Eventos
Sir William Borlase is knighted by James I in 1603Sir William Borlase's Grammar School is founded in memory
of his son Henry Borlase (MP for Marlow), who died that year. 1624Borlase dies, and leaves in his will, the purchase of land for the benefit of the school.
New buildings have been built under every modern headmaster since. 1629Discovery of New Zealand 1642The now relatively dilapidated school house was repaired,
and the feoffees (governors) added an onsite brewery for mid day ale.
Unfortunately no longer here! 1735Taj Mahal is completed. 1648The school struggled over the next decades during the late 17th century.
The schoolmaster was paid £12 per annum to teach boys how to read, write, and cast accounts.
A female teacher in the correction house next door was paid £6-8 per annum to teach girls the
local bone lace trade.Newton publishes his comprehensive theory on gravity. 1687Twenty-four 'Blue Boys' attended the school. They did not have to
pay to attend, a legacy of Borlase's original intention for the school.
Named blue boys due to their uniform colour, they were easy to spot.
You can see on the map from the mid 1800s that the school was
referred to as 'Blue School' thanks to the surveyor seeing this uniform.In 1814, the Feoffees appointed a new school master,
William Frances, with an increased salary of £50 per annum.
In 1830, he was made to quit, and was later imprisoned for assault and libel.The first Borlasian is published. This included a
ranked list of all the boys attainments (hence orders),
a syllabus and topic list, and of course sporting successes.
The Borlasian has continued to be published nearly
every year to this day.The British burn down the White House. 1814Napolean Bonaparte
surrenders after a crushing defeat. 1815During the late 1700s, the world experienced massive changes
including the industrial revolution. This started the path into
new subjects and fields of study, with many new careers and
prospects on the horizon for Borlase students.James Cook explores the Pacific. He maps the coast of New Zealand,
and claims New South Wales for Great Britain.The war of Spanish Succession occurs, after Philip,
grandson of King Louis XVI of France was name heir
to the throne. Other European powers were worried
about a French super state, and so opposed Philip's
appointment.The end of the old school and beggining of the modern Borlase.
The Feoffees were disbanded and reformed into 12 governors,
who decided the curriculum, and made the school into a
day school for boys.At the beginning of the 1900s, the school had struggled
from declining numbers, although had benefited from
the expansion of the school site and new buildings.Archway extension is complete as a new Science and Art building.
This is now where the dance studios are housed, with a corridor
past the offices and the Wethered room into the library block. 1903The County Council took trusteeship of the school in 1910 and gained complete control in 1912.
Further buildings were constructed, including the cloisters (the background picture).The Chapel was opened in 1914, thanks to a gift from Edward Riley and his half-sister.World War One ended. Those students and staff who lost their lives during the war
are now commemorated on the war memorial panels in the chapel. 1918The school song 'Te Digna Sequere', was written by Rev. Skinner, with words by Dr Bath. 1914The pipe organ in the chapel was installed. 1953Sentry Hill boarding house opened in 1961,
after boarding had closed earlier in the 1900s,
this boarding house remained open until 1985.Buckinghamshire Council made a
computer available to schools. 1976Girls joined the school in the sixth form in 1987,
followed by the lower school in 1988. This brought
the total number of students in each of the lower
years to 60 girls and 60 boys. This has only recently
been increased to 150 instead of 120 students in
each year.In 1997, Dr Holding was appointed as head teacher, and continued
the tradition of renovation and new buildings across the site.Head teacher Kay Mountfield was appointed in 2018.End of World War Two
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