Repton School#Headmasters

File:JohnPortKright.jpg on his tomb in St Helen's parish church, Etwall, Derbyshire]]

The school was founded by a 1557 legacy in the will of Sir John Port of Etwall, leaving funds for a grammar school at Etwall or Repton, conditional on the students praying daily for the souls of his family:{{cite ODNB|title=John Port|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/22552|access-date=11 June 2013|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/22552|year=2004}}

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"And I will that the Scollers of the said Scoole everye mornynge at their comynge to the said Scoole, and also at the after nowne at and upon their departinge from the Schole to pray for my parentes soules, my soule..." – The Will of Sir John Port, 6th June 1557

Through this private endowment, Repton School was set up as a charity, with early boarding pupils coming from Repton and the neighbouring villages.{{cite book|author=Alec Macdonald|title=A Short History of Repton|date=1929|publisher=Ernest Benn Limited |pages=79–85}}

The social mix of the early school was very broad. Among the first twenty-two names on the register of Repton there are five gentlemen, four husbandmen, nine yeomen, two websters, or weavers, a carpenter and a tanner. During the 17th century, the school educated the sons of Earl of Chesterfield and Earl of Ardglass, Samuel Shaw and John Woodward, who was apprenticed as a linen draper before he took up medicine, eventually being appointed Gresham Professor of Physic.{{Cite web|title=Fleming Report (1944)|url=http://www.educationengland.org.uk/documents/fleming/fleming.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150419070633/http://educationengland.org.uk/documents/fleming/fleming.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 April 2015|website=www.educationengland.org.uk|access-date=6 May 2020}}

Buildings at the site of Repton Priory were granted for the school in 1559 by Gilbert Thacker. Not long after this, relations between the school and the Thacker family began to deteriorate due to a conflict of interest in accessibility. In 1642, the school commenced an action against the Thacker family, and, in 1670, a wall was built to keep the two parties apart.{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/recordsandremin00messgoog/recordsandremin00messgoog_djvu.txt|title=Records and Reminiscences of Repton|website=archive.org|access-date=31 May 2016}}

Within the first hundred years, student body numbers rose to 200, but they had fallen by 1681 to twenty-eight boys.

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In a letter from George Denman in the 1830s, there was a pupil-conferred role called "Cock of the School". A boy would be identified as the holder of this office after competing against likely candidates; once a boy was incumbent in this role, the younger boys deferred to him to do his work; writing in 1907, G. S. Messiter described the practice as an "ancient custom."{{Cite book|last=George Stephen Messiter|url=https://archive.org/details/recordsandremin00messgoog|title=Records and Reminiscences of Repton|date=1907|publisher=A.J. Lawrence|others=Harvard University|page=[https://archive.org/details/recordsandremin00messgoog/page/n52 41]}}

In 1858, a chapel was constructed on campus and later opened in 1859.{{cite web |title=The Chapel, Repton School, Repton, Derbyshire |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-82781-the-chapel-repton-school-repton-derbyshir |access-date=13 October 2017 |website=British Listed Buildings}}

In 1865, a commission presided over by Henry Labouchere, 1st Baron Taunton investigated all endowed secondary schools in England, including Repton. The Schools Inquiry Commission published its findings in 1868.{{cite book|title=Schools Inquiry Commission: Volume IV. Minutes of Evidence Taken before the Commissioners, Part 1|date=1868|publisher=Eyre and Spottiswoode|location=London|pages=437–453}} The research compiled helped aid the Endowed Schools Act 1869.

When public schools were attempting to reform, Repton's headmaster at the time lamented the shared tensions from all schools between local boys and boarders, stating that despite a sincere attempt to break down the barriers between them, he had had little success, and a substantial number of applications from "persons of good standing... and good fortune" had been withdrawn when told the boys were "of all classes down to the sons of blacksmiths and washerwomen". Due to this conflict, local village boys stopped attending Repton, which the headmaster at the time said was "mainly for the sake of the village boys... [to mitigate a] constant fear of their being ill-treated."{{Cite book|last=Brogan, Hugh|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1144771008|title=A school in England : a history of repton|others=Plowright, John, 1956–|date=5 March 2020|isbn=978-1-78816-464-1|location=London|oclc=1144771008}}

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The first Committee of the Headmasters' Conference, appointed in December 1870, included the headmaster of Repton.

In 1907, a gymnasium was added, which is now grade II listed.{{cite web |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-82782-gymnasium-and-attached-gates-repton-schoo |title=Gymnasium and Attached Gates, Repton School, Repton, Derbyshire|first=Good|last=Stuff |website=British Listed Buildings |access-date=13 October 2017}} In this decade, the chapel was enlarged, the Science Block, Armoury, Shooting Range and Swimming Bath were built, and the Priory 'Tithe' Barn turned into the Art School.{{Cite book |last=The Central Education Co. Ltd|title=Repton School, an introductory booklet |publisher=The Central Education Co. |year=1959 |location=Derby |pages=51}}

Geoffrey Fisher (later to become Archbishop of Canterbury) became headmaster in 1914.{{Cite book |title=The bishops |last=Trevor |first=Beeson |date=2002 |publisher=SCM Press |isbn=9780334029168 |location=London |oclc=59450207}}{{Cite news |last=Renton |first=Alex |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/apr/08/school-boarding-secrets-crimes-alex-renton-kipling-rowling-dahl-churchill |title=School of hard knocks: the dark underside to boarding school books |date=8 April 2017 |work=The Guardian|location=London |access-date=25 March 2020 |issn=0261-3077}} In the early 1900s, a reforming master, Victor Gollancz, established classes in political education for the boys. The classes were open to Upper School members and enlistment was voluntary. Gollancz and D. C. Somervell conducted the lessons on “topics of parliamentary reform, the position of women, the future of the Empire, trade unions, individualism and co-operation in industry, the organisation of peace and a League of Nations, conservatism, liberalism, modern Ireland, Alsace-Lorraine and the Russian Revolution.” Repton was considered one of the first schools to offer civics classes in its curriculum. However, certain staff members opposed these classes, considering them as being radical. When H. J. Snape was invited to address the Civics Class on conservatism, the tension between Gollancz and Snape's opposing beliefs led to a “flaming row between them.” As a result of the affair, the War Office considered withdrawing its recognition of Repton's school Corps. This led to Fisher dismissing Gollancz and retaining Snape; yet, Fisher blamed Snape's misconduct as “a very discreditable campaign of personal abuse and violent language…against Mr. Gollancz.”{{cite book|last1=Brogan|first1=Hugh|title=A School in England: The History of Repton|date=2020|publisher=Profile Editions|location=London|pages=252–273}}

1,912 former pupils of the school served in the First World War, of whom 355 died in service.{{Cite web|url=http://www.repton.org.uk/great-war-exhibition|title=Great War Exhibition|website=repton.org.uk|access-date=2 July 2016}} A war memorial was unveiled on major general Sir John Burnett-Stuart, director of military operations and intelligence, and dedicated by Edwyn Hoskyns, Bishop of Southwell on 1 November 1922.{{Cite web|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-82776-war-memorial-at-repton-school-repton-derb|title=War Memorial at Repton School – Repton – Derbyshire – England |website=British Listed Buildings|last=Stuff|first=Good |access-date=2 July 2016}}{{Cite web|title=Repton School – WW1 and WW2|url=https://derbyshirewarmemorials.com/south-d/d727/d727.html|access-date=6 June 2020|website=derbyshirewarmemorials.com}}

File:Harold Abrahams 1924.jpg, pictured here at the 1924 Olympics, joined the school in 1914]] Harold Abrahams, winner of the 100m sprint in the 1924 Paris Olympics, joined the school in 1914. Recalling his time at the school, Abrahams said he encountered antisemitism from other boys, often feeling bullied and alone.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PCpTBgAAQBAJ |title=Sneaker Century: A History of Athletic Shoes |last=Keyser |first=Amber J. |date=1 January 2015 |publisher=Twenty-First Century Books |isbn=9781467763097}}

In 1917, the writers Christopher Isherwood and Edward Upward began their time at Repton. They formed a friendship which continued when they both attended Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/4192502/Hello-to-Berlin-boys-and-books.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/4192502/Hello-to-Berlin-boys-and-books.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Hello to Berlin, boys and books|journal=The Daily Telegraph|date=27 May 2004|access-date=5 August 2018|issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}} Around the same time, Arnold Cooke, Bunny Austin and David Cochrane also attended Repton.

