Coordinates: 52°40′14″N 0°44′00″W / 52.6705°N 0.7333°W / 52.6705; -0.7333

Oakham
Oakham  Oakham shown within Rutland
Population	9,975 (2001 Census)
OS grid reference	SK857088
Unitary authority	Rutland
Ceremonial county	Rutland
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	OAKHAM
Postcode district	LE15
Dialling code	01572
Police	Leicestershire
Fire	Leicestershire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Rutland and Melton
List of places: UK • England • Rutland

Oakham is the county town of Rutland, England. It lies 17.4 miles (28.0 km) east from Leicester, and has a total resident population of 9,975.^[1]

Oakham, which has civil parish status, lies to the west of Rutland Water, one of the largest man-made lakes in Europe. It is in the Vale of Catmose and the town itself is built on an incline, and varies from 99m above sea level (Ladywell area) to 122m above sea level (Brooke School area). It is twinned with Barmstedt, Germany, and Dodgeville, Wisconsin, U.S.A..

Governance[link]

Local governance for Oakham is provided for by the single-tier unitary Rutland County Council District Council, of which Oakham is the headquarters.

Lying within the historic county boundaries of Rutland from a very early time, from 1974 until 1997, Oakham lay within the non-metropolitan county of Leicestershire.

Oakham, along with Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire, and the rest of Rutland, has since 1992 been represented at Westminster by the Conservative Member of Parliament Alan Duncan.

Landmarks[link]

Tourist attractions in Oakham include All Saints Church and Oakham Castle. Another popular and historic feature is the open-air market held in the town's market square every Wednesday and Saturday (near the ancient octagonal Buttercross with its pyramidal roof and wooden stocks, a grade I listed building).^[2]

All Saints Church[link]

The impressive spire of Oakham parish church, built during the 14th century, dominates distant views of the town for several miles in all directions. Restored in 1857 to 1858 by Sir George Gilbert Scott, the church is a grade I listed building.

Oakham Castle[link]

The great hall of Oakham Castle, with the spire of All Saints church beyond

Only the great hall of the Norman castle is still standing, and is surrounded by steep earthworks marking the inner bailey. The hall dates from c. 1180—90 and according to Nikolaus Pevsner (in his The Buildings of England: Leicestershire and Rutland):

"It is the earliest hall of any English castle surviving so completely, and it is doubly interesting in that it belonged not to a castle strictly speaking, but rather to a fortified manor house."

The building is attractively ornamented with Romanesque architectural details, including six carvings of musicians. It is a grade I listed building.^[3]

The hall was in use as an Assize court until 1970 and is still occasionally used as a Coroner's court or Crown Court. It is also licensed for weddings.

The outer bailey of the castle, still surrounded by low earthworks, lies to the north of the castle. Known as Cutts Close, it is now a park with a bandstand, skateboard area, flowerbeds and children's play area. Some deep hollows in the park are the remnants of the castle's dried-up stew ponds (fishponds).^[4]

A Castle class corvette named HMS Oakham Castle was launched in July 1944.^[5]

Oakham's horseshoes[link]

Ceremonial horseshoes in Oakham Castle

Traditionally, members of royalty and peers of the realm who visited or passed through the town had to pay a forfeit in the form of a horseshoe. This unique custom has been enforced for over 500 years, but nowadays it only happens on special occasions (such as Royal visits), when an outsize ceremonial horseshoe, specially made and decorated, is hung in the great hall of the castle. There are now over 200 of these commemorative shoes on its walls. Not all are dated and some of the earliest (which would doubtless have been ordinary horseshoes given without ceremony by exasperated noblemen) may not have survived. The earliest datable one is an outsize example commemorating a visit by King Edward IV in about 1470. The horseshoes hang upside-down: while this is generally held to be unlucky, in Rutland this was thought to stop the Devil from sitting in the hollow. The upside-down horseshoe motif appears in the county council's arms (see to the right), and on the local Ruddles beer labels. Recent horseshoes commemorate visits by HRH The Princess Royal (1999), HRH The Prince of Wales (2003) and HRH Princess Alexandra, The Hon Lady Ogilvy (2005).^[4]

Rutland County Museum[link]

The museum is located in the old Riding School of the Rutland Fencible Cavalry which was built in 1794-95.^[6] The museum houses a collection of objects relating to local rural and agricultural life, social history and archaeology.

