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Sunday, October 21, 2012

Uppingham School Uppingham Rutland LE15 9QE photographs



Uppingham School is a co-educational independent school situated in the small market town of Uppingham in Rutland, England. The school was founded in 1584 by Robert Johnson, the Archdeacon of Leicester who also established Oakham School.


The first recorded Uppingham schoolboy was Henry Ferne from York, who was Chaplain to Charles I.




The book Eminent Uppinghamians by Bryan Matthews, former Second Master, was voted Most Ridiculous Book of the Year by The Sunday Times in 1986.


The Uppingham revolt: Public school pupils say they were RIGHT to stage mass mutiny over expelled schoolmates
By NEIL SEARS and REBECCA CAMBER

Pupils at an elite public school have defended their mutiny over mass expulsions and say the situation is 'tense'.
The mob of angry youngsters abandoned lessons yesterday and marched into the Uppingham School quad, chanting for the headmaster, Richard Harman.
One boy, who would not be named, said: 'Everyone was really angry – we think the expelled sixth formers were wrongly accused.'
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1272429/The-Uppingham-revolt-Pupils-stage-mass-mutiny-form-expulsions.html#ixzz29xaNCdCL 
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Notable former pupils include:



Uppingham School
Uppingham
Rutland LE15 9QE
Tel: +44 (0)1572 822216
Fax: +44 (0)1572 822332