Royal Latin School
Encyclopedia
The Royal Latin School is a co-educational grammar school
in Buckingham
, England
. In September 2011 the school became an Academy.. It takes children from the age of 11 through to the age of 18 and has over 1260 pupils, including a sixth form of 390 pupils. It maintains a staff of over 160. In September 2003 the school was designated by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) as a specialist school
in Science
. It successfully redesignated in 2007, and achieved a second specialism as a Training school
.
Since the County boundary adjustments of 1974 placed Eton College
in Berkshire
, the Royal Latin Grammar School claims the distinction of being the sole pre-Reformation grammar school
in the County. The Royal Latin School was graded as outstanding in the 2009 report by Ofsted.
Sixth Form (years 12 and 13): Appropriate business wear.
(Year 12) during the first half of the Autumn term
. House Captains are chosen after selections for Head and Deputy Head Girl and Boy have been made, and this is usually done by the candidates making speeches in front of their Houses, and the House voting on the two best candidates. This is open to any Year 12 in the designated House, not just Prefects.
Every year, two male and two female members of the upper sixth are made Head Boy, Deputy Head Boy, Head Girl and Deputy Head Girl respectively. Short-listing is done by voting on Prefects who have chosen to sign up, with staff having 3 votes, and each student in Year 12 having 1 vote, for male and female categories. Interviews with the candidates decide the final results, with the Headteacher having the final say. The positions are usually announced during March, as to not distress students during AS Level exams.
Although Buckingham's citizens supported Catherine of Aragon
and her daughter Mary Tudor
, and were opposed to the Reformation, the Chantry Chapel in which the Royal Latin School was based, rather than being destroyed by Edward VI (as many similar establishments were) was instead converted into the Royal Latin School. King Edward VI granted a charter for the school, for 30-40 pupils, in 1548 with an endowment of £10 and with 12 trustees.
The Chantry Chapel remained the home of the Royal Latin School until 1907 when Buckinghamshire County Council
provided major new buildings for the school and did so again in 1963. The warm brown brickwork of the 1963 extensions complements the stone built structure of the earlier buildings, the whole being enhanced by its parkland setting.
In 2006 The U15 rugby side made school history by becoming the first side from the Royal Latin to reach the semi finals of the Daily Mail
vase.
Grammar school
A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and some other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching classical languages but more recently an academically-oriented secondary school.The original purpose of mediaeval...
in Buckingham
Buckingham
Buckingham is a town situated in north Buckinghamshire, England, close to the borders of Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire. The town has a population of 11,572 ,...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. In September 2011 the school became an Academy.. It takes children from the age of 11 through to the age of 18 and has over 1260 pupils, including a sixth form of 390 pupils. It maintains a staff of over 160. In September 2003 the school was designated by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) as a specialist school
Specialist school
The specialist schools programme was a UK government initiative which encouraged secondary schools in England to specialise in certain areas of the curriculum to boost achievement. The Specialist Schools and Academies Trust was responsible for the delivery of the programme...
in Science
Science College
Science Colleges were introduced in 2002 as part of the now defunct Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enabled secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, science and mathematics...
. It successfully redesignated in 2007, and achieved a second specialism as a Training school
Training school
For a juvenile correctional facility, see youth detention center-----A training school is an official designation, awarded by the Department for Children, Schools and Families, to schools in England that provide exceptional facilities for in-service and work experience training of teachers...
.
Since the County boundary adjustments of 1974 placed Eton College
Eton College
Eton College, often referred to simply as Eton, is a British independent school for boys aged 13 to 18. It was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor"....
in Berkshire
Berkshire
Berkshire is a historic county in the South of England. It is also often referred to as the Royal County of Berkshire because of the presence of the royal residence of Windsor Castle in the county; this usage, which dates to the 19th century at least, was recognised by the Queen in 1957, and...
