Bloxham School
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Bloxham School is an independent co-educational day and boarding school
located in the village of Bloxham
, three miles (5 km) from the town of Banbury
in Oxfordshire
, England. It was founded in 1860 by the Reverend Philip Reginald Egerton
and has since become a member of the Woodard Corporation
. The Reverend Frederick Scobell Boissier, father of Harrow
headmaster Arthur Boissier, taught there from 1878 to 1898 and was headmaster from 1886. The current headmaster is Mark Allbrook
, who took over from David Exham in 2002. The school has around 430 pupils.
The motto of Bloxham School is "Justorum Semita Lux Splendens" (Latin) — "The path of the just is a shining light".
The school describes itself as 'one of Britain's best smaller public schools.'
. It was largely funded by Egerton’s wealthy wife, Harriet, and had the backing of several notable academics and clergymen including Bishop Wilberforce
. Bloxham School was founded as a school of the Oxford Movement
, by which Egerton had been heavily influenced. The School initially provided education for middle class boys in the public school tradition, although classics was originally not widely taught. Bloxham’s first headmaster to not be a priest was only appointed in 1925.
The school quickly grew. Despite Egerton’s plans for the school to provide for farmers and tradesmen, a report in 1870 found that many of the boys were from professional families and the clergy.
educational values in the United Kingdom.
in neo-gothic style, dominates the school. The Dewey Sports Centre and swimming pool are available for public use. Recent building developments include the Raymond Technology Centre, the expansion of the Lower School building and the Vallance library which was opened by Colin Dexter
in April 2006, but had to be closed for 4 months in 2011 for a roof replacement. New squash courts have also been built next to the Dewey Sports Centre, and the art school has been increased in size. The extension to the music school was completed in the summer of 2007, and officially opened by Aled Jones
in November, 2008. Bloxham has a large Anglican chapel which can accommodate approximately 200 people.
Bloxham School has four large playing fields, three of which are used for cricket in the summer term. It has two AstroTurf
all weather pitches, which are used for hockey and tennis. The Dewey Sports Centre has an indoor sports hall, a well-equipped gym and a climbing wall, as well a teaching area for PE. Bloxham also has Fives
courts.
Originally there were only Crake and Wilson with all the other houses built later. The newest house is Seymour which was finished in 1982.
ic services are held each week for the pupils in the chapel, and Morning Prayer is held everyday. For larger school occasions such as Founderstide (the founder’s day) and Christmas, the school uses Bloxham parish church. The chaplain plays an important part in school life and is helped by a team of chapel prefects.
The school's main sporting rivals include Stowe School
, St Edward's School, Oxford, Warwick School
, Rugby School
and Magdalen College School, Oxford
. Bloxham participates annually in the Daily Mail Cup
.
Besides that Bloxham School also offers a wide range of activities several times a week. The include amongst others a Photography Club, a Wildlife Club and a Model Railway Club.
Bloxham School was host of the British Youth Go Tournament in 2011.
Bloxham runs a Combined Cadet Force
(CCF) for pupils in third form (Year 9) and above. About once every term, there is a CCF over-night expedition. Pupils are also given the opportunity to take part in many other activities, such as the Duke of Edinburgh Award, dance, adventure training, horse riding and management and horticulture. Many of these run on a Thursday afternoon in time set aside for school activities.
The school has a large music department which offers professional tuition in brass, guitar, keyboard, organ, percussion, singing, strings and woodwind.
The school magazine is called The Bloxhamist and is published at the end of every summer term.
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School
A school is an institution designed for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is commonly compulsory. In these systems, students progress through a series of schools...
located in the village of Bloxham
Bloxham
Bloxham is a village and civil parish in northern Oxfordshire on the edge of the Cotswolds, southwest of Banbury.-Early settlement:Under Roman rule between the 1st and 5th centuries there were several farms and a burial site in the Bloxham area....
