St Edward's School (Oxford) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

St. Edward's School is a co-educational independent

Independent school (UK)

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boarding school

Boarding school

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(sometimes referred to as a public school) located in Oxford

Oxford

The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...

, England

England

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. The school is located on the Woodstock Road in the north of the city close to the suburb of Summertown

Summertown, Oxford

Summertown in North Oxford is a suburb of Oxford, England.Summertown is a residential area, one mile square north of St Giles, the beautiful boulevard leading out of Oxford’s city centre. Summertown is home to exclusive schools and the city’s most expensive houses. On both sides of Banbury Road are...

. In 2007 it was voted by the Country Life Magazine as number one in the top ten schools in the UK. The Good Schools Guide described the school as "a less grand place than its obvious competitors and less pressurising than some, but offering every kind of opportunity in a highly privileged and civilised setting."

The school has 11 boarding houses which have an average of 60 members. The school is part of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference

Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference

The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference is an association of the headmasters or headmistressess of 243 leading day and boarding independent schools in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and the Republic of Ireland...

and the Oxfordshire Independent and State School Partnership. At the start of the 2011-12 academic year the school had 657 pupils paying at least £22,929 per year for day fees.

The school teaches the GCSE and A-Level syallbuses. Since 2008 the school has begun to teach the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme following the trend set by other public schools.

History

The school was founded in 1863 by the Rev. Thomas Chamberlain

Thomas Chamberlain

Thomas Davee Chamberlain was an officer in the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War, the brother of Union general Joshua L. Chamberlain, the commanding officer of the 20th Maine Infantry....

, student of Christ Church

Christ Church, Oxford

Christ Church or house of Christ, and thus sometimes known as The House), is one of the largest constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England...

, Vicar of St Thomas the Martyr

St Thomas the Martyr's Church, Oxford

St Thomas the Martyr's is a Church of England church of the Anglo-Catholic tradition, in Oxford, England, near Oxford railway station in Osney. The church was founded in the 12th century, dedicated to St Thomas Becket...

. The original school building was Mackworth Hall, which then stood on New Inn Hall Street in central Oxford.

In 1873, after a storm had damaged the school buildings and in anticipation of growing numbers, the Rev. A. B. Simeon, first Warden, moved the school to Summertown

Summertown, Oxford

. At the time, the site was on the boundary of Oxford and surrounded by farmland, and Rev. Simeon bought a large plot for the school. The school remains on the 100 acre (0.404686 km²) site today, with the Quadrangle

Quadrangle (architecture)

In architecture, a quadrangle is a space or courtyard, usually rectangular in plan, the sides of which are entirely or mainly occupied by parts of a large building. The word is probably most closely associated with college or university campus architecture, but quadrangles may be found in other...

and playing fields on opposite sides of Woodstock Road.

Rev. Simeon created a public school with monastic-style buildings around a quadrangle. St. Edward's is the second largest quadrangle in Oxford, second only to Tom Quad

Tom Quad

The Great Quadrangle, more popularly known as Tom Quad, is one of the quadrangles of Christ Church, Oxford, England. It is the largest college quad in Oxford, measuring 264 by 261 feet. Although it was begun by Cardinal Wolsey, he was unable to complete it...

at Christ Church. The original buildings were designed by William Wilkinson

William Wilkinson (architect)

William Wilkinson was a British Gothic Revival architect who practised in Oxford, England.-Family:Wilkinson's father was a builder in Witney in Oxfordshire. William's elder brother George Wilkinson was also an architect, as were William's nephews C.C. Rolfe and H.W. Moore .-Career:Wilkinson...

. The north range was built in 1873 and 1886, the gatehouse

Gatehouse

A gatehouse, in architectural terminology, is a building enclosing or accompanying a gateway for a castle, manor house, fort, town or similar buildings of importance.-History:...

in 1879, and the east range including Big School and the library in 1881. Wilkinson's most significant building at St.Edward's is the chapel, built in 1876.

In the First World War

World 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...

more St. Edward's pupils, pro rata, went to serve their country than from any other independent school

Independent school

An independent school is a school that is independent in its finances and governance; it is not dependent upon national or local government for financing its operations, nor reliant on taxpayer contributions, and is instead funded by a combination of tuition charges, gifts, and in some cases the...

in the UK. In Chapel the names of those former pupils who had lost their lives on the front line were announced. The walls of the chapel are lined with plaques remembering those former pupils who died in the First World War, Second World War and subsequent wars.

The school flourished under the guidance of Warden Kendall from 1925 to 1954. In the 1930s, a subway was built underneath the Woodstock Road following the death of a pupil who was run over by a car. The subway was the first to be built in Oxford and is still used today. Its walls are painted in the school colours.

In the Second World War

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

air raid shelters were dug into the grass of the Quad. The School was presented with a stained glass window by the R.A.F.

Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...

at the end of the War in recognition of “the superb contribution to the war effort made by former pupils of the School”. These included, among many others, Wing Commander Guy Gibson VC DSO DFC of 617 Squadron

Guy Gibson

Wing Commander Guy Penrose Gibson VC, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar, RAF , was the first CO of the Royal Air Force's 617 Squadron, which he led in the "Dam Busters" raid in 1943, resulting in the destruction of two large dams in the Ruhr area...

, who led 'The Dambusters' and Group Captain Sir Douglas Bader DSO DFC

Douglas Bader

Group Captain Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader CBE, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar, FRAeS, DL was a Royal Air Force fighter ace during the Second World War. He was credited with 20 aerial victories, four shared victories, six probables, one shared probable and 11 enemy aircraft damaged.Bader joined the...

, the legendary (and legless) Battle of Britain fighter ace and strategic leader. Pacifist inclinations during the 1970s and 80s caused the window to be relocated, but it can now be found back on display in the Old Library.

In 1982, the school admitted its first girl, who joined in the Lower Sixth. The 11th Warden, David Christie, brought about an enormous change to the school when he fully developed the idea of allowing girls to join for the last two years of school (known as the Sixth Form). Following the success of a co-educational Sixth Form, the whole school became fully co-educational in 1997. In 1999 Holly Branson, daughter of Sir Richard Branson, became the school's first ever female Head Prefect and Head of School.

There is currently a large mural in the school dining hall that depicts life at St. Edward's. Included in the painting are a number of the characters from The Wind in the Willows

The Wind in the Willows

The Wind in the Willows is a classic of children's literature by Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908. Alternately slow moving and fast paced, it focuses on four anthropomorphised animal characters in a pastoral version of England...