Transport[link]

Oakham railway station providing good links to Peterborough, Leicester, Birmingham and Stansted Airport.

The Birmingham to Peterborough railway line runs through the town, providing links to Birmingham, Leicester, Peterborough and Cambridge. Oakham railway station is positioned approximately halfway between Peterborough railway station and Leicester railway station, at both of which passengers can board a train to London - either from Leicester to London St Pancras or from Peterborough to London King's Cross. There are also two direct services to London St Pancras (one early morning and one evening), and one evening return service from London St Pancras, each weekday.

There are good road links to:

• Leicester (25 miles),
• Nottingham (29 miles),
• Melton Mowbray (10 miles),
• Uppingham (6 miles),
• Corby (13 miles),
• Stamford (11 miles).

The main route for travellers to Leicester by road is first south to Uppingham and then westward along the A47.

Oakham is on the A606 road between Melton Mowbray and Stamford. On 10 January 2007, the A606 bypass opened diverting traffic from the town centre.

The Oakham Canal connected the town to the Melton Mowbray Navigation, the River Soar and the national waterways system between 1802 and 1847.

Education[link]

Oakham Buttercross, with some buildings of Oakham School beyond

The town is home to Oakham School, one of the major English public schools which was founded, together with Uppingham School, in 1584. The original school building survives, northeast of the church; across its south front is the inscription Schola Latina – Graeca – Hebraica A° 1584 and above its door is a stone with an inscription in Latin, Greek and Hebrew.

Oakham School is also the current owner of Oakham's former workhouse. Built in 1836-7 by Oakham Poor Law Union, it served as a workhouse for 167 inmates, until it became Catmose Vale Hospital. It now accommodates two "day" (non-boarding) School Houses for girls.

The Catmose College, founded in 1920, is a specialist visual arts college. Rutland College, formerly Rutland Sixth Form College, lies on the outskirts of the town.

Sports and recreation[link]

Oakham Rugby Football Club play at the Rutland Showground.

Also Oakham Imps Football clubs trains on the Oakham School astroturf adjacent to the railway and play their matches at the Catmose College football pitches

Notable people[link]

• Sir Jeffrey Hudson
• Titus Oates
• Stuart Broad

Street map[link]

OpenStreetMap of Oakham

Gallery[link]

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  All Saints Church from footpath between Church Street and Market Place

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  All Saints Church seen from Northgate

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  Oakham railway station

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  The stocks, under the Buttercross

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  Inscription above the Old School door

• Oakham Cutts Close.jpg

  Cutts Close park - looking southwest towards the original Oakham School building, with the bandstand to the right

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  Plaque on Jeffery Hudson's Cottage

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  Dean's Street, a quiet back street

References[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Oakham

External links[link]

• Community website
• Oakham School website
• All Saints Church Oakham website
• Catmose College website
• Oakham Castle website
• Link to Rutland County Council website
• Oakham workhouse
• Oakham Town Council

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Oakham School

Motto	Latin: Et quasi cursores vitai lampada tradunt (And, like runners, they pass on the torch of life)
Established	1584
Type	Independent day and boarding
Religion	Church of England
Headmaster	Nigel Lashbrook
Chairman of Trustees	Sandra Blaza
Founder	Archdeacon Robert Johnson
Location	Market Place Oakham Rutland LE15 6DT England
DfE number	857/6000
DfE URN	120322
Staff	160
Students	1,082
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	10–18
Houses	16 day and boarding houses
Colours	Red and Black
Former pupils	Old Oakhamians
Website	www.oakham.rutland.sch.uk

