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The Stowe School is a public school (English private school) for pupils aged 13–18 in the countryside of Stowe, Buckinghamshire, England. It was opened on 11 May 1923 at , a belonging to the British Crown. Formerly the country seat of the Dukes of Buckingham and Chandos, it was first constructed in 1677 and served as a consulate to monarchy and aristocracy throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. J. F. Roxburgh was the school's first headmaster.

The school is a member of the 18-member , the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference, and the G30 Schools. Originally for boys only, the school is now coeducational, with 541 boys and 374 girls – 915 students enrolled in the school . Roughly 80% of the school's pupils are in boarding houses, while the other 20% are in day houses.

Pupils in the "Day in Boarding" programme are assigned to one of the school's boarding houses and have the option to board there for a maximum of three nights per week. Pupils in one of the school's three Day Houses—Winton, Cheshire, and Croft—are charged a reduced fee per academic year. Students in the Day houses are not given the option to board. The school provides bursaries and other means of financial assistance to admitted students who exhibit outstanding abilities in the Arts, Academics, Sports, and other areas. A typical scholarship at Stowe is worth 5% of the school fee.

The tuition fee includes the provision of meals (breakfast, lunch, and dinner), educational services, and "extracurricular activities". In some instances, it also covers boarding accommodation. Additional costs, such as school uniforms, equipment, trips, and transportation (such as airport transfers and bus services), are billed at the end of each term in addition to the tuition fee. These extra costs can range from a few hundred to a few thousand pounds per term.

History
Stowe School opened in 1923. The main building is , whose exterior was completed by 1779. Funding for the school came through the Rev. and the Martyrs Memorial Trust.W. A. Evershed, Party and Patronage in the Church of England 1800–1945, D. Phil. thesis, Oxford University,1985, gives a detailed and well-referenced account of the questionable methods employed by Warrington. The Martyr's Memorial Trust appointed the first Governing Body, whose Chairman from August 1922 was Lord Gisborough. The school's first architect was Clough Williams-Ellis.

The first Headmaster was J. F. Roxburgh. He aimed to focus on the individual child and introduce them to beauty and learning; he wanted a civilised school founded on Christian values.Outrageous Fortune: Growing Up at Leeds Castle By Anthony Russell

played a concert at Stowe School on 4 April 1963. A recording of the concert was revealed in 2023, and leaked to the public later in the year.

Today
The school's is used as a first class ground by Northamptonshire CCC.

The Stowe Corner of Silverstone Circuit is the closest corner to the school and is named after the school.

A Southern Railway "Schools Class" , No. 928, which was built in 1934 was named after the school, and is preserved at the in East Sussex.

In 2005, the school was investigated by the Office of Fair Trading for "price fixing", participating in a "fee-fixing cartel".

In 2016, a Daily Telegraph investigator posing as a parent of a Russian pupil was told by the then school registrar that while pupils would always be expected to pass the entrance exam, it would help secure a place if a borderline child's parents were able to donate "about £100,000 or something like that."

Boarding houses
There are thirteen Boarding Houses: 7 boys' houses and 6 girls' houses. There are also three Day Houses - 2 boys' houses and 1 girls' house. The boarding houses are mostly named after members of the family of Duke of Buckingham and Chandos. Each house has a number or letter assigned to it, for use as the first character of each student's school number. For instance, a student in Bruce House would have their student number start with 1.

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Cricket ground
The first recorded match on the school ground came in 1928 when Stowe School played St Paul's School. Other matches played on Stowe School Ground . Cricketarchive.com. Buckinghamshire played their first Minor Counties Championship match there in 1947, when the opponents were Berkshire. Between 1947 and 1982 the ground held five Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which saw Buckinghamshire draw against Bedfordshire. Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Stowe School Ground . Cricketarchive.com. The ground has also hosted a single MCCA Knockout Trophy match which saw Buckinghamshire play Bedfordshire. Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Stowe School Ground . Cricketarchive.com (7 August 1983).

