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Administration

  • ADM
  • Subfonds
  • 1871 - 2021

This collection focuses on the administrative side of the school including admissions and trustees.

There is a rich collection of admissions books dating back to the 19th century alongside detailed notes of Trustees' committee minutes and development plans.

School inspections undertaken by external bodies are represented in this sub-fond and include some of the 19th century schemes which helped to found the school as one independent from Uppingham.

ADM/4 contains policy documents outlining the health and safety measures in the school.

Oakham School

Entry book

A notebook with names and dates of entry for Common Entrance and Junior Entrance for girls and boys, day pupils and boarders, recording the entry fees. Nineteen pages A to S.

Oakham School

Girls

The items in this file are related to the admission of girls in schools and the changes to school's curriculum, campus and rules.

Penny Davis

Facilities for Sixth Form Girls

A form filled in by Jane Matthews regarding facilities on offer to Sixth Form Girls, special provisions and Sports arrangements. Additional notes on the reverse.

Penny Davis

Co-Educational and Single-Sex Schooling: Progress Report

A progress report on Co-Educational and Single-Sex Schooling by Alan Smithers and Pamela Robinson for the HMC Co-Educational Group Meeting at Wolverhampton Grammar School, containing graphs and data on pupils' performance in exams, comparing boys and girls, and co-educational and single-sex schools. Ten pages numbered A to J.

Alan Smithers

A letter from John Buchanan to Parents

  • HEA-HEA/8-HEA/8/2-HEA/8/2/8
  • Item
  • 24/03/1958
  • Part of Headmasters

A letter from the Headmaster, John Buchanan, to Parents regarding the events of the Spring term 1958, including the hockey season, the works on the Sargant Laboratories, the raising of the minimum age of boarding and Speech Day. Two pages A and B.

John Buchanan

Elizabeth Inglis

  • HOU-HOU/12-HOU/12/2-HOU/12/2/1-HOU/12/2/1/54
  • Item
  • 1990
  • Part of Houses

A photograph of Elizabeth Inglis when she first came into Stevens House in the Winter term 1990.

Oakham School

A photograph of Buchanans

  • HOU-HOU/9-HOU/9/1-HOU/9/1/9
  • Item
  • N/D
  • Part of Houses

An informal photograph of the girls in Buchanans on the stone bridge in the 1970s, under the Housemaster Michael Stevens. The photograph was taken by Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls Photography and has a number of print on the back: Q622/4.

Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls

Pupil Fees

This series is related to school fees and tuition. Items include reports from the Bursar on increase of fees, balance sheets, and individual pupils' bills.

Trustees

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