22 Facts About Repton School

Buildings at the site of Repton Priory were granted for the school in 1559 by Gilbert Thacker.

However, Repton was excluded from the commission's 1864 report, thus excluding the school from the 1868 Public Schools Acts.

Repton School expelled two senior boys after accusations of homosexuality arose within the student body.

Repton School took the melody from Hubert Parry's 1888 contralto aria "Long since in Egypt's plenteous land" in his oratorio Judith.

Repton School's experiences are related in his semi-autobiographical book Boy, in which he describes his negative experience with physical altercations between students.

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Repton School was, along with other boys at the school, used as a product tester for Cadbury who were located close by, and it has been speculated that this helped to inspire Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Repton School led the school during one of the most difficult periods of its history, when mounting debts and falling numbers, together with the effects of the war, led to questions as to the continuing viability of the institution; Clarke was obliged to close departments and two houses.

Repton School was later expelled for "drinking, smoking and generally making a nuisance" of himself.

Repton School has stated that this conduct included doing car stunts on the sports pitches, smoking in the chapel, filling all the locks on the premises with Polyfilla, and attending lessons naked from the waist down.

Repton School marked its 450th anniversary in 2007 with a royal visit from Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex.

Repton School has a Combined Cadet Force and a music school, as well as various after-school clubs.

Repton School has produced more than 150 first-class cricketers, 11 internationals, and three Test captains.

In January 2019, Repton announced Chris Read, former England cricketer, as the school's director of cricket.

In February 2020, Repton announced Scott Talbot, former Olympian and coach for the New Zealand and Australian national swim squads, as the school's director of swimming.

Repton School's theatre was used for various performances during a time of closure of a theatre space in the Derby Guildhall, operated by the local authority in Derby.

Repton School currently has 10 houses: six for boys and four for girls.

The subsequent integrated regulatory compliance and educational quality inspection in 2020 found that Repton School met all regulatory compliance standards and was awarded the highest rating in each area.

In early 2020, it was announced that Repton School would be merging with Foremarke Hall School from September 2020 into a single school called Repton Prep.

Repton School has twice, in the 1930s and 1980s respectively, represented the fictional Brookfield Repton School in a 1939 film and a 1984 BBC version of Goodbye, Mr Chips.

Repton School was convicted and banned from driving for 20 months.

Repton School's arms are three eaglets holding a "cross formy fitcy or".

Some staff at the school have been vocal about the issue of speeding traffic in the village of Repton and have participated in public speed gun enforcement.