Rhubarb December 2025

FROM THE archive CELEBRATING 100YEARS OF BOARDING

Dormitory in Main Buildings c.1919.

‘Natal’ – Later Apsley Dayroom c. 1918.

Apsley Dormitory c.1925.

OSE EVENTS

his year we have celebrated 100 years of boarding houses at Teddies.

“Gradually the arrangements were formalized and the homes turned into Houses, which divided large numbers of boys into manageable units.The arrangement also advanced the ethos of competition and group loyalty. In many schools Housemasters ran their Houses with a large degree of autonomy, charging their pupils for the costs and collecting the income. In effect the Housemasters were barons running fiefdoms under the master-king, who would hesitate before confronting them.” (Malcolm Oxley, A New History of St Edward’s School, Oxford, 1863-2013 ). Here we look back at some of our favourite photos from the archive.

Until 1925 the School had organised pupils in Tutorial Sets A-F, so that each pupil had a consistent mentor during his time at school.When Henry Kendall arrived as Warden from Shrewsbury School in 1925, he successfully rolled out a new boarding house system creating new Houses that still exist today.

Apsley, last night of term c.1940.

Macnamara’s Junior Dayroom 1930.

Macnamara’s dormitory at bed time 1951.

Cowell’s middle day room 1954.

Segar’s Senior’s Dayroom 1955.

Field House dormitory extension 1957.

Segar’s Senior’s Dayroom c. 1958.

Tilly’s end of term party 1960.

Tilly’s Reading Room 1960.

Horseboxes 1969.

Segars Junior dayroom crowd Spring 1968.

Horseboxes 1963.

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