, written by former pupil Kenneth Grahame

Kenneth Grahame

Kenneth Grahame was a Scottish writer, most famous for The Wind in the Willows , one of the classics of children's literature. He also wrote The Reluctant Dragon; both books were later adapted into Disney films....

Recent history

The turn of the millennium

Millennium

A millennium is a period of time equal to one thousand years —from the Latin phrase , thousand, and , year—often but not necessarily related numerically to a particular dating system....

brought about a large change in the school's buildings and facilities. In quick succession, two brand new boarding houses were built, in September 1999 Kendall House opened its doors and the Kendall Quad was formed. At the same time, Corfe became the first girls' boarding house to be located on the playing fields side of the school. In 2000, the Esporta/St. Edward's Health and Raquets Club opened, this development saw major redesigning and landscaping take place as St. Edward's arguably obtained the best gym and sport centre facilities of any school in the UK. In 2001, the second new boarding house was opened, when Avenue House became the second girls' house to be on the field side of school. A 2nd all-weather astroturf pitch was opened in 2002.

In September 2004 Andrew Trotman became the 12th Warden of the school and Seagars moved out of the building it shared with Cowell's into a brand new boarding house, located on the site of the old Oakthorpe Road entrance.

In 2005 St Edward's School was one of fifty independent schools which were found guilty of running an illegal price-fixing cartel which enabled the schools to inflate fees artificially. Each school was required to pay a nominal penalty of £10,000 and all agreed to make ex-gratia payments totalling three million pounds into a trust designed to benefit pupils who attended the schools during the period in respect of which fee information was shared.

July 2007 marked the official opening of the North Wall Arts Centre. The centre has been built on the site of the old school swimming pool, which was the oldest swimming pool in the country. The North Wall Arts Centre is run by Nick Quartley and hosts events by the school and by public organisations. The North Wall is central to the school, strengthening its links with the local community, which has been seen by many as vital given the current political debate on the charitable status of public schools.

The North Wall Arts Centre won several major architectural awards for its design, including a RIBA award.

In August 2008 The £4m Life Sciences block was opened. Architecturally, it fits in well with the adjacent Tilly's and Macnamara's houses, and its glass green house can be seen from the Quad. Also in 2008 the school's inventory of computers exceeded 1,000; the majority of which are pupil-facing. The school has advised parents that it is not educationally necessary to purchase laptops as there are enough school computers for the pupils to use.

In 2009 the pupil accommodation was enhanced and Field House and Sing's House were extended to provide six new bedrooms and a new staff flat. The new Martyrs' cricket pavilion, designed by architect John Pawson, was opened in September by Lord Sandberg of Passfield (OSE).

The newly-built Martyrs' Pavilion won the 2010 Oxford Preservation Trust award in the New Buildings category.

Year groups

The school has five year groups. Pupils typically arrive at the school at 13 years old, having taken their Common Entrance

Common Entrance

Common Entrance Examinations are taken by some children in the UK as part of the admissions process for academically selective secondary schools at age 13 or 11. Most of the secondary schools that use Common Entrance for admission are public schools; most of the schools that routinely prepare...

Examination to gain a place at the school, or they can take the School's Scholarship entrance examination. Pupils at the school are aged between 13 and 18 years old. The year groups are as follows:

Shells

The bottom year of the school. The pupils are known as Shells (as they are at Radley College

Radley College

Radley College , founded in 1847, is a British independent school for boys on the edge of the English village of Radley, near to the market town of Abingdon in Oxfordshire, and has become a well-established boarding school...

and Harrow School

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...

) because when the school first started pupils would be made to sit in a shell-shaped formation around the edge of the Old Library. Once the Shells were deemed clever enough to change years, they left the shell-shaped formation and joined other pupils sat in small groups in the centre of the Old Library. Today the name Shell remains. Pupils in this year are 13–14 years old. They undertake a wide ranging curriculum and at the end of the first year they pick the subjects they wish to undertake to GCSE level. During the Shells pupils get to try out all the extracurricular activities on offer at the school in Shell Circus. Activities include clay pigeon shooting, diving, swimming and rowing.

4th Form

The 4th Form is the first year of the GCSE course proper. Pupils undertake the GCSE courses in English Literature, English Language, Maths and Science. Pupils are allowed to select the other subjects they study from a list that includes French, Spanish, German, Latin, Classical Civilisation, Drama, Physical Education, Geography and History. Pupils must do at least one foreign language. Pupils can undertake non-examined Religious Studies or the Religious Studies GCSE. During the Fourth Form pupils also undertake a compulsory year in the 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,...

or a year undertaking community service projects.

5th Form

The 5th Form is the final year of the GCSE course. It is also the most senior year in the lower school. Pupils take mock GCSE examinations in December before undertaking their public GCSE exams in the summer.

Lower Sixth

The Lower Sixth is regarded as one of the best years in the school. Traditionally being in the Sixth Form meant extra privileges in the school. For example male pupils used to be able to wear a much more relaxed school uniform of a dark coloured suit. During this year pupils begin their A Level studies. In the Lower Sixth pupil numbers increase as new pupils arrive to undertake their A Level studies at the school. Pupils take their A/S Level examinations in the summer term before starting their applications to university.

Upper Sixth

The final year in the school. Pupils in this year are undertaking the final year of their A Level studies. Pupils are normally at least a House Prefect, which means they are in charge of performing certain house duties. At the end of the year the pupils take their final A Level or IB exams. Upper Sixth boys and girls are given a bit more freedom than the lower years; for example they are allowed into Oxford without Housemaster/mistress permission and a chit.

St. Edward's Houses

There are 11 Boarding Houses which are home to approximately 50-60 boys or girls. Each house is run by Housemaster or Housemistress who is a member of the teaching staff at the school and lives in the boarding house with their family. Each house also has a set of House Tutors who supervise Prep (homework) during the week and also tutor members of the house. A pastoral house matron also lives in each boarding house looking after pupils' medical (and often social) needs.

The school does have a very small number of day pupils around 120. Teddy's does not differentiate between day pupils and borders. Day pupils are expected to be in school from 8.30am until 9.00pm every week day and from 8.30am until the end of afternoon commitments on a Saturday. Day pupils are treated exactly the same as boarders. The school does not have day houses, all day pupils have a room within a boarding house and in most cases have their own bed and wardrobe. This policy means that the school does not have a day/boarder divide. So unclear is the day/boarder divide that often teachers do not know who is a day pupil and who is not.

