Rossall School
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| Rossall School | |
| Mens Agitat Molem (Mind Moves Matter) | |
| Established | 1844 |
|---|---|
| School type | Public school |
| Headmaster | Mr. Timothy J Wilbur |
| Location | Fleetwood, Lancashire, England |
| Website | www.rossall.co.uk |
Rossall School is a British co-educational independent day- and boarding school in Fleetwood, Lancashire. It was founded in 1844 (As a sister school to Marlborough College which had been founded the previous year) by The Rev. St Vincent Beechey "with the object of giving to the sons of clergymen and others an education similar to that of the great public schools, but without the great cost of Eton or Harrow, and embracing also a more general course of instruction in modern literature and science."
It is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference.
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[edit] The CCF
Rossall is noted for being the first school in the United Kingdom to form a Combined Cadet Force (CCF), an institution that is still present in the school today with around 100 cadets currently enlisted. It started as an army corps but now consists of an Army, Navy and RAF section. The pupils in the compulsory CCF are year 9 and year 10.
The service is compulsory for all pupils in Year 9 and 10. Cadets can choose to stay on for year 11 where they take the BTEC exam which is usually said to be worth 4 GCSEs at C grade.
After year 11, pupils enter the sixth form and here they can train to become a Non-commissioned officer (NCO). This is extremely useful ro enter the armed service as an officer.
[edit] Houses
As with many public schools Rossall adopted a house system from early on, with each pupil belonging to a house. It forms an integral part of life at the school and there are frequent inter-house events in sports as well as the arts. The current houses are:
- Stag's Head, Falcon & Dragon (Middle School - Mixed - Day)
- Dolphin (Senior School - Girls - Day)
- Lugard Boys (Senior School - Boys - Boarding - New International Students)
- Lugard Girls (Senior School - Girls - Boarding - New International Students)
- Maltese Cross (Senior School - Boys - Boarding and Day)
- Mitre Fleur-de-Lys (Senior School - Boys - Boarding and Day)
- Pelican (Senior School - Boys - Boarding and Day)
- Rose (Senior School - Girls - Boarding)
- Spread Eagle (Senior School - Boys - Boarding and Day)
- Anchor (Middle School - Mixed - Boarding)
[edit] Notable Old Rossallians
- J. R. Ackerley, author, editor, and memoirist
- Michael Barratt, former BBC TV 'Nationwide' anchorman
- Arthur John Bigge, 1st Baron Stamfordham
- Sir David Brown, Engineer and Entrepreneur
- Leslie Charteris, creator of The Saint
- William Boyd Dawkins, geologist and archaeologist
- J.G. Farrell, novelist
- F. W. Harvey, poet
- William Rolleston [1]
- Anthony Besch, opera director [2]
- Rex Crummack, hockey player [3]
- John Moss, MC [4]
- John Eldon Gorst
- Liam Botham, rugby player
- Davinia Taylor, actress
- Paul Dalglish, football player
- Sir Thomas Richardson (1846 - 1906) [5]
- Thomas Beecham, conductor
- Geoffrey Kirk, professor of Greek [6]
- Sir Frederick Brundrett [7]
- Frederick Lugard, governor of Hong Kong.
- Robert Pickering Ashe
- Vernon Royle Test Cricketer
- Peter Winterbottom rugby player
- Sir Alexander Carmichael Bruce, Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
- Derek Colclough Walker-Smith, notable conservative politician
- Sir Frederick Brundrett - Chief Scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence 1954-1960
- Frank Fletcher - First person to knighted for services to education
- Patrick Campbell, 3rd Baron Glenavy
- E.B.Rowley - First Captain of Lancashire County Cricket Club
- A.B.Rowley - First President of Lancashire County Cricket Club
- Robert Coar - Former Chairman of Blackburn Rovers and Current Member of the English FA Governing Body
- Sir Herbert Isambard Owen - Nephew of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. First Vice Chancellor of Bristol University and founder of University of Wales
- Father Byles - Refused to leave the Titanic so he could help fellow passengers. He perished as it sank.
In addition, the writer Owen Seaman was a master at the school.