Coordinates: 52°40′13″N 0°43′40″W / 52.6704°N 0.7277°W / 52.6704; -0.7277

Oakham School is a British co-educational independent school in the market town of Oakham in Rutland, accepting around 1,000 pupils, aged from 10 to 18, both male and female, as boarders and day pupils (including about 10% from overseas).^{[citation needed]} The Good Schools Guide called the school "a privileged but unpretentious and non-spoiling start in life for the lucky".^[1] It was founded in 1584 by Archdeacon Robert Johnson, along with Uppingham School, a few miles away.^[2] They share a common badge design (and a strong rivalry), but while Uppingham's colours tend towards blue and white, Oakham's are black and red. Under Headmaster John Buchanan, in 1971 Oakham was the first boys' independent secondary school in Britain to accept both male and female pupils throughout the whole school and not just in the Sixth Form.^[3] In 1995, it was the first public school to go on-line.^[4] The current headmaster is Nigel Lashbrook, who replaced Joseph Spence in 2009 who moved on to Dulwich College; his predecessor was Tony Little, now Headmaster of Eton College.

Leicestershire County Cricket Club occasionally plays games on the school grounds.^[5]

Annual fees are £17100 (Day), £25650 (Day Boarding), £28500 (Boarding) in the Middle and Upper Schools; in the Junior School they are £15150 (Day), £18300-£21150 (Transitional Boarding), £23250 (Boarding).^[6]

History[link]

Inscription above the door of the Old School

Oakham School was founded in 1584 by Archdeacon Robert Johnson. Johnson received an income from four church positions and used this 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.^[7]

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."^[8] 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 and 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."^[2] The headmastership of Dr John Doncaster (1808-46), himself a previous pupil at the school, saw the school advance academically: "This was the man who returned to his old school at the age of thirty-six, with University honours and university experience, to give it fresh life, and to set a mark on it which it never quite lost".^[9] Even so, numbers attending were well below 50, and while Uppingham flourished in the second half of the nineteenth century, Oakham did not to the same extent.^[2] Even so, in 1869 Oakham was one of the founding members of the Headmasters' Conference (HMC). In 1875 as a result of the Endowed Schools Act that threatened the continued existence of the school, there were just 2 day boys and 2 boarders in the school.^[2] The exhausted headmaster, William Spicer Wood (1846-75), retired and the new headmaster lasted just three years before being dismissed.^[10]

All classes were still taught in the one room - the original old school, which still exists next to the Parish Church. 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. Then followed onto the scene three successful headmasters - Walter Lee Sargant (1902-29) under whom numbers rose to over 200 with consequent new buildings, Francis Cecil Doherty (1929-34), who went on to be headmaster of Lancing), and Grosvenor Talbot Griffith (1935-57) who took the numbers to over three hundred - before the advent of John Buchanan.

The 125 of Hodge's time was a temporary peak - by 1905 numbers had fallen back to 66. Sargant's response to the obvious financial difficulties which accompanied this decline (there were just 80 boys in the school when he commenced his headmastership) was to apply in 1910 for Direct Grant status, and to become in effect the boys' grammar school for Rutland at the same time as continuing as a public school for the boarders. New facilities for Science teaching were created, boarding accommodation was improved with new building and extensions, and then a new school house was built. Pupil numbers rose again, to 105 in 1910, and to 200 in 1923.

The Chapel was built in 1925 as a memorial to the 69 old boys who were killed in the First World War. The Memorial Library was opened in 1955 by HRH The Duke of Gloucester as a memorial to the 82 old boys who were killed in the Second World War.