, three miles (5 km) from the town of Banbury
Banbury
Banbury is a market town and civil parish on the River Cherwell in the Cherwell District of Oxfordshire. It is northwest of London, southeast of Birmingham, south of Coventry and north northwest of the county town of Oxford...
in Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire is a county in the South East region of England, bordering on Warwickshire and Northamptonshire , Buckinghamshire , Berkshire , Wiltshire and Gloucestershire ....
, England. It was founded in 1860 by the Reverend Philip Reginald Egerton
Philip Reginald Egerton
The Reverend Philip Reginald Egerton was an English schoolmaster, priest, cricketer and founder of Bloxham School in Oxfordshire, England. Egerton was educated at Winchester School, where he was school captain, and New College, Oxford...
and has since become a member of the Woodard Corporation
Woodard Schools
Woodard Schools is a group of Anglican schools affiliated to the Woodard Corporation which has its origin in the work of Nathaniel Woodard, an Anglo-Catholic clergyman....
. The Reverend Frederick Scobell Boissier, father of Harrow
Harrow School
Harrow School, commonly known simply as "Harrow", is an English independent school for boys situated in the town of Harrow, in north-west London.. The school is of worldwide renown. There is some evidence that there has been a school on the site since 1243 but the Harrow School we know today was...
headmaster Arthur Boissier, taught there from 1878 to 1898 and was headmaster from 1886. The current headmaster is Mark Allbrook
Mark Allbrook
Mark Edward Allbrook is a first class cricketer. He was born on November 15, 1954 in Frimley, Surrey, attended Tonbridge School and was an off break bowler and right-handed tail order batsman. He played for Cambridge University from 1975 to 1978, the Combined Universities in 1978 and in 12 matches...
, who took over from David Exham in 2002. The school has around 430 pupils.
The motto of Bloxham School is "Justorum Semita Lux Splendens" (Latin) — "The path of the just is a shining light".
The school describes itself as 'one of Britain's best smaller public schools.'
Foundation
The original school on the site in the north of the village of Bloxham was founded in 1853, but was unsuccessful and closed a short time after it opened. In 1860, the school was re-founded as All Saints School by Philip Reginald Egerton, a local curate from DeddingtonDeddington
Deddington is a civil parish in Oxfordshire about south of Banbury. In scale Deddington is a village, but it has a town centre with a market place and the local football team is called Deddington Town FC.-History:...
. It was largely funded by Egerton’s wealthy wife, Harriet, and had the backing of several notable academics and clergymen including Bishop Wilberforce
Samuel Wilberforce
Samuel Wilberforce was an English bishop in the Church of England, third son of William Wilberforce. Known as "Soapy Sam", Wilberforce was one of the greatest public speakers of his time and place...
. Bloxham School was founded as a school of the Oxford Movement
Oxford Movement
The Oxford Movement was a movement of High Church Anglicans, eventually developing into Anglo-Catholicism. The movement, whose members were often associated with the University of Oxford, argued for the reinstatement of lost Christian traditions of faith and their inclusion into Anglican liturgy...
, by which Egerton had been heavily influenced. The School initially provided education for middle class boys in the public school tradition, although classics was originally not widely taught. Bloxham’s first headmaster to not be a priest was only appointed in 1925.
The school quickly grew. Despite Egerton’s plans for the school to provide for farmers and tradesmen, a report in 1870 found that many of the boys were from professional families and the clergy.
Bloxham Project
The Bloxham Project is an inter-school council started in the 1960s to address the role of religion in schools. It was started by the Chairman of Bloxham School Council and the school chaplain, Donald Dowie. The first Bloxham Conference on Public School Religion took place in 1967 at Bloxham School, and today approximately 120 independent schools take part in the project. It is a full-time organisation which continues to promote ChristianChristianity
Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus as presented in canonical gospels and other New Testament writings...
educational values in the United Kingdom.
