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The Stowe School is a public school (English private boarding school) for pupils aged 13–18 in the countryside of Stowe, England. It was opened on 11 May, 1923 at Stowe House, a Grade I Heritage Estate belonging to the British Crown. Formerly the country seat of the Dukes of Buckingham and Chandos, it was first constructed in 1677 and served as a consulate to monarchy and aristocracy throughout the 18th and 19th centuries.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> J. F. Roxburgh was the school's first headmaster.

The school is a member of the 18 member Rugby Group, the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference, and the G30 Schools' Group. Originally for boys only, the school is now coeducational, with 541 boys and 374 girls – 915 students enrolled in the school Template:Asof. Roughly 80% of the school's pupils are in boarding houses, while the other 20% are in day houses.

Pupils in the "Day in Boarding" program are assigned to one of the school's boarding houses and have the option to board there for a maximum of three nights per week. Pupils in one of the school's three Day Houses—Winton, Cheshire, and Croft—are charged a reduced fee per academic year. Students in the Day houses are not given the option to board. The school provides bursaries and other means of financial assistance to admitted students who exhibit outstanding abilities in the Arts, Academics, Sports, and other areas. A typical scholarship at Stowe is worth 5% of the school fee.<ref name="Stowe School Scholarships and Bursaries">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The tuition fee includes the provision of meals (breakfast, lunch, and dinner), educational services, and "extracurricular activities".<ref name="Stowe School Extracurricular">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In some instances, it also covers boarding accommodation. Additional costs, such as school uniforms, equipment, trips, and transportation (such as airport transfers and bus services), are billed at the end of each term in addition to the tuition fee. These extra costs can range from a few hundred to a few thousand pounds per term.

HistoryEdit

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Stowe School opened in 1923. The main building is Stowe House, whose exterior was completed by 1779. Funding for the school came through the Rev. Percy Warrington and the Martyrs Memorial Trust.<ref>W. A. Evershed, Party and Patronage in the Church of England 1800–1945, D. Phil. thesis, Oxford University,1985, gives a detailed and well-referenced account of the questionable methods employed by Warrington. The Martyr's Memorial Trust appointed the first Governing Body, whose Chairman from August 1922 was Lord Gisborough.</ref> The school's first architect was Clough Williams-Ellis.

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Stowe School

The first Headmaster was J. F. Roxburgh. He aimed to focus on the individual child and introduce them to beauty and learning; he wanted a civilised school founded on Christian values.<ref>Outrageous Fortune: Growing Up at Leeds Castle By Anthony Russell</ref>

The Beatles played a concert at Stowe School on 4 April 1963. A recording of the concert was revealed in 2023, and leaked to the public later in the year.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

TodayEdit

The school's cricket ground is used as a first class ground by Northamptonshire CCC.

The Stowe Corner of Silverstone Circuit is named after the school.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

A Southern Railway "Schools Class" steam locomotive, No. 928, which was built in 1934 was named after the school, and is preserved at the Bluebell Railway in East Sussex.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2005, the school was investigated by the Office of Fair Trading for "price fixing", participating in a "fee-fixing cartel".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In 2016, a Daily Telegraph investigator posing as a parent of a Russian pupil was told by the then school registrar that while pupils would always be expected to pass the entrance exam, it would help secure a place if a borderline child's parents were able to donate "about £100,000 or something like that."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Boarding housesEdit

{{ safesubst:#invoke:Unsubst||date=__DATE__ |$B= {{ safesubst:#invoke:Unsubst||date=__DATE__ |$B= Template:Ambox }} }} There are 13 boarding houses: 8 boys' houses and 5 girls' houses. There are also three Day Houses - 2 boys' houses and 1 girls' house. The boarding houses are mostly named after members of the family of Duke of Buckingham and Chandos. Each house has a number or letter assigned to it.

Name Named After House Number/Letter
Bruce (Boys) Lady Mary Bruce (1710–1738), the daughter of Charles Bruce, 4th Earl of Elgin 1
Temple (Boys) Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham; Earl Temple 2
Grenville (Boys) George Grenville 3
Chandos (Boys) Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos 4
Cobham (Boys) Viscount Cobham; Original building renovated after construction of a new building, opened in early 2019, with the old Cobham location being used as the site for Winton and Cheshire 5
Chatham (Boys) William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham 6
Grafton (Boys) Duke of Grafton and/or the local fox hunt, the Grafton Hunt, which takes its name from him. Grafton House has a history of supplying the Stowe Beagles with Masters and Hunt Staff 7
Walpole (Boys) Robert Walpole, Prime Minister, and/or his son Horace Walpole, who wrote letters about his visits to Stowe House in the 18th century. 8
Nugent (Girls) Lady Mary Nugent, daughter of Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent N
Lyttelton (Girls) Baron Lyttelton 0
Queen's (Girls) Officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in November 2007. A
Stanhope (Girls) Opened in May 2009 and officially opened by Sir Nicholas Winton. B
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Winton (Boys) Opened in September 2019 as a day house for boys. Named after Sir Nicholas Winton. 9
Cheshire (Girls) Opened in September 2019 as a day house for girls. Named after Leonard Cheshire. C
Croft (Boys) Opened in September 2023 as a day house for Boys. Named after Colonel Andrew Croft. T

Cricket groundEdit

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Cricket pavilion and pitch

The first recorded match on the school cricket ground came in 1928 when Stowe School played St Paul's School.<ref>Other matches played on Stowe School Ground Template:Webarchive. Cricketarchive.com.</ref> Buckinghamshire played their first Minor Counties Championship match there in 1947, when the opponents were Berkshire. Between 1947 and 1982 the ground held five Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which saw Buckinghamshire draw against Bedfordshire.<ref>Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Stowe School Ground Template:Webarchive. Cricketarchive.com.</ref> The ground has also hosted a single MCCA Knockout Trophy match which saw Buckinghamshire play Bedfordshire.<ref>Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Stowe School Ground Template:Webarchive. Cricketarchive.com (7 August 1983).</ref>

The ground has also held a single List A match for Northamptonshire in the 2005 totesport League, against Gloucestershire.<ref>List-A Matches played on Stowe School Ground Template:Webarchive. Cricketarchive.com (19 June 2005)</ref> and has held fourteen Second XI fixtures for the Northamptonshire Second XI in the Second XI Championship and Second XI Trophy.<ref>Second XI Championship Matches played on Stowe School Ground Template:Webarchive. Cricketarchive.com.</ref><ref>Second XI Trophy Matches played on Stowe School Ground Template:Webarchive. Cricketarchive.com.</ref>

HeadmastersEdit

Notable alumniEdit

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Notable masters and staffEdit

Coat of armsEdit

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