In September 1920, the poet Vernon Watkins was sent to Repton. His gentle character initially provoked bullying in his early years; yet, in a 1923 letter sent from Watkins to Eric Falk, he expressed his fondness for Repton as well as a school crush on poet Rupert Brooke: “I can’t think of anyone except Rupert Brooke.” Upward reflected that “everyone was homosexual, up to a point, at Repton.” While at the school, Watkins was granted the Howe Verse Prize, the Lancelot Sayes Prizes for French & German, and the Schreiber Prize for his writing. Upon his departure, Watkins stated: “Leaving Repton was what I had expected it to be; - a ghastly affair which left me in tears.” The school has claimed him as "perhaps the best poet Repton has had".{{Cite web|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/templates/article.jsp?articleid=58903&back=|title=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, "Vernon Watkins" entry|last=Watkins|first=Meic|year=2004|website=Oxford DNB|publisher=Oxford University Press|access-date=31 May 2016}}{{cite book|title=Vernon Watkins by Roland Mathias|publisher=University of Wales Press|pages=14–20|edition=Writers of Wales Series}}

In 1924, George Gilbert Stocks, a director of music at the school, set the hymn Dear Lord and Father of Mankind to the tune Repton for use in the school's chapel. He took the melody from Hubert Parry's 1888 contralto aria "Long since in Egypt's plenteous land" in his oratorio Judith.{{cite web|url=https://timelyscores.com/2017/07/20/repton-rest-hymn-tunes/|title=Dear Lord and Father of Mankind|date=20 July 2017|access-date=13 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014034317/https://timelyscores.com/2017/07/20/repton-rest-hymn-tunes/|archive-date=14 October 2017|url-status=dead}}

File:Roald Dahl (1982).jpg gives accounts of his time at Repton in his autobiography]]

The writer Roald Dahl attended in the 1930s.He later stated that he "couldn't get over it" and has "never got over it."{{Cite book |last1=Briggs |first1=Julia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GCWoDQAAQBAJ&q=I+was+appalled+by+the+fact+that+masters+and+senior+boys+were+allowed+literally+to+wound+other+boys,+and+sometimes+quite+severely...+I+couldn't+get+over+it.+I+never+have+got+over+it&pg=PT410 |title=Popular Children's Literature in Britain |last2=Butts |first2=Dennis |date=5 December 2016 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-351-91003-3 |language=en}} His semi-autobiographical Boy describes his negative experience with physical altercations between students, and of a pupil by headmaster Fisher.{{NoteTag|"... he was ordered to take down his trousers and kneel on the headmaster's sofa with the top half of his body hanging over one end of the sofa. The great man then gave him one terrific crack. After that there was a pause. The cane was put down and the headmaster began filling his pipe from a tin of tobacco. He also started to lecture the kneeling boy about sin and wrongdoing. Soon, the cane was picked up again and a second tremendous crack was administered upon the trembling buttocks. Then the pipe-filling business and the lecture went on for maybe 30 seconds. Then came the third crack of the cane ... At the end of it all, a basin, a sponge and a small clean towel were produced by the headmaster, and the victim was told to wash away the blood before pulling up his trousers."{{cite book |first=Roald |last=Dahl |author-link=Roald Dahl |title=Boy |title-link=Boy (autobiography) |year=1984 |publisher=Cape}}}} But Dahl's biographer, Jeremy Treglown, has pointed out he was mistaken: the beating was in May 1933, a year after Fisher had left Repton, and the headmaster concerned was John Christie, Fisher's successor.{{cite book|last1=Treglown|first1=Jeremy|author-link1=Jeremy Treglown|title=Roald Dahl: a Biography|location=London | publisher=Faber & Faber|year=1994 |isbn=978-0-571-16573-5 |page=21}} In his 1984 autobiography, Dahl states that when he was a young fag, he was instructed to warm toilet seats for older boys at the school.{{Cite book|last=Dahl|first=Roald|title=Boy: Tales of Childhood|publisher=Puffin Books|year=1984|isbn=978-0-14-130305-5|author-link=Roald Dahl}} He was also, along with other boys at the school, used as a product tester for Cadbury chocolate bars. Dahl claims that this was the inspiration for his book, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.{{Cite book |last=Dahl |first=Roald |title=Boy: Tales of Childhood |year=2013 |isbn=9780141346700 |pages=181–184 |publisher=Puffin |language=en}}

The headmaster from 1937 to 1943 was H. G. Michael Clarke, who left the school to pursue an ecclesiastical career and became Provost of Birmingham Cathedral.{{Cite web|url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F39304|title=The Discovery Service|last=Archives|first=The National|website=discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=25 March 2020}} He 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 (The Cross and Latham).{{Cite journal|last=Hillman|first=Nicholas|author-link=Nick Hillman|date=1 December 2010|title=The Public Schools Commission: 'Impractical, Expensive and Harmful to Children'?|journal=Contemporary British History|volume=24|issue=4|pages=511–531|doi=10.1080/13619462.2010.518413|s2cid=154446106|issn=1361-9462}} The school owed £50,000 (around £3.5 million at today's prices) and, in 1941, the Board of Education said its "future is doubtful".

In the Second World War, 188 former members of the school died serving in the armed forces.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ww1-yorkshires.org.uk/html-files/repton-school.htm|title=The Yorkshire Regiment, Local War Memorials|website=ww1-yorkshires.org.uk|access-date=3 July 2016}} Airmen were billeted in Mitre House during the war.{{Cite news|date=20 August 2017|title=The Second World War heroes who were in the prime of their life|language=en-GB|work=derbytelegraph|url=http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/nostalgia/jolly-young-men-who-lost-312965|access-date=30 May 2020|issn=0307-1235}} In 1948, a tablet extension was commissioned for the Derbyshire WWI Memorial in order to include WWII casualties. The extension was inaugurated in a ceremony led on 10 July 1949, unveiled by lieutenant general Sir Charles Gairdner and dedicated by former Geoffrey Fisher, by then Archbishop of Canterbury.

Numbers attending the school recovered in the late 1940s, such that The Cross was able to reopen in 1945 and Latham House in 1947. By 1957, the school was in better health: full with 470 pupils.{{Cite journal|last=Hillman|first=Nick|author-link=Nick Hillman|year=2012|title=Repton and the HMC during the Second World War|url=http://www.johncatt.com/downloads/pdf/magazines/ccr/ccr49_1/ccr49_1.pdf|journal=Conference & Common Room|volume=49|issue=1|access-date=19 August 2016|archive-date=8 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008054413/http://www.johncatt.com/downloads/pdf/magazines/ccr/ccr49_1/ccr49_1.pdf|url-status=dead}}

1957 saw the 400 year centenary of the school, celebrated with a royal visit from Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. A new chemistry block and workshops were added within the precinct, as well as extensive alterations to the science block. John Gammell took office as headmaster in 1968 and during his tenure girls began to be educated at Repton. It started with the arrival of two girls in 1970. By 1979, the first purpose-built girls' boarding house was opened.{{Cite book|last=Plowright|first=John|title=Repton to the end|publisher=Third Millennium Publishin|year=2007|isbn=978-1903942550|location=London|pages=28}}

File:Jeremy Clarkson 2008.jpg attended Repton in the 1970s.]]

Hazing is recorded as having taken place at Repton into the late 20th century.{{Cite book|last=Roach|first=Martin|title=The Top Gear Story – The 100% Unofficial Story of the Most Famous Car Show... In The World|publisher=John Blake Publishing|year=2014|location=London}} Jeremy Clarkson attended the school, later noting that he had suffered extreme hazing by other students, including being plunged into an ice pool and having his trousers cut in half.{{Cite web|title=12 famous people who are all from Doncaster|url=https://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/retro/12-famous-people-who-are-all-doncaster-1384665|website=www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk|language=en|access-date=20 May 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/celebrity/clarkson-was-suicidal-at-school-after-being-bullied/ar-AAbWf5j|title=Clarkson was suicidal at school after being bullied|website=MSN|date=5 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605073627/http://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/celebrity/clarkson-was-suicidal-at-school-after-being-bullied/ar-AAbWf5j|access-date=25 March 2020|archive-date=5 June 2016}} He was later expelled for "drinking, smoking and generally making a nuisance" of himself.{{Cite web|url=https://www.driving.co.uk/news/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-jeremy-clarkson/|title=10 things you didn't know about Jeremy Clarkson|date=10 April 2015|website=Driving.co.uk from The Sunday Times|language=en-GB|access-date=26 April 2020}} He 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.{{Cite web|last=Fleet|first=Holly|date=2021-02-10|title=Jeremy Clarkson did school chemistry lesson naked from waist down: 'I'd break every rule'|url=https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1396188/jeremy-clarkson-naked-chemistry-lesson-expelled-top-gear-age-school-news-latest-update|access-date=2021-02-19|website=Express.co.uk|language=en}}

