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Rugby School is a private boarding school for pupils aged 13–18, located in Rugby, Warwickshire, England, within the UK. [ 1 ] Founded in 1567 as a free grammar school for local boys, it is one of the oldest independent schools in Britain. [ 2 ]
Former pupils of Rugby School, in Warwickshire, England. They are known in some circles as "Old Rugbeians". They are known in some circles as "Old Rugbeians". The abbreviation "OR" is sometimes used to identify this.
Alex Grove, rugby player for Worcester Warriors and Scotland national rugby union team; A. G. Guillemard, rugby union international who represented England in the first international rugby match in 1871 [11] and later president of the Rugby Football Union. Thomas Hale (1829–1899), first-class cricketer; Octavius Hanbury (1826–1882), first ...
The 1797 Rugby School Rebellion was a mutiny of the boys at Rugby School after the headmaster, Dr Henry Ingles, demanded that boys from the fifth and sixth forms should pay for the repair of a local tradesman's windows after they had been smashed by the school's pupils. The rebellion saw many of the school windows broken and its furniture burnt ...
In the 11–16 age range, the school has a four-form intake. Each year group numbers roughly 120 girls. At post 16, pupils from many other schools join the current pupils at Rugby High School to create a year group that is around double the size of 11–16 year groups.
St Michael's senior school fields 18-21 rugby teams annually from U-14s right through to U-19s; its junior school houses a rugby nursery for boys aged from 4–12 years. [ citation needed ] Simon Keogh (class of 1998), was a member of Senior Schools Cup sides for three years up to 1998 when he also captained the first XV.
Thomas Arnold (13 June 1795 – 12 June 1842) was an English educator and historian. He was an early supporter of the Broad Church Anglican movement. As headmaster of Rugby School from 1828 to 1841, he introduced several reforms that were widely copied by other noted public schools.
He was educated at Rugby School and Christ Church, Oxford, matriculating in 1846. [1] Not long after his father's death in 1842, William, a pupil at Rugby, was part of a committee of three, Arnold, W. W. Shirley and Frederick Hutchins, [2] [3] that drew up the first written rules for football at Rugby School. [4]