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Oakham School is an English public school in the market town of Oakham in Rutland, accepting around 1,000 students, aged from 10 to 18, both male and female, as boarders and day pupils (including about 10-15% from overseas). more...

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It was founded in 1584 by Archdeacon Robert Johnson, along with its smaller sister school Uppingham School, a few miles away. Both share a common badge design (and a strong rivalry), but while Uppingham's colours tend towards blue and white, Oakham's are usually black and red. Oakham was one of the first public schools in Britain to accept both male and female students, under the late John Buchanan. The current headmaster is Dr Joseph Spence, who, in 2002, replaced Tony Little, now headmaster of Eton College.

Leicestershire County Cricket Club occasionally play games on the School grounds.

History

Founded in 1584 by Archdeacon Robert Johnson (1599–1625), as was possible then, was at one time able to collect the income from four further church posts. He used his 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.

The original school building was restored in the eighteenth century, but remained the sole classroom for 300 years. In 1749 a case involving payment of rates recorded that 'the school of Uppingham is not nor hath been of equal repute with that of Oakham.' However, while Uppingham flourished in the second half of the nineteenth century, Oakham did not. In 1875 there were just 2 day boys and 2 boarders in the school. A new headmaster lasted three years before being dismissed.

All classes were still taught in the one room - the original old school. The school did see some development. Science and Modern Languages had recently been added to the curriculum. The subjects examined for a scholarship within the school were: English History (1066-1603), Geography of the British Isles, English Grammar, Arithmetic, English Composition and Dictation. A more successful headmaster, the Rev.E.V.Hodge, Headmaster from 1879 to 1902, saw numbers increase, to 125 in 1896, with slightly more boarders than day boys.