Likewise, fagging continued in the 1980s when cricketer Chris Adams was at the school; he subsequently observed, "The ingrained hierarchy whereby the older boys would subject the younger pupils to a lot of misery through the system of fagging. It was basically a system of slavery and I hated seeing the young lads literally trembling with fear".{{Cite book|last=Chris|first=Adams|title=Grizzly : my life and times in cricket|date=14 October 2015|isbn=9781785311239|location=Durrington|oclc=949931533}}

In the early 1980s, the old Sanatorium was converted into a Music School.{{Cite book|last=Plowright|first=John|title=Repton to the End.|publisher=Third Millennium|year=2007|isbn=978-1903942550|location=London|pages=41}} Due to increasing numbers of female pupils in the 1990s, headmaster Graham Jones spearheaded the construction of girls' houses. Two boys boarding houses (Brook House and The Hall) were closed and their occupants were reconfigured into a single new house, School House.{{Cite book|last=Plowright|first=John|title=Repton to the end|date=2007|publisher=Profile Books Limited |isbn=978-1-903942-55-0|language=en|oclc=166382208}}

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The school marked its 450th anniversary in 2007 with a royal visit from Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex. Celebrations also included concerts featuring Michael Ball and Bryan Ferry.{{Cite book|last=Plowright|first=John|title=Repton to the end|publisher=Third Millennium Publishing|year=2007|isbn=978-1903942550|location=London|pages=165}}

In 2011, the 400 Hall theatre (originally built in 1957) was remodelled by Avery Associates Architects,{{cite web |title=400 Hall Theatre AJ Buildings Library |url=https://www.ajbuildingslibrary.co.uk/projects/display/id/6917 |website=www.ajbuildingslibrary.co.uk |access-date=26 February 2020}} following a £3.3 million upgrade.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-15753674|title=Repton School theatre reopens after £3.3m revamp|date=16 November 2011|work=BBC News|access-date=3 August 2017}} In 2013, a £9 million science block was built. During the preparations for the building work, archaeological digs were undertaken which indicated the site had been occupied in the Roman period.{{cite web|url=http://www.repton.org.uk/Royal-Opening-for-Reptons-Science-Priory|title=Royal Opening for Repton's Science Priory|publisher=Repton|access-date=13 October 2017}}
- {{Cite news|url=http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Discovery-Roman-past-real-life-school-history/story-16902012-detail/story.html|title=Discovery of Roman past is a real-life school history lesson|date=14 September 2012|work=Derby Telegraph|access-date=8 June 2016}} {{Dead link|date=August 2018|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}} Around this time, the old Squash Courts were made into a new gallery and textiles studio for the Art department.{{Cite book|last=Plowright|first=John|title=Repton to the End|publisher=Third Millennium|year=2007|isbn=978-1903942550}}

A new teaching block, the Lynam Thomas Building, in the precinct and a major refurbishment programme was being undertaken. In November 2019, Adam Peaty opened a newly redeveloped £6 million sports centre at the school.{{Cite web|url=https://www.repton.org.uk/news/2019-11-21/Repton-School-Sports-Centre-opened-by-Olympian-Adam-Peaty-MBE|title=Repton School Sports Centre Opened By Olympian Adam Peaty MBE|website=www.repton.org.uk|access-date=29 February 2020}} The sport centre building has since been nominated for Excellence in Design by the East Midlands Bricks Awards.{{Cite web|date=1 June 2020|title=East Midlands Bricks Awards 2020 planned for October|url=https://www.eastmidlandsbusinesslink.co.uk/mag/news/east-midlands-bricks-awards-2020-planned-for-october/|access-date=2 June 2020|website=East Midlands Business Link|language=en-GB}}

Alastair Land was headmaster from 2016 to 2019 and was succeeded as headmaster by Mark Semmence.

In September 2019, the school began using an AI service called AS Tracking in order to monitor students' mental health. The software was also used in 150 schools, assessing over 50,000 students' wellbeing.{{Cite web|title=AI tool being tested in schools to detect self-harm and bullying|url=https://inews.co.uk/news/technology/ai-software-is-being-tested-in-150-schools-to-combat-bullying-self-harm-and-drug-abuse-636123|website=inews.co.uk|date=22 September 2019 |language=en|access-date=20 May 2020}}{{Cite web|title=Artificial intelligence being used in schools to detect self-harm and bullying|url=https://news.sky.com/story/artificial-intelligence-being-used-in-schools-to-detect-self-harm-and-bullying-11815865|website=Sky News|language=en|access-date=20 May 2020}} In November 2019, Libby Lane, Lord Bishop of Derby was appointed visitor of Repton School.{{Cite web|url=https://www.repton.org.uk/news/2019-11-04/Bishop-of-Derby-appointed-Visitor-of-Repton-School|title=Bishop Of Derby Appointed Visitor Of Repton School|website=www.repton.org.uk|access-date=31 March 2020}}{{Cite web |date=2023-09-27 |title=Family of Sutton Coldfield drug gang ringleader Jonathan Arnold speaks out |url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/family-sutton-coldfield-drug-gang-122613576.html |access-date=2023-10-01 |website=Yahoo News |language=en-GB}}

File:Bunny Austin (1936).jpg attended Repton School.]]

The school has a Combined Cadet Force and a music school, as well as various after-school clubs.{{Cite web |url=https://www.repton.org.uk/school-life/co-curricular |title=Co-Curricular|access-date=16 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160520125118/http://www.repton.org.uk/extra-curricular |archive-date=20 May 2016 |url-status=dead }} All pupils are enrolled in CCF for one year; involvement thereafter is voluntary. Pupils can also choose to participate in the Duke of Edinburgh Award.{{Cite web|url=https://www.repton.org.uk/news/2018-05-25/Repton-Pupils-Receive-Their-Gold-Duke-of-Edinburgh-Awards-at-Buckingham-Palace|title=Repton Pupils Receive Their Gold Duke Of Edinburgh Awards At Buckingham Palace|website=www.repton.org.uk}}

The school competes in various sports. Main sports are: men's football, hockey and cricket; women's hockey, netball and tennis.{{Cite web|url=http://www.repton.org.uk/sport2|title=Repton School Sport|website=repton.org.uk|access-date=11 December 2016}} Repton School has produced more than 150 first-class cricketers, 11 internationals, and three Test captains.{{Cite web|title=StackPath|url=https://www.repton.org.uk/news/2019-05-06/Will-reaches-1000-runs-for-Repton-s-1st-XI|website=www.repton.org.uk|access-date=21 May 2020}} Notable sporting former pupils include the 1932 Wimbledon tennis finalist, Bunny Austin, and several first-class cricketers.{{cite web|url=http://www.reptonpilgrims.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=55:repton-school-1st-class-cricketers&catid=37:1st-class-cricketers&Itemid=60|title=Repton Pilgrims Cricket Club|website=Repton Pilgrims Cricket Club|access-date=13 October 2017}} The Olympic gold medalist and world record holder Adam Peaty used Repton's swimming pool as a training facility. His coach, Melanie Marshall, taught swimming at the school.{{cite news |url= https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/08/adam-peaty-swimming-club-celebrates-success |title='He's our hero': Adam Peaty's swimming club celebrates his success |first1=Josh |last1=Halliday |first2=Haroon |last2=Siddique |date=8 August 2016 |access-date=13 October 2017 |newspaper=The Guardian |location= London}}

In 2013, six former pupils played together in an international hockey match.{{cite news |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/hockey/10478137/Repton-School-claim-hockey-history-as-six-former-pupils-play-in-GB-v-Germany-series.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/hockey/10478137/Repton-School-claim-hockey-history-as-six-former-pupils-play-in-GB-v-Germany-series.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Repton School claim hockey history as six former pupils play in GB v Germany series |first=Rod |last=Gilmour |date=27 November 2013 |access-date=13 October 2017 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location= London}}{{cbignore}}