The ground has also held a single List A match for Northamptonshire in the 2005 , against Gloucestershire. List-A Matches played on Stowe School Ground . Cricketarchive.com (19 June 2005) and has held fourteen Second XI fixtures for the Northamptonshire Second XI in the Second XI Championship and Second XI Trophy. Second XI Championship Matches played on Stowe School Ground . Cricketarchive.com. Second XI Trophy Matches played on Stowe School Ground . Cricketarchive.com.

Headmasters
  • 1923–1949: J. F. Roxburgh
  • 1949–1958: Eric Reynolds
  • 1958–1964: Donald Crichton-Miller
  • 1964–1979:
  • 1979–1989: Christopher Turner
  • 1989–2003: Jeremy Nichols
  • 2003–present: Anthony Wallersteiner

Notable former pupils
Former pupils of Stowe School are known as Old Stoics. Toby Gauvain is currently the president of the Old Stoic Society.
Old Stoics include:
  • Michael Alexander (1920–2004), officer
  • John Anderson (1918–1943), British Army officer and recipient of the
  • Noel Annan, Baron Annan (1916–2000), British intelligence officer and academic
  • (born 1967), Bishop of Bradwell
  • John Attlee, 3rd Earl Attlee (born 1956), Conservative politician and grandson of Prime Minister
  • George Barclay (1920–1942), Royal Air Force fighter pilot and World War II
  • Alexander Bernstein, Baron Bernstein of Craigweil (1936–2010), British television executive and member of the Labour Party
  • Henry Pollock (born 2005), English rugby player and British and Irish Lions representative
  • (1910–1975), English racing driver
  • (1938–2006), English journalist and author
  • John Boyd-Carpenter, Baron Boyd-Carpenter (1908–1998), Conservative politician
  • (born 1950), British businessman
  • (1926–2004), British actor
  • (born 1986), English businessman and husband of
  • Simon Brown, Baron Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood (1937–2023), British barrister, judge and Justice of the Supreme Court
  • Florence Brudenell-Bruce (born 1985), British actress and model
  • Martin Buckmaster, 3rd Viscount Buckmaster (1921–2007), British diplomat
  • James Burnell-Nugent (born 1949), officer and Commander-in-Chief Fleet
  • (born 1983), British actor
  • , Baron Cheshire (1917–1992), recipient of the and founder of the Cheshire Foundation
  • (1914–1997), SOE officer during World War II
  • (born 1959), British sports businessman, former CEO of the British Olympic Association and Ipswich Town Football Club
  • (1913–2008), English actor, playwright and artist
  • (1959–2025), Conservative politician and MP
  • John C. Corlette (1911–1977), English architect, teacher and founder of
  • (1915–1936), English poet and communist
  • (1906–1998), SOE officer during World War II and Arctic explorer
  • Joanna "Jo" da Silva (born 1967), engineer and founder of International Development Group
  • (born 1985), Zimbabwean businesswoman and former girlfriend of Prince Harry
  • (born 1932), British film producer and winner
  • Robin Devereux, 19th Viscount Hereford (born 1975)
  • Simon Digby (1932–2010), English scholar
  • (1953–2008), English software engineer, journalist, activist, poet and composer
  • (born 1994), English cricketer
  • John David Eaton (1909–1973), Canadian businessman
  • (1920–1995), Royal Air Force fighter pilot and broadcasting executive
  • John Dundas (1915–1945), Royal Air Force fighter pilot and World War II
  • , British curator and art critic
  • (1910–2000), Welsh-Canadian author, farmer and military officer
  • (1945–2007), British actor
  • David Foster (1920–2010), pilot and business executive
  • (1941–2018), English painter and thriller-writer
  • (born 1958), English composer
  • , Baron Grade of Yarmouth (born 1943), English television executive and businessman
  • Harry Gregson-Williams (born 1961), British composer, conductor, orchestrator and record producer
  • George Haig, 2nd Earl Haig (1918–2009)
  • (born 1984), peeress, model and political staffer
  • (1932–2011), English actor
  • Peter Hayman (1914–1992), British diplomat
  • (1923–2015), English businessman, philanthropist and former owner of Wolverhampton Wanderers
  • Robert Heber-Percy (1911–1987), English eccentric
  • Nicholas Henderson (1919–2009), British diplomat and writer