Buildings and facilities
Bloxham School has grounds which cover approximately 60 acres (242,811.6 m²) in the village of Bloxham. The main school building, designed by George Edmund StreetGeorge Edmund Street
George Edmund Street was an English architect, born at Woodford in Essex.- Life :Street was the third son of Thomas Street, solicitor, by his second wife, Mary Anne Millington. George went to school at Mitcham in about 1830, and later to the Camberwell collegiate school, which he left in 1839...
in neo-gothic style, dominates the school. The Dewey Sports Centre and swimming pool are available for public use. Recent building developments include the Raymond Technology Centre, the expansion of the Lower School building and the Vallance library which was opened by Colin Dexter
Colin Dexter
Norman Colin Dexter, OBE, is an English crime writer, known for his Inspector Morse novels which were written between 1975 and 1999 and adapted as a television series from 1987 to 2000.-Early life and career:...
in April 2006, but had to be closed for 4 months in 2011 for a roof replacement. New squash courts have also been built next to the Dewey Sports Centre, and the art school has been increased in size. The extension to the music school was completed in the summer of 2007, and officially opened by Aled Jones
Aled Jones
Aled Jones is a Welsh singer and television/radio personality, broadcaster and television presenter who first came to fame as a treble...
in November, 2008. Bloxham has a large Anglican chapel which can accommodate approximately 200 people.
Bloxham School has four large playing fields, three of which are used for cricket in the summer term. It has two 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...
all weather pitches, which are used for hockey and tennis. The Dewey Sports Centre has an indoor sports hall, a well-equipped gym and a climbing wall, as well a teaching area for PE. Bloxham also has Fives
Fives
Fives is a British sport believed to derive from the same origins as many racquet sports. In fives, a ball is propelled against the walls of a special court using gloved or bare hands as though they were a racquet.-Background:...
courts.
Houses
There are six boarding houses within the school, these are Crake, Egerton, Raymond, Seymour, Wilberforce and Wilson, with Raymond and Wilberforce being the girls' houses. There is also a junior boarding house, Park Close, for the first form (Year 7) and second form (Year 8) weekly boarders. The school operates a house based tutor system, in which pupils of several year groups share a tutor within one house. House captains are appointed each year and make up part of the school's prefect body.Originally there were only Crake and Wilson with all the other houses built later. The newest house is Seymour which was finished in 1982.
| House | Colours | Gender | Housemaster/mistress | Named after |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crake | Red | M | Mr. D. R. Best | A former school chaplain |
| Egerton | Green | M | Mr. R. J. Thompson | The school's founder Philip Reginald Egerton The Reverend Philip Reginald Egerton was an English schoolmaster, priest, cricketer and founder of Bloxham School in Oxfordshire, England. Egerton was educated at Winchester School, where he was school captain, and New College, Oxford... |
| Raymond | Blue | F | Mrs. J. H. White | A former pupil and master |
| Seymour | Pink | M | Mr. D. K. Jordan | A former headmaster |
| Wilberforce | Purple | F | Mrs. A. L. Cooper | The Bishop of Oxford Samuel Wilberforce Samuel Wilberforce was an English bishop in the Church of England, third son of William Wilberforce. Known as "Soapy Sam", Wilberforce was one of the greatest public speakers of his time and place... |
| Wilson | Yellow | M | Mr. T. M. Skevington | The first boarder and former master |
Chapel
The founder of Bloxham, Revd. P. R. Egerton, envisaged Bloxham as a school which would take in the sons of the middle class and turn out young men ‘well educated in the Christian faith.’ Religion still plays a major role in the life of the school and this is focussed on the Chapel of All Saints. Two EucharistEucharist
The Eucharist , also called Holy Communion, the Sacrament of the Altar, the Blessed Sacrament, the Lord's Supper, and other names, is a Christian sacrament or ordinance...
ic services are held each week for the pupils in the chapel, and Morning Prayer is held everyday. For larger school occasions such as Founderstide (the founder’s day) and Christmas, the school uses Bloxham parish church. The chaplain plays an important part in school life and is helped by a team of chapel prefects.
