Sedbergh School is a public school (English

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day and boarding school) in the town of

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, in North West England. It comprises a junior school for children aged 4 to 13 and the main school for 13 to 18 year olds. It was established in 1525.

History

Roger Lupton was born at Cautley in the parish of Sedbergh, Yorkshire, in 1456 and he provided for a

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School in Sedbergh in 1525 while he was

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By 1528, land had been bought, a school built, probably on the site of the present school library, and the foundation deed had been signed. Lupton's subsequent donations to the school's ''Sedbergh scholars'' of numerous scholarships and fellowships to St John's College, Cambridge succeeded in binding the school to St John's, and gave the Cambridge college power over the appointment of Sedbergh's Headmasters. Lupton's statutes state that if any of the last four of the St John's College scholarships are left vacant for a year, unless for a reason approved by the provost and fellows of King's College Cambridge, the lands are to revert to Lupton's next of

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. Lupton added that he was certain that St John's would not be found negligent in so pious a work. It was this link to St John's that probably saved Sedbergh in 1546–48 when most chantries were dissolved and their assets seized by Henry VIII's Commission. Sedbergh was re-established and re-endowed as a

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in 1551 and the fortunes of the school in the coming centuries seem to have depended very much on the character and abilities of the headmasters with pupil numbers fluctuating and reaching as low a total as 8 day boys in the early 19th century. One particularly successful period was during the Headship of John Harrison Evans (1838–61) who restored the prestige and achievements of the school and also funded the building of the Market Hall and Reading Room in the town. By 1857, the fellowships and scholarships which, since Lupton's time, had formed this link between the Sedbergh scholars and St John's College, ceased to be specially connected with Sedbergh. By 1860, the Lupton scholarships were combined and re-arranged under the name of the Lupton and Hebblethwaite Exhibitions. A more independent Governing Body was established in 1874 in a successful bid to maintain Sedbergh's independence (amalgamation with Giggleswick had been suggested) and the first meeting took place in the Bull Inn in Sedbergh in December. In the 1870s there was a tremendous amount of development and building work at Sedbergh, under the careful eye of the headmaster, Frederick Heppenstall. This included the Headmaster's House (now School House), classrooms, a chapel and four other boarding houses. Henry George Hart took over as headmaster in 1880 and his tenure saw a new chapel built in 1897, the founding of the Old Sedberghian Club in 1897/98, the creation of the prefectorial system, the inaugural Wilson run and the confirmation of the school motto "Dura Virum Nutrix" (Stern Nurse of Men). In 1989 the number of boys in the school exceeded 500 for the first time, during the headship of Dr R G Baxter. Two years later a new coat of arms was granted to the school and it was visited by the

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and the Duke of Edinburgh. In 2005 the school was one of fifty of the country's leading

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which 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 and all agreed to make ex-gratia payments totalling £3 million into a trust designed to benefit pupils who attended the schools during the period in respect of which fee information was shared. The governing body decided to open the school to girls in 1999 and the first girls were admitted in 2001. While the pupils are still predominantly boys, the number of girls attending has increased dramatically since the move into coeducation. The previous headmaster,

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, brought in the change to co-educational schooling from single-sex." In January 2009 the Junior School moved from Bentham to join the senior school in Sedbergh. The Junior School has accommodation for both day and boarding boys and girls aged 3–13. On 26 February 2013, it was announced that the school would merge with

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. Despite its long history, ''

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'' notes how “Sedbergh has faced up to the demands of the 21st century but managed to retain traditional values and ethos. Its increasing numbers indicate parents very much approve. It rightly retains its formidable reputation on the sports field but away from it, provides a happy and caring environment for all its pupils regardless of ability or sports prowess.” Image:Sedbergh_view-1-.jpg, Sedbergh School from the fells Image:Theschool2-1-.jpg, Assembly in Powell Hall Image:Winder.JPG, Sedbergh from Winder Image:Curriculum-1-.jpg, Sedbergh School Library

Junior School

The junior school was opened in 2002. It was previously located on the site of the former

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after it was closed and Sedbergh took over its premises. In 2009 it moved to a site next to the main school. The school relocated again in September 2013 to the site of the former

for girls and is now known as Casterton, Sedbergh Preparatory School. Casterton was absorbed into Sedbergh, with senior girls transferring to the main school and junior pupils remaining at the Casterton campus. Boarding is offered to Junior School pupils aged 8 and above.