John David Buchanan took over from Talbot Griffith in 1958, and played himself in quietly until the Circular 10/65 which demanded comprehensivisation of maintained schools, of which Oakham was one as a Direct Grant school for the Rutland dayboys. He and the Rutland Local Education Authority did not see eye to eye on the possibilities of re-organisation of Rutland's schools, and as a result in 1970 the school (then 700 in size, all boys) reverted to full independence from the local authority, and in 1971, Oakham admitted female pupils for the first time, with the intention from the beginning of being co-educational throughout. Now in 2012 the school is fully co-educational throughout the whole age range (10-18), with an approximately 50 : 50 split at all levels (c550 boys and c500 girls in 2011-12). There are an equal number of girls' houses (8) to boys' houses. When Buchanan retired in 1977 the school was 950 in total size (c550 boys and 400 girls), and the next headmaster, Richard Bull (1977-84, before he went on to be headmaster of Rugby) continued the co-education process; but it was not until 1990 that the process was completed during the headmastership of Graham Smallbone (1985-96) and equality of numbers gained. When Tony Little, now headmaster of Eton, took over in 1996 there were 528 boys and 510 girls in a school of 1038, a ratio that is maintained today (548 boys and 507 girls). Furthermore, the school is pretty evenly spread between boarders and day, although there do exist "day boarders" from 13 and "transitional boarders" from 10-13.

In 1984 the Quatercentenary of the school was celebrated by a visit from HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh.

In 2005 Oakham School was one of fifty of the country's leading private schools which were found guilty of unintentionally running an illegal price-fixing cartel which had allowed them, it was alleged, to drive up fees for thousands of parents.^[11] Each school was required to pay a nominal penalty of £10,000 and all agreed to make ex-gratia payments totalling three million pounds into a trust designed to benefit pupils who attended the schools during the period in respect of which fee information was shared.^[12]

Jerwoods[link]

School entrance in Oakham Market Place

The current school set-up comprises three distinct "levels" of education. The Lower School, for children aged 10–13, is known as "Jerwoods" after the benefactor Old Oakhamian John Jerwood, MC. The buildings that comprise it mostly date back to the early 70s, when the four houses that comprise the area were established, but the main building, now the boys' boarding house, Peterborough House, was the old vicarage, which was bought by the school in 1870.^[13] The girls' boarding house, Lincoln, is in a round building to the west, while the two day houses, Sargants for boys and Ancaster for girls, are found on different floors of the main eastern building, which also houses all seven classrooms. During their time in the Lower School, pupils study all of the core subjects (Mathematics, English, Science, History and Geography) as well as French and either German or Spanish, Religious Education, Latin and ICT. There is also a carousel system of Creative and Performing Arts courses, which include textiles, 2D art and sculpture, and pupils take part in a Physical Education scheme of swimming and general ball skills.

The Middle School[link]

All pupils study English (Language and Literature), Mathematics, a dual-award Science course (taught as three separate subjects), RE short course and a foreign language (French, German or Spanish) to GCSE, as well as at least two of History, Geography and French, which is offered as an alternative to a second humanities subject. Pupils are then expected to choose two subjects from a varied selection, which includes a second foreign language, Drama and Theatre Studies, Art and Design subjects, Food Studies, Sports Science and a combined Greek and Latin course. "Gratin", as it is nicknamed, is taught in one slot of the timetable, and pupils receive two full GCSEs at the end of the course. Students in the higher sets for Mathematics are given the opportunity to study for an FSMQ in Further Mathematics.

All pupils throughout the school also take part in Physical Education and Sport, but not as an academic subject.

There is plenty of provision for the Creative and Performing Arts, with a number of Old Oakhamians now starring in professional music and drama (see below); in recent years the school's choral activities have gained an outstanding reputation.

Structure: There are ten houses in the Middle School, six boarding and four day houses, split evenly between boys and girls. The day houses are located at the north end of campus, in the grounds of the old Rutland Hospital. The main building houses the two girls houses, Gunthorpe and Hambleton, while the boys houses, Barrow and Clipsham, are in a much newer house alongside. Together they are termed Schanschieffs.