In October 2018, Repton announced a complete £6 million renovation of the school's sporting facilities, including a new sports hall and a new strength and conditioning gymnasium.{{cite news|url=https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/burton/repton-school-sports-facilities-2118021|title=These are brand new £6 million sports facilities at top private school|newspaper=Derbyshirelive|first=Ben|last=Waldron|date=20 October 2018 }} Repton's football team also won The 2018 ISFA Barry Burns Northern Eights Competition.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ukboardingschools.com/news/repton-hudl-schools-league/|title=Repton wins Hudl Independent Schools league|website=UK Boarding Schools}}{{Cite web|title=StackPath|url=https://www.repton.org.uk/news/2018-03-08/Repton-1st-XI-Win-The-ISFA-Barry-Burns-Northern-Eights-Competition|website=www.repton.org.uk|access-date=26 May 2020}}

In January 2019, Repton announced Chris Read, former England cricketer, as the school's director of cricket.{{Cite web|url=https://www.repton.org.uk/news/2019-01-08/Former-England-Cricketer-Chris-Read-appointed-Repton-School-s-Director-of-Cricket|title=Former England Cricketer Chris Read Appointed Repton School's Director Of Cricket

|website=www.repton.org.uk}} In 2019, the first all-girls Lord's Taverners "Wicketz Festival", three days of celebration, education and cricket was held at the school.{{Cite web|title=Lord's Taverners Wicketz Festival at Repton School|url=https://www.derbyshirelife.co.uk/out-about/events/lord-s-taverners-wicketz-festival-1-6350659|last=taverners|first=photos: courtesy of the lord's|website=Derbyshire Life and Countryside|language=en|access-date=30 May 2020}}{{Cite web|title=Lord's Taverners Round Up|url=https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/grass_roots/lords_taverners_round_up.html|website=www.thecricketer.com|access-date=30 May 2020}}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Cite news|last=Prentki|first=Tom|date=20 September 2019|title=Lord's Taverners Wicketz festival reflects rise in girl power|language=en-GB|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/charity-in-the-community/wicketz-cricket-festival-for-girls/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/charity-in-the-community/wicketz-cricket-festival-for-girls/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=30 May 2020|issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}} The U18 girls (outdoor), U16 girls (outdoor and indoor), U16 boys (outdoor) and U14 girls (outdoor) won national titles that same year.{{cite web|url=https://www.repton.org.uk/news/2019-05-03/National-Title-Glory-for-Repton-s-Boys-U16-Hockey-Team|title=National Title Glory For Repton's Boys' U16 Hockey Team|website=Repton School}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/hockey/2020/01/13/womens-hockey-talking-points-sophie-bray-sally-walton-set-super/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/hockey/2020/01/13/womens-hockey-talking-points-sophie-bray-sally-walton-set-super/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Women's hockey talking points: Sophie Bray and Sally Walton set for Super 6s indoor showdown|first=Rod|last=Gilmour|newspaper=The Telegraph |date=13 January 2020|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}{{cbignore}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.wscountytimes.co.uk/sport/other-sport/cranleigh-school-u16-girls-retain-national-indoor-hockey-crown-1366594|title=Cranleigh School U16 girls retain national indoor hockey crown|website=www.wscountytimes.co.uk}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://swimswam.com/repton-appoints-two-time-olympian-scott-talbot-as-its-director-of-swimming/|title=Repton Appoints Two-Time Olympian Scott Talbot As Its Director Of Swimming|date=4 February 2020|website=SwimSwam}}{{Cite web|title=Derby education leaders train students in practical potential and 'Midlands grit'|url=https://www.ft.com/content/1379ccca-61a2-11ea-b3f3-fe4680ea68b5 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/1379ccca-61a2-11ea-b3f3-fe4680ea68b5 |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|last=Sullivan|first=Conor|date=10 March 2020|website=www.ft.com|language=en-GB|access-date=30 May 2020}}

Repton's art programme currently features two artists-in-residence: visual artist Louisa Chambers and fine art media specialist Maria Georgoula.{{cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/artists-the-latest-big-draw-in-schools-nr796hxtx|title=Artists are schools' latest big draw|website=The Times|first=Greg|last=Hurst|date=23 January 2017 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200428162606/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/artists-the-latest-big-draw-in-schools-nr796hxtx|archive-date=28 April 2020}}

Repton opened their 400 Hall theatre in 1957. In 2011, the theatre reopened after a £3.3 million renovation. A studio theatre was added in 2003 and the complex extended and fully refurbished in 2011 by architect Bryan Avery.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/jul/06/bryan-avery-obituary|title=Bryan Avery obituary|website=TheGuardian.com|date=6 July 2017}}

The school has been hosting a literary festival in October for some years.{{Cite web|title=StackPath|url=https://www.repton.org.uk/news/2019-10-15/Repton-Literary-Festival|website=www.repton.org.uk|access-date=26 May 2020}} There is an annual Plowright lecture, with the 2020 lecture being on serial killers.{{Cite web|title=StackPath|url=https://www.repton.org.uk/news/2020-01-10/The-2020-Plowright-Lecture-Serial-Killers-in-Fact-and-Fiction-|website=www.repton.org.uk|access-date=26 May 2020}} One of the students won Ayn Rand Essay Competition prizes in consecutive years.{{Cite web|title=StackPath|url=https://www.repton.org.uk/news/2018-09-07/Lucas-Wins-Prestigious-First-Place-Ayn-Rand-Essay-Prize|website=www.repton.org.uk|access-date=26 May 2020}} In 2022, this event was branded "a flop", with organisers stating "audience for many of the speakers were woefully small...Everywhere was completely thin. It was such a shame".{{Cite web |last=Kreft |first=Helen |date=2022-08-26 |title=Organisers perplexed by star-studded South Derbyshire festival flop |url=https://www.staffordshire-live.co.uk/news/local-news/organisers-perplexed-star-studded-south-7514896 |access-date=2022-09-03 |website=burtonmail |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=2022-08-27 |title=Organisers demand answers after low festival turnout |language=en-GB |work=DerbyshireLive |url=https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/organisers-demand-answers-derbyshire-festival-7518428 |access-date=2022-09-03 |issn=0307-1235}}

The 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.{{Cite news|date=23 October 2019|title=Amateur theatre companies on brink of shutting down after Guildhall closure|language=en-GB|work=DerbyshireLive|url=https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/amateur-theatre-companies-brink-shutting-3454586|access-date=1 December 2020|issn=0307-1235}}

Repton School offers traditional boarding only, with no flexi or weekly options available.{{cite web |title=Explore Repton School: See Reviews, Rankings, Fees, And More |url=https://britannia-study.co.uk/boarding-schools/repton-school-review/ |website=Britannia UK|date=28 March 2024 }} Approximately 70 per cent of pupils are boarders.{{cite web|url=http://www.ukboardingschools.com/schools/repton-school/|title=Repton School|date=16 July 2013|access-date=13 October 2017}}

The school also has an on-site tuck shop called 'The Grubber'.{{cite web|url=https://www.repton.org.uk/key-information/school-shop|title=School Shop | Repton School|website=repton.org.uk|access-date=7 December 2020}}

In 2019/2020, fees were £36,783 for boarders and £27,207 for day pupils per year.{{Cite web|url=https://www.repton.org.uk/admissions/fees|title=School Fees|website=www.repton.org.uk|access-date=24 January 2020}}

There are scholarships available for drama, sport, art, music, academic capacity and "all-rounder talent"; these do not exceed 20% of the school's fees.{{Cite web|url=https://www.repton.org.uk/admissions/scholarships-bursaries|title=Scholarships & Bursaries|website=www.repton.org.uk|access-date=24 January 2020}} There is also some bursary assistance.{{cite web|url=http://www.repton.org.uk/scholarships-bursaries|title=Scholarships & Bursaries |publisher=Repton School |access-date=13 October 2017}}

The school is inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate. An integrated inspection took place in March 2014, finding the school to be "exceptionally successful in achieving its aims... the quality of the pupils' achievements is excellent".{{Cite web|url=http://www.isi.net/school/repton-school-6835|title=March 2014 ISI Inspection|publisher=ISI}}

An emergency inspection in January 2015 was ordered by the Department for Education reviewing welfare and safeguarding compliance under the Independent School Standard Regulations (ISSRs) and the National Minimum Standards for Boarding (NMSB). The school failed to meet a number of the regulations, namely those dealing with pupil safeguarding; the promotion of good behaviour; suitability of staff and governance, leadership and management of the school.{{Cite web|url=http://isischools.devprocess.com/DownloadReport.aspx?t=c&r=FLWEV6835_20150121.pdf&s=6835|title=Emergency Inspection 2015|last=Independent Schools Inspectorate|publisher=Independent Schools Inspectorate|access-date=5 August 2015}}

