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These are just some of our events from our Calendar - clicking on the gold arrowheads below shows these events in more detail

  • Saturday 11 September
    14:30: RSSH: Third Form Race (Darwin Statue)

    It is a tradition for the 3rd years to begin their time at Shrewsbury School with an introduction to the Hunt.  The boys have a long warm up which includes a tour of the site and some basic information about the history of the school, site and most importantly the Hunt itself. They then race around the ancient Benjy route (a mile and a bit).

  • Sunday 12 September
    13:15: Football: Prep School 6-a-side Football Tournament

    This will be the 21st Shrewsbury School Prep. Schools' Six-a-Side Tournament - an annual event for Under 11s and Under 13s that takes place one Sunday afternoon towards the beginning of the Michaelmas term. It is a wonderfully colourful, lively and good-natured event that ends with the presentations, tea and refreshments in Quod, our Sixth Form common room.

  • Friday 17 September
    19:00: Music concert at the Tabernacle, Machynlleth

    A chance to hear some of Shrewsbury School’s finest young singers and instrumentalists in recital, performing in one of Wales’ very best chamber venues. We do hope you may be able to join us for this occasion.
    7.30pm • Tickets £5 from the Music Department or call 01654 702121

  • Saturday 18 September
    18:30: New Entrants' Concert

    Do come and support our musical newcomers in their first concert at Shrewsbury.
    6.30pm Alington Hall • FREE

  • Thursday 23 September
    19:30: Latin Jazz Band Quiver, led by saxophonist Casey Greene

    A Jazz Cabaret night featuring the jazz and salsa rhythms of Quiver: a six-piece Latin Jazz band led by versatile Australian musician Casey Greene. In the style of Santana, Weather Report, Tito Puente, Pat Metheny, the music of Quiver is a fusion of Cuba and Brazil rhythms with improvised Jazz.
    www.quiver.org.uk
    7.30pm Maidment Building
    Tickets £10/£8 from Theatre Severn's Box Office 01743 281281 www.theatresevern.co.uk

  • Sunday 26 September
    11:30: Sixth Form entrants' Coffee Concert

    Tickets are not required for this annual event in the Maidment Building

  • Monday 4 October
    13:45: RSSH: The Tucks

    Every year around the beginning of October, the whole of Shrewsbury School takes a half-day holiday to compete in a traditional race called the ‘Tucks’. All 700+ pupils plus 100 teaching staff and 30 grounds staff migrate down to Meole Village to race a 3.5 mile route.

    See The Tucks for more information.

  • Tuesday 5 October
    17:00: Chapel Choir sing Evensong at St Chad's Church, Shrewsbury

    The choir depart at 4pm.  Tickets are not required.

  • Friday 8 October
    19:30: The Wihan Quartet

    Czech/Late Romantic series of four concerts:

    Friday 8 October - Maidment Building, Shrewsbury School - 7.30 pm
    Sunday 28 November - The Lion Hotel, Shrewsbury - 3.00 pm
    Thursday 17 March - Concord College, Acton Burnell - 7.30 pm
    Monday 2 May - Concord College, Acton Burnell - 3.00 pm

    We welcome back the Wihan following the huge success of their Beethoven Quartet cycle in Shropshire last season, with a further series of four concerts featuring the wonderful and evocative quartets of their fellow countrymen – Janacek, Smetana and Dvorak alongside three Mendelssohn quartets. Described by International Record Review as ‘one of the best quartets in the world’ the Wihan have developed an outstanding reputation for the interpretation of their native Czech repertoire and these promise to be extraordinary concerts.

    7.30pm Maidment Building • Tickets from Shropshire Music Trust: 01952 510375

  • Sunday 10 October
    11:30: Children's Music Concert

    A chance for local children to come and learn about a variety of instruments and listen to some well-known musical favourites. The concert will last approximately one hour. Coffee and juice will be available in the foyer before the concert, which will start at 11.45am.
    Maidment Building • FREE

Welcome to Shrewsbury

I am delighted to have the opportunity to welcome you to the Shrewsbury School website. We hope that you will be able to glean sufficient information about this remarkable and beautiful place to whet your appetite for a personal visit.

Shrewsbury has a distinguished history: founded by Royal Charter in 1552, and identified as one of the 'Great' public schools by the Clarendon Commission in 1868. Since then - in line with the work of its most famous old boy, Charles Darwin - the school has continued to evolve in an innovative and dynamic way, based on foundations of traditional values. Most recently, the successful introduction of a co-educational sixth form, in 2008, has prepared the way for a new period of expansion and achievement.

Shrewsbury School lives and breathes all the benefits of its boarding ethos - it is a proper boarding school. Many teaching staff live on site and all are committed well beyond 'the call of duty'. So much so that the regular academic timetable forms but a portion of our daily routine. Each afternoon Salopians enjoy a rich diet of sport, games and many other pursuits (at school, out on the Shropshire hills or elsewhere). Of an evening and at weekends the place is buzzing with activity: play rehearsals, painting classes, exhibitions, orchestral rehearsals, choral concerts, house trips, visiting lecturers...

I very much hope that you will come to visit us at Shrewsbury, so that you can see at first hand why we have a reputation as one of the most beautiful and well-equipped schools in the country. I hope that you will sense our commitment to provide a rigorous approach to learning, a huge variety of activities, close pastoral support, and encouragement to young men and women to grow in depth and think beyond themselves, with fun along the way!

Perhaps, too, I should offer a health warning... our research shows us that an unusually high percentage of prospective parent visitors complete a registration form. Beware!

Mark Turner
Headmaster