The Upper School[link]

The Upper School academic curriculum is designed to give students a wide range of choices that will prepare them for higher education and future careers. Oakham offers both the International Baccalaureate (IB) and AS/A2 levels.

AS/A2 levels[link]

The AS/A2 levels structure at Oakham has been designed to encourage students to take a wider variety of subjects and offers increased permutations of choice and much greater flexibility than was possible within the previous A Level system. Most students take 4 subjects at AS Level and continue to A2 level in at least 3 of those subjects. However, there will be those who wish to study 5 subjects or an additional AS level subjects in the second year.

International Baccalaureate(IB)[link]

The IB Diploma is an international pre-university qualification recognised by universities and governments throughout the world. Studying within the Upper School, all students take six subjects. Usually, students take a literature course in their own language, another modern or classical language, a science and a mathematics course, a humanities and an arts course. These are at standard or higher level. In addition, all students complete an extended essay, take a course in theory of knowledge and complete a programme of creativity, action and service (CAS).

In recent years the GCSE pass rate has been just short of 100%, with an average of over 10 passes above C (with most at A / A*) per pupil; the A level / IB pass rate similarly has been just under 100*, with over 80+% at A / A* or IB equivalent.

Houses[link]

Oakham School has a total of 16 houses; 2 in the Upper School (1 for boys and 1 for girls), 10 in the Middle School (5 boys houses, 5 girls; 6 boarding, 4 day) and 4 in the Lower School (Jerwoods) (2 boys, 2 girls; 2 boarding, 2 day).

Upper School[link]

Boys

• School House

School House is the Seventh Form Boys'House, which sees all boys (boarding and day) in that form (the last year at school) housed under one roof. It is set in Chapel Close, separate from the main school campus and located by the Market Place, at the centre of the town. The Head of School House is traditionally the Head Boy, who is supported by the Headmaster's prefects - the male members of the School's Decem.^{[citation needed]}

Girls

• Round House

The Seventh Form Girls' Boarding house, Round House brings all the Middle School girls (boarding and day) together under one roof for their last year. It is situated in Chapel Close, next to School House. The Head of Round House is the Head Girl, who is supported by the female members of the Decem.^{[citation needed]}

Sport

Oakham offers a very wide range of sports to all its pupils, a good majority of whom represent the school at various levels, and many gain county, regional, and international recognition; main sports for boys are rugby (Daily Mail champions twice and once runner-up), hockey, cricket and athletics, and for girls are hockey, netball, tennis and athletics. Oakham has produced many internationals and professional sportsmen and sportswomen (see below). The school has won the Ashburton Shield at shooting on three occasions.

The school offers, on a voluntary basis, both the Combined Cadet Force and The Duke of Edinburgh's Award; in the latter it has gained over 5000 awards at the three levels of bronze, silver and gold, and is the leading educational establishment in terms of awards gained. In November 2000 HRH The Duke of Edinburgh came to the school to present the 1000th Gold Award.

Old Oakhamians[link]

