Stowe School
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| Motto |
Latin: Persto et Praesto ("I stand firm and I stand first") |
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| Established | 1923 |
| Type | Independent school, Day & Boarding |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Headmaster | Anthony Wallersteiner |
| Chaplain | Rev. Christopher Huxtable |
| Chairman of Governors | Christopher Honeyman Brown |
| Location |
Buckingham MK18 5EH Coordinates: 52°01′57″N 1°01′08″W / 52.0326°N 1.0190°W |
| Local authority | Buckinghamshire |
| DfE URN | 110548 Tables |
| Students | 781 |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Ages | 13–18 |
| Houses | 13 Boarding houses |
| Publication | The Stoic |
| Former pupils | Old Stoics |
| Website | www |
Stowe School is an independent school in Stowe, Buckinghamshire. It was opened on 11 May 1923, initially with 99 schoolboys, and with J. F. Roxburgh as the first headmaster. The school is a member of the Rugby Group, the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference, and the G20 Schools' Group. The present headmaster, Dr Anthony Wallersteiner, was recognised as Tatler's Headmaster of the Year in 2007. The school was shortlisted for the 'most beautiful school' of the Year award in 2009 and in 2013 was listed as outstanding in several categories by The Week magazine. Originally for boys only, the school is now coeducational, with some 550 boys and 220 girls.
The school has been based since its beginnings at Stowe House, formerly the country seat of the Dukes of Buckingham and Chandos. Along with many of the other buildings on the school's estate, the main house is now a Grade I Listed Building and is maintained by the Stowe House Preservation Trust.
The school's cricket ground is used as a first class ground by Northamptonshire CCC.
The Stowe Corner of Silverstone Circuit is named after the school.
A Southern Railway "Schools Class" steam locomotive, No. 928, which was built in 1934 was named after the school, and is preserved at the Bluebell Railway in East Sussex.
Stowe School opened with its first 99 pupils, mainly aged 13, on 11 May 1923. There were two boarding Houses, Bruce and Temple, then both in the western part of the mansion. The following term Grenville and Chandos Houses were formed in the eastern wing, with Cobham and Grafton following soon afterwards as further parts of the house were converted into accommodation and classrooms. Chatham was the first purpose-built house, designed by the school’s first architect, Sir Clough Williams-Ellis. He had been instrumental in developing a vision for saving Stowe as a new centre of learning to match its crucial role in national culture and politics of the 18th Century. He had personally bought Stowe Avenue in 1922 before old Etonians presented it as birthday gift to the new school in 1924.
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