Radley College
| Radley College | |
|---|---|
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| Address | |
Kennington Road Radley , Oxfordshire , OX14 2HR England | |
| Information | |
| Type | Independent boarding school Public school |
| Motto | Latin: Sicut serpentes, sicut columbae ([wise] as serpents, [innocent] as doves [Matthew 10:16]) |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Christianity (Anglican) |
| Established | 1847 |
| Founder | William Sewell |
Department for Education URN | 123300 Tables |
| Chairman of the Council | Michael Hodgson |
| Warden | John Moule |
| Gender | Boys |
| Age | 13 to 18 |
| Enrolment | c. 670 |
| Houses | 10 |
| Colour(s) | Red & white |
| Publication | The Radley College Chronicle |
| Yearbook | The Radleian |
| Former pupils | Old Radleians |
| Website | http://www.radley.org.uk/ |
Radley College (formally St Peter's College, Radley[1]) is a boys' independent boarding school near Radley, Oxfordshire, England, which was founded in 1847.[2][3] The school covers 800 acres (3.2 km2) including playing fields, a golf course, lake and farmland. It is one of four boys-only, boarding-only independent senior schools in the United Kingdom, the others being Winchester, Harrow and Eton. The four other public schools have since become co-educational: Rugby (1976), Charterhouse (1971), Westminster, and Shrewsbury (2014). For the academic year 2015/16, Radley charged boarders up to £11,475 per term, making it the 19th most expensive HMC (Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference) boarding school.[4]
Contents
1 History
1.1 Price-fixing cartel case (2005)
2 Academic aspects
3 Sports
3.1 Southern Railway Schools Class
3.2 Radley village
4 List of Wardens
5 Old Radleians
6 References
7 Further reading
8 External links
History
South front of Radley Hall – the "Mansion" – with part of the school's main corridor to the right
Radley was founded in 1847 by William Sewell (1804–79) and Robert Corbet Singleton (1810–81). The first pupil was Samuel Reynolds, who in 1897 wrote his reminiscences of school life.
The school was originally housed in Radley Hall, now known as the "Mansion". Radley Hall was built in the 1720s for the Stonehouse family. Later in the 18th century the estate passed to the Bowyer family, who commissioned Capability Brown to re-design the grounds. After the school was founded, extensive building work took place, beginning with the Chapel (replaced by the current building in 1895), F Social and the Octagon (the earliest living accommodation for the boys), the Clocktower (now the icon of Radley), and in 1910 the Dining Hall. Building work has continued throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, with two new Socials, a weights-room/gym, a theatre, and a Real Tennis court being completed since 2006. The grounds include a lake, a golf course and woodland.
On 31 August 2017, The Telegraph[5] reported that a whistleblower had suggested that teachers had helped their students in an art GCSE exam. Investigations by the exam board found no fault beyond a minor technical breach of exam regulations. Radley College issued a statement expressing full support for staff and procedures both within the art department and across the school.
On 6 July 2018, a plane trailing a banner reading "Make Radley Great Again" was flown over the school, in protest against Warden John Moule's campaign of modernisation. The cost of the plane was raised by pupils at the school.[6]
Price-fixing cartel case (2005)
In 2005 Radley College was one of fifty of the country's leading independent schools which were found guilty by the Office of Fair Trading of running an illegal price-fixing cartel which had allowed them to drive up fees .[7] Each school was required to pay a nominal penalty of £21,360 and all agreed to make ex-gratia payments totalling three million pounds into a Trust designed to benefit pupils who attended the schools during the period in respect of which fee information was shared.[8] In their defence, Jean Scott, the head of the Independent Schools Council, said that independent schools had always been exempt from the anti-cartel rules applied to business; they were following a long-established procedure in sharing the information with one another and they were unaware of the change to the law (on which they had not been consulted).[9]
Academic aspects
West front and spire of the College Chapel.