When only the Sixth Form was fully co-educational, girls were members of boys houses but slept in what is now Oakthorpe. Houses are identified internally by a lettering system which is based on when the house was established. So the first house, Cowell's is the letter "A", Sing's is "B", Field House is "C" and so on. Certain letter such as L and I have been left out.

Cowell's

House Colour: Red
House Letter: 'A'
Housemaster: Nick Coram-Wright (2004-)

Named after a former long serving teacher, Cowells is a quad based house. The building that Cowell's currently occupies was shared with Segar's up until 2004 when Segars moved into a brand new building next door. Upon Segars moving, the building was refurbished and Cowell's house was expanded to occupy the upper two floors of the building. The English Department occupies the ground floor.

Sing's

House Colour: Yellow
House Letter: 'B'
Housemaster: David 'Bossman' Sansom (2007-)

Sing's was originally located in the same building as the current Apsley House up to 1965. It is now located on the playing fields of the school, and dominates the Sing's quad. It was built in the 1960s and first inhabited in 1965. It is attached at one end to Field House. Sing's House overlooks St. Edward's Avenue and the Avenue playing field. Until September 2003, Field House and Sings had a joint house matron.

In 2009 a new extension was completed which improves the size and atmosphere of the house. This was part of a project to re-decorate all rooms and re-furb them.

Sing's is also a good all rounder house, coming in the top three houses for some of the school events including "House Shout" and others.

Sing's currently holds the junior house steeple chase trophy (2009). Sings have also retained the junior house steeple chase trophy (2010).
Sing's also holds the Overall Inter House Rugby prize (2009).

Field House

House Colour: Eton Blue
House Letter: 'C'
Housemaster: Richard Murray (2003-)

One of the few houses in the school whose official name includes the word House in it. Field House was originally located off the school grounds further up the Woodstock Road off Squitchey Lane on what was then the former fields surrounding Oxford. Pupils in Field House used to have to walk the mile down the Woodstock Road to school. In the mid 1960's the school sold the original Field House and moved the boys into a new purpose built building on the school playing fields. Presumably due to its situation, Field House has always had a particularly strong sporting tradition, maintained to this day, with the steeplechase team of 2006/7 winning the event by a record 275 points over the nearest house (Kendall), and again overall winners of 2011 with the Junior school race first in the whole school. However, Field House has demonstrated acumen in all areas of school, winning the "House Challenge" General Knowledge competition in 2006, and being placed in both classifications of the house singing competition in 2007. The original Field House today is a block of flats but is marked on the Woodstock Road by Field House Drive. Until September 2003, Field House and Sings had a joint house matron. Former housemasters include Robert Aldred, Geoffery Boult (OSE and current headmaster of Giggleswick School

Giggleswick School

Giggleswick School is an independent co-educational boarding school in Giggleswick, near Settle, North Yorkshire, England.- Early school :...

). James Quick (current headmaster of the preparatory school of Gresham's School

Gresham's School

Gresham’s School is an independent coeducational boarding school in Holt in North Norfolk, England, a member of the HMC.The school was founded in 1555 by Sir John Gresham as a free grammar school for forty boys, following King Henry VIII's dissolution of the Augustinian priory at Beeston Regis...

) became the first person to have been housemaster of two St. Edward's houses, having been Apsley housemaster from 1994-2000. In his first speech to the Field House boys in September 2001 he stated his pride at being housemaster of the best house in the school which of course won great cheers from the boys. Since Richard Murray came to housemaster Field House has gone from strength to strength in sport, music and academics. In the junior house hockey in 2010 and 2011 the team did not lose a goal against them and won both tournaments. In 2009 they won the House Rugby and senior house hockey, they beat Kendall House by 100 goals in a 24 hour football match. In 2011 Field won the house singing competition. A Field House OSE, Tom Pellereau won the British reality show The Apprentice

The Apprentice

The Apprentice is a television franchise which originated in 2004 in the United States. As originally conceived, the show depicted 16 contestants from around the country with various backgrounds competing in an elimination-style competition to become an apprentice to Donald Trump...

Macnamara's

House Colour: Hot Pink
House Letter: 'D'
Housemistress: Sarah Sephton (2006-)

Macnamara's (or Mac's as it is affectionately known) was originally a boys house. It is connected to Tilly's and is located in the Quad. In 1997 the house was changed into a girls' house upon the school becoming full co-educational.

Apsley

House Colour: Pink
House Letter: 'E'
Housemaster: Ollie Richards(2011-)

Apsley was originally located up the Banbury Road. Today a block of flats called Apsley House occupies the original site. The house now sits in the quad opposite Tilly's and Mac's above the school dining hall and Warden's offices. In 1997 the Warden's residence was moved to a property on the Woodstock Road and as a result Apsley was extended. Apsley has had many prefects, several in recent years. Richard Plemming has recently left and Ollie Richards has taken over the position of Housemaster.

Tilly's

House Colour: Green
House Letter: 'F'
Housemaster: Lewis Faulkner (2010-)

Tilly's is named after Warden Tilly. It is located in the Quad and is attached to Mac's. It has recently been refurbished. Tilly's traditionally has a very strong rivalry with the boys of Field House due to them both being extremely strong in sports competitions and due to the quad houses/field houses rivalry which is often applied in everyday life. There is also a history of a rivalry with Apsley as to see who "owns" the Quad.

Segar's

House Colour: Purple
House Letter: 'G'
Housemaster: David Gibbon

Segar's was originally located in the same building as Cowell's but in 2004 the house moved into a brand new building next to the Cowell's/Segar building. The new Segar's Building was built on the site of the old Oakthorpe Road back entrance to the school. David Gibbon took over as Housemaster from Andrew Wright in September 2007, he was previously Head of Mathematics at the school.

Segar's has a traditional a rivalry with Cowells — the house Segar's shared the a building with until 2004.

Corfe

House Colour:
House Letter: 'K'
Housemistress: Eve Singfield (2009- )

Corfe is named after Corfe Castle which has strong ties with Saint Edward the Martyr. It was extended in the 1990s. It was originally a boys' boarding house although in 1999 it closed it doors to boys. In a rather surprising move, the name Corfe stayed with the boarding house rather than the cohort of boys who had lived in it. So for a time between 1999 and 2004, some boys in the school had been members of both Corfe and Kendall House (the newly built house the boys moved into). To complicate matters, the letter "H", which was used to identify Corfe in short hand became the short hand for Kendall House. Thus the shorthand letter followed the boys but the name of the house didn't. Today Corfe is one of two girls houses located on the playing fields and is identified by the letter "K".