  • Nigel Henderson (1917–1985), English documentary artist and photographer; asked to leave after burning a Union Flag
  • John Henniker-Major, 8th Baron Henniker (1916–2004), British diplomat
  • Annabel Heseltine (born 1963), British journalist
  • (born 1950), English singer-songwriter and founding member of British rock band
  • (born 1981), Australian art dealer and journalist
  • (1919–2013), British journalist, historian and writer
  • (1917-2010), Headmaster of Gordonstoun School and mountaineer
  • (born 1958), Ulster Unionist politician and MP
  • Adam King (born 1999), English cricketer
  • (born 1961), English inventor
  • (1915–1998), Royal Air Force officer, golfer, author and MP
  • , Baron Lyell of Markyate (1938–2010), English Conservative politician, Solicitor-General for England and Wales and Attorney-General for England, Wales and Northern Ireland
  • George Parker, 8th Earl of Macclesfield (1914–1992)
  • (1914–1969), British naturalist and author
  • Alistair McAlpine, Baron McAlpine of West Green (1942–2014), British businessman, politician and author
  • (1926–2007), English jazz singer, critic, writer, and art history lecturer
  • (born 1973), English singer-songwriter and film director
  • Christopher Robin Milne (1920–1996), English author, bookseller and son of A. A. Milne
  • (born 1963), British writer, journalist and activist
  • (1919–1985), British officer of arms and genealogist
  • (1920–1993), British priest, military chaplain and of the
  • (1910–1983), British actor, author and military officer
  • Edward Donough "Toby" O'Brien (1909–1979), British journalist, propaganda expert and spy
  • (born 1984), British track and field athlete
  • (born 1968), Irish businessman
  • , Baron Quinton (1925–2010), British philosopher
  • Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (1923–2005)
  • (born 1977), British actress
  • James Reeves (1909–1978), British writer
  • (born 1955), Conservative politician and MP
  • (born 1994), British rower
  • Geoffrey Russell, 4th Baron Ampthill (1921–2011)
  • John Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover (1927–2022), British businessman and politician
  • David Shepherd (1931–2017), British artist and conservationist
  • (born 1994), 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami rescuer
  • Lady Araminta Spencer-Churchill (born 2007), British equestrian and socialite
  • David Stevens, Baron Stevens of Ludgate (born 1936), member of the UK Independence Party
  • (born 1974), British actor
  • Richard Sutton (born 1937), businessman
  • Henrik Takkenberg (1967–2006), musician
  • (born 1955), Indian journalist
  • (born 1965), Bishop of Islington
  • (1921-2022), Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire
  • (born 1999), British equestrian
  • (born 1971), British director and producer
  • (1922–1956), English architect, classicist and philologist who deciphered
  • Jon Vickers (1916–2008), British trade union leader
  • (born 1987), British former actor
  • (1916-1998} WW2 pilot, Colditz POW and later glider pilot winning World Championships
  • Laurence Whistler (1912–2000), English artist and poet
  • (born 1987), English cricketer
  • (1909–2015), British stockbroker and humanitarian
  • Henry Worsley (1960–2016), British explorer
  • Peregrine Worsthorne (1923–2020), British journalist and writer
  • David Wynne (1926–2014), British sculptor
  • (born 1958), Royal Navy officer, First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff

Notable masters and staff
  • (1890–1960), 1924–1930; later of
  • T. H. White (1906–1964), English teacher 1932–1936; author known for his sequence of novels, The Once and Future King, first published together in 1958. His novel Mistress Masham's Repose is set in a mansion with gardens inspired by Stowe
  • Harry Gregson-Williams (born 1961), composer in residence 2012–2013; Old Stoic and Hollywood composer
  • (1946–2015), English teacher 1983–2004; author and murder victim

Coat of arms
See also
  • List of the Beatles' live performances
  • List of schools in the South East of England
  • List of independent schools in the United Kingdom
  • List of boarding schools
  • Aitchison College

Further reading
  • Alasdair MacDonald, Stowe: House and School, London: W. S. Cowell, 1951

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