Rugby Group

Association of 18 English public schools

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Rugby GroupFormation| 1960s

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Membership| 18

Parent organization

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The Rugby Group is a group of 18 British public schools.

## History

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The group was formed in the 1960s as an association of major boarding schools within the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference.

In 2003, as part of a wider investigation into alleged fee fixing at UK independent schools, the Office of Fair Trading published an e-mail exchange between the bursars of Rugby Group schools containing detailed information about planned fee levels at each of the schools.[1][2] The case was settled in 2006, with 50 schools admitting that such exchange of information "involved a distortion of competition and infringed competition law", but not admitting to any effect on fees. The schools each paid a £10,000 penalty, and agreed to make ex gratia payments totalling £3 million to a trust to benefit pupils attending the schools in the relevant years.[3]

## Structure

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As with the Eton Group, which was formed a few years later, headmasters and heads of the academic departments meet annually in rotation to discuss matters of common interest.[4]

The schools in the group are:

* Bradfield College[4]
* Charterhouse School[4][1][2]
* Cheltenham College[4][1][2]
* Clifton College[4]
* Haileybury College[1][2]
* Harrow School[4][1][2]
* Malvern College[4][1][2]
* Monkton Combe School[4]
* Oundle School[4]
* Radley College[4]
* Repton School[4][1][2]
* Rugby School[4][1][2]
* St Edward's School, Oxford[4]
* Shrewsbury School[4]
* Stowe School[4]
* Uppingham School[4][1][2]
* Wellington College, Berkshire[4][1][2]
* Winchester College[4][1][2]

Five of the Rugby Group, Charterhouse School, Harrow School, Winchester College, Rugby School and Shrewsbury School, were part of the group of nine schools investigated by the Clarendon Commission of 1864 and were subsequently reformed by the Public Schools Act 1868 (together with Eton College and Westminster School). The other Clarendon schools (Eton College, St Paul's School, Merchant Taylors' School and Westminster School) have other affiliations.

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Syal, Rajeev (14 September 2003). "Price-fixing inquiry spreads to 700 private schools". The Telegraph.
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Halpin, Tony; Coates, Sam; Owen, Glen (13 September 2003). "E-mails tell story of record rise in fees". The Times. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011.
3. ^ "Independent schools agree settlement" (Press release). Office of Fair Trading. 19 May 2006. Archived from the original on 5 January 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Walford, Geoffrey (1986). Life in Public Schools. Methuen. pp. 10–11\. ISBN 978-0-416-37170-3.

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List of public schools by grouping

Clarendon schools|

* Charterhouse School
* Eton College
* Harrow School
* Merchant Taylors' School
* Rugby School
* St Paul's School
* Shrewsbury School
* Westminster School
* Winchester College

Rugby Group|

* Bradfield College
* Charterhouse School
* Cheltenham College
* Clifton College
* Haileybury College
* Harrow School
* Malvern College
* Monkton Combe School
* Oundle School
* Radley College
* Repton School
* Rugby School
* St Edward's School
* Shrewsbury School
* Stowe School
* Uppingham School
* Wellington College
* Winchester College

Eton Group|

* Bryanston School
* Dulwich College
* Eton College
* Highgate School
* King's College School
* The King's School
* Marlborough College
* St Paul's School
* Sherborne School
* Tonbridge School
* University College School
* Westminster School

OFT action schools
2003|

* Ampleforth College
* Bedford School
* Benenden School
* Bradfield College
* Bromsgrove School
* Bryanston School
* Canford School
* Charterhouse School
* Cheltenham College
* Cheltenham Ladies' College
* Clifton College
* Cranleigh School
* Dauntsey's School
* Downe House School
* Eastbourne College
* Epsom College
* Eton College
* Gresham's School
* Haileybury School
* Harrow School
* The King's School
* Lancing College
* Malvern College
* Marlborough College
* Mayfield School, East Sussex
* Millfield
* Mill Hill School
* Oakham School
* Oundle School
* Radley College
* Repton School
* Royal Hospital School
* Rugby School
* St Edward's School
* Sedbergh School
* Sevenoaks School
* Sherborne School
* Shrewsbury School
* Stowe School
* Strathallan School
* Tonbridge School
* Truro School
* Uppingham School
* Wellington College
* Wells Cathedral School
* Westminster School
* Winchester College
* Woldingham School
* Worth School
* Wycombe Abbey

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