, the Royal Latin Grammar School claims the distinction of being the sole pre-Reformation grammar school
Grammar school
A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and some other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching classical languages but more recently an academically-oriented secondary school.The original purpose of mediaeval...
in the County. The Royal Latin School was graded as outstanding in the 2009 report by Ofsted.
Houses
Each pupil, upon entrance, is placed into one of six houses named after influential figures involved in founding the school. The six houses are:| Houses | Significance |
|---|---|
| Barton | Involved in founding schools both in the Chantry Chapel and in 1468, a grammar school in Thornton Thornton, Buckinghamshire Thornton is a village and civil parish on the River Great Ouse about north-east of Buckingham in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire.... . These were combined to form the Royal Latin School during the 16th century. |
| Denton | Although Isobel Denton was mistakenly claimed to have founded the school during the sixteenth century, in the late 17th century Alexander Denton rebuilt the master's house following a destructive fire. |
| Newton | Gabriel Newton founded Green Coat Schools throughout England England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental... including in Buckingham Buckingham Buckingham is a town situated in north Buckinghamshire, England, close to the borders of Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire. The town has a population of 11,572 ,... . He provided an annual endowment Financial endowment A financial endowment is a transfer of money or property donated to an institution. The total value of an institution's investments is often referred to as the institution's endowment and is typically organized as a public charity, private foundation, or trust.... of £26 which was transferred to the Royal Latin school in 1904. |
| Ruding | John Ruding was awarded the title of Archdeacon of Lincoln and Prebendary of Sutton cum Buckingham in 1471 and was therefore responsible for funding the upkeep of all church owned buildings including that which subsequently housed the Royal Latin School. |
| Stratton | Stratton left support for the Buckingham Chantry Chapel Buckingham Chantry Chapel Buckingham Chantry Chapel is a 15th-century chapel located in Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, England, and now a National Trust property.The chapel is the oldest building in Buckingham and is noted in particular for its Norman doorway.... to support his soul in purgatory when he died in 1268. The chantry priest he funded, later started the school at Buckingham. |
| Verney | As the school grew during the early 20th century it was forced to move to a new purpose built site on Chandos road (now the site of Grenville Combined School), a move made possible by the work of Lady Verney. |
Uniform
Years 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11: School blazer (black), black tailoured trousers OR black tailored skirt, black socks/tights, regulation white shirt, school tie (red, black and your house colour) and black shoes. Optionally a black v-neck pullover may be worn, in addition to the above.Sixth Form (years 12 and 13): Appropriate business wear.
Student positions
Prefects are chosen from the members of the Sixth FormSixth form
In the education systems of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, and of Commonwealth West Indian countries such as Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Belize, Jamaica and Malta, the sixth form is the final two years of secondary education, where students, usually sixteen to eighteen years of age,...
(Year 12) during the first half of the Autumn term
Academic term
An academic term is a division of an academic year, the time during which a school, college or university holds classes. These divisions may be called terms...
. House Captains are chosen after selections for Head and Deputy Head Girl and Boy have been made, and this is usually done by the candidates making speeches in front of their Houses, and the House voting on the two best candidates. This is open to any Year 12 in the designated House, not just Prefects.
Every year, two male and two female members of the upper sixth are made Head Boy, Deputy Head Boy, Head Girl and Deputy Head Girl respectively. Short-listing is done by voting on Prefects who have chosen to sign up, with staff having 3 votes, and each student in Year 12 having 1 vote, for male and female categories. Interviews with the candidates decide the final results, with the Headteacher having the final say. The positions are usually announced during March, as to not distress students during AS Level exams.
History
The school has played a significant role in the town of Buckingham since its earliest recorded reference in 1423, although it is thought that the school may date from the 13th century.Although Buckingham's citizens supported Catherine of Aragon
Catherine of Aragon
Catherine of Aragon , also known as Katherine or Katharine, was Queen consort of England as the first wife of King Henry VIII of England and Princess of Wales as the wife to Arthur, Prince of Wales...
and her daughter Mary Tudor
Mary I of England
Mary I was queen regnant of England and Ireland from July 1553 until her death.She was the only surviving child born of the ill-fated marriage of Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon. Her younger half-brother, Edward VI, succeeded Henry in 1547...