The school was inspected by the independent schools' Inspectorate in February 2008. The inspection report rated the school's standard of education as "outstanding", the highest rating.[10] There was a subsequent inspection by ISI in 2013.[11]
In 2012, the Independent review of A level results, based on government issued statistics, ranked Radley 31st in the UK, ahead of Malvern (32nd), Harrow (34th), Winchester (73rd), Eton (80th) and Wellington (89th)[12]
Sports
Radley College Boat House on the Thames
Rugby is the major sport of the Michaelmas (Autumn) Term. The school fields 21 rugby teams on most Saturdays of the Michaelmas term and some Thursdays. Radley is widely recognised for its rowing, having won events at Henley Royal Regatta on 6 occasions.[13] Only Eton, Shrewsbury and St Edward's have won more events at the Regatta. Some Old Radleians have progressed to play cricket for England or captain county level cricket teams. The cricket grounds (including Smithson Fields) have been described as 'arguably one of the best in the country'[14] while the sporting facilities have been described as world class.[15]
Sports such as fives, rackets, sailing, badminton and polo are all represented. A real tennis court opened in July 2008, which made Radley College the only school in the world to have fives, squash, badminton, tennis, racquets and real tennis courts all on campus.[16]
Southern Railway Schools Class
The school lent its name to the thirty-first steam locomotive (Engine 930) in the Southern Railway's Class V of which there were 40.[17] This Class was also known as the Schools Class because all 40 of the class were named after prominent English public schools. 'Radley', as it was called, was built in 1934 and was withdrawn in 1962. A nameplate from 930, Radley, is now displayed in the stationery department of Shop (the College's shop)
Radley village
Radley village has a local history society which has produced a number of publications and maintains an archive of local material.[18]
Radley vicarage by Radley History Club, 2005.
A report of a 'buildings record' survey and archive research undertaken to determine the history, construction, and later development of this 14th-century building
The history of Radley by Patrick Drysdale … [and others] Radley History Club, 2002.
History of the village from prehistory to the present
List of Wardens
R C Singleton (1847–1851)- W B Heathcote (1851–1852)
W M Sewell (1853–1861)- R W Norman (1861–1866)
- W Wood (1866–1870)
- C Martin (1871–1879)
R J Wilson (1880–1888)- Henry Lewis Thompson, (1888–1896)
T Field (1897–1913)
Gordon Selwyn (1913–1919)
Adam Fox (1919–1925)- W H Ferguson (1925–1937)
J C Vaughan Wilkes (1937–1954)- W M M Milligan (1954–1968)
D R W Silk (1968–1991)- Richard Morgan (1991–2000)
- Angus McPhail (2000–2014)
John Moule (2014–)
Old Radleians
Boyd Alexander, the African traveller and ornithologist.
James Bachman, comic writer and actor.
Harry Bicket, conductor.
C. E. Bowden, WWI pilot and pioneer of IC engined model flight and radio control.
Gerald Brenan, writer.
William Burdett-Coutts, producer Assembly Festival[19]
James Burton, conductor and composer.
Richard Toby Coke, UKIP politician.[20]
Collingwood Tinling, builder of first jet engine.
Peter Cook, comedian.
Jamie Dalrymple, cricketer.
Ted Dexter, cricketer.
Alexander Downer, former Australian Foreign Minister and former Australian High Commissioner to the Court of St James.
Mark Durden-Smith, television presenter.
Marc Edwards, sports correspondent with BBC World News (formerly with CCTV International, France 24 and Eurosport).
Ivan Ewart, British naval officer and charity worker.
Jeremy Flint, bridge player.
George Freeman, Conservative Member of Parliament for Mid Norfolk.
Andrew Gant, chorister and composer.
Richard Gibson, actor, best known as Herr Flick in the BBC series 'Allo 'Allo!.
Nicholas Hannen actor
Robert Hall, BBC Special Correspondent.
Simon Hart, Conservative Member of Parliament for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
Christopher Hibbert, historian.
Cyril Holland, son of Oscar Wilde.
George Hollingbery, Conservative Member of Parliament for Thirsk and Malton
Charles Howard, 20th Earl of Suffolk, pioneering bomb disposal expert in WW2.
Alan Huggins, Hong Kong judge
Ben Hutton, cricketer.
Jamie Laing, Reality TV star of Made in Chelsea.
Air Vice-Marshal Thomas Langford-Sainsbury CB OBE DFC AFC.
Desmond Llewelyn, actor best known for playing Q in many James Bond films.
James Lovegrove, SF novelist.
Sir Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt, Air Chief Marshall
James Charles Macnab of Macnab, soldier and chief of Clan Macnab.[21]
Sir George Mallaby, public servant, High Commissioner to New Zealand.
