Exeter School is a selective independent co-educational day school for children between the ages of 7 and 18 located in Exeter, Devon, England. In 2007 there are around 165 pupils in the Junior School and 675 in the Senior School. The school maintains close links with its pupils through the Old Exonian Club which meets annually in a number of locations throughout the country. Educational institutions are often categorised along several dimensions. ... Coeducation is the integrated education of men and women. ... For other uses, see Exeter (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Devon (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... A website (alternatively, web site or Web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or more web servers, usually accessible via the Internet. ... Coeducation is the integrated education of men and women. ... For other uses, see Exeter (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Devon (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ...

History

St John's Hospital site of the school from 1633 to 1878

The School traces its origins from the opening of the Exeter Free Grammar School on 1 August 1633, attended mainly by the sons of the City freemen. Exeter’s wealthy merchants provided the finance, with sufficient bequests to pay the Headmaster £50 a year and to install the school in the medieval buildings of St John’s Hospital, which had stood on the south side of the High Street since the 12th Century. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...

In 1878 the school opened as Exeter Grammar School at a new campus designed by noted architect William Butterfield.^[1] The school occupies this 25-acre site on Victoria Park Road to this day. The cost at the time was £7,600 with a further £16,750 spent on the erection of buildings. It was decided that St John’s Hospital Trust had to pay to Exeter School the net annual income of all endowments for Exhibitions and Scholarships attached to the School, and it also had to pay a proportion of the residue of its income. St Mary Brookfield William Butterfield (7 September 1814 – 23 February 1900), born in London, architect of the Gothic revival, and associated with the Oxford Movement (aka the Tractarian Movement). ...

In 1920 the Governors of Exeter School decided that it was no longer possible for them to continue the School without considerable assistance. The Exeter Education Authority agreed to assist but only if the School came under its direct control so, in April 1921, control of the school was handed over to the City. It then became a ‘maintained’ school until 1929 when it became an ‘aided’ school, thus regaining charge of its own finances under a newly appointed Governing Body.^[2][3][4]

In March 1945 its status changed again to a Direct Grant School and remained as such until September 1975 when the Direct Grant System was abolished by the Government of the day. In September 1976 the first ‘independent’ pupils were admitted.^[5]

From 1979, the School participated in the Assisted Places Scheme, taking over 200 pupils at its peak, but this scheme was abolished in 1997 and the last of these pupils left in the summer of 2004.^[6] The Assisted Places Scheme was a scheme established in the UK by the Conservative government in 1980 by which children who could not afford to go to fee-paying private schools were provided with free or subsidised places if they were able to pass the schools entrance examination. ...

Academic standards

In March 2002, the Independent Schools Inspectorate assessed the school as "Exeter School provides a good rounded education for pupils of a high range of ability from a large catchment area, mainly within 30 miles of Exeter. It enriches both the academic and, particularly, the cultural and personal development of its pupils. Its many facilities, set in an attractive and very well cared for campus, provide an excellent environment for the education of its pupils. The school achieves its aims and expectations well."^[7] 2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for March, 2002. ... The Independent Schools Inspectorate is an organisation responsible for the inspection of indepdendent schools in England which are affiliated to the Independent Schools Council (ISC). ...

In summer 2007 it was rated^[who?] the top independent school in the South West on points in A Level examinations, with an overall score equivalent to every candidate gaining more than 3 A grades. At GCSE, candidates scored 59% A*/A grades, with 42 pupils gaining at least 7 A*/As.^{[citations needed]}

In the news

In June 2007 members of the Sixth Form released over 4,000 crickets into the school's Common Room. According to the Daily Mail, this prank took place during a parents' buffet. The damage caused by the end of term 'prank' cost over £1,000 to repair and headmaster Bob Griffin said to pupils that parents may be asked to contribute to the cost.^[8] June 2007 is the sixth month of that year. ... England, Wales, Northern Ireland The sixth form, in the English, Welsh and Northern Irish education systems, is the term used to refer to the final two years of secondary schooling (when students are about sixteen to eighteen years of age), during which students normally prepare for their GCE A-level... Subfamilies See Taxonomy section Crickets, family Gryllidae (also known as true crickets), are insects somewhat related to grasshoppers and more closely related to katydids or bush crickets (family Tettigoniidae). ... A common room is a type of shared lounge, most often found in dormitories, at (for example) universities, military bases, hospitals, rest homes, hostels, and even minimum-security prisons. ... For other uses, see Buffet (disambiguation). ... An office cubicle with all the contents covered in aluminum foil. ...

The school has also recieved much bad press of late as a consequence of some previous pupils being convicted of certain crimes. This includes the case of William Mears [1] whom was convicted of various armed robberies in addition to the case of Adam Thomas, a diagnosed psychopath whom murdered a female on St. Valentine's day [2]. In the aftermath of the said convictions some in the city have speculated that Exeter School's high academic standards may have been at the expense of the mental health of some of the students.

Fees

Annual Day Fees: £7,980 - £8,880.^{[when?][citation needed]}

Notable alumni

• General Sir Anthony Farrar-Hockley, Soldier ^[9]
• Major General (Ret’d) Charles Dair Farrar-Hockley, Soldier^[10]
• David Collins, inaugural Governor of the Colony of Van Diemens Land (later Tasmania)^[11]
• Harry Pennell, Commander of the Terra Nova Expedition and of HMS Queen Mary^[12]
• Fred T. Jane, founder of Jane's Information Group^[13]
• Sir Ronald Hatton, pomologist
• Conrad Windham Entrepreneur
• Martin J. Ball, Hawthorne Endowed Professor in Communicative Disorders, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA; Honorary Professor University of Wales Institute Cardiff.
• Bob Wigley, Chairman Merrill Lynch, Europe, Middle East and Africa
• Adam Thomas, murderer [3]
• William Mears, serial armed burglar [4]

General Sir Anthony Farrar-Hockley, GBE, KCB, DSO and Bar, MC (April 8, 1924, Coventry - March 11, 2006, Oxford) was a British soldier and military historian. ... Major General (Ret’d) Charles Dair Farrar-Hockley, MC (b. ... David Collins David Collins (March 3, 1754 – March 24, 1810) was the inaugural Governor of the Colony of Van Diemens Land, founded in 1804, which in 1901 became the state of Tasmania in the Commonwealth of Australia. ... Slogan or Nickname: Island of Inspiration; The Apple Isle; Holiday Isle Motto(s): Ubertas et Fidelitas (Fertility and Faithfulness) Other Australian states and territories Capital Hobart Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Peter Underwood Premier David Bartlett (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 5  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2006-07)  - Product... The Terra Nova Expedition (1910–1913) was a British expedition led by Robert Falcon Scott with the purpose of undertaking scientific research and exploration along the coast and interior of Antarctica. ... HMS Queen Mary was a Royal Navy Lion-class battlecruiser, armed with eight 13. ... John Fredrick Thomas Jane, usually known as Fred T. Jane (August 6, 1865–March 8, 1916) was the founder editor of reference books on warships (All the Worlds Fighting Ships) and aircraft (All the Worlds Air-ships). ... Janes Information Group (often referred to as Janes) was founded by John F.T. Jane in 1898. ... Pomology (from Latin pomum (fruit) + -logy) is is branch of botany that studies and cultivates fruits. ...

References

The Daily Mail is a British newspaper, currently published in a tabloid format. ...

External links

• Official site
• Old Exonian Club