Repton School
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| Founded 📆 | 1557 |
| Founder 👔 | Sir John Port |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | Derby, England, UK |
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| 🌐 Website | https://www.repton.org.uk/ |
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Repton is a co-educational independent boarding school, located in Repton, Derby, Derbyshire, England. The school maintains more than 600 students, with age ranges from 13 to 18. For the first 400 years, Repton operated as a boys boarding school, but became co-educational in the 1970s. Repton prides itself on the quality of academic education that they provide, and more than 10% of students are offered positions in Oxford or Cambridge Universities.
Repton School is also recognized as one of the top sporting schools in the UK. The school is known for excelling at youth level in Hockey, Football, Cricket and Tennis in particular. But the school is also known for its outstanding art department, including an outstanding record in Drama, and Music.
History[edit]
Repton School was originally founded in 1557 at the bequest of Sir John Port of Etwall in Derbyshire, who left funds to establish a grammar school in Repton after his death. But it wasn't until 1559 that permission was granted for buildings at the site of Repton Priory for the school.
The school is also well known for some of their more famous alumni, including writer Roald Dahl, and television presenter Jeremy Clarkson.
