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Bootham School

Independent school in York, England

Summary

Independent school in York, England

Field	Value
name	Bootham School
image	Bootham School - geograph.org.uk - 673245.jpg
caption	Bootham School, Bootham, York. The main building was originally built in 1804 for Sir Richard Vanden Bempde Johnstone.
motto	Membra sumus corporis magni
(We are members of a greater body)
established
type	Private school
religious_affiliation	Religious Society of Friends
(Quaker)
head_label	Headmaster
head	Deneal Smith
r_head_label	Deputy Head
r_head	James Ratcliffe
founder	Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
address	Bootham
city	York
county	North Yorkshire
country	England
postcode	YO30 7BU
urn	121722
enrolment	605
gender	Mixed
lower_age	3
upper_age	19
houses	Firbank
Pendle
Brigflatts
Swarthmore
publication	Bootham Magazine
free_label_1	Boarding Houses
free_1	Rowntree
Fox
Evelyn
free_label_2	Former Pupils
free_2	Bootham Old Scholars Association
website

(We are members of a greater body) (Quaker) Pendle Brigflatts Swarthmore Fox Evelyn

Bootham School is a private Quaker boarding school, on Bootham in the city of York in England. It accepts boys and girls ages 3–19 and had an enrolment of 605 pupils in 2016. It is one of seven Quaker schools in England.

The school was founded by the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) and opened on 6 January 1823 in Lawrence Street, York. Its first headmaster was William Simpson (1823–1828). He was followed by John Ford (1828–). The school is now on Bootham, near York Minster. It is based in 51 Bootham, a building originally built in 1804 for Sir Richard Vanden Bempde Johnstone, but has expanded into several neighbouring buildings.

The school's motto Membra Sumus Corporis Magni means "We are members of a greater body", quoting Seneca the Younger (Epistle 95, 52).

Academics

Bootham was ranked at 43rd in the 2011 Independent Schools A-Levels League Tables.

Notable alumni

Notable former pupils include the 19th-century parliamentary leader John Bright, the mathematician Lewis Fry Richardson ("father of fractals"), the physicist and electrical engineer Silvanus P. Thompson, the historian A. J. P. Taylor, the actor-manager Brian Rix, the applied linguist Stephen Pit Corder, the child psychiatrist Sir Michael Rutter, the social reformer Seebohm Rowntree, the 1959 Nobel Peace Prize winner Philip Noel-Baker, Cabinet Secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood, singer-songwriter Benjamin Francis Leftwich, the chief executive of Marks & Spencer Stuart Rose and Jon Ingle, better known as drag artist Lady Bunny.

References

(29 June 2022). "Bootham School York: Deneal Smith appointed new head teacher". [[The Press (York).
"Bootham School". [[Department for Education]].
(26 January 2012). "The Top 100 Independent Schools at A-level". The Independent.
"Desert Island Discs with Stuart Rose as participant".
(7 June 2019). "Lady Bunny on Disco, Drag & Demagogues".

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