Oakthorpe

House Colour:?
House Letter: 'J'
Housemistress: Judy Young (1999-)

Oakthorpe was the first purpose built girls' house at the school. It was opened in 1997 prior to the first year of full co-education and takes its name from its situation on Oakthorpe Road. In 1999 Judy Young took over from Anne Brookes.
Housemistress: Judy Young joined Oakthorpe as Housemistress in 1999. Judy has taught at St. Helen’s and St Katharine’s, Wycombe Abbey, Lancing College, and at Westfield School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. She teaches Physics as well as running the House. She is also in charge of girls’ squash, helps with the RAF section of the CCF and is learning the trumpet.

Kendall House

House Colour: Dark Blue
House Letter: 'H'
Housemaster: Geoff (spelled G-E-O-F-F and not Jeff)

Kendall House was opened in 1999 to accommodate the boys of Corfe who had moved out to make way for the girls to move into Corfe. Upon its completion it formed the Kendall Quad on the playing field side of the school, with Field House and Sing's forming the other sides of the quad. Kendall overlooks Upper One, the school's premier rugby pitch. Kendall is identified by the letter "H". It is the most modern boys house in the school (1999) therefore the house is very modern and generally viewed by pupils as one of the best houses.It has a great rivalry with Field House due to their proximity. James Cope, affectionately known as the "The Pope" or the "BM" internally by the boys of Kendall, became housemaster in 2007, having previously been the school's Head of Geography.
This year Kendall won the senior boys steeplechase with a record number of points (168) beating Field's 2007 record.

Avenue House

House Colour: Peach
House Letter: 'M'
Housemistress: Rachel Bellamy

Avenue House was opened in 2001. It was originally built in two phases with the second phase opening in 2004. It is situated on St. Edward's Avenue hence its name. It is a girls' house and is situated on the school playing fields. It is connected to Corfe. For a time, prior to the opening of the second phase, some girls were housed in the former school medical centre, Cooper Lodge. Cooper Lodge has, since the opening of the full house, been turned into the Junior Common Room (JCR) and staff accommodation.

Sport

The school has an excellent reputation as one of the country's leading public schools at sport. The main school sports are athletics, cricket, hockey, netball, rowing, rugby and tennis. The school has over 90 acres (364,217.4 m²) of playing fields in the heart of North Oxford on land that is considered to be prime real estate.

The school only has two "real" inter house events, the School Steeplechase and School Sports Day. The Steeplechase is the school's annual cross country race, it is held once a year and the whole school is expected to take part. The Sixth Form race in the Senior Steeplechase which is a 4 miles (6.4 km) race across Port Meadow the floodplain of the River Thames

River Thames

The River Thames flows through southern England. It is the longest river entirely in England and the second longest in the United Kingdom. While it is best known because its lower reaches flow through central London, the river flows alongside several other towns and cities, including Oxford,...

, accessed from the school grounds via the Oxford Canal

Oxford Canal

The Oxford Canal is a narrow canal in central England linking Oxford with Coventry via Banbury and Rugby. It connects with the River Thames at Oxford, to the Grand Union Canal at the villages of Braunston and Napton-on-the-Hill, and to the Coventry Canal at Hawkesbury Junction in Bedworth just...

towpath. The Junior Steeplechase, meanwhile, confines itself to within the school grounds. School Sports Day is held in June, and is a much less significant affair, with many events having been removed from the programme on grounds of 'Health and Safety'. Sports day is usually cancelled due to the track being flooded and so has not run for the last four years.

The school has a regular fixture list against other major UK public schools. Some of the fixtures on the fixture list have been played on the same weekend each year for decades. In boys' sports the schools main rivals are Radley College

Radley College

and Marlborough College

Marlborough College

Marlborough College is a British co-educational independent school for day and boarding pupils, located in Marlborough, Wiltshire.Founded in 1843 for the education of the sons of Church of England clergy, the school now accepts both boys and girls of all beliefs. Currently there are just over 800...

.

In rowing the school has won The Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta

Henley Royal Regatta

Henley Royal Regatta is a rowing event held every year on the River Thames by the town of Henley-on-Thames, England. The Royal Regatta is sometimes referred to as Henley Regatta, its original name pre-dating Royal patronage...

as well as having had a number of rowers row for Great Britain at junior level before going on to compete in the annual Oxbridge

Oxbridge

Oxbridge is a portmanteau of the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge in England, and the term is now used to refer to them collectively, often with implications of perceived superior social status...

boat race or at Ivy League

Ivy League

The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...

Universities.

Recent successes in hockey have included making the National Finals for both boys(and an unbeaten season in 2010)' and girls' hockey.

St. Edward's is regarded as a very strong rugby school. The 1st XV of 2007 were only beaten in one game, becoming the first team to do so since 1998 and there are some 6 former or present pupils in their respective age group's England development squads/teams including James Forrester

James Forrester (rugby player)

James Forrester is a former English rugby union player who played at number eight for Gloucester Rugby.James is a tall, agile, talented number eight with excellent ball handling skills and an eye for the try line, as his impressive try tally for Gloucester Rugby demonstrates...

. The school has in recent years had an 82% success rate in Rugby Sevens.

St. Edward's has a strong rivalry with Radley

Radley

Radley is a village and civil parish about northwest of the centre of Abingdon, Oxfordshire. The parish includes the hamlet of Lower Radley on the River Thames. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire....

particularly in rugby. The school also has a somewhat informal local rivalry with Cherwell the local state school, however the school do not play them in sport.

A book about sport at the school, "Come on Teddy's" has recently been published.

Facilities
Sports facilities include:

Indoor Sports Hall

2 All Weather Astro Turf Pitches

9 hole Golf Course

Boat House located on the River Thames in the nearby village of Wolvercote

Wolvercote

Wolvercote is a village that is part of the City of Oxford, England, though still retaining its own identity. It is about northwest of the centre of Oxford, on the northern edge of Wolvercote Common, which is itself north of Port Meadow.-History:The village is listed in the Domesday Book as...