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The arts and science

• Rev John Adcock, (Head)Master of Oakham School
• John Launcelot Andrews, Headmaster of Exeter School
• Annabelle Apsion, actress
• Henry Mortimer Batten,author and broadcaster
• (Colin) Fraser Brockington, Professor of POublic Health
• Thomas Smith Bunney, England shooting international
• Philip J. Cheshire, Headmaster of Warwick School
• Timothy Chipping, actor
• Rev. Charles Edward Cooper, Headmaster of Hustpierrepoint College
• M.T. Crick, actor (Dan Archer)
• Joseph George Cumming, geologist and archaeologist, Professor of Classical Literature and of Geology
• Nicholas Croft, England shooting international
• Christopher James Dixon, author
• Rev. Dr John Doncaster, (Head)Master of Oakham School
• Horace Donisthorpe, entomologist, myrmecologist and coleopterist
• Louise Doughty, author
• Rev, John Fancourt, (Head)Master of Uppingham School
• John Christian Gillin, Professor of Psychiatry
• Terence Hale, academic author
• Andy Harries, UK producer, Left Bank Pictures
• Jonathan James Hellyer-Jones, organist and composer
• Thomas Hescott, theatre director
• Greg Hicks, actor
• Edward Humfrey Vere Hodge, Professor of Medicine (Calcutta)
• Richard Hope (actor), Official website
• Richard Hurst, writer and director
• Daniel Hyde, organist and composer
• Rev. Jeremiah Jackson, (Head)Master of Uppingham School
• Jason Kay, singer (Jamiroquai)
• George Hadyn Keeton, Headmaster of Pocklington School and of Reading School
• Richard King (Huskinson), OBE, author
• Charles Henry Knowles, Clinical Professor of Surgical Research
• Christopher Charles Love, Professor of English
• Matthew Macfadyen, actor
• Matthew Manning, psychic
• China Miéville, novelist
• Rev. Canon David Ronald Mawer, Professor of Theology
• Katie Mitchell, OBE, theatre director
• Andrew Newberry, musician and composer
• Alexander Anthony (Sacha) Newley, artist
• Peter North, Kt., CBE, DCL, Principal of Jesus College and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford
• Alfred Young Nutt, Victorian artist and architect
• John Henry Pratt, mathematician
• Anthony William Preston, DCL, University Principal
• (John) Brian Reece, actor (PC49)
• Rev. William Richardson, Master of Emmanuel College and Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge
• Rev. William Ridlington, Regius Professor of Civil Law, Cambridge University
• Malcolm Rogers, director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
• Kwame Ryan, Conductor and Musician
• Rev. Samuel Saunders, Headmaster of Sedbergh School
• Frank Henry Shera, Professor of Music (Sheffield)
• (Alfred William) Briin Simpson, DCL, Professor of Law
• Paul Spicer, conductor and composer
• Indra Sinha, novelist
• Oliver Joseph Skevington, KCVO, surgeon
• (George) Richard Snailham, travel writer
• Ronald Keith Sprigg, Professor of Phonetics
• Rev. Peter Staples,Professor of Church History
• Robert Bocking Stevens, DCL, Professor of Law, Chancellor of University of California, Master of Pembroke College, Oxford
• Rev. Thomas Stevenson, (Head)Master of Loughborough Grammar School
• Michael George Parke Stoker, Kt, CBE, Professor of Virology, Director Imperial Cancer Research Foundation
• Noah Thomas, Kt, Pysician to the King
• Rev. Baptist Noel Turner,(Head)Master of Oakham School
• Christopher Turner, Professor of Sociology
• George Arthur Turner, Professor of English Literature
• Michael Turner, orchestral musician
• Philip Richard Hylton Webb, Professor of Law
• Richard Wilson Webb, author (Patrick Quentin, Q. Patrick, Jonathan Stagg)
• Rev. Joseph Wooley, Professor of Moral Philosophy
• Angela Woolfe, author
• Katie Hall, actress

Religion

• James Atlay, cleryman, Bishop of Hereford
• William Beveridge, clergyman, Bishop ofSt. Asaph
• Godfrey Fitzmaurice Day, clergyman, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland
• Frederick Wingfield Douglass, clergyman, missionary
• Charles John Ellicott, clergyman, Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol
• Leonard Noel Fisher, clergyman, Bishop of Natal
• John Henley, clergyman, commonly known as 'Orator Henley'
• Thomas Merton, writer and Trappist monk
• William Warburton, clergyman, Bishop of Gloucester