Rong Qiao Sedbergh School

Opened in 2018, Sedburgh's international school, Rong Qiao Sedbergh School is located in Fuzhou,

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, China. It is a partnership between Sedbergh School and the Rong Qiao Group. Offering education for children from the ages of 3 to 18, its ethos draws on both English and Chinese teaching practice. 10% of students are international students, and 90% are Chinese nationals.

House system

Like most traditional public schools, the house system is incorporated with the boarding programme and most pupils are boarders. Most pupils at Sedbergh live in a boarding house, of which there are nine (six for boys, three for girls) chosen when applying to the school. It is here that he or she both sleeps and takes their daily meals. Day pupils are fully integrated into the programme and participate in activities. Houses compete amongst one another in school competitions such as debating, academic challenge (a

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-style quiz) and 'House Unison' (a traditional singing competition), and in particular in sporting competitions, for example the seriously contested Senior Seniors (Inter-House rugby) and the Wilson Run. Houses are named mostly after illustrious Old Sedberghians or Headmasters. Each house also has a set of house colours, which adorns the blazers of boys and girls in fifth form and below as well as on various house sports clothing. Pupils who throughout their school career demonstrate great service to their house are awarded their house colours by their Housemaster/ mistress. Sedberghians take immense pride in being awarded house colours which take the form of a scarf and a tie in the colours of their house. The boarding houses also each have their own house magazine, named after the emblem of the house (for example, the magazine of Hart House is called ''The Jay''), written and edited by the pupils within the house. Sedbergh Junior School, now Casterton, Sedbergh Preparatory School, located in Casterton, near

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, also has Cressbrook House for boarding boys and Beale for boarding girls.

Senior houses

Junior houses

* Cressbrook House (boys) * Beale House (girls) * Thornfield House (Senior prep school girls)

Extracurricular activities

Clubs and societies

Sedbergh offers outdoor pursuits as well as academic societies, including 'The Headmaster's Society' which is for Academic Scholars in the Sixth Form and chaired by the Headmaster. It is a forum for debate and discussion of major topical issues based upon papers delivered by the pupils and it also hosts talks given by intellectuals and public figures. The junior academic society is known as the 'Phoenix Society'. Sedbergh's other academic club is the Dinner Debating Society which meets twice termly for black-tie 'dinner debates' hosted by Housemasters. Sedbergh's has an Outdoor Pursuits Club. Activities organised in the local area by the club include climbing, gill scrambling and pot-holing as well as mountain biking and fell walking.

Sport

Sedbergh has a sporting tradition. Many Old Sedberghians have national caps and international tournament experience or have represented the school at county or national level. Sedbergh is renowned for producing rugby football players, including the England captains Wavell Wakefield, John Spencer and

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, and the world cup winner Will Greenwood. Sedbergh is represented in the Rugby Union Guinness Premiership at the time of writing by seven players at first or second team level in four different clubs. In November 2010 the school rugby team was named "School Team of the Year" at the Aviva Daily Telegraph School Sport Matters Awards after going the entire previous season undefeated. The school has hosted Cumberland and

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matches on several occasions. In 2019 Lancashire County Cricket Club played their county championship match v Durham at Sedbergh School, even though the town of Sedbergh itself was originally in

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, and has been in

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Anti-Assassins Rugby Club

The Anti-Assassins Rugby Club (A-As) was founded in 1950 when Sedbergh Old Boys were invited to pick a Northern team to play against the masters and Old Boys (The Assassins) of Sedbergh School. Now this invitational team plays as SpoonAAs (Spoon Anti-Assassins) as it raises funds for the

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charity.

Traditions

As with many English public schools, Sedbergh has developed its own traditions unique to the school.

Wilson Run

One of the unique school traditions is the Wilson Run, also known as the "Ten Mile" or "The Ten"; it is named after Bernard Wilson (the first housemaster of Sedgwick House). The race distance is just over 10 miles (10 miles 385 yards), about 7 miles of which crosses the surrounding fells with the rest going along roads. Pupils must qualify to take part in the race over an 11-mile training route which covers most of the race route. The race is one of the longest, hardest and most gruelling school runs in the country and has been a tradition for well over 100 years. The run has been cancelled only three times, owing to epidemic (1936), snow (1947) and the foot and mouth epidemic.

