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Sir William Borlase's Grammar School (commonly shortened to Borlase or SWBGS) is a selective state grammar school accepting girls and boys aged 11–18 located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England.[1]

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  1. 45 relations: A-level, Academy (English school), Alfie May, Angoulême, Anthony J. Culyer, Arts College (United Kingdom), Basil Horsfall, Buckinghamshire, Charlton Athletic F.C., Cloister, Coat of arms, Department for Education and Skills (United Kingdom), Doctor Faustus (play), Edward Henry Blakeney, Fawley Challenge Cup, Fiddler on the Roof, Flint, Garry Weston, GCSE, Grammar school, Great Marlow (UK Parliament constituency), Henley Royal Regatta, Henry Borlase, Hugh Walpole, James VI and I, Jazz, Ken "Snakehips" Johnson, Key Stage 3, Les Misérables (musical), Marlow, Buckinghamshire, Mixed-sex education, Ofsted, Phillip Lee (politician), Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester, Reprography, Richard Britnell, Sir William Borlase's Grammar School Boat Club, Specialist school, Taillefer, Tom Dean (swimmer), Tom Guest, Ukulele, Victorian era, Who's Who, William Borlase (died 1629).

  2. 1624 establishments in England
  3. Academies in Buckinghamshire
  4. Educational institutions established in the 1620s
  5. Grade II* listed buildings in Buckinghamshire
  6. Grammar schools in Buckinghamshire

A-level

The A-level (Advanced Level) is a subject-based qualification conferred as part of the General Certificate of Education, as well as a school leaving qualification offered by the educational bodies in the United Kingdom and the educational authorities of British Crown dependencies to students completing secondary or pre-university education.

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Academy (English school)

An academy school in England is a state-funded school which is directly funded by the Department for Education and independent of local authority control.

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Alfie May

Alfie Ben May (born 3 July 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Birmingham City.

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Angoulême

Angoulême (Poitevin-Saintongeais: Engoulaeme; Engoleime) is a small city in the southwestern French department of Charente, of which it is the prefecture.

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Anthony J. Culyer

Anthony John (Tony) Culyer CBE (born 1 July 1942) is a British economist, and emeritus professor of economics at the University of York, visiting professor at Imperial College London and adjunct professor in health policy, evaluation and management at the University of Toronto, known for his work in the field of health economics.

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Arts College (United Kingdom)

An Arts College, in the United Kingdom, is a type of specialist school that specialises in the subject fields of the performing, visual, digital and/or media arts.

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Basil Horsfall

Second Lieutenant Basil Arthur Horsfall, VC (4 October 1887 – 27 March 1918) was a British-Ceylonese recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

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Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is a ceremonial county in South East England and one of the home counties.

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Charlton Athletic F.C.

Charlton Athletic Football Club is a professional association football club based in Charlton, south-east London, England.

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Cloister

A cloister (from Latin, "enclosure") is a covered walk, open gallery, or open arcade running along the walls of buildings and forming a quadrangle or garth.

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Coat of arms

A coat of arms is a heraldic visual design on an escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the last two being outer garments).

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Department for Education and Skills (United Kingdom)

The Department for Education and Skills (DfES) was a United Kingdom government department between 2001 and 2007, responsible for the education system (including higher education and adult learning) as well as children's services in England.

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Doctor Faustus (play)

The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, commonly referred to simply as Doctor Faustus, is an Elizabethan tragedy by Christopher Marlowe, based on German stories about the title character Faust.

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Edward Henry Blakeney

Edward Henry Blakeney (15 August 1869 – August 1955) was an English classical scholar and poet, born in Mitcham.

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Fawley Challenge Cup

The Fawley Challenge Cup is a rowing event for junior boys quadruple sculls at the annual Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames, at Henley-on-Thames in England open to those who have not attained 18 years of age by 1 September of the year before the regatta and is open to individual crews from boat clubs and schools; an event offered for the first time at the 1992 Regatta.

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Fiddler on the Roof

Fiddler on the Roof is a musical with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set in the Pale of Settlement of Imperial Russia in or around 1905.

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Flint

Flint, occasionally flintstone, is a sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as the variety of chert that occurs in chalk or marly limestone.