A regulatory compliance inspection took place in 2018 which found that the school met all of the minimums and associated requirements.{{Cite web|url=https://www.isi.net/school/repton-school-6835?results=true|title=Repton School :: Independent Schools Inspectorate|website=www.isi.net|access-date=26 February 2020}} The subsequent integrated regulatory compliance and educational quality inspection in 2020 found that Repton met all regulatory compliance standards and was awarded the highest rating in each area.{{Cite web|url=https://issuu.com/reptonschool/docs/isi_inspection_booklet|title=Repton School ISI Inspection 2020 - Key Findings|publisher=ISSUU|date=27 May 2021}}

Repton Priory was a 12th-century Augustinian foundation. It was dissolved in 1538. After dissolution, the Thacker family lived at the priory until 1553. One of this family, Gilbert Thacker, destroyed the church, almost entirely in a day; he did this during the time of Queen Mary, fearing the priory would be recommissioned as part of the Counter-Reformation.[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=40125 "Houses of Austin canons: The priory of Repton, with the cell of Calke"], A History of the County of Derby, volume 2 (1907), pp. 58–63. Retrieved 8 June 2013.{{cite web |url=http://www.reptonchurch.org.uk/index.htm |title=Repton Church: Our Church – Christianity in Repton |access-date=9 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618152029/http://www.reptonchurch.org.uk/index.htm |archive-date=18 June 2013 }}File:Arch and Old Priory, Repton - geograph.org.uk - 273607.jpg, was moved to its current site in 1906.]]Only parts of the original buildings remained when the school was established. These comprised:{{PastScape|mnumber=1058695 |mname= PRIORY GATEWAY|access-date=11 June 2013}}{{cite web|title=Remains of Priory Church|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-82775-remains-of-priory-church-and-the-chapter-|website=British Listed Buildings|access-date=8 June 2013}} the footings of areas of the priory remain in some areas, uncovered during construction work in 1922; the bases of a cluster of columns of the former chancel and chapels; fragments of an arch belonging to the former pulpitum, moved to their current position in 1906; fragments of the door surrounds of both the chapter house and warming room.{{PastScape|mname=Repton|mnumber=313097|access-date=11 June 2013}} and largest surviving portion of the priory known as "Prior Overton's Tower", which is post-1437; largely altered, it has been incorporated into a 19th-century building.{{NHLE|num=1057669 |desc =Repton Hall with Prior Overton's Tower, Repton School|access-date=11 June 2013}}

NewHouseRepton.JPG|New House

ReptonThrotheArch.JPG|The Arch

Repton School, Repton - geograph.org.uk - 1650810.jpg|The Old Priory and Garth

Repton School - geograph.org.uk - 1303684.jpg|Pears School

The school set up Repton International Schools Ltd (RISL) in 2013 to establish, develop and maintain British international schools.{{Cite web|title=The Awkward Ambition of Elite British Private Schools Abroad|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-03-06/the-awkward-ambition-of-elite-british-private-schools-abroad|last=Akam|first=Simon|date=6 March 2020|website=www.bloomberg.com|access-date=30 April 2020}} The overseas schools are owned and funded by local investors, which can be education businesses, real estate corporates, private equity firms or wealthy philanthropists. They are licensed to use the Repton School "brand" and enter into a services agreement with RISL, which provides a full range of educational services and academic oversight.{{cite web|url=http://www.reptoninternational.com/History-Aims-and-Purpose|title=History, Aims & Purpose |publisher= Repton International Schools Ltd|access-date=13 October 2017}} RISL remits its profits to Repton School Trust in the UK, which helps fund capital projects and bursaries. Repton has partnerships with John Port Spencer Academy, Etwall, and Repton Primary School.{{Cite web|url=https://attain.education/news/community/repton-school-and-repton-primary-school-partnership|title=Repton School and Repton Primary School Partnership|website=Attain|access-date=29 April 2020|archive-date=20 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020001304/https://attain.education/news/community/repton-school-and-repton-primary-school-partnership|url-status=dead}}

The portfolio of overseas schools comprises:

• Repton School Dubai (opened in September 2007), situated on a site in Nad al Sheba{{cite web|url=https://www.arabianbusiness.com/education/399280-dubai-private-schools-earn-over-2bn-in-tuition-revenue|title=Dubai private schools earn over $2bn in tuition revenue|website=Arabian Business Industries|date=24 June 2018 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.tradearabia.com/news/EDU_227220.html|title=British school to open on Reem Island|website=Trade Arabia}}
• Repton School Abu Dhabi, which has two campuses on Al Reem Island, Abu Dhabi (2013 and 2017){{cite web|url=https://www.khaleejtimes.com/news/education/abu-dhabi-school-opens-new-campus-for-1800-students|title=Abu Dhabi school opens new campus for 1,800 students|first=Ismail|last=Sebugwaawo|website=Khaleej Times}}
• Foremarke Dubai (2013), located in Al Barsha South and recently re-branded as Repton Al Barsha{{cite web|url=https://www.timeoutdubai.com/kids/438777-all-the-uae-schools-offering-a-discount-on-term-three-fees|title=All the UAE schools offering a discount on term three fees|website=Time Out Dubai|first=Kelly|last=Johnstone|date=13 April 2020 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/education/foremarke-school-dubai-rebranded-as-repton-al-barsha-1.1103306|title=Foremarke School Dubai rebranded as Repton Al Barsha|website=The National News|first=Anam|last=Rizvi|date=November 1, 2020}}
• Repton International School (Malaysia) (2020){{cite web|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/business/companies-markets/chip-eng-seng-scraps-kindergarten-tie-up-with-repton|title=Chip Eng Seng scraps kindergarten tie-up with Repton|website=The Straits Times|author=Fiona Lam|date=December 29, 2020}}
• Chiway-Repton School, located in Xiamen, Fujian Province, PRC (2020){{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/life/famous-british-public-schools-branches-abroad/|title=Famous British public schools with branches abroad|website=The Telegraph|date=11 October 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200422194328/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/life/famous-british-public-schools-branches-abroad/|archive-date=22 April 2020|access-date=22 April 2020|url-status=live|last1=London |first1=Lela }}
• Repton Cairo opened in September 2020 as part of the Mivida development in New Cairo {{Cite news|url=https://www.reptoninternational.com/international-family/our-schools|title=Our Schools|work=Repton}}
• Repton Doha will open in 2021, with Repton New Giza and Repton Sofia to follow in 2023{{Cite news|url=https://www.staffordshire-live.co.uk/news/local-news/repton-school-opening-bulgaria-1859297|title=Repton School set to open new centre in Bulgaria|last=Pridding|first=Beth|date=7 August 2018|work=Derby Telegraph|access-date=13 August 2018}}

Repton has a junior school, named Repton Prep, which was founded in 1940.

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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/burton/two-derbyshire-schools-merge-3758103|title=These two Derbyshire schools are to merge|date=20 January 2020|work=derbytelegraph|access-date=24 January 2020|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}} Shortly after, St Wystan's School joined the Repton group of schools.{{Cite news|url=https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/burton/three-schools-derbyshire-merge-3856549|title=Prestigious Repton family of schools set to expand|date=17 March 2020|work=DerbyTelegraph}}

Alexander Wilson, novelist, a spy and serial bigamist with four wives, lied about being an alumnus of Repton School, which he was not;{{Cite web|title=What is the real-life story behind Ruth Wilson's new BBC drama Mrs Wilson?|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2019-07-29/what-is-the-real-life-story-behind-ruth-wilsons-new-bbc-drama-mrs-wilson/|access-date=1 December 2020|website=Radio Times|language=en}} Fred Perry also lied about having attended Repton School, which he did not do either.{{Cite news|date=3 July 2009|title=Who was Fred Perry?|language=en-GB|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8126053.stm|access-date=1 December 2020}}

The "Stig" character in Top Gear is said to have been named after the school's pejorative slang term for new boys, a private reference with the producer Andy Wilman, who attended Repton with Clarkson.{{Cite news|last=Parkinson|first=Justin|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-31907458|title=The Jeremy Clarkson story|date=25 March 2015|access-date=14 June 2016|work=BBC News}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.driving.co.uk/news/jeremy-clarkson-reveals-reason-grand-tour-delay/|title=Jeremy Clarkson reveals The Grand Tour delayed after producer Andy Wilman contracted coronavirus|date=17 April 2020|website=Driving.co.uk from The Sunday Times|language=en-GB|access-date=26 April 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.grandtournation.com/cars/jeremy-clarkson-confirms-the-grand-tour-producer-andy-wilman-had-covid-19/|title=Jeremy Clarkson Confirms The Grand Tour Producer Andy Wilman Had COVID-19|date=21 April 2020|website=Grand Tour Nation|language=en-US|access-date=26 April 2020}}File:Southern 926 Repton (37136522726).jpgThere is also a steam locomotive called "Repton" named after the school in 1934: Southern Rail, class V, Schools No 926, today based at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway.{{Cite web|title=Roving Repton on autumn gala circuit|url=https://www.therailwayhub.co.uk/8906/roving-repton-on-autumn-gala-circuit/|last=Hub|first=The Railway|date=19 November 2019|website=The Railway Hub|language=en-GB|access-date=30 May 2020}}

