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Public school in Sherborne, Dorset, England

Sherborne School

Location

Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 3AP England
Information
Type	Public school Independent day and boarding
Motto	Dieu et mon droit (God and my right)
Religious affiliation(s)	Church of England
Established	1550
Founder	St Aldhelm
Department for Education URN	113918 Tables
Chairman of the Governors	Professor Richard Hodder-Williams
Headmaster	Christopher Davis
Gender	Boys
Age	13 to 18
Enrollment	598
Houses	8
Colour(s)	Royal Blue & Gold
Former pupils	Old Shirburnians
Website	http://www.sherborne.org

Sherborne School is a British independent boys school, located in the town of Sherborne in north-west Dorset, England. It is one of the original member schools of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. It has close partnerships with the nearby girls' school Sherborne Girls and shares some activities and Sixth Form courses.

History

The school's origins date back to the eighth century, when a tradition of education in Sherborne was begun by St Aldhelm. According to legend, Alfred the Great was one of the school's early pupils. The school was then linked with Sherborne Abbey, formerly a Benedictine house. The earliest known Master was Thomas Copeland in 1437. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries, Edward VI re-founded the school in 1550 as King Edward's School, a free grammar school for local boys. The present-day school stands on land which once belonged to the abbey's monastery. The Library, Chapel, and Headmaster's rooms, which adjoin the Abbey Church, are modifications of its original monastic buildings.

In 2005, Sherborne School was one of 50 of the country's leading independent schools that were found guilty of running an illegal price-fixing cartel, which had allowed them to drive up fees for thousands of parents. Each school was required to pay a nominal penalty of £10,000. All schools involved in the scandal agreed to make ex-gratia payments, totalling three million pounds, into a trust. The trust was designed to benefit pupils who attended the schools during the period in respect of which fee information was shared.

Qatar branch

In March 2009, it was announced that a replica of the school would be built in Doha, Qatar, with the first academic year starting in September 2009 and the development being completed by 2012.

Houses

Sherborne School has eight houses as follows:

School House
Abbey House
The Green
Harper House
Wallace House
Abbeylands
Lyon House
The Digby

Sport

Grounds

The school's cricket ground – the Upper – is usually used by the 1st XI cricket team. The ground was first used in 1870, when Sherborne School played Clifton College. The ground is also one of the venues used by Dorset for their home fixtures. Dorset played their first match on the ground in the 1902 Minor Counties Championship against Devon. From 1902 to 1997, the ground played host to 69 Minor Counties Championship matches, with the final Championship match involving Dorset coming in 1997 when they played Herefordshire. In addition, the ground has hosted 13 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches, the last of which was in 2008, when Dorset played Buckinghamshire.

The ground has also played host to a single List A match, when Dorset played Bedfordshire in the 1968 Gillette Cup.

On 30 May 2010, Dorset played Somerset, which included international players such as Marcus Trescothick and Craig Kieswetter in a friendly Twenty20 fixture on the ground. On the 27 May 2011, the Upper hosted Dorset against Gloucestershire.

Headmasters

Old Shirburnians

For further details of notable old boys see Old Shirburnians.

Other

The school stood in for Brookfield School in the 1969 film Goodbye, Mr. Chips (the original 1939 version of the story was filmed at Repton School in Derbyshire), and many boys served as extras in the production. Alec Waugh's Fernhurst in The Loom of Youth is undoubtedly drawn from the author's experiences at Sherborne in the early 1900s.

References

Max Davidson, State vs independent schools: Sherborne, Dorset, Telegraph (June 30, 2009).
Halpin, Tony (10 November 2005). "Independent schools face huge fines over cartel to fix fees". The Times. London. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
http://www.oft.gov.uk/news/press/2006/182-06
"BBC Online: Public school replica for Qatar". BBC. 6 March 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
Sherborne School v Clifton College, 1870
Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Sherborne School
Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Sherborne School
List A Matches played on Sherborne School
http://www.dorsetcricketboard.co.uk/node/46

External links

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Primary	Atlantic Academy Portland St Mark's CE Primary School St Peter's RC School
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Grammar	Bournemouth School Bournemouth School for Girls Parkstone Grammar School Poole Grammar School
Independent (preparatory)	Castle Court School Dumpton School Hanford School Port Regis School Sherborne Preparatory School
Independent	Bournemouth Collegiate School Bryanston School Canford School Clayesmore School Leweston School Milton Abbey School Ringwood Waldorf School Sherborne School Sherborne School for Girls Talbot Heath School
Further education colleges	Bournemouth and Poole College Kingston Maurward College Weymouth College
Higher education	Arts University Bournemouth Bournemouth University Health Sciences University
Defunct	Beaminster Grammar School Cranborne Chase School Durnford School Foster's School Homefield School The Old Malthouse School St George's School Swanage Grammar School Uplands School Weymouth College (independent)