Purpose Built Netball Courts

Basketball Court

Indoor Rifle Range

Clay Pigeon Shooting area

15 Rugby Pitches

8 Cricket Pitches

Swimming Pool (within Esporta/St. Edward's Sports Centre)

Indoor Tennis Courts (within Esporta/St.Edward's Sports Centre)

Squash Courts

State of the art gym (within Esporta/St. Edward's Sports Centre)

The school is home to an Esporta Health Club. This was built on the site of the school's former sports centre (The Douglas Bader

Douglas Bader

Sports Centre) and outdoor swimming pool in 1999 and opened in 2000. Within the club the school has its own sports hall, named the Douglas Bader

Douglas Bader

Sports Hall. As part of the agreement between St. Edward's and Esporta, pupils have free access to the club's gym.

Overseas Tours
The school also go on an overseas tour once a year. Tours have operated since 1996. Recent tours have included:

2008- Barcelona - Boys Hockey

2008- South Africa - Cricket and Netball

2006- South America - Rugby and Girls' Hockey

2005- Sri Lanka - Cricket

2004- South Africa - Boys' Hockey

2003- Australia - Rugby and Girls' Hockey

2002- Barbados - Cricket and Girls' Netball

2001- South Africa - Rugby

1999- Australia - Boys and Girls' Hockey

1999- South Africa - Rugby

1998- Vietnam - Boys and Girls Dodgeball

1997- Arctic - Badmington

1996- South Africa - Rugby

Teddy's also host touring schools. The most notable of these is The King's School, Sydney

The King's School, Sydney

The King's School is an independent Anglican, day and boarding school for boys in North Parramatta in the western suburbs of Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1831, it is Australia's oldest school and forms one of the nine "Great Public Schools" of New South Wales. Situated within a site, Gowan Brae,...

who come to St. Edward's to play rugby once every two years when on their UK tour.

Military links

The school has very strong links with the armed forces, in particular The Royal Air Force. A large number of former pupils have gone on to serve in the forces, most notably Second World War heroes Arthur Banks

Arthur Banks

Sergeant Arthur Banks GC was a member of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War who was tortured and killed after being captured behind enemy lines....

, Douglas Bader

Douglas Bader

, Guy Gibson

Guy Gibson

and Adrian Warburton

Adrian Warburton

Wing Commander Adrian "Warby" Warburton DSO & Bar, DFC & Two Bars was a Royal Air Force pilot during World War II. He became legendary in the RAF for his role in the defence of Malta...

. In the Old Library the school has on display a stained glass window presented to them by the Royal Air Force

Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...

to thank them for their role in the education of Second World War heroes. To this day the school maintain a strong Combined Cadet Force

Combined Cadet Force

. The school also has a scholarship fund to assist those who are in the armed forces.

Teddy's jargon

Ad Itinerarium

Itinerarium as it is shortened to, is the final chapel service of each term. It is normally held just after 10am on the last Saturday morning of each term. In this service pupils sing the school anthem, Jerusalem as well as the school song. Pupils will normally pray for a happy vacation period and for all those OSE around the world. A collection happens at the end of the service for a charity or a good cause.

APT (Academic Priority Time)

APT is a time set aside in the day, typically 5.45-6.30pm, when pupils can gain extra help on class work. Some members of staff use APT to explain something to pupils who had been disruptive in an earlier class. In the lower school APT is generally seen as a punishment, whereas in the upper school it is seen as a useful tool for revision.

Chambers (Upper and Lower)

Upper and Lower Chambers are classrooms located next door to the school chapel.

Chit

A note from a housemaster or house tutor. Chits are given by a housemaster for a number of reasons. Pupils can receive: a late work chit to give to their teacher, a chit to allow them to visit Oxford, a chit for purchasing something from the school shop, school outfitters or local shops in Summertown which is added to the cost of the school fees.

Cloisters

The Cloisters are a part of the quad located between the Chapel and the Old Library. Traditionally this is where pupils would leave their books prior to attending lunch. The Cloisters are also home to the school noticeboards. There are notice boards for Games, Community Service, Music as well as announcements from the Warden and Sub Warden.

Chief House (Obsolete)

The House which wins the most house points (They are acquired through sporting events such as cross country). The current Chief House is Cowells House

Day Room

The day room is the room within the boarding house where Shells must undertake prep. The day room is supervised by a House Prefect. In the fourth form pupils work at the studies in their rooms.

Exeat

Is what the school calls half term. Half term normally begins on a Friday afternoon at 1pm and finishes the following Sunday at 9pm. It is the Latin for "he may go out".

Fisher Field

The school's first all weather astro turf pitch. It was named after Warden Fisher.

Forum (Obsolete)

Upper school forum is a weekly hour long speech by an external visitor on something of interest. Past speakers have included Sir Richard Branson as well former politicians, current MPs and world leading scientists.

Late Reporting

A full school uniform detention is given as a punishment to pupils who arrive late to lessons. Amongst pupils it is often known as a "6.30". A "6.30" involves reporting to the duty teacher at 6.30pm in the evening prior to prep.

Gaudy

Gaudy is the school's annual prize giving ceremony. It was traditionally held on the first Saturday of the Summer Term Exeat but in 2002 was moved to the last day of the Summer Term. Gaudy is one of the few occasions on which pupils may walk on the quadrangle grass. Gaudy begins with a chapel service, this is followed by the prize giving ceremony in a marquee on the quad. Pupils then lunch with their parents prior to visiting various displays of work in classrooms. In the afternoon the school's 1st XI cricket team play the Martyrs (Old Boys).

Grey Book

The Grey Book is a list of all pupils and staff. Pupils are listed in year group order, house order and form order. It is only issued to staff.

Horsebox

A horsebox is the name given to a desk in the dayroom used by Shells. It has a lockable cupboard as well as shelves for storing books.

House Gated (or Gated)

A term used when a pupil has been caught breaking the school rules and their punishment is to be house gated. Typically a house gating lasts 48 hours and means that the pupil must be in house at all times, except during lessons, chapel and meal times.

"In House"

Has two meanings. Pupils are required to be "in house" during times such as prep or during study periods. Pupils also say on a Friday if they are "in house" or "out" for Sunday. If "in house" they are not going home to visit their parents and thus are the responsibility of the school.

JCR

The Junior Common Room is the common room for the Sixth Form. It use to have an alcoholic license that allowed pupils, under supervision, to purchase alcohol on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday evenings.

Martyrs

Old boys and girls who play sport together.

North Wall

The North Wall is the name given to the buildings that border South Parade.

