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for pupils aged 13–18) in Stowe, England. It opened on 11 May 1923, initially with 99 schoolboys, and with

J. F. Roxburgh John Fergusson Roxburgh (5 May 1888 – 6 May 1954) was a Scottish schoolmaster and author, first headmaster of Stowe School. Early life Roxburgh was a younger son of Archibald Roxburgh, an importer and merchant, by his marriage to Janet Briggs ...

as the first headmaster. The school is a member of the 18 member

Rugby Group The Rugby Group is a group of 18 British public schools. The group was formed in the 1960s as an association of major boarding schools within the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. As with the Eton Group, which was formed a few years ...

, the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference, and the G30 Schools' Group. Originally for boys only, the school is now coeducational, with some ~550 boys and ~300 girls, with 837 students enrolled in the school as of September 2021. Stowe charges up to £38,853 a year, (£12,951 per term, three terms per academic year for 2022). However the school provides bursaries and other means of financial assistance to admitted students. A typical Scholarship at Stowe is worth 5% of the School Fee. The school has been based since its beginnings at

Stowe House Stowe House is a grade I listed country house in Stowe, Buckinghamshire, England. It is the home of Stowe School, an independent school and is owned by the Stowe House Preservation Trust who have to date (March 2013) spent more than £25m on th ...

, formerly the country seat of the

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. Along with many of the other buildings on the school's estate, the main house is now a Grade I Listed Building and is maintained by the Stowe House Preservation Trust.

History

Stowe School opened in 1923. Funding for the school came through the Rev. Percy Warrington and the Martyrs Memorial Trust. The school's first architect was Clough Williams-Ellis. Stowe School - geograph

The first Headmaster was

. He aimed to focus on the individual child and introduce them to beauty and learning; he wanted a civilised school founded on Christian values.

Today

The school's

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is used as a first class ground by Northamptonshire CCC. The Stowe Corner of

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is named after the school. A Southern Railway " Schools Class"

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, No. 928, which was built in 1934 was named after the school, and is preserved at the Bluebell Railway in East Sussex. 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."

Boarding houses

There are 13 boarding houses: 8 boys' houses, 4 girls' houses and 1 mixed Sixth Form house. These 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.

Headmasters

* 1923–1949:

* 1949–1958: Eric Reynolds * 1958–1964: Donald Crichton-Miller * 1964–1979:

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* 1979–1989: Christopher Turner * 1989–2003: Jeremy Nichols * 2003–present: Anthony Wallersteiner

Notable alumni

Former pupils of Stowe School are known as Old Stoics. Matthew Vaughn is currently the President of the Old Stoic Society

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Cricket ground

Cricket pitch and Pavilion, Stowe School - geograph

The first recorded match on the school

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

ground came in 1928 when Stowe School played St Paul's School.

played their first

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match there in 1947, when the opponents were

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. Between 1947 and 1982 the ground held five Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which saw Buckinghamshire draw against Bedfordshire. The ground has also hosted a single MCCA Knockout Trophy match which saw Buckinghamshire play Bedfordshire. The ground has also held a single

List A List A cricket is a classification of the limited-overs (one-day) form of the sport of cricket, with games lasting up to eight hours. List A cricket includes One Day International (ODI) matches and various domestic competitions in which the numbe ...

match for Northamptonshire in the 2005

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, against Gloucestershire. and has held fourteen Second XI fixtures for the Northamptonshire Second XI in the

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and Second XI Trophy.Second XI Trophy Matches played on Stowe School Ground
. Cricketarchive.com.

References

External links

Stowe School Website

Old Stoic Society

Stowe House Preservation Trust

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at CricketArchive

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