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Garry Weston

Garfield Howard "Garry" Weston CBE (April 28, 1927 – February 15, 2002) was a Canadian businessman who was active in the United Kingdom and a member of the Weston family.

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GCSE

The General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) is an academic qualification in a range of subjects taken in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, having been introduced in September 1986 and its first exams taken in 1988.

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Grammar school

A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching Latin, but more recently an academically oriented secondary school.

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Great Marlow (UK Parliament constituency)

Great Marlow, sometimes simply called Marlow, was a parliamentary borough in Buckinghamshire.

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Henley Royal Regatta

Henley Royal Regatta (or Henley Regatta, its original name pre-dating Royal patronage) is a rowing event held annually on the River Thames by the town of Henley-on-Thames, England.

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Henry Borlase

Henry Borlase (ca. 1590 – ca. 1624) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1621 and 1624.

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Hugh Walpole

Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, CBE (13 March 18841 June 1941) was an English novelist.

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James VI and I

James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until his death in 1625.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony and African rhythmic rituals.

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Ken "Snakehips" Johnson

Kenrick Reginald Hijmans Johnson (10 September 1914 – 8 March 1941), known as Ken "Snakehips" Johnson, was a swing band leader and dancer.

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Key Stage 3

Key Stage 3 (commonly abbreviated as KS3) is the legal term for the three years of schooling in maintained schools in England and Wales normally known as Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9, when pupils are aged between 11 and 14.

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Les Misérables (musical)

Les Misérables, colloquially known as Les Mis or Les Miz, is a sung-through musical with music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, lyrics by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel, and a book by Schönberg and Boublil, based on the 1862 novel of the same name by Victor Hugo.

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Marlow, Buckinghamshire

Marlow (historically Great Marlow or Chipping Marlow) is a town and civil parish within the Unitary Authority of Buckinghamshire, England.

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Mixed-sex education

Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education, or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together.

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Ofsted

The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted) is a non-ministerial department of His Majesty's government, reporting to Parliament.

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Phillip Lee (politician)

Phillip James Lee (born 28 September 1970) is a British doctor and politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bracknell from 2010 until 2019.

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Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester

Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (Richard Alexander Walter George; born 26 August 1944) is a member of the British royal family.

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Reprography

Reprography (a portmanteau of reproduction and photography) is the reproduction of graphics through mechanical or electrical means, such as photography or xerography.

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Richard Britnell

Richard Hugh Britnell (21 April 1944 – 17 December 2013) was Professor (later Professor Emeritus) of the Department of History, University of Durham.

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Sir William Borlase's Grammar School Boat Club

Sir William Borlase's Grammar School Boat Club is a rowing club on the River Thames based at Longridge, Quarry Wood Road, Marlow.

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Specialist school

Specialist schools, also known as specialised schools or specialized schools, are schools which specialise in a certain area or field of curriculum.

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Taillefer

Taillefer (meaning "hewer of iron") was the surname of a Norman jongleur (minstrel), whose exact name and place of birth are unknown (sometimes his first name is given as "Ivo").

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Tom Dean (swimmer)

Thomas William Darnton Dean (born 2 May 2000) is a British competitive freestyle swimmer.

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Tom Guest

Tom Guest (born 5 July 1984 in Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England) is a former rugby union player, he played primarily as a Number 8.

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Ukulele

The ukulele (from ukulele, approximately), also called a uke, is a member of the lute family of instruments of Portuguese origin and popularized in Hawaii.

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Victorian era

In the history of the United Kingdom and the British Empire, the Victorian era was the reign of Queen Victoria, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901.

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Who's Who

Who's Who (or Who is Who) is the title of a number of reference publications, generally containing concise biographical information on the prominent people of a country.

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William Borlase (died 1629)

Sir William Borlase (ca. 1564 – 4 September 1629) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1604 and 1614.

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See also

1624 establishments in England

Academies in Buckinghamshire

Educational institutions established in the 1620s

Grade II* listed buildings in Buckinghamshire

Grammar schools in Buckinghamshire

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_William_Borlase's_Grammar_School

Also known as Marlow Grammar School, Sir William Borlase's Grammar Scool, Swbgs.