Sport
Sport plays a major role in Bloxham life, with entire afternoons on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays being allocated for games practices for pupils in years 9-13. Every pupil in the school is involved in sport, with the aim being that each pupil will represent the school in at least one team during their time at Bloxham. The major sports are rugby, hockey and cricket for boys, and hockey, netball and tennis for girls. Other sports played at Bloxham include squash, fencing, athletics, swimming, riding, polo, shooting, fives, sailing, cross-country, archery and badminton.The school's main sporting rivals include Stowe School
Stowe School
Stowe School is an independent school in Stowe, Buckinghamshire. It was founded on 11 May 1923 by J. F. Roxburgh, initially with 99 male pupils. It is a member of the Rugby Group and Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. The school is also a member of the G20 Schools Group...
, St Edward's School, Oxford, 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...
, Rugby School
Rugby School
Rugby School is a co-educational day and boarding school located in the town of Rugby, Warwickshire, England. It is one of the oldest independent schools in Britain.-History:...
and Magdalen College School, Oxford
Magdalen College School, Oxford
Magdalen College School is an independent school for boys aged 7 to 18 and girls in the sixth form, located on The Plain in Oxford, England. It was founded as part of Magdalen College, Oxford by William Waynflete in 1480....
. Bloxham participates annually in the 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...
.
Societies and pastimes
Bloxham has several societies, some of which are pupil-run. Notable school societies include the Scholars Society, the Debating Society and the Common Room Society. The Choral Society, or Chapel Choir, sing twice a week during the school's chapel services.Besides that Bloxham School also offers a wide range of activities several times a week. The include amongst others a Photography Club, a Wildlife Club and a Model Railway Club.
Bloxham School was host of the British Youth Go Tournament in 2011.
Bloxham runs 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,...
(CCF) for pupils in third form (Year 9) and above. About once every term, there is a CCF over-night expedition. Pupils are also given the opportunity to take part in many other activities, such as the Duke of Edinburgh Award, dance, adventure training, horse riding and management and horticulture. Many of these run on a Thursday afternoon in time set aside for school activities.
The school has a large music department which offers professional tuition in brass, guitar, keyboard, organ, percussion, singing, strings and woodwind.
The school magazine is called The Bloxhamist and is published at the end of every summer term.
Terms
Bloxham still operates a three term year, despite many schools in the UK having changed to a six term year schedule. The terms are:- The Michaelmas Term, from early September to mid-December
- The Lent Term, from early January to late March
- The Summer Term, from late April to late June or early July
Notable Old Bloxhamists
- John SeargentJohn Sergeant (journalist)John Sergeant is a British television and radio journalist and broadcaster.-Biography:The son of a missionary who was also a distinguished linguist, Sergeant is of Russian Jewish origin on his mother's side. Sergeant's early life meant that he followed his father's work, and was raised in...
(born 1944), journalist - Gerald HowarthGerald HowarthJames Gerald Douglas Howarth known as Gerald Howarth is a British Conservative Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament for Aldershot since 1997, having been the MP for Cannock and Burntwood from 1983 to 1992....
(born 1947), ConservativeConservative Party (UK)The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
Member of Parliament - General Sir Edward BurgessEdward Burgess (British Army officer)General Sir Edward Arthur Burgess KCB OBE is a British Army General who served as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe.-Military career:Educated at Bloxham School, Edward Burgess was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1948....
(born 1927), NATO Deputy Supreme Allied Commander - Edward WoodwardEdward WoodwardEdward Albert Arthur Woodward, OBE was an English stage and screen actor and singer. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art , Woodward began his career on stage, and throughout his career he appeared in productions in both the West End in London and on Broadway in New York...
(1930–2009), actor - Peter Arber, Chief of The Pepper Pot Society UK
- Tom SharpeTom SharpeTom Sharpe is an English satirical author, best known for his Wilt series of novels.Sharpe was born in London and moved to South Africa in 1951, where he worked as a social worker and a teacher, before being deported for sedition in 1961...
, (born 1928), novelist - Will BrattWill BrattWilliam Bratt is a British racing driver.-T Cars:After three years in Super 1 karting, Bratt moved into the T Cars series for drivers between fourteen and seventeen years old, in 2003. He finished fourth in the championship in his rookie season, winning a single race at Snetterton...
