Welcome to Harrow school

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Harrow is a full boarding school for boys only in northwest London.

Harrow is a full boarding school for boys only in northwest

London.
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7 British Prime Ministers were educated at Harrow 85% of Harrow

7 British Prime Ministers were educated at Harrow
85% of Harrow boys

come from UK prep schools
10 pupils a year go on to University in the USA

Did you know?

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History of the School The School was founded in 1572 under

History of the School

The School was founded in 1572 under the

Royal Charter granted by Elizabeth I to John Lyon, a local farmer.
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"Welcome poet and statesman too..." A list of famous Old Harrovians

"Welcome poet and statesman too..."

A list of famous Old Harrovians

might indeed name many statesmen, including Peel, Palmerston, Churchill, Pandit Nehru and King Hussein of Jordan;
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"Welcome poet and statesman too..." A list of famous Old Harrovians

"Welcome poet and statesman too..."

A list of famous Old Harrovians

might indeed name many poets and writers as diverse as Byron, Sheridan, Trollope, Dornford Yates and Richard Curtis;
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"Welcome poet and statesman too..." A list of famous Old Harrovians

"Welcome poet and statesman too..."

A list of famous Old Harrovians

might indeed name Lord Rayleigh, the physicist and Nobel prize-winner;
Fox Talbot, the inventor of photography;
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"Welcome poet and statesman too..." A list of famous Old Harrovians

"Welcome poet and statesman too..."

A list of famous Old Harrovians

might indeed name the archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans and Bruce the explorer;
Sir William Jones, father of philology;
Admiral Rodney and Field Marshal Alexander;
and nineteen winners of the Victoria Cross.
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Harrow Football "Again we rush across the slush - A pack

Harrow Football

"Again we rush across the slush - A pack of breathless

faces - And charge and fall, and see the ball Fly whizzing through the bases".
Stet Fortuna Domus, 1891
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Harrow aims to provide a very high standard of coaching and

Harrow aims to provide a very high standard of coaching and

competition for the best sportsmen while enabling the less gifted to find something they can enjoy.
Pupils can play sport every day if they wish, and for the enthusiast there are outstanding opportunities to play and excel.
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Harrow has a tradition of success in sport.

Harrow has a tradition of success in sport.

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Harrow competes against a large number of good independent schools.

Harrow competes against a large number of good independent schools.

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"The Songs tradition is a remarkable and enduring aspect of a

"The Songs tradition is a remarkable and enduring aspect of a

Harrow education".
Songs Concerts always include Forty Years On, which has become known as The Harrow Song.
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Harrow has a thriving rock and pop music scene, with between

Harrow has a thriving rock and pop music scene, with between

five and ten bands rehearsing regularly, with personnel from all year groups.
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Drama

Drama

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Visual Arts

Visual Arts

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Did you know? 8 boys are going on to study Art

Did you know?

8 boys are going on to study Art or

Architecture at university
100% of Harrow pupils who took A-level Art in 2009 got an A grade
330 pupils out of 815 are studying Art.
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Settling into a boarding school Five hundred faces and all so

Settling into a boarding school

Five hundred faces and all so strange, Life

in front of me, home behind, I felt like a waif before the wind, Tossed on an ocean of shock and change.
(Excerpt from Five Hundred Faces by EE Bowen)
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Thank you for your attention.

Thank you for your attention.