Explore: Endowed Public Schools

common examples are endowed professorships (also known as named chairs), and endowed scholarships or fellowships. The practice of endowing professorships began

described the schools reformed by the Public Schools Act 1868 as the "seven 'great endowed schools'". Public schools emerged from grammar schools established

"Endowed Grammar Schools" published in 1818 with descriptions of 475 schools but the comments are referenced also to the work of the Endowed Schools Commission

training of public health professionals is available throughout the world in Schools of Public Health, Medical Schools, Veterinary Schools, Schools of Nursing

Victorian public school. It was one of nine schools investigated by the Clarendon Commission of 1864 and later regulated as one of the seven schools included

A-levels, the school saw 64.8% of its candidates score A*/A. The school is included in The Schools Index as one of the 150 best private schools in the world

making it one of the oldest schools in the United Kingdom. Sherborne is one of the twelve founding member public schools of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses'

independent schools. Edward Thring was the school's best-known headmaster (in 1853–1887). His curriculum changes were adopted in other English public schools. John

to grammar schools, culminating in the Endowed Schools Act 1869. Grammar schools were reinvented as academically oriented secondary schools following literary

member of a local inter-school program which shares its A-level classes with other schools in the area. Rainey Endowed School was founded by Hugh Rainey