The school's motto, {{lang|la|Porta Vacat Culpa}} ("the gate is free from blame"), is a quotation from Ovid's {{lang|la|Fasti}}.[http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/ovid/ovid.fasti2.shtml Ovid's Fasti, book 2], line 204 "The gate" ({{lang|la|Porta}}) refers to the school's arch and, by a synecdoche of {{lang|la|pars pro toto}}, the school itself, whilst also being a pun on the name of the school's founder, Sir John Port.{{cite journal|last=Rich|first=E. E.|date=April 1961|title=Pro Pelle Cutem, The Hudson's Bay Company Motto|url=http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/pageant/06/propellecutem.shtml|journal=Manitoba Pageant|volume=6|number=3}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.repton.org.uk/mainlist.html?pgi=head.hist|title=StackPath|website=www.repton.org.uk|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081222025326/http://www.repton.org.uk/mainlist.html?pgi=head.hist|archive-date=22 December 2008}}{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TtgWAQAAIAAJ|title=Derbyshire Archaeological Journal|date=23 February 1987|via=Google Books}}

The school has twice, in the 1930s and 1980s respectively, represented the fictional Brookfield School in a 1939 film and a 1984 BBC version of Goodbye, Mr. Chips.[http://www.sundaymercury.net/entertainment-news/film-news/film-reviews/2008/06/19/movies-made-in-the-midlands-66331-21105972/ Movies made in the Midlands]. Retrieved March 2011
- [http://derbyshire.greatbritishlife.co.uk/article/repton-derbyshire-5268/ Repton, Derbyshire] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415035027/http://derbyshire.greatbritishlife.co.uk/article/repton-derbyshire-5268 |date=15 April 2012 }}. Retrieved March 2011{{Cite web|last=Powlson|first=Nigel|title=Films and shows with a strong Derbyshire connection|url=https://www.derbyshirelife.co.uk/out-about/derbyshire-films-and-shows-connections-1-6672907|access-date=2 June 2020|website=Derbyshire Life and Countryside|date=31 May 2020 |language=en}} One of the screenwriters of the 1939 film, Eric Maschwitz, attended Repton. Around 200 pupils were extras in the 1939 film.[http://www.youandyesterday.com/articles/1930s:_A_year_of_tragedy_and_war_worries "1930s: A year of tragedy and war worries"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110321084346/http://www.youandyesterday.com/articles/1930s:_A_year_of_tragedy_and_war_worries |date=21 March 2011 }}. Retrieved March 2011 Similarly, pupils appeared as extras in the 1984 BBC version.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}

The school has had the following royal visits:

• The Queen and Prince Philip made an official visit to the school on 28 March 1957, to mark the 400 year anniversary of the school's establishment. The welcome was led by former headmaster Geoffrey Fisher and the Queen planted a mulberry tree.{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA9V91Z64TJ4ODWHA29J4KQ6HUW-RTV/query/UK|title=Uk: Royal Visit To Repton, Derbyshire|last=Pathé|first=British|website=www.britishpathe.com|access-date=29 February 2020}}{{Citation|title=UK: ROYAL VISIT TO REPTON, DERBYSHIRE ~ Clip #110164997|url=https://www.pond5.com/stock-footage/item/110164997-uk-royal-visit-repton-derbyshire|access-date=29 February 2020}}
• The Duchess of Kent visited the school in June 1985.{{Cite web|url=http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/news/history/duchess-kent-impressed-crowds-during-147021|title=A Royal visit for Repton in 1985|last=Sinfield|first=Stephen|date=19 May 2017|website=burtonmail|access-date=25 March 2020}}
• The school received a visit from The Duke of Kent in September 2013.{{Cite web|url=https://www.royal.uk/archive/201309|title=September 2013|website=The Royal Family|language=en|access-date=25 March 2020}}
• The school marked its 450th anniversary in 2007 with a visit from Prince Edward.

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• Thomas Whitehead (1621–1639)https://books.google.com/books?id=68oHAAAAQAAJRobert Bigsby Historical and Topographical Description of Repton Woodfall and Kinder 1854
• Philip Ward (1639–1642)
• William Ullock (1642–1667)
• Joseph Sedgwicke (1667–1672)
• Edward Letherland (1672–1681)
• John Doughty (1681–1705)
• Edward Abbot (1705–1714)
• Thomas Gawton (1714–1723)
• William Dudson (1723–1724)
• George Fletcher (1724–1741)
• William Asteley (1741–1767)
• William Prior (1767–1779){{cite web|url=http://www.reptonchurch.org.uk/Monument.htm|title=Monuments of St Wystan's Church, Repton|website=reptonchurch.org.uk|access-date=13 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303212148/http://www.reptonchurch.org.uk/Monument.htm|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead}}
• William Bagshaw Stevens (1779–1800)
• William Boultbee Sleath (1800–1830)
• John Heyrick Macaulay (1830–1840)
• Thomas Williamson Peile (1841–1854)
• Steuart Adolphus Pears (1854–1874)
• Henry Robert Huckin (1874–1882)
• William Furneaux (1883–1900)
• Hubert Burge (1900–1901)
• Lionel Ford (1901–1910)|
• William Temple (1910–1914)
• Geoffrey Fisher (1914–1932)Dahl, Roald, Boy {{ISBN|0-435-12300-9}} (hardcover, 1986) (see also Boy: Tales of Childhood)
• John Christie (1932–1937)
• H.G. Michael Clarke (1937–1943)
• Theodore Lynam Thomas (1944–1961)
• John Thorn (1961–1968)
• John Gammell (1968–1978)
• David Jewell (1979–1987)
• Graham E. Jones (1987–2003)
• Robert Holroyd (2003–2014){{cite web|url=http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/Repton-School-head-teacher-Robert-Holroyd-step/story-25715824-detail/story.html |title=Repton School head teacher Robert Holroyd has to step down due to 'ill health'|work=Burton Mail|access-date=13 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926144016/http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/Repton-School-head-teacher-Robert-Holroyd-step/story-25715824-detail/story.html|archive-date=26 September 2015|url-status=dead}}
• Sarah Tennant, (acting head, 2014–2016)
• Alastair Land (2016–2019){{Cite news|url=http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/derby-news/repton-school-head-harrow-safeguarding-1503167|title=Top public school head leaves to take up new role|date=27 April 2018|work=Derby Telegraph|access-date=27 April 2018|issn=0307-1235}}
  - {{cite web|url=http://www.repton.org.uk/New-Headmaster-Announced|title=New Headmaster Announced|publisher=Repton School|access-date=13 October 2017}}
• Mark Semmence (from March 2019){{Cite news|url=https://attain.news/announcements/mr-mark-semmence-appointed-headmaster-at-repton-school|title=Mr Mark Semmence Appointed Headmaster at Repton School|work=Attain|access-date=5 August 2018|archive-date=5 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180805143155/https://attain.news/announcements/mr-mark-semmence-appointed-headmaster-at-repton-school|url-status=dead}}

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See also: Gender inequality in the United Kingdom and Gender pay gap

In September 2005, the school was one of fifty schools operating independent school fee-fixing, in breach of the Competition Act, 1998. All of the schools involved were ordered to abandon this practice, pay a nominal penalty of £10,000 each and to make ex-gratia payments totalling three million pounds into a trust designed to benefit pupils who attended the schools during the period in respect of which fee information had been shared.{{Cite news |last=Halpin |first=Halpin |title=Independent schools face huge fines over cartel to fix fees |newspaper=The Times |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/education/article/independent-schools-face-huge-fines-over-cartel-to-fix-fees-rcwcznjnvnt |access-date=29 February 2020 |issn=0140-0460}}{{Cite web |date=21 December 2006 |title=Office of Fair Trading Press Release |url=https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100402135855tf_/http://www.oft.gov.uk/news/press/2006/182-06 |access-date=29 February 2020 |website=National Ara chive}} The Bursar at the time was Carl Bilson.{{Cite web |title=Carl Peter BILSON – Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House) |url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/_2v6dAdpo4YcFzO_a8bWST3hKgA/appointments |access-date=25 March 2020 |website=beta.companieshouse.gov.uk |language=en}}

