
. - Alexander Taylor, furniture designer.
- Andrew ThorntonAndrew ThorntonAndrew Thornton is a National Hunt jockey. He was born on October 28, 1972 in Cleveland and schooled at Barnard Castle School in County Durham. He rides mainly for Caroline Bailey,Seamus Mullins,Henrietta Knight,Ben Pollock and Richard Rowe.as well as for many other trainers. He is not related to...
, jump jockey. - Richard TomlinsonRichard TomlinsonRichard Tomlinson is a New Zealand-born British former MI6 officer who was imprisoned during 1997 for violating the Official Secrets Act 1989 by giving the synopsis of a proposed book detailing his career in the Secret Intelligence Service to an Australian publisher...
, former MI6 officer. - Rory UnderwoodRory UnderwoodRory Underwood MBE is a former English rugby union footballer who played wing for, most notably, Leicester Tigers and Bedford. He represented England and the British Lions and is a former Royal Air Force pilot....
, former rugby union international. - Tony UnderwoodTony UnderwoodTony Underwood is a former English rugby union footballer who played as a wing three-quarter back. He is of Chinese-English parentage....
, former rugby union international. - Tim VisserTim VisserTim Visser is a Dutch rugby union player currently playing on the wing for Edinburgh Rugby in the RaboDirect Pro12 and the Heineken Cup. He is the first Dutch rugby player to play professionally.-Early career:...
, rugby union player. - Kevin WhatelyKevin WhatelyKevin Whately is an English actor.Whately is known for his starring role as Neville Hope in the British television comedy Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, his role as Dr Jack Kerruish in the drama series Peak Practice, and as Robert "Robbie" Lewis in the crime dramas Inspector Morse and...
, Inspector MorseInspector Morse (TV series)Inspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse novels. The series starred John Thaw as Chief Inspector Morse and Kevin Whately as Sergeant Lewis. Dexter makes a cameo appearance in all but three of the episodes....
actor and current star of Lewis. - Guy WilksGuy WilksGuy Wilks is a British rally driver. Wilks started rallying at the age of 19 and currently drives for Škoda UK in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge...
, rally driver. - Ed Williamson, rugby union player for Newcastle Falcons.
A current member of staff is former cricket star Martin Speight
Martin Speight
Martin Speight was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper. He was educated at Hurstpierpoint College and St Chad's College, Durham University...
. Notable former staff have included George Graham Able
George Graham Able
Graham George Able is a noted educationalist who was the master at Dulwich College from 1997-2009.-Early life:He was educated at Worksop College and went on to study Natural Sciences at Trinity College, Cambridge where he received his MA in 1968...
.
Headmasters
- Rev F L Brereton 1883-1924
- Arthur George Coombe 1924-1935
- Harold Edward Birkbeck 1935-1965
- Sidney D Woods 1965-1980
- Frank MacNamara 1980-1997
- Michael Featherstone 1997-2004
- David Ewart 2004-2010
- Alan Stevens 2010-present
See also
- List of Victoria Crosses by school
- Benjamin FloundersBenjamin FloundersBenjamin Flounders was a prominent Quaker with business interests in key new industries and developments at the time of the Mid-Industrial Revolution, such as The Stockton and Darlington Railway and new canals in his native North-East; he operated his own family businesses very successfully with...
- founder of the school - John Balliol - founder of the school