OSE

OSE (Old St Edwards) are Old Boys and Girls

Old Boys

The terms Old Boys and Old Girls are the usual expressions in use in the United Kingdom for former pupils or alumni of primary and secondary schools. While these are traditionally associated with independent schools, they are also used for some schools in the state sector...

of the school.

Piggeries ("Pigs")

Pigs is the school name for the playing fields known as Piggeries One and Piggeries Two. The fields were originally used by pigs.

Prep

Prep is the time set aside in the day for what is more commonly known as homework. Prep runs from 7.00pm-9.00pm during which time all pupils must be in their study "in house" working. Pupils are allowed to the library during this time but they must be signed out.

Senior Academic Tutor

The Senior Academic Tutor is the most senior member of staff concerned primarily with pupils' academic performance.

Shell

A Shell is a first year. Shells are 13-14 years old.

Shell Circus

Activities undertaken by the Shells. Shell Circus takes place on a Wednesday afternoon and introduces the new pupils to all the activities on offer at the school.

Special Gaudy

Special Gaudy is held during the Winter Term. Old boys and girls from specific cohorts are invited back to the school. The day normally starts with a chapel service, followed by lunch and a speech by the Warden. Former pupils are then invitied to watch the afternoon's inter-school rugby match.

Sub Warden

The Sub Warden is the deputy headmaster

Super House Gating

Super House Gating is issued by the Sub Warden. It is a form of punishment and the duration of the super house gating will be dependent on what the pupil has done. Super House Gating involves getting a card signed every 45 minutes by a member of staff; the pupil must also be in house at all times and traditionally wasn't allowed into the house TV or games rooms. The pupil would be expected to attend all school meals including afternoon tea (which is optional when not super house gated).

Theme

Theme is held on a Sunday morning for pupils who wish not to attend chapel. It lasts for half an hour and is conducted by a member of staff on a topical issue.

"To The Warden"

This term is normally written on outstanding pieces of work by a teacher. The pupil is then expected to go to the Warden's office at 8.15am on either a Tuesday or Thursday to show him the work. The Warden will congratulate the pupil and write a letter home to their parents.

Upper One

The school's most important pitch. It is where the 1st XV rugby team train and play. It is the only playing field that can be viewed from the Woodstock Road. Upper Two, located next to it, is the 1st XI cricket pitch.

Warden

The Warden is the headmaster.

Work Block

The Work Block is the main academic building in the school. It was originally home to the English, History, Geography, Politics and Economics departments. In 2004 the Work Block was reorganised and the Classics department moved in to take the place of the English department.

Yellow Paper
Yellow paper involves being told by your teacher to re-do your prep on yellow paper if it is sub standard in any way (incomplete, poorly presented, obviously rushed etc). The yellow paper will be given to you when your work is returned. You must hand the completed yellow paper back to your teacher as directed. Before handing it back to your teacher, you must ask your HM or Tutor to sign it. Failure to comply will result in Saturday evening detention. Yellow paper can be issued to any pupil in the school, including Sixth Formers.

Alumni (OSE)

Former pupils of St. Edward's are known as OSE. The St. Edward's Society exists to maintain traditions and to promote the interests of the School, and to encourage mutual help between those who are and those who have been its members. It consists of past and present Wardens and members of the Masters' Common Room and all former pupils.

The society is run by a President and Secretary. Each year a new OSE President is elected. The OSE Society organise Special Gaudies for former pupils. Special Gaudies are held twice a year and are used as a means for former pupils to visit the school and see what has changed. The OSE Society also runs the very successful "OSE Undergraduate Evenings"; these evenings take place in notable university cities throughout the year, hosted by the Hon. Secretary.

All members of the society may wear the society tie which is blue, with a gold cup and dagger on it. Former pupils are entitled to wear the Rhubarb Tie.

Notable OSE include:

Group Captain Sir Douglas Bader
Douglas Bader
Group Captain Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader CBE, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar, FRAeS, DL was a Royal Air Force fighter ace during the Second World War. He was credited with 20 aerial victories, four shared victories, six probables, one shared probable and 11 enemy aircraft damaged.Bader joined the...

, WWII fighter pilot
Arthur Banks
Arthur Banks
Sergeant Arthur Banks GC was a member of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War who was tortured and killed after being captured behind enemy lines....

, WWII pilot awarded GC
George Cross
The George Cross is the highest civil decoration of the United Kingdom, and also holds, or has held, that status in many of the other countries of the Commonwealth of Nations...
Sir Russell Bencraft
Russell Bencraft
Sir Henry William Russell Bencraft CBE MRCS, LRCP was an English cricketer, cricket administrator and medical practitioner. He was born at Southampton, Hampshire.-Hampshire County Cricket Club:...

, cricketer
John Berger
John Berger
John Peter Berger is an English art critic, novelist, painter and author. His novel G. won the 1972 Booker Prize, and his essay on art criticism Ways of Seeing, written as an accompaniment to a BBC series, is often used as a university text.-Education:Born in Hackney, London, England, Berger was...

, art critic, novelist, painter, and author
Richard Brooke
Richard Brooke (cricketer)
Rev. Richard Hubert John Brooke was an English cricketer and clergyman. Brooke was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Eton, Buckinghamshire....

, cricketer
Nicholas Budgen
Nicholas Budgen
Nicholas William Budgen , often called Nick Budgen, was a British Conservative Party politician.Named after St...

, Conservative MP
Sir Harold Burrough
Harold Burrough
Admiral Sir Harold Martin Burrough GCB, KBE, DSO was a senior Royal Navy officer and Assistant Chief of Naval Staff to the Royal Navy during World War II.- Early career :...

, British Admiral
Sir Geoffrey Callender
Geoffrey Callender
Sir Geoffrey Arthur Romaine Callender was an English naval historian and the first director of the National Maritime Museum from its opening in 1937 until his death in 1946....

, naval historian
Peter Carter-Ruck
Peter Carter-Ruck
Peter Frederick Carter-Ruck was an English lawyer, specialising in libel cases. The firm he founded, Carter-Ruck, is still practising.-Personal life:...

, lawyer
Brian Cleeve
Brian Cleeve
Brian Brendon Talbot Cleeve was a prolific writer, whose published works include twenty-one novels and over a hundred short stories. He was also an award-winning broadcaster on RTÉ television. Son of an Irish father and English mother, he was born and raised in England...

, author and broadcaster
Emilia Clarke
Emilia Clarke
Emilia Clarke is an English actress best known for the role of Daenerys Targaryen in the HBO medieval-fantasy series Game of Thrones.-Biography:...

