History of Sport - Public Schools

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Characteristics:

  • Long standing
  • Endowed - recieved large gifts of moeny 
  • Boarding schools 
  • Tough 
  • Elitest 
  • Regular - free time due to lack of supervision 
  • Free time - boys could do what they wanted 
  • Young boys - excessive energy, lots of rough behaviour 
  • Numbers - increased numbers in schools 
  • Space - more room for buildings and fields 
  • Gentry - influential families 
  • Fee paying - fees could develop facilities 

Clarendon Schools:

  • Charterhouse school - 1611
  • Eton College - 1440 
  • Rugby school - 1567 
  • Clarendon report - the account of public school life written by the Earl of Clarendon and his team of commissioners in 1864
  • It gave a detailed picture of life in the schools, highlighted problems, recommended improvements and generously attempted to enrich day-to-day acedemic life and residential life for pupils 

Types of Public Schools in 19th Century:

  • Proprietary colleges - middle class copies of gentry schools, purpose built & well equipped, attracted children of wealthy industries 
  • Endowed grammer schools - free schools set up in most towns, patron was king/queen who endowed it, mid 19th century some became fee paying and accepted as public schools 
  • Denominated schools - linked to the church, small late 19th century boarding schools developed 
  • Ladies academies - finishing schools for daughters of the gentry, concerned with elegance and etiquette

Stage 1: Schoolboys and Popular Recreation:

  • Traditonal gentry schools expanded at the end of 18th century 
  • Improved facilities and staffing 
  • Small number became exclusive and charged higher…

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