Bootham School
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| Motto |
Membra sumus corporis magni (We are members of a greater body) |
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| Established | 6 January 1823 |
| Type | Independent school |
| Religion | Quaker |
| Headmaster | Chris Jeffery |
| Deputy Head | Suzanne Hall |
| Founder | Religious Society of Friends |
| Location |
Bootham York North Yorkshire YO30 7BU England |
| DfE URN | 121722 Tables |
| Students | 605 as of January 2016[update] |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 3–19 |
| Houses | Firbank Pendle Brigflatts Swarthmore |
| Publication | Bootham Magazine |
| Boarding Houses | Rowntree Fox Evelyn |
| Former Pupils | Bootham Old Scholars Association |
| Website | www |
Bootham School is an independent Quaker boarding school in the city of York in North Yorkshire, England. It accepts boys and girls ages 3–19, and had an enrollment of 605 pupils in 2016.
The school was founded by the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) and opened on 6 January 1823 in Lawrence Street, York. Its first headmaster was William Simpson (1823-1828). He was followed by John Ford (1828-c.1865). The school is now on Bootham, near York Minster, in a building originally built in 1804 for Sir Richard Vanden Bempde Johnstone.
The school's motto Membra Sumus Corporis Magni means "We are members of a greater body", quoting Seneca the Younger (Epistle 95, 52).
Bootham was ranked at 43rd in the 2011 Independent Schools A-Levels League Tables.
Well known former pupils include the 19th-century parliamentary leader John Bright, mathematician Lewis Fry Richardson ("father of fractals"), historian A.J.P Taylor, the leading child psychiatrist Sir Michael Rutter, the famous social reformer Seebohm Rowntree, the Nobel peace prize winner of 1959 Philip John Noel-Baker, Cabinet Secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood and Chief Executive of Marks & Spencer Stuart Rose.
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