, and were opposed to the Reformation, the Chantry Chapel in which the Royal Latin School was based, rather than being destroyed by Edward VI (as many similar establishments were) was instead converted into the Royal Latin School. King Edward VI granted a charter for the school, for 30-40 pupils, in 1548 with an endowment of £10 and with 12 trustees.
The Chantry Chapel remained the home of the Royal Latin School until 1907 when Buckinghamshire County Council
Buckinghamshire County Council
Buckinghamshire County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Buckinghamshire, in England, the United Kingdom. Its area of control does not include Milton Keynes, which is a unitary authority...
provided major new buildings for the school and did so again in 1963. The warm brown brickwork of the 1963 extensions complements the stone built structure of the earlier buildings, the whole being enhanced by its parkland setting.
In 2006 The U15 rugby side made school history by becoming the first side from the Royal Latin to reach the semi finals of the Daily Mail
Daily Mail
The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-market tabloid newspaper owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust. First published in 1896 by Lord Northcliffe, it is the United Kingdom's second biggest-selling daily newspaper after The Sun. Its sister paper The Mail on Sunday was launched in 1982...
vase.
Previous masters and headteachers
| Dates of office | Name | Date | Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1524–1553 | T. Hawkins (Chantry priest 1524) | 1785–1830 | William Eyre |
| 1553–1569 | Henry Webster | 1830–1855 | Edward Britten |
| 1574–1580 | Alexander Sheppard | 1855–1858 | Thomas Laugharne |
| 1580–1592 | Thomas Potter | 1858–1861 | Vacant post |
| 1592–1603 | James Smith | 1861–1869 | Thomas Owain Jones |
| 1603–1609 | Robert Tomlyns | 1869–1871 | Louis Borissow (son of Christian Ignatius Borissow Christian Ignatius Borissow Christian Ignatius Borissow was an expert on commerce and a teacher of languages with Finnish roots who immigrated to Great Britain before 1819. He worked most of his active years in Bradford and other locations in Yorkshire... ) |
| 1609–1625 | Richard Earle | 1871–1891 | Thomas Cockram |
| 1625–1632 | Richard Home | 1891–1895 | Robert C. MacCulloch |
| 1633–1638 | Thomas Dutton | 1895–1896 | Thomas Cockram |
| 1638–1660 | Edward Unmant | 1896–1908 | Walter Matthew Cox |
| 1660–1664 | Thomas Stephens | 1908–1931 | William Fuller |
| 1664–1665 | William Warters | 1931–1935 | Maurice Walton Thomas |
| 1665–1682 | Roger Griffiths | 1936–1939 | Stanley Arthur Dyment |
| 1682–1684 | Thomas Dalby | 1939–1941 | Henry Bert Toft |
| 1685–1690 | Thomas Yeomans | 1941-1941 | Donald E. Morgan |
| 1690–1691 | Mark Noble | 1942–1945 | Charles Foster |
| 1691–1696 | Robert Styles | 1945–1948 | Henry Bert Toft |
| 1709–1715 | Samuel Foster | 1948–1979 | George K. Embleton |
| 1715–1723 | Richard Cardwell | 1979–1992 | Peter Luff |
| 1723–1763 | William Halstead | 1992–2005 | Cecilia Galloway Cecilia Galloway Cecilia Galloway has been a headmistress, both in England and Northern Ireland. Born in 1955, she studied chemistry at Leeds University. Later gaining an MSc degree at Reading University, she was accepted as a Fellow by the Royal Society of Chemistry and given Chartered Chemist status... |
| 1763–1764 | Vacant post | 2006–2009 | A. Robert Cooper |
| 1764–1785 | James Eyre | 2010-date | David Hudson |
Notable former pupils
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