Rossall School

Rossall School
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Location
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England
Coordinates53°53′45″N 3°02′33″W / 53.8957°N 3.0424°W / 53.8957; -3.0424
Information
TypePrivate day and boarding
MottoMens Agitat Molem
'Mind Over Matter'
Religious affiliation(s)Church of England
Established1844; 180 years ago (1844)
FounderRevd. Canon St Vincent Beechey
PresidentEdward Stanley, 19th Earl of Derby
Chairman of GovernorsChris Holt
HeadmasterJeremy Quartermain
Staff300
GenderCoeducational
Age0 to 18
Enrolment920
Houses9
Colour(s)Red, grey and navy blue      
Former pupilsOld Rossallians
Websitewww.rossall.org.uk
Rossall as seen from the playing fields

Rossall School is a private day and boarding school in the United Kingdom for 0–18 year olds, between Cleveleys and Fleetwood, Lancashire. Rossall was founded in 1844 by St Vincent Beechey as a sister school to Marlborough College which had been founded the previous year. Its establishment was "to provide, at a moderate cost, for the sons of Clergymen and others, a classical, mathematical and general education of the highest class, and to do all things necessary, incidental, or conducive to the attainment of the above objects."[1] Along with Cheltenham, Lancing and Marlborough, Rossall was part of a flurry of expansion in public school education during the early Victorian period.

Set in a 161-acre (0.65 km2) estate next to Rossall Beach, and now with about 900 students, Rossall is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference and was granted a royal charter on 21 October 1890.[1] It is an 'all-through' school with a nursery, 'pre-prep', preparatory and senior school. Rossall's campus has a large array of facilities for extracurricular activities and the school is home to the Lawrence House Space Science and Astronomy Centre, the only facility of its type in the UK. Over the years, Rossall has adapted itself to changing attitudes in education, and was the first school in the UK to have a Combined Cadet Force and one of the first to introduce the International Baccalaureate and host a dedicated international study centre on campus.[2]

  1. ^ a b The Rossall Register 1844–1894 – Anguline Research Archives – p.44
  2. ^ UK Boarding Schools – private schools, public schools and boarding schools in the UK Archived 7 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine