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Oakham School Events
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Anna Bentley

  • AB
  • Subfonds
  • 1958 - 2011

A collection of material from Anna Bentley's office including some school trophies, specially produced Oakham School dictionaries, entry books for the school, financial accounts, exam results, and correspondence. Most of the material in this collection relates to work completed in the marketing, administrative and foundation departments of the school.

Anna Bentley

Chess

This series focusses on Chess International tournaments at Oakham School and School teams competing in National Championships. A large sub-series relates to Garry Kasparov visiting the School in 1997.

Oakham School

Events

  • EVT
  • Subfonds
  • 1960 - 2021

This collection focuses on major events that have occurred to the school and its pupils. This includes the Quatercentenary celebrations and the school's reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Quatercentenary celebrations compromised of several events including the visit to the school by Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Quatercentenary ball, and special productions to celebrate the recent opening of the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.

There is a detailed series on the school's Speech Day which includes a comprehensive list of programmes and award winners from the ceremony.

There is a excellent record of items showing how the school reacted to the COVID-19 pandemic. There is general communication to parents and staff, information on the structure of face to face and distance learning teaching, and also an illuminating collection of photographs taken by Ms. Fernandez in 2021.

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Headmasters

  • HEA
  • Subfonds
  • 1818 - 2023

Stretching back to the headmastership of Dr. Doncaster, this collection comprehensively covers the correspondence, publications, photographs and other ephemera of the headmasters of Oakham School up to the present day. For many of the headmasters, correspondence and rolls calls are a significant theme in their series.

This collection also contains an excellent record of speeches and sermons given by G. Talbot Griffiths and John Buchanan.

The final series on reports covers the headmaster's, deputy headmaster's and registers writings on the state of the school, including topics such as building and estate development, admissions, the curriculum, examination results, and Old Oakhamians.

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Dr Joseph Arthur Francis Spence

This series focusses on the headmastership of Dr Joe Spence (2002-2009) and contains items relating to the life at School in the 2000s, its staff and pupils.

Oakham School

Events

  • HEA-HEA/12-HEA/12/2
  • File
  • 2006 - 2009
  • Part of Headmasters

This file focusses on programmes, invitations and menus to various events under Dr Joe Spence's headmastership.

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A programme for the Headmaster's Dinner

  • HEA-HEA/12-HEA/12/2-HEA/12/2/1
  • Item
  • 11/10/2006
  • Part of Headmasters

An invitation including a programme for a presentation on the International Baccalaureate and the Headmaster's Dinner on 11 October 2006.

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