Public service

• Colonel Sir Herbet Bryan, KBE, CMG, DSO, Colonial Secretary, Gold Coast and Jamaica
• Lord Clarke of Stone-cum-EbonyAnthony Clarke, Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
• Lord Cope of Berkeley, Conservative politician
• Sir William Allmond Codrington Goode, GCMG, Governor of Aden, Singapore and Borneo
• John Cecil Hawley, Minister of Education (Nigeria)
• Richard William Ground, Chief Justice of the Turks and Caicos Islands
• Robert Charles Hildyard, MP for Whitehaven
• Marcus Richard Kimball, MP for Gainsborough
• Andrew Lattimore, Prison Governor
• William Fitzpatrick Meres, District and Session Judge
• Richard John Merriman, District Judge
• Brigadier Arthur Stephen Mavrogordato, CMG, OBE, KPM, Commandant Palestine Police,Commissioner of Police (Nigeria
• Lt. Col. Herbert Charles Metcalfe, DSO, DL, Chief Constable of Somerset
• Sir Alexander Theodore Newboult, KBE, CMG, MC, Chief Secretary Malayan Civil Service
• William George "Bill" O'Chee, Australian politician (Senator for Queensland)
• George Robinson, MP for Whitehaven
• Henry Renwick Savage, Permanent Private Secretary (Ministry of Town and Country Planning)
• Alhaji Ibrahim Kalopo Sulu-Gambari, Justice of the High Court of Borneo and the Court of Appeal of Nigeria
• Eric Allen Sweatman, Provincial Commissioner (Kenya)
• William John Watts, Deputy High Commissioner (Kenya)

Broadcasting and Media

• Karen Bishop,Natural History producer
• Hugh Canning, music critic
• J.W.F. "Bill" Harriman, author and military historian (Antiques Roadshow)
• Tom Heap, environmental broadcaster
• Miles Jupp, actor/comedian
• Charlotte Uhlenbroek,Biologist and Broadcaster

Sport

• Julian Adeniran, England international athlete (hurdles)
• Charlie Beech, professional rugby union player with Bath Rugby and England U19s
• Matthew Boyce, cricketer (Leicestershire)
• Roderick Bradley, player of American football
• J.W.M. Bradshaw, cricketer (Leicestershire)
• Stuart Broad,England international cricketer cricketer^[14] and England T20 captain
• H. Burgess, cricketer (Leicestershire)
• J. Burgess, cricketer (Leicestershire)
• Percy Chapman, England cricketer (captain)
• Joshua Cobb, cricketer (Leicestershire)
• Matthew Cornwell, rugby player (England U21)
• Tom Croft, England and British Lions Rugby International player^[14]
• Crista Cullen, England and Great Britain field hockey player
• Arthur Cursham, England footballer and county cricketer (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire)
• Maurice Fitzmaurice Day, Ireland tennis international
• Robert Duck, England golf international
• P.R. Forman, cricketer (Nottinghamshire)
• S.H.G. Humfrey, cricketer (Northamptonshire)
• Ron Jacobs, rugby union player, England International and captain
• Frank Jerwood, Olympic Oarsman
• Alex Goode, rugby union player for Saracens RFC and England Saxons
• Lawrence K. Guest, Olympic Coxed Fours
• Michael Holford, rugby player (England U21)
• David J. Howlett, Olympic Yachtsman
• George Keeton, England Rugby International
• Stephan Kelly, Bermuda international cricketer
• L. Kirk, cricketer (Nottinghamshire)
• Virginia Measures, England shooting international
• Felicity Milton, England Cross-Country international
• Lewis Moody, British and Irish Lions, England Rugby, Leicester Tigers and Bath Rugby rugby union player^[15]; England captain
• C.R. Morris, cricketer (Nottinghamshire)
• Thomas Nicholls, Northern Ireland fencing international
• Francis Palmer, England Rugby International
• Lucy Pearson, England women's cricket captain
• Ronald W. Pigott, Irish hockey international
• Arthur Laurence Rook, Olympic Three Day Eventer
• I.D. Saxelby, cricketer (Gloucestershire)
• John Soars, England shooting international
• Matt Smith, rugby union player, England Saxons
• Ben Stephens, England golf international (deaf)
• James Alexander Simpson Taylor, cricketer (Leicestershire and Scotland)
• J.J. Thomson, Great Britain orienteering international
• F.K. Thornton, cricketer (Northamptonshire)
• P. Vaulkhard, cricketer (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire)
• Charlie Walker (rugby player), rugby union player for Harlequins and England U20
• Richard Victor Watchorn, England shooting international
• Peter Webb, England polo international
• William Weston, England and Great Britain Rugby International
• Lance Whitehead, Great Britain Bobsleigh international
• A.C.F. Wyatt, cricketer (Leicestershire)