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racing driver - George S Elgood (1851–1943), painter
- Ian Davenport, headmaster of Blundell's SchoolBlundell's SchoolBlundell's School is a co-educational day and boarding independent school located in the town of Tiverton in the county of Devon, England. The school was founded in 1604 by the will of Peter Blundell, one of the richest men in England at the time, and relocated to its present location on the...
since 2004 - Air Commodore Sir Dennis MitchellDennis Mitchell (pilot)Air Commodore Sir Dennis Mitchell was a British military pilot and commander.Dennis Mitchell was educated at Bloxham School and Pangbourne College before becoming an air cadet at RAF Cranwell. He flew multiple missions during the Second World War in the Far East and Europe...
(1908–2002) - Denis NormanDenis NormanDenis Norman is an English-born Zimbabwean former politician who spent a total of twelve years in the Cabinet of Robert Mugabe. He was known as "Nothing Wrong Norman" due to his calm attitude when dealing with problems.-Career:...
, former Government Minister, Zimbabwe - Stephen Reynolds (1881–1919), writer
- Victor WhiteVictor White (Dominican)Victor Francis White was a Dominican priest who corresponded and collaborated with Carl Gustav Jung. He was initially impressed with Jung's "Antwort auf Hiob", but later became disillusioned with the work. His works include "Soul and Psyche" and "God and the Unconscious"...
(1902–1960), theologianTheologyTheology is the systematic and rational study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truths, or the learned profession acquired by completing specialized training in religious studies, usually at a university or school of divinity or seminary.-Definition:Augustine of Hippo...
and psychotherapistPsychotherapyPsychotherapy is a general term referring to any form of therapeutic interaction or treatment contracted between a trained professional and a client or patient; family, couple or group... - Joseph Vernon Whitaker (1845–1895), Editor, The Bookseller
- George Sumner HandGeorge Sumner HandGeorge Sumner Hand was a Colonial Anglican Bishop in the first half of the 20th century. He was educated at Bloxham School and St John's College, Oxford. He was Rector of St Lawrence with St Gregory, Norwich and later was Dean of St John's Cathedral, Antigua before his elevation to the...
, Anglican Bishop - Albert Chevallier TaylerAlbert Chevallier TaylerAlbert Chevallier Tayler is an important English artist who specialized in portrait and genre painting, but was also involved in the plein air methods of the Newlyn School. He was a member of the British Royal Academy of Painters, and he studied at Heatherley's School of Art, Royal Academy...
(1962–1925), painter - Major General Adrian BradshawAdrian BradshawMajor General Adrian John Bradshaw CB OBE was, until April 2011, General Officer Commanding 1st Armoured Division.-Career:Educated at Bloxham School and Reading University, Adrian Bradshaw was commissioned into the 14th/20th King's Hussars in 1980...
Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Companion of the Order of Bath - Richard Reed, engineer of the Blackpool Tower
- Eustace Wyndham Maude, 7th Viscount HawardenViscount HawardenViscount Hawarden is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1793 for Cornwallis Maude, 3rd Baronet, who had earlier represented Roscommon in the Irish House of Commons. He had succeeded his younger brother as third Baronet of Dundrum. He married Mary, a niece of Ralph Allen, through...
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- Colonel Sir. Thomas Boswall BeachThomas Boswall BeachColonel Thomas Boswall Beach, was a recipient of the Order of St Michael and St George and a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.-Life:Born at Brompton on May 28, 1866, the elder son of theRev. Canon W. R...
, C.M.G., C.B.E - Brigadier-General Sir William H Beach, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O.
- Brigadier-General Wilfred Ellershaw
- Major Derrick le Poer Trench, Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross
- Major Vincent Turner, O.B.E.
- Air Vice-Marshall T.G Bowler, C.B.E .
