Rugby School. Private boarding school for boys in London.

Rugby School

Private boarding school for boys

Year established: 1567

All students: 830 people

What age do accept foreigners: 13 years

Rugby school Rugby) is one of the oldest and most prestigious schools in the UK. The rise of the reputation of the school is at the beginning of the XIX century. Most of the credit for this belongs to Thomas Arnold (Director 1828-42,) who tried to make Rugby the main rival Eton College as the most fashionable school in Britain.

Rugby School has its place in history as the place of the invention of the sport of Rugby. In 1823, a Local boy first ran with the ball and invented later became an incredibly popular game

Academic success is important, but not more than human values that surround him. Kids learn their "I", their strengths and weaknesses, learn how to turn their talents to achieve .

Training center of all processes in the school. At students ' disposal the most advanced equipment, the best teachers. Important not so much preparing for the exams, but the development of the love of knowledge that will remain with them for life. Students set high goals, and therefore the results of learning are outstanding .

Graduating class is very different from other schools. Rugby School offers 29 innovative study programs A-levels and Cambridge Pre-U. In 2012 6 students enrolled at Oxford and 6 in Cambridge.

Among high school graduates Prime Minister of great Britain Chamberlain, mathematician and writer Lewis Carroll, the inventor of football for the Australian rules Including wills, the poet Rupert Brooke, Salman Rushdie.

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