, actress
John Davies
John Davies (businessman)
John Emerson Harding Harding-Davies, MBE, PC was a successful British businessman who served as Director-General of the Confederation of British Industry during the 1960s...

, businessman and cabinet minister
Sir Geoffrey de Havilland
Geoffrey de Havilland
Captain Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, OM, CBE, AFC, RDI, FRAeS, was a British aviation pioneer and aircraft engineer...

, DSO
Distinguished Service Order
The Distinguished Service Order is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly of other parts of the British Commonwealth and Empire, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat.Instituted on 6 September...

, OBE and CBE
CBE
CBE and C.B.E. are abbreviations for "Commander of the Order of the British Empire", a grade in the Order of the British Empire.Other uses include:* Chemical and Biochemical Engineering...

, founder of de Havilland Aircraft Company.
George Fenton
George Fenton
George Fenton is a British composer best known for his work writing film scores and music for television, although he also writes music for the theatre. His real name is George Howe but he is better known by his pseudonym of George Fenton.-Selected film and television credits:Fenton has composed...

, Oscar nominated film composer
Anthony FitzClarence, 7th Earl of Munster
Anthony FitzClarence, 7th Earl of Munster
Anthony Charles FitzClarence, Earl of Munster was the last Earl of Munster, Viscount FitzClarence and Baron Tewkesbury...
James Forrester
James Forrester (rugby player)
James Forrester is a former English rugby union player who played at number eight for Gloucester Rugby.James is a tall, agile, talented number eight with excellent ball handling skills and an eye for the try line, as his impressive try tally for Gloucester Rugby demonstrates...

, England rugby union international
Paul Gibb
Paul Gibb
Paul Gibb was an English cricketer, who played in eight Tests for England from 1938 to 1946. He also played first-class cricket for Cambridge University and Yorkshire, mostly as a batsman but occasionally also keeping wicket.Gibb was educated at St Edward's School, Oxford, and played first-class...

, England Test cricketer
Guy Gibson
Guy Gibson
Wing Commander Guy Penrose Gibson VC, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar, RAF , was the first CO of the Royal Air Force's 617 Squadron, which he led in the "Dam Busters" raid in 1943, resulting in the destruction of two large dams in the Ruhr area...

VC
Victoria Cross
The 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....

, Dambusters
No. 617 Squadron RAF
No. 617 Squadron is a Royal Air Force aircraft squadron based at RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland. It currently operates the Tornado GR4 in the ground attack and reconnaissance role...

hero,
Robert Gittings
Robert Gittings
Robert William Victor Gittings CBE , was an English writer, biographer, BBC Radio producer, playwright and minor poet...

CBE
CBE
CBE and C.B.E. are abbreviations for "Commander of the Order of the British Empire", a grade in the Order of the British Empire.Other uses include:* Chemical and Biochemical Engineering...

, poet and biographer
Jon Goodridge
Jon Goodridge
Jon Goodridge is a professional rugby union player for Bristol Rugby. He possesses an excellent long range kicking game and being left footed he gives the team plenty of options....

, rugby player
John Galbraith Graham
John Galbraith Graham
The Reverend John Galbraith Graham MBE is a British crossword compiler, best known as Araucaria of The Guardian. He is also, like his father, a priest of the Church of England.-Career:...

, crossword compiler (Araucaria)
Kenneth Grahame
Kenneth Grahame
Kenneth Grahame was a Scottish writer, most famous for The Wind in the Willows , one of the classics of children's literature. He also wrote The Reluctant Dragon; both books were later adapted into Disney films....

, author
Sir Tom Hopkinson, journalist
Noel Baring Hudson
Noel Baring Hudson
Noel Baring Hudson DSO MC was an Anglican bishop serving at Labuan and Sarawak, St Albans, Newcastle and Ely....

, DSO
Distinguished Service Order
The Distinguished Service Order is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly of other parts of the British Commonwealth and Empire, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat.Instituted on 6 September...

, MC
Military Cross
The Military Cross is the third-level military decoration awarded to officers and other ranks of the British Armed Forces; and formerly also to officers of other Commonwealth countries....

Anglican Bishop
Sir David Lewis
David Lewis (Lord Mayor)
Sir David Thomas Rowell Lewis was the Lord Mayor of the City of London for 2007–08.Lewis was born in Hong Kong. He is the grandson of a sheep-farmer from Carmarthenshire, Wales and regards himself as Welsh. He was educated at the Dragon School and St Edward's School, Oxford before studying...

, Lord Mayor of the City of London
James Lockyer
James Lockyer
James Lockyer, LLD is a lawyer and a prominent social justice activist in Canada.He is a founding director of the Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted . He has been involved in exposing more than ten wrongful convictions in Canada, including the cases of Guy Paul Morin, David Milgaard,...

, Canadian lawyer and social activist
Rob Marris
Rob Marris
Robert Howard Marris is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton South West from 2001 to 2010....

Labour MP
Norman Miscampbell
Norman Miscampbell
Norman Alexander Miscampbell, QC was a British Conservative Party politician. He served as Member of Parliament for Blackpool North for 30 years, from 1962 to 1992, making him Blackpool's longest serving MP....

, Conservative MP
Georgia Moffett
Georgia Moffett
Georgia Elizabeth Moffett is a British actress. Moffett was born in West London, the daughter of actors Peter Davison and Sandra Dickinson....

, actress
Simon Nicholls
Simon Nicholls
Simon Nicholls is a radio and TV comedy producer at the BBC.When Ed Reardon approached Nicholls about an idea for a new radio show, "he was delighted...

, BBC comedy producer
Lord (Laurence) Olivier
Laurence Olivier
Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM was an English actor, director, and producer. He was one of the most famous and revered actors of the 20th century. He married three times, to fellow actors Jill Esmond, Vivien Leigh, and Joan Plowright...

, actor, director and producer
Sir Derek Oulton
Derek Oulton
Sir Antony Derek Maxwell Oulton, GCB, QC, PhD , M.A. is a retired British senior civil servant, was Permanent Secretary of the Lord Chancellor's Department and Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, United Kingdom, 1982–1989....

, QC
Hugh Padgham
Hugh Padgham
Hugh Padgham is a British record producer. He has won many awards, including four Grammys, with Producer of the Year and Engineer of the Year. A 1992 poll in Mix magazine voted him one of the world's Top Ten Most Influential Producers....