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- Colonel Sir. L. A. Grimston , C L E . , C.B.E., V.D
- Sir H. P. Miles, Officer of the Order of the British Empire
- Major Sir. H. G. Mitchell, Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Engineer/Soldier, chief engineer and Chairman of the Madras Port Trust also Member of the Madras Legislative Council
- Surgeon GeneralSurgeon GeneralSurgeon General may refer to:* Surgeon-General * Surgeon General of the United States* State Surgeon General* Surgeon General of the United States Army* Surgeon General of the United States Navy...
Sir Bruce M. Skinner, C.M.G., C.B.E., M.V.O. - Captain Sir R. F. Bryant, Officer of the Order of the British Empire
- Sir E. H. D. Nicolls, Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
- Sir E. Lamley Fisher, Member of the Order of the British Empire.
- Dr. Sir H. C. Woodcock, Member of the Order of the British Empire
- Sir Peter H Clutterbuck, Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Peter SnowPeter Snow (artist)Peter Frederick Briscoe Snow was an English painter, theatre designer and teacher. From the 1960s to the 1990s he was head of post graduate theatre design at the Slade School of Fine Art, with the help of Nicholas Georgiadis and later, Yolanda Sonnabend.-Life and work:Peter Snow, son of Sir...
, painter, theatre designer and teacher. - Dr. T. H. Sanderson-Wells, Member of the Order of the British Empire.
- Sir Arthur Thomas Thomson, Officer of the Order of the British Empire
- Sir P. W. Kidman, Officer of the Order of the British Empire
- Sir E . H. D. Nicholls, Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Companion of the Order of St Micheal and St George
- Sir C. T. N. Moore, Member of the Order of the British Empire
- Sir G. Meikle, Officer of the Order of the British Empire
- Sir G . T. C. Morris, Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services in Nigeria.
- Sir Revd. P. A. Ettrick, Officer of the Order of the British Empire
- Major Sir C. D. Buckle, Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Bloxham School war dead
The stone arch at the main entrance to the school was built to the memory of Bloxham pupils who have died in conflict, and the school chapel contains memorials to the school's war dead as well. 76 former pupils were killed in World War IWorld War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
.
- Harry Godfrey Massy-MilesHarry Godfrey Massy-MilesCaptain Harry Godfrey Massy-Miles MC. LRCP. was an officer assigned to the Royal Army Medical Corps who was awarded the Military Cross for valour in the First World War.-Family:...
Notable masters
- The Reverend Philip Reginald EgertonPhilip Reginald EgertonThe Reverend Philip Reginald Egerton was an English schoolmaster, priest, cricketer and founder of Bloxham School in Oxfordshire, England. Egerton was educated at Winchester School, where he was school captain, and New College, Oxford...
, founder - The Reverend Frederick Scobell Boissier, former Headmaster, father of Arthur Boissier
- Kenneth SpringKenneth SpringLieutenant-Colonel Kenneth Arthur Spring OBE was a British soldier and artist. He was the son of Albert Spring, the headmaster of Alleyn’s Junior School, and the composer, Dorothy Spring. He was educated at Alleyn's School in London and Goldsmiths College, University of London...
, Officer of the Order of the British Empire, former Commander of the CCF, housemaster and art master, English painter - Sir David HatchDavid HatchSir David Hatch was involved in production and management at BBC Radio, where he held many executive positions, including Head of Light Entertainment , Controller of BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 4 and later Managing Director of BBC Radio.- Education :He attended St John's School, Leatherhead and...
, student teacher (1950s), later managing director of the BBCBBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff... - Mark AllbrookMark AllbrookMark Edward Allbrook is a first class cricketer. He was born on November 15, 1954 in Frimley, Surrey, attended Tonbridge School and was an off break bowler and right-handed tail order batsman. He played for Cambridge University from 1975 to 1978, the Combined Universities in 1978 and in 12 matches...
, Headmaster since 2002, former county cricketer - Cedric BoynsCedric BoynsCedric Nigel Boyns is a former English cricketer who played at first-class level for a few years in the late 1970s. He was born in Starbeck, Harrogate, Yorkshire....
, Housemaster, England cricketer - John Horton, Director of Sport, England flyhalf