Harrow School
| Harrow School | |
|---|---|
The Old Schools photographed in 2013 | |
| Location | |
5 High Street, Harrow on the Hill , Middlesex , HA1 3HP England | |
| Coordinates | 51°34′21″N 00°20′06″W / 51.57250°N 0.33500°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Private school Boarding school |
| Mottoes | Latin: Stet Fortuna Domus (Let the Fortune of the House Stand) Latin: Donorum Dei Dispensatio Fidelis (The Faithful Dispensation of the Gifts of God) |
| Religious affiliation | Church of England |
| Established | 1572 (Royal Charter) |
| Founder | John Lyon of Preston |
| Department for Education URN | 102245 Tables |
| Chairman of the Governors | J P Batting |
| Head Master | Alastair Land |
| Staff | ~150 (full-time) |
| Gender | Male |
| Age | 13 to 18 |
| Enrollment | ~830 pupils |
| Houses | 12 |
| Colours | Blue and white |
| Song | "Forty Years On" |
| Publication | The Harrovian |
| School fees | £46,710 |
| Alumni | Old Harrovians |
| Badges | The Harrow Lion The Silver Arrow |
| Website | www |
Harrow School (/ˈhæroʊ/) is a private school for boys providing boarding school facilities in Harrow on the Hill, London. The school was founded in 1572 by John Lyon, a local landowner and farmer, under a royal charter of Queen Elizabeth I.
The school has an enrollment of about 820 boys, all of whom board full-time, in twelve boarding school houses. It was one of the seven public schools selected for reform in the Public Schools Act 1868. Harrow's uniform includes morning suits, straw boater hats, and top hats and canes for School Monitors.
Its list of distinguished alumni includes seven former British prime ministers: Aberdeen, Spencer Perceval, F.J. Goderich, Robert Peel, Henry Palmerston, Stanley Baldwin and Winston Churchill, as well as the former Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru; numerous former and current members of both Houses of the UK Parliament, several members of the Mountbatten-Windsor family, royal families, three Nobel laureates, twenty Victoria Cross holders, and many prominent figures in the arts and sciences.