Oakham School
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| Motto |
Latin: Et quasi cursores vitai lampada tradunt (And, like runners, they pass on the torch of life) |
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| Established | 1584 |
| Type | Independent day and boarding |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Headmaster | Nigel Lashbrook |
| Chairman of Trustees | Peter Lawson, DL |
| Founder | Archdeacon Robert Johnson |
| Location |
Market Place Oakham Rutland LE15 6DT England  Coordinates: 52°40′13″N 0°43′40″W / 52.6704°N 0.7277°W |
| DfE number | 857/6000 |
| DfE URN | 120322 Tables |
| Staff | 160 |
| Students | 1,082 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 10–18 |
| Houses | 16 day and boarding houses |
| Colours | Red and Black |
| Former pupils | Old Oakhamians |
| Website | www |
Oakham School is a British co-educational independent school in the market town of Oakham in Rutland, with a school roll of about 1,000 pupils, aged from 10 to 18.
The school was founded in 1584 by Archdeacon Robert Johnson, along with Uppingham School, a few miles away. They share a common badge design (and a strong rivalry), but whilst Uppingham's colours tend towards blue and white, Oakham's are black and red.
Under Headmaster John Buchanan, in 1971 Oakham was the first boys' independent secondary school in Britain to accept both male and female pupils throughout the whole school and not just in the Sixth Form. In 1995, it was the first public school to go on-line.
Leicestershire County Cricket Club occasionally plays games on the school grounds.
Annual fees are £17,625 (Day), £26,430 (Day Boarding), £29,355 (Boarding) in the Middle and Upper Schools; in the Junior School they are £15615 (Day), £18,855-21,795 (Transitional Boarding), £23,955 (Boarding).
Oakham School was founded in 1584 by Archdeacon Robert Johnson. Johnson received an income from four church positions and used this wealth to set up a number of charitable institutions, including the two free grammar schools at Oakham and Uppingham. As someone on the Puritan wing of the Church of England he had a strong belief in the benefits of education.
According to Johnson's statutes for the school, "the schoolmaster shall teach all those grammar scholars that are brought up in Oakham, freely without pay, if their parents be poor and not able to pay, and keep them constantly to school." The master of the school was to teach Hebrew, Latin and Greek. Of course, although the schooling was free, permanent attendance meant the loss to a family of an income, so not many very poor would have attended, or wanted the education. The master could supplement his income of £24 per year by taking in boarders. Johnson was careful to ensure that his schools were sufficiently endowed. This endowment was confirmed by Royal Charter granted by Queen Elizabeth I.
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