Sir Charlie Mayfield MBA, CEO of Waitrose and John Lewis Partnership
J.X. Merriman, South African statesman.
Harold Monro, founder of the Poetry Bookshop.
Andrew Motion, poet and former Poet Laureate.
Andrew Nairne, director of Kettle's Yard.
Sandy Nairne, director of the National Portrait Gallery.
Owen Paterson, MP and former cabinet minister
James Pearce, journalist and presenter for BBC Sport.
Edgar Prestage, historian and Portuguese scholar.
Dennis Price, actor.
Michael Reeves, film director.
S.H. Reynolds, clergyman.
Professor Sir Mike Richards, UK National Cancer Director.
Lord Scarman, judge.
Brough Scott, horse racing journalist, radio and television presenter, and former jockey.
Tom Shakespeare, sociologist and broadcaster.
Clive Stafford Smith, campaigning lawyer.
Andrew Strauss, cricketer.
Jeremy Stuart-Smith, High Court judge.
Sir Reginald Stubbs, colonial governor.- Lieutenant-Colonel Rupert Thorneloe MBE, killed in action in Afghanistan on 1 July 2009
Nigel Twiston-Davies, Cheltenham Gold Cup winning horse trainer.
Peter Wildeblood, journalist and playwright and celebrated gay rights campaigner.
Richard Wilson, Baron Wilson of Dinton, former UK Cabinet Secretary.
Simon Wolfson, Baron Wolfson of Aspley Guise, CEO of Next plc
- Major General Sir Edward Woodgate, KCMG, CB, who died of wounds sustained during the Battle of Spion Kop.
Charles Worsley, cricketer.[22]
Ivor Vincent, CMG, MBE British diplomat[23]
References
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^ Joyce Huddleston – freelance technical writer, editor and abstractor
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^ "Cheating In Exam". Telegraph. London. 31 August 2017.
^ "Radley College revolt over modernising headteacher who has changed 100-year-old crest". The Daily Telegraph. London. 14 July 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
^ "Private schools fee-fixing ruling". BBC News. London. 9 November 2005.
^ "OFT names further trustees as part of the independent schools settlement". The Office of Fair Trading. Archived from the original on 10 June 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
^ "Private schools send papers to fee-fixing inquiry". The Daily Telegraph. London. 1 March 2004. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
^ "ISI Inspection report 2008". Radley College. 21 February 2008. Archived from the original on 5 May 2010. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
^ "Radley College :: Independent Schools Inspectorate". www.isi.net. Retrieved 2017-04-20.
^ "The Top 100 Independent Schools at A-level". The Independent. 26 January 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
^ "Results of Final Races – 1946–2003". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
^ SCHOOL SPORT: Search is on at Radley for next Strauss (From Oxford Mail)
^ "'World class' facilities at Radley and Upton to boost area's Olympic boom (From Oxford Mail)". Oxfordmail.co.uk. 27 November 2009. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
^ Smith, Russell (12 June 2006). "School Sport: Search is on at Radley for next Strauss". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
^ "Southern E-Group". Retrieved 29 December 2012.
^ "Welcome to the Homepage of RADLEY HISTORY CLUB". CommuniGate. Archived from the original on 21 August 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
^ "William Burdett-Coutts". Rhodes University Trust. Archived from the original on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
^ Charles Mosley, ed., Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage (107th edition, 2003), vol. 1, page 641; vol. 2, p. 2289
^ 'Macnab of Macnab, James Charles' in Who's Who 2012 (London: A. & C. Black, 2011)
^ "Player profile: Charles Worsley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
^ THE RADLEIAN 1994 097 - Radley College Archives
Further reading
Hibbert, Christopher (1997). No Ordinary Place: Radley College and the Public School System 1847–1997. London: John Murray General Publishing Division. ISBN 0-7195-5176-5.
"William Burdett-Coutts". Rhodes University Trust. Archived from the original on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
External links
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- Official School website
Independent School Inspection Report on Radley College[permanent dead link]
- Reviews & Ratings
Profile at the Good Schools Guide
Coordinates: 51°41′35″N 1°15′05″W / 51.69304°N 1.25150°W / 51.69304; -1.25150