Aristocracy and Nobility

• Prince Alexander of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (Alexander Friedrich Antonius Johannes), next in line to succeed as Head of the House of Hohenzollern
• Prince Abdullah Faisal bin Turki al Saul of Saudie Arabia
• Tengku Muhammad Faiz Petra of Kelantan
• Tengku Muhammad Faris Petra, Sultan of Kelantan
• Hugh Denis Charles Fitzroy, 11th Duke of Grafton
• John Henrick Gretton, 3rd Baron Gretton

Adventurers and record breakers

• Charles Bairsto, Atlantic rower
• Julian Evans, explorer and climber
• Graham Hoyland, mountaineer and film maker
• Richard Profit, polar explorer

Military

• Vice-Admiral Sir Harry Arthur Brown, KCB, CBE
• Air Vice-Marshal David Owen Crwys-Williams, CB
• Rear Admiral Douglas Henry Everett, CB, CBE, DSO
• Lieutenant General George Thomas Field
• Brigadier Conrad T. Garton
• Brigadier George Henry Wallace Goode,CBE, DSO
• Brigadier Harold Somerville Gordon, OBE
• Rear Admiral Robert Arthur Isaac, CB
• Air Vice-Marshal John Marson, CB, CBE
• Admiral Henry Wise Parker, CB, CMG
• Major General Anthony John Griffin Pollard, CB, CBE, DL
• Brigadier Alan Cedric Scott Ross
• Brigadier Roger Lewin Taverner, CBE
• Brigadier Jonathan James Thomson, CBE, QGM
• Brigadier Thomas Geoffrey Walker, MBE
• Commodore Simon David Whalley, CBE
• Rev. Harry Dan Leigh Wiener, CBE, Chaplain-in-Chief RAF

Other

• Rev. William Dodd, executed for forgery
• Ronald Light, defendant in the Green Bicycle Case

Masters[link]

• John D. Buchanan, MBE, MA, DL, headmaster 1958-77
• H.J. (Jack) Cox, OBE, TD (1939-72, Second Master, Lt. Col. o/c CCF)
• Jo Hall / Welch (1995-2009), England Netball international
• L.H. Jenkins (1958-59), Welsh rugby international
• Frank Jerwood Olympic Rower - Bronze medallist 1908, Chaplain, Housemaster (1914-37)
• Frank Hayes,BSc, England cricketer (1999-present)
• Anthony Little,MA, headmaster 1997-2002, now headmaster of Eton College
• Brian Needham, MBE, MA (1971-98)
• Graham Smallbone, MBE, MA, headmaster 1985-96

References[link]

See also[link]

• W.L. Sargant, MA: The Book of Oakham School (1928)
• J.L. Barber, MA: The Story of Oakham School (1984) (ISBN 0 905837 185)
• J.D. Buchanan, MA: Operation Oakham (1984) ISBN 0-905837-14-2)
• Brian Needham, MA: Oakham School - The Continuing Story - unpublished, available for researchers only
• Brian Needham, MA: various internal booklets (Notable Old Oakhamians, Old Oakhamian Obituaries, Old Oakhamian Military War Service, History of OTC / JTC / CCF at Oakham, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award at Oakham, Overseas Expeditions, Scouting and Guiding at Oakham, Cricket / Rugby / Hockey / Netball Statistical Histories) available from The Foundation, Chapel Close, Oakham, Rutland, LE16 6DT.

External links[link]

• Profile at the Good Schools Guide