, record producer
Tom Pellereau, Apprentice winner
Sir Nicholas Pumfrey
Nicholas Pumfrey
Sir Nicholas Richard Pumfrey, styled The Rt Hon. Lord Justice Pumfrey, was a British barrister. He served as a High Court judge for 10 years, and was promoted to the Court of Appeal little more than a month before his sudden death.- Early life and education :The son of Peter and Maureen Pumfrey,...

, judge
Georgina Rylance
Georgina Rylance
Georgina Elizabeth Rylance , English actress, best known for Dinotopia.-Early life:Rylance is the daughter of Judge John Rylance QC, a circuit judge....

, actress
Lord (Michael) Sandberg
Michael Sandberg
Michael Graham Ruddock Sandberg, Baron Sandberg was Executive Chairman of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation 1977-1986.-History:Sandberg was born in Surrey and educated at St Edward's School, Oxford. In 1945 he joined the army and was commissioned 2nd lieutenant in the Royal Armoured...

, former CEO of HSBC Group
Gordon Strachan (minister)
Gordon Strachan (minister)
Charles Gordon Strachan was a Church of Scotland minister, theologian, university lecturer and author. He was regarded as a radical thinker with unorthodox views, such as his claim that Jesus may have travelled to Britain during his lost years to study with the Druids.After attending St Edward's...

, unorthodox minister
Louis Strange
Louis Strange
Louis Arbon Strange DSO OBE MC DFC was an early English aviator, World War I and World War II airman.- Early life :Louis Strange was born in Dorset and was educated at St Edward's School Oxford, joining the school's contingent of the Dorset Yeomanry.Strange spent his childhood at Tarrant Keynstone...

, WW1 pilot
Jon Snow
Jon Snow
Jon Snow is an English journalist and presenter, currently employed by ITN. He is best known for presenting Channel 4 News.He was Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University from 2001 to 2008.-Early life:...

, Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...

newscaster
Harmeet Sooden, political activist
Sir David Thorne (British Army officer)
David Thorne (British Army officer)
Major-General Sir David Calthrop Thorne KBE CVO was a British Army officer who commanded 1st Armoured Division.-Military career:...

, KBE, CVO
Sir Brian Tovey
Brian Tovey
Sir Brian John Maynard Tovey KCMG is a former director of the British signals intelligence agency, GCHQ, a post he held from 1978 to 1983.-Career:...

, former Director of GCHQ
Sir Stephen Tumin, judge
Sam Waley-Cohen
Sam Waley-Cohen
Sam Waley-Cohen is an English National Hunt amateur jockey and businessman.-Early life:Waley-Cohen is the son of businessman, racehorse breeder and trainer Robert Waley-Cohen, nephew of the theatre owner and producer Sir Stephen Waley-Cohen Bt...

, Cheltenham Gold Cup
Cheltenham Gold Cup
The Cheltenham Gold Cup is a Grade 1 National Hunt chase in the United Kingdom which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run on the New Course at Cheltenham over a distance of about 3 miles and 2½ furlongs , and during its running there are twenty-two fences to be jumped...

winning jockey
William Wallace, Baron Wallace of Saltaire
William Wallace, Baron Wallace of Saltaire
William John Lawrence Wallace, Baron Wallace of Saltaire is a British academic, writer, politician and Lord in Waiting.-Early life:...
Adrian Warburton
Adrian Warburton
Wing Commander Adrian "Warby" Warburton DSO & Bar, DFC & Two Bars was a Royal Air Force pilot during World War II. He became legendary in the RAF for his role in the defence of Malta...

, DSO
Distinguished Service Order
The Distinguished Service Order is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly of other parts of the British Commonwealth and Empire, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat.Instituted on 6 September...

and Bar, DFC and Two Bars, highly decorated World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

British pilot
Sir Francis James Wylie, first Warden of Rhodes House
Rhodes House
Rhodes House is part of the University of Oxford in England. It is located on the south of South Parks Road in central Oxford, and was built in memory of Cecil Rhodes, an alumnus of the university and a major benefactor.- History :...

Notable masters

Notable masters of the school include:

Sir George Mallaby
George Mallaby (public servant)
Sir Howard "George" Charles Mallaby, KCMG, OBE , was an English schoolmaster and public servant. He received the US Legion of Merit in 1946 and was knighted in 1958...

, public servant (a former housemaster)
Ben Ryan
Ben Ryan
Ben Ryan is the England Rugby Union Sevens head coach and also a National Academy Coach, looking specifically after scrum halves....

, Head Coach England Sevens Rugby Team (former Master in Charge of Rugby and Athletics and Head of Department)

International links

The school has built up links with a number of schools around the world, which include:
The Gilman School

Gilman School

Gilman School is a private preparatory school for boys located in the Roland Park neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1897 as the Country School for Boys, it was the first country day school in the United States. Gilman enrolls approximately 978 students, ranging from kindergarten to...

Baltimore

Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore...

, USA.

Gilman and St. Edward's operate a scholarship known as the Hardie Scholarship. One Lower Sixth boy from St. Edward's studies at Gilman during March/April and a Junior from Gilman studies at St. Edward's during June. The scholarship was created by Thomas G Hardie II and his wife Dee Hardie in the 1970's. Mr Hardie died on June 7th 2007. Gilman and St. Edward's have confirmed the scholarship will continue. The ties between Gilman and Teddy's were further strengthened in 2003 when the Gilman School choir sung at Teddy's as part of their UK tour and again in 2007 when the Teddy's choir sung at Gilman as part of their US Tour. St. Edward's held a joint concert with Gilman in March 2008 to celebrate the life of Mr Hardie.

Roland Park Country School

Roland Park Country School is an independent all-girls college preparatory school in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. It serves girls from Kindergarten through Grade 12...

, Baltimore

Baltimore

, USA.

In 2004 St. Edward's established an exchange programme with Roland Park. The programme runs at the same time as the Harry Hardie Scholarship, with one lower sixth girl from St. Edward's studying at Roland Park and a Junior girl from Roland Park studying at St. Edward's.

The Doon School

The Doon School is an independent school located in Dehradun in the state of Uttarakhand in India. Established in 1935, it was founded by Satish Ranjan Das. Its first Headmaster was Arthur E...

, India.

An exchange programme was set up in 2002 which saw a lower sixth boy study at Doon School and a lower sixth boy from Doon study at Teddy's.

The King's School, Sydney

King's traditionally play Teddy's once every two years during their UK Rugby tour. 2003 was the first time Teddy's played King's in Sydney.

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