School song

''Winder'' is the school song for Sedbergh School, named after the fell that dominates the northern skyline of the school. The hill is a gateway to the

Howgill Fells The Howgill Fells are uplands in Northern England between the Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales, lying roughly within a triangle formed by the towns of Sedbergh and Kirkby Stephen and the village of Tebay.

and school tradition dictates that pupils must climb it at least once during their time at Sedbergh. The song is sung at all major school events such as the Wilson Run.

Buildings and features

Chapel

This was built in

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in 1895–97, and was designed by the Lancaster architects Austin and Paley.

Chapel organ

The school took delivery of a custom built, four manual organ console in November 2015, which replaced an organ that was acquired from the Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Hucknall. This two manual instrument had been built by Nigel Church and moved to the school by David Wells in 1994. The instrument can now be found in a church in Lincolnshire.

War cloisters

The cloisters at Sedbergh are a monument to old boys and masters of the school killed during the

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and the

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. The cloisters were dedicated in 1924 and then re-dedicated after the Second World War. The cloisters were restored and partially rebuilt in 2005 and on

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again re-dedicated after an appeal had raised over £130,000 for the necessary work. The school also has a separate memorial for Old Sedberghians awarded the

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, of which there are four. Brigadier Jock Campbell who won the

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in the

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and the Victoria Cross at the battle of Sidi Rezegh in the Second and was a member of Evans House. Three of the Old Sedberghian winners of the Victoria Cross were Old Sedgwickians, RJT Digby-Jones at Wagon Hill in 1900 in the

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, George Ward Gunn at Sidi Rezegh in 1941 and Kenneth Campbell over Brest Harbour, also in 1941. Four

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pilots attended the school. Pilot Officer Desmond Kay DFC & Bar, Pilot Officer Noel Benson were killed during the war, but Flt Lt Kenneth Stoddart AE, and Flying Officer Alec Worthington survived. Image:Hist_cloisters-1-.jpg, Sedbergh School Cloisters Image:Arc_history_medals_pic3-1-.jpg, Replica George and Victoria Crosses won by Sedberghians Image:The_school-1-.jpg, 'Main School' from the top of the cloisters Image:Cloisters2-1-.jpg, Sedbergh School Cloisters

Headmasters

Notable Old Sedberghians

Military

* Major General Henry Templer Alexander CB CBE DSO, Army Commander * Lt-Colonel John William Balfour Paul, DSO, Scottish Officer of Arms * Major General "Jock" Campbell VC DSO and Bar MC, a commander of the 7th Armoured Division and recipient of the

* Flying Officer Kenneth Campbell VC,

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pilot and recipient of the

* General Sir Robert Archibald Cassels, GCB GCSI DSO,

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officer * Colonel Freddie Spencer Chapman DSO and Bar ED, naturalist, mountaineer, explorer, war hero * Group Captain Walter Myers Churchill DSO DFC, Royal Air Force, Second World War * Air Commodore Duncan le Geyt Pitcher CMG, CBE, DSO, RAF, Army and Royal Air Force * Lieutenant Robert James Thomas Digby-Jones VC, Royal Engineers Officer and recipient of the

* Lieutenant-General Sir Andrew Richard Gregory KBE CB,

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officer * Second Lieutenant George Ward Gunn VC MC,

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Officer and recipient of the

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* General Sir John Stuart Mackenzie Shea GCB KCMG DSO, British Army officer * Wing Commander Sir Kenneth Stoddart KCVO KStJ AE JP LLD, Battle of Britain pilot * Major General Michael Walsh CB DSO,

Officer and

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Politics and law

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, ironmaster and MP for North Lonsdale 1885–1892 * Glencairn Balfour Paul CMG, British Ambassador to Iraq, Jordan and Tunisia *

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Business

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bank * Philip Hedley Bowcock, CEO of William Hill Plc * Christian Bjelland, Norwegian businessman and chairman of the National Gallery of Norway *

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History

Junior School

Rong Qiao Sedbergh School

House system

Senior houses

Junior houses

Extracurricular activities

Clubs and societies

Sport

Anti-Assassins Rugby Club

Traditions

Wilson Run

School song

Buildings and features

Chapel

Chapel organ

War cloisters

Headmasters

Notable Old Sedberghians

Military

Politics and law

Business

The arts, literature and humanities

Science and exploration

Sport

Religion

References

External links