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Shrewsbury School
Shrewsbury School Crest
Motto Intus Si Recte Ne Labora (Latin: "If Right Within, Trouble Not")
Established 1552
School type Independent
Headmaster Jeremy W.R. Goulding MA (Oxon)
Second Master Michael J. Tonks BA
Senior Master Peter A. Fanning MA (Cantab)
Location Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK
Chairman Sir David Lees FCA
Affiliations Church of England
Chaplain Rev. Gary Dobbie
Enrollment circa. 690 students
Faculty circa. 100 (full-time)
Badges Rampant Lions
Fleur-de-lis
Founder King Edward VI
Colours Blue and Gold
School song Carmen Salopienses
Homepage www.shrewsbury.org.uk

King Edward VI Grammar School, Shrewsbury, normally known simply as Shrewsbury School, is an independent school, located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. It is one of the original nine English public schools as defined by the Public Schools Act 1868 and is now a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. Shrewsbury School is mainly a boarding school for boys aged between 13 and 18, although day pupils are also accepted.

The enrollment is around 670 boys. Boarders pay fees in excess of £23,000 per annum.

Shrewsbury School has some notable alumni, including the DJ John Peel, Monty Python creator Michael Palin, novelist Dan Winson and naturalist Charles Darwin, who was born just a few miles from the school.

The school accepts only boys. However, in November 2005, the governors of the school made a decision to allow girls to enter in the sixth form, initially aiming to admit 30 girls, then increasing to 100. This will bring Shrewsbury's 455-year-long tradition of being an all-boys school to an end. However, in March 2006, the Headmaster announced in a letter to parents that their arrival would be delayed for a year due to construction delays in the new boarding house.

In 2003 Shrewsbury International School, Bangkok was opened in Bangkok, Thailand, in a location on the banks of the Chao Phraya River.

[edit] History

Shrewsbury School ("The Free School") was founded in 1552 by King Edward VI, and in 1571 was augmented by Queen Elizabeth I. In 1868 the school was named one of the nine ‘great’ schools of England (along with Charterhouse, Eton, Harrow, Merchant Taylors' Rugby, St Paul's, Westminster and Winchester) in the Public Schools Act passed by the British Parliament. Headmasters include Sir Thomas Ashton, Samuel Butler, Benjamin Hall Kennedy, C.A. Alington, Lord Wolfenden and Sir Eric Anderson. Sir Thomas Ashton, the first headmaster, gave the school a classical and humanistic tone that has been retained, though sciences and other studies are now also prominent in the curriculum.

Charles Darwin wrote, of his time at the school:

Nothing could have been worse for the development of my mind than Dr. Butler's school, as it was strictly classical, nothing else being taught, except a little ancient geography and history. The school as a means of education to me was simply a blank. (The Autobiography of Charles Darwin, 1887)

[edit] Houses

There are nine boarding houses and two for dayboys, each with its own housemaster, tutor team and matron. Each house also has its own colours and the many inter-house competitions play an important role in school life. In football alone each house competes in four different leagues (two senior, two junior) and three knock-out competitions (two senior, one junior). A single house will hold around 60 boys, although School House and each of the dayboy houses hold slightly more. The houses are:

  • Churchill's Hall
  • Ingram's Hall
  • Moser's Hall
  • Oldham's Hall
  • Port Hill (formerly Dayboys' with Radbrook)
  • Radbrook (formerly Dayboys' with Port Hill)
  • Ridgemount
  • Rigg's Hall
  • School House (formerly two houses - Doctor's and Headroom)
  • Severn Hill (formerly Chance's)
  • The Grove

[edit] Alumni

See also: List of Old Salopians

Ex-pupils are named 'Old Salopians' and include:

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