Female staff members were paid 56–57% less than their male coworkers at the school in 2018,{{Cite web |title=Repton School gender pay gap data / 2018–19 – GOV.UK |url=https://gender-pay-gap.service.gov.uk/Employer/2xIbxNxU/2018 |access-date=15 February 2020 |website=gender-pay-gap.service.gov.uk}} and 50% less in 2019.{{Cite web |title=REPTON SCHOOL gender pay gap data / 2019–20 – GOV.UK |url=https://gender-pay-gap.service.gov.uk/Employer/2xIbxNxU/2019 |access-date=15 February 2020 |website=gender-pay-gap.service.gov.uk}}

In 2014, Southern Derbyshire Magistrates' Court fined the school £10,000 following a guilty plea to a health and safety charge after an incident of negligence.{{Cite web |last=QCMS |date=2 October 2014 |title=Derbyshire school fined after grandmother falls from stairs |url=https://cqms-ltd.co.uk/derbyshire-school-fined-after-grandmother-falls-from-stairs/ |website=QCMS}} In April 2019, a teacher tested positive for drink-driving after police saw his vehicle mount a kerb and then enter the school grounds. He was subsequently convicted and banned from driving for 20 months.{{Cite news |date=7 April 2019 |title=Repton school teacher and England hockey ace caught drink-driving |work=Derby Telegraph |url=https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-news/repton-school-teacher-england-hockey-2725962 |access-date=21 April 2019 |issn=0307-1235}} Two months later a chemical spillage at the school's sports centre resulted in nine individuals needing precautionary treatment, as a result of a chlorine leak.{{Cite web |title=Nine treated following chemical spill at top Derbyshire school |url=https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-news/nine-treated-following-chemical-spill-3017399 |access-date=24 June 2018 |website=Derbyshire Telegraph}}

In the summer of 2023, a 14-year-old girl died on the school campus at an event organised by Christians in Sport, a third-party religious group.{{Cite web |date=2023-08-21 |title=Girl, 14, dies after falling ill at Christian sports camp |url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/23735644.girl-14-dies-sports-camp-run-bicester-organisation/ |access-date=2023-10-01 |website=Oxford Mail |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2023-08-17 |title=Girl, 14, dies after falling ill at top UK private school sports camp |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/girl-dead-repton-school-derbyshire-b2394582.html |access-date=2023-10-01 |website=The Independent |language=en}}{{Cite web | title=Teenager dies after falling ill at Derbyshire summer camp at Repton School {{!}} ITV News Central | url=https://www.itv.com/news/central/2023-08-17/girl-14-dies-after-falling-ill-at-derbyshire-summer-camp-at-repton-school | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004214455/https://www.itv.com/news/central/2023-08-17/girl-14-dies-after-falling-ill-at-derbyshire-summer-camp-at-repton-school | access-date=2025-02-21 | archive-date=2023-10-04}}

The Charity Commission expressed "serious concerns" about safeguarding in 2018 after it received a sequence of serious incident reports from Repton School early in that year, specifically:{{Cite news |date=1 April 2018 |title=Repton School regulator has 'serious concern' over safeguarding incidents |work=Derby Telegraph |url=http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/derby-news/repton-school-allegations-charity-commission-1394332 |access-date=7 April 2018 |issn=0307-1235}}

• In December 2014, a former head of physics, John Mitchell, was found to have abused a position of trust contrary to s.16(1)(a) of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 when he engaged in sexual activity with a female between the age of 13 and 17, not believing that she was 18 or over. He also communicated in a sexual way and with sexual motivations to this same pupil. He was disqualified from teaching indefinitely by the National College for Teaching and Leadership, following a finding that this was unacceptable professional conduct.{{Cite web |date=2 March 2016 |title=Mr John Mitchell: Professional conduct panel outcome |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/506803/Web_decision_-_John_Mitchell.pdf |access-date=4 June 2016 |publisher=National College for Teaching and Leadership}}
• In October 2017, a former pupil began proceedings against the school, claiming negligence on the school's part, in connection with an alleged rape of that pupil by another pupil in 2014. A 17-year-old pupil was arrested on suspicion of carrying out two rapes at the school;{{Cite news |date=28 November 2017 |title=Teenager arrested over two rape allegations at Jeremy Clarkson's old private school |work=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/teenager-arrested-over-two-rape-allegations-at-jeremy-clarkson-s-old-private-school-9890012.html |access-date=19 August 2018}} it was claimed that the school failed to supervise or discipline its pupil. The claimant made a request of the Derbyshire Constabulary for the papers from its investigation, which the police refused to provide without a court order.{{Cite news |date=9 October 2017 |title=Repton School sued for failing to protect pupil from a 'rapist' |work=Boarding Concern |url=https://www.boardingconcern.org.uk/2017/10/09/repton-school-sued-failing-protect-pupil-rapist/ |url-status=dead |access-date=7 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408011010/https://www.boardingconcern.org.uk/2017/10/09/repton-school-sued-failing-protect-pupil-rapist/ |archive-date=8 April 2018}}
• In 2018, four members of the school's staff were subject to police investigation for inappropriate sexual conduct towards children. In August 2018, one of these individuals, Jeremy Woodside, a 28-year-old former organist at the school, was placed on the Sex Offender's Register.{{Cite news |date=3 August 2018 |title=Former Repton School staff member placed on sex offenders' register |work=Derby Telegraph |url=http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/derby-news/repton-school-sex-offenders-register-1857939 |url-status=dead |access-date=5 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180804120309/https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/derby-news/repton-school-sex-offenders-register-1857939 |archive-date=4 August 2018 |issn=0307-1235}}{{Cite web |date=13 August 2018 |title=Christchurch pianist on British sex offender register |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/106206341/christchurch-pianist-on-british-sex-offender-register |access-date=3 February 2020 |website=Stuff |language=en}} The chronology of those issues emerging in early 2018 was as follows:
• On 29 January 2018, police arrested a member of staff on suspicion of attempting sexual contact with a child{{Cite news |date=14 February 2018 |title=Repton School staff member accused of attempting sexual contact with child |work=Derby Telegraph |url=http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/derby-news/repton-school-arrest-child-sex-1203554 |access-date=18 March 2018 |issn=0307-1235}}
• On 14 March 2018, a second police investigation into a staff member, relating to safeguarding concerns, was launched{{Cite news |last=Crowson |first=Isaac |date=14 March 2018 |title=Another former staff member at Repton School under investigation |work=Burton Mail |url=https://www.burtonmail.co.uk/news/local-news/shock-second-former-repton-school-1310427 |access-date=18 March 2018}}
• On 26 March 2018, allegations against a further two members of staff were reported{{Cite news |date=26 March 2018 |title=Repton School: allegations made about two more staff members |language=en-GB |work=derbytelegraph |url=http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-news/repton-school-allegations-against-staff-1376483 |access-date=31 March 2020 |issn=0307-1235}}
• In February 2022, a former teacher at the school, Simon Clague, pleaded guilty to multiple indictments for indecent assault and gross indecency with three pupils. All of the victims were under 16 at the time of the offending, which took place at the school in the 1990s;{{Cite news |date=23 December 2019 |title=Trial date moved in case of ex-Repton teacher accused of sex offences |language=en-GB |work=derbytelegraph |url=https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/derby-news/trial-date-moved-case-ex-3666586 |access-date=4 January 2020 |issn=0307-1235}}{{Cite news |date=10 April 2019 |title=Former teacher charged with indecently assaulting pupils at school |work=Derby Telegraph |url=https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-news/former-teacher-charged-indecently-assaulting-2744842 |access-date=21 April 2019 |issn=0307-1235}}{{Cite news |date=2022-02-28 |title=Former teacher at Repton School admits sexually assaulting underage pupils |language=en-GB |work=DerbyshireLive |url=https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-news/former-teacher-repton-school-admits-6731129 |access-date=2022-03-03 |issn=0307-1235}} his trial was repeatedly delayed because of COVID-19.{{Cite news |date=12 June 2020 |title=Covid-19 pushes Repton School sex trial back to next year |language=en-GB |work=derbytelegraph |url=https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/derby-news/covid-19-pushes-repton-school-4220015 |access-date=14 June 2020 |issn=0307-1235}} He was later, in July 2023, banned from teaching.{{Cite news |date=2023-07-17 |title=Repton School: Teacher jailed for abuse of girls in 1990s banned |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-derbyshire-66224103 |access-date=2023-10-01}} In September 2023, three former pupils of the school sued following the criminal conviction of Clague.{{Cite web |last=Crowson |first=Issac |date=2023-09-30 |title=Three women sue Jeremy Clarkson's ex school over sex abuse after teacher jailed |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/three-women-sue-jeremy-clarksons-31073302 |access-date=2023-10-01 |website=mirror |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=2023-10-04 |title=Former pupils suing Repton School over teacher's sexual abuse |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-derbyshire-67010943 |access-date=2023-10-06}} Victim Impact statements in this civil action highlighted 'irreversable damage' caused by his crimes, referring to 'stolen innocence'; one victim said they were manipulated into having a sexual relationship with Clague – and that the school 'knew and brushed it under the carpet'.{{Cite web |last=Hawley |first=Zena |date=2023-10-06 |title=Women suing Repton School over historic sexual abuse at hands of former teacher |url=https://www.staffordshire-live.co.uk/news/burton-news/women-suing-repton-school-over-8807482 |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=burtonmail |language=en}}

