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Sir Thomas Rich's School

Sir Thomas Rich's School is a grammar school with academy status for boys (aged 11–18) and girls (aged 16–18, in the sixth form) in Longlevens, Gloucester, England, locally known as "Tommies".[1] It was founded in 1666 by Sir Thomas Rich.[2]

Sir Thomas Rich's School

Garde Ta Foy (Keep The Faith)

1666 (1666)

Gloucestershire County Council

Matthew S.R. Morgan

Male, with a mixed Sixth Form

11 to 18

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  Northgate
  Eastgate
  Southgate
  Westgate
  Newgate

The Richian Magazine

The school moved to a new site outside the city centre in 1964. It offers a range of teaching and sporting facilities.

History[edit]

The Will[edit]

In Sir Thomas Rich's will of 1666 he left his Gloucester house, in Eastgate and £6,000 (a considerable sum for the time) for a school to be established for twenty poor boys in Gloucester. The money was mainly invested in farm land, with the rent paying for the running of the school. The school was opened in 1667, a year after Sir Thomas Rich's death.[3][4] Sir Thomas Rich decreed that the pupils should wear "blue coats and caps according to the laudable usage of Christ Church Hospital in London." The blue drugget gown and yellow stockings were replaced in 1882 by the modern equivalent, the blue blazer. The uniform now consists of shirt, blazer (two varieties), tie (four varieties), black trousers, black socks and black or dark brown shoes. The school moved to Barton Street in 1889.[5]

Facilities[edit]

Sports[edit]

Opened in 1999, the sports hall is part of the STRS Sports Centre complex which provides sports facilities for the school and Longlevens. The school also has a fitness suite that students are able to join for an annual fee.[11][12]

- political scientist[14]

Philip Giddings

- international rugby union player[15]

Bill Hook

- MP for Milton Keynes South West[16]

Barry Legg

- Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales[17]

Robert A. Pearce

- Bishop of the New Hebrides[18]

Derek Rawcliffe

- former Scotland international rugby union player[19]

Ian Smith (rugby union, born 1965)

Official website

Full history of Sir Thomas Rich's School

A potted history of the school