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Eton College

Eton College. Motto Floreat Etona (Let Eton Flourish). Eton College. Eton College , often referred to simply as Eton , is a British independent school for boys aged 13 to 18. It was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI .

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Eton College

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  1. EtonCollege

  2. Motto FloreatEtona(Let Eton Flourish) EtonCollege

  3. EtonCollege, oftenreferredtosimplyasEton, isaBritishindependentschoolforboysaged 13 to 18. Itwasfoundedin 1440 byKingHenryVI

  4. ItislocatedinEton, nearWindsorinEngland, northofWindsorCastle, andisoneoftheoriginalnineEnglishpublicschoolsasdefinedbythePublicSchoolsAct 1868.

  5. Students • 1,300 • Gender • Boys • Ages • 13–18 • Houses • 25 • Colours • Etonblue

  6. Etonhastraditionallybeenreferredtoas "thechiefnurseofEngland'sstatesmen", andhasbeendescribedasthemostfamouspublicschoolintheworld.Earlyinthe 20th century, ahistorianofEtonwrote, "Nootherschoolcanclaimtohavesentforthsuchacohortofdistinguishedfigurestomaketheirmarkontheworld". • TheGoodSchoolsGuidecalledtheschool "thenumberoneboys' publicschool," adding, "Theteachingandfacilitiesaresecondtonone." Theschoolisamemberofthe G20 SchoolsGroup.

  7. TheschoolisheadedbyaProvostandFellows (BoardofGovernors), whoappointtheHeadMaster. Itcontains 25 boys' houses, eachheadedbyahousemaster, selectedfromthemoreseniormembersoftheteachingstaff, whonumbersome 160. • Almostalltheschool'spupilsgoontouniversities, aboutathirdofthemtoOxfordorCambridge.

  8. Schoolyard, EtonCollege

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  10. Therearethreeacademicterms(knownashalves) intheyear, • TheMichaelmasHalf, fromearlySeptembertomidDecember. NewboysarenowadmittedonlyatthestartoftheMichaelmasHalf, unlessinexceptionalcircumstances. • TheLentHalf, frommid-JanuarytolateMarch. • TheSummerHalf, fromlateApriltolateJuneorearlyJuly. • Theyarecalledhalvesbecausetheschoolyearwasoncesplitintotwohalves, betweenwhichtheboyswenthome Schoolterms

  11. Theschoolisfamousforitstraditions, includingauniformofblacktailcoat (ormorningcoat) andwaistcoat, false-collarandpinstripedtrousers. Allpupilswearawhitetiethatiseffectivelyastripofclothfoldedoverintothecollar. Uniform

  12. Thepupiltoteacherratiois 10:1, whichislowbygeneralschoolstandards. Classsizesstartataroundtwentytotwenty-fiveinthefirstyearandareoftenbelowtenbythefinalyear. Tutorsandteaching

  13. AtEton, therearedozensoforganisationsknownas 'societies', inmanyofwhichpupilscometogethertodiscussaparticulartopic, presidedoverbyamaster, andoftenincludingaguestspeaker. Somesocietiesarededicatedsolelytomusic, sometoreligion, sometolanguages, andsoon. AmongpastguestspeakersareAndrewLloydWebber, J. K. Rowling, BorisJohnson,andKingConstantine II ofGreece. Societies

  14. SportsareamajorfeatureoflifeatEton. Thereisanextensivenetworkofplayingfields. TheirnamesincludeAgar'sPlough, Dutchman's, UpperClub, LowerClub, Sixpenny/TheField, andMesopotamia (situatedbetweentwostreamsandoftenshortenedto "Mespots"). Sports

  15. TheexteriorofEton'smaintheatre, theFarrer. Drama

  16. HerefollowsalistoffilmspartiallyfilmedatEton. • ShakespeareinLove (1998) • TheSecretGarden (1993) • MansfieldPark (1999) • ChariotsofFire (1981) • TheMadnessofKingGeorge (1994) • YoungSherlockHolmes (1985) • AcesHigh (1976) • TheFourthProtocol(1987) PartiallyfilmedatEton

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