In September 2022, 3 governors resigned en bloc over safeguarding issues at the school; these were additional safeguarding issues to those set out above that came to light after the jailing of Simon Clague.{{Cite news |last=Flanagan |first=Padraic |title=Repton School governors quit over sex allegations |newspaper=The Times |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/law/article/repton-school-governors-quit-over-sex-allegations-2v75090g3 |access-date=2022-09-03 |issn=0140-0460}}

Criminal barrister of the Queen's Counsel Tim Hannam, Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards Kathryn Stone, and former Chief Constable of Nottinghamshire Susannah Fish (Order of the British Empire, Queen's Police Medal) were identified in press reports as the three governors who quit their roles. Ms Fish's resignation letter to the chairman of the governors, Mark Shires, said the decision to allow the teacher to remain in post means the school had not taken seriously:

"an appalling catalogue [of alleged past misconduct and it was therefore the case that].... safeguarding of pupils past, present and future is now in jeopardy and lacks credibility’.{{Cite web |last=Kreft |first=Helen |date=2022-09-02 |title=Three governors at Repton School quit over handling of sex claim |url=https://www.staffordshire-live.co.uk/news/local-news/three-governors-repton-school-quit-7528167 |access-date=2022-09-03 |website=burtonmail |language=en}}

{{Main|List of Old Reptonians}}

{{See also|Category:People educated at Repton School}}

Alumni of Repton School are known as Old Reptonians.

{{Alumni|date=November 2020}}

They include:

• Harold Abrahams, Olympic gold medallist (100m, Paris 1924)
• Bunny Austin, tennis player and Wimbledon finalist in 1932
• Michael Des Barres, actor and musician
• Theodore Bent, English explorer, archaeologist, and author.
• Jeremy Clarkson, journalist and presenter
• Sir Harcourt Clare, solicitor and former Clerk to Liverpool Corporation and Lancashire County Council
• Andy Wilman, television producer
• Brian Cook, later Sir Brian Batsford, graphic artist{{Cite web|last=Derbyshire Life|title=The Colourful World of graphic artist Brian Cook (1910–1991) |date=4 August 2010 |url=https://www.derbyshirelife.co.uk/out-about/the-colourful-world-of-graphic-artist-brian-cook-1910-1991-1-1639788}}
• Roald Dahl, writer and children's author
• Blair Dunlop, musician
• James Fenton, poet and journalist
• Henry Justice Ford, illustrator
• Sir Christopher Frayling, former Rector of the Royal College of Art
• C. B. Fry, sportsman and writer
• Graeme Garden, writer and performer
• Sir Francis Habgood, Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police 2015–2019
• David Hodgkiss, cricket administrator
• Will Hughes and Laurence Wyke, footballers
• Richard Hutton, Donald Carr and Chris Adams, cricketers
• Christopher Isherwood, writer and activist
• Andrew Li, former Chief Justice of Hong Kong
• Ewen MacIntosh, comedic actor best known for playing Keith Bishop ('Big Keith') in The Office
• Shona McCallin, hockey player and Olympic gold medallist
• Adrian Newey, Formula One technical director
• The Baron Ramsey of Canterbury, Archbishop of Canterbury 1961–1974
• Basil Rathbone, Nicholas Burns, George Rainsford and Tom Chambers, actors
• Georgie Twigg, hockey player and Olympic gold medallist
• Edward Upward, surrealist novelist

A number of headmasters of Repton went on to senior Church of England positions in the 20th century.

• William Furneaux was headmaster from 1882 to 1900, and, after retiring from Repton, became Dean of Winchester.{{Cite web|url=https://www.winchester-cathedral.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Safe-Sound-and-Secure.pdf|title=Winchester Cathedral: Safe, Sound, and Secure: A Centenary Tribute to William Walker the Diver|last=Farthing|first=David|website=Winchester Cathedral|access-date=25 March 2020|archive-date=19 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200319201611/https://www.winchester-cathedral.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Safe-Sound-and-Secure.pdf|url-status=dead}}
• Lionel Ford was headmaster from 1901 to 1910, and went on to be Dean of York.{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1349397/Neville-Ford.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1349397/Neville-Ford.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Neville Ford|date=19 July 2000|journal=Daily Telegraph|access-date=25 March 2020|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}
• Hubert Burge was headmaster between 1900 and 1901, after leaving the school he would become Bishop of Oxford.{{Cite web|url=https://www.oxford.anglican.org/who-we-are/history-of-the-diocese/bishops-of-oxford/|title=List of Bishops of Oxford since 1542|website=Diocese of Oxford|language=en-GB|access-date=25 March 2020}}
• William Temple was headmaster for four years from 1910 to 1914, and went on to become Archbishop of Canterbury in 1942.{{Cite web|url=https://spartacus-educational.com/REtempleW.htm|title=William Temple|website=Spartacus Educational|access-date=25 March 2020}}
• Geoffrey Fisher, headmaster, later Archbishop of Canterbury 1945–1961:
• Harry Vassall played international rugby for England, and was master of Repton School in 1925.{{cite web |title=Henry 'Harry' Vassall (1860–1926); English rugby international; Master of Repton School, Derbyshire |url=https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/henry-harry-vassall-18601926-english-rugby-international-master-of-repton-school-derbyshire-222098/view_as/grid/search/keyword:harry-vassall/page/1 |website=artuk.org |publisher=Art UK |access-date=15 July 2022}}

The school's arms are three eaglets holding a cross.{{Cite web|title=Repton School – Coat of arms (crest) of Repton School|url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php/Repton_School|access-date=4 June 2020|website=www.heraldry-wiki.com|language=en}}

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In May 2016, the school made defibrillators on its site available to the local community.{{Cite web|url=http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/Repton-villagers-access-defibrillators/story-29261534-detail/story.html|title=Repton villagers give access to two defibrillators|date=12 May 2016|website=Burton Mail|access-date=27 May 2016}} {{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Some of the 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Campaigners-Repton-Milton-gunning-speeders/story-11580107-detail/story.html|title=Campaigners from Repton and Milton gunning for speeders|date=10 July 2008|website=Derby Telegraph|access-date=28 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008030618/http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/campaigners-repton-milton-gunning-speeders/story-11580107-detail/story.html|archive-date=8 October 2016|url-status=dead}}

During the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic the school's DT department made PPE for key NHS workers.{{Cite web|url=https://ie-today.co.uk/Article/which-independent-schools-are-making-ppe-for-the-nhs/|title=Which independent schools are making PPE for the NHS?|website=Independent Education Today|date=7 April 2020 |access-date=26 April 2020}}

Repton School and Repton village combine every year for a charity event known as Sale of Work. Funds raised are distributed to a range of local and national charities chosen by representatives of both communities.{{cite web|url=https://www.repton.org.uk/news/2019-10-10/Repton-Village-School-Sale-of-Work-Autumn-Fair|title=Repton Village & School Sale Of Work & Autumn Fair|website=Repton School|date=10 October 2019}}

• Listed buildings in Repton

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• {{Official website|https://www.repton.org.uk/}}
• [http://www.foremarke.org.uk/ Repton Preparatory School website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060515102119/http://www.foremarke.org.uk/ |date=15 May 2006 }}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20141125142242/http://www.repton.org.uk/old-reptonian-society Old Reptonian Society]
• [http://www.reptondubai.org/ Repton Dubai website]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20030502051745/http://www.isbi.com/isbi-viewschool/1508-REPTON_SCHOOL.html ISBI Information on Repton School]

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