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Yarm School, the Glossary

Yarm School is a co-educational private day school in Yarm, North Yorkshire in the North East of England.^[1]

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20th-century establishments in England
Educational institutions established in the 1590s
People educated at Yarm School
Private schools in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees
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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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Aidan of Lindisfarne

Aidan of Lindisfarne (Naomh Aodhán; died 31 August 651) was an Irish monk and missionary credited with converting the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity in Northumbria.

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Armistice Day

Armistice Day, later known as Remembrance Day in the Commonwealth and Veterans Day in the United States, is commemorated every year on 11 November to mark the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, at 5:45 am for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front of World War I, which took effect at 11:00 am—the "eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month" of 1918 although, according to Thomas R.

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Asa Briggs

Asa Briggs, Baron Briggs (7 May 1921 – 15 March 2016) was an English historian.

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Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch.

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Bede

Bede (Bēda; 672/326 May 735), also known as Saint Bede, the Venerable Bede, and Bede the Venerable (Beda Venerabilis), was an English monk, author and scholar.

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Ben Gibson

Benjamin James Gibson (born 15 January 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Stoke City. Yarm School and Ben Gibson are People educated at Yarm School.

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Ben Stevenson (rugby union)

Benjamin Thomas Stevenson (born 19 July 1998) is an English rugby union player who plays for Newcastle Falcons in Premiership Rugby. Yarm School and Ben Stevenson (rugby union) are People educated at Yarm School.

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Borough of Stockton-on-Tees

The Borough of Stockton-on-Tees is a local government district with borough status which straddles the ceremonial counties of County Durham and North Yorkshire, England.

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Canoeing

Canoeing is an activity which involves paddling a canoe with a single-bladed paddle.

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Church of England

The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the Crown Dependencies.

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Climbing

Climbing is the activity of using one's hands, feet, or other parts of the body to ascend a steep topographical object that can range from the world's tallest mountains (e.g. the eight thousanders) to small boulders.

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Conyers' School

Conyers School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, in Yarm, Stockton-on-Tees, England. Yarm School and Conyers' School are educational institutions established in the 1590s and Yarm.

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Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game that is played between two teams of eleven players on a field, at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps.

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Cuthbert

Cuthbert of Lindisfarne (– 20 March 687) was a saint of the early Northumbrian church in the Celtic tradition.

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Day school

A day school — as opposed to a boarding school — is an educational institution where children are given instruction during the day, after which the students return to their homes.

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Dominican Order

The Order of Preachers (Ordo Prædicatorum; abbreviated OP), commonly known as the Dominican Order, is a Catholic mendicant order of pontifical right that was founded in France by a Castilian-French priest named Dominic de Guzmán.

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Extended Project Qualification

Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) is a qualification taken by some students in England and Wales, which is equivalent to 50% of an A-Level.

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Felsted School

Felsted School is a co-educational independent boarding and day school, situated in Felsted in Essex, England. Yarm School and Felsted School are member schools of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference.

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Femi Oluwole

Femi Oluwole (born 17 March 1990) is a British political activist and co-founder of the pro-European Union advocacy group Our Future Our Choice. Yarm School and Femi Oluwole are People educated at Yarm School.

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Field hockey

Field hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalkeeper.

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French language

French (français,, or langue française,, or by some speakers) is a Romance language of the Indo-European 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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Georgian architecture

Georgian architecture is the name given in most English-speaking countries to the set of architectural styles current between 1714 and 1830.

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German language

German (Standard High German: Deutsch) is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, mainly spoken in Western and Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol.

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Google Earth

Google Earth is a computer program that renders a 3D representation of Earth based primarily on satellite imagery.

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Graffiti

Graffiti (plural; singular graffiti or graffito, the latter rarely used except in archeology) is writing or drawings made on a wall or other surface, usually without permission and within public view.

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Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference

The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC), formerly known as the Headmasters' Conference and now branded HMC (The Heads' Conference), is an association of the head teachers of 351 private fee-charging schools (both boarding schools and day schools), some traditionally described as public schools. Yarm School and Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference are member schools of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference.

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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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Humanities

Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture, including certain fundamental questions asked by humans.

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International General Certificate of Secondary Education

The International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) is an English language based secondary qualification similar to the GCSE and is recognised in the United Kingdom as being equivalent to the GCSE for the purposes of recognising prior attainment.

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James Wharton, Baron Wharton of Yarm

James Stephen Wharton, Baron Wharton of Yarm (born 16 February 1984) is a British Conservative Party politician. Yarm School and James Wharton, Baron Wharton of Yarm are People educated at Yarm School.

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Katherine Copeland

Katherine Sarah Copeland MBE (born 1 December 1990) is a retired British Olympic Gold Medal winning rower.

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Kayaking

Kayaking is the use of a kayak for moving over water.

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Korean War

The Korean War was fought between North Korea and South Korea; it began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea and ceased upon an armistice on 27 July 1953.

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Latin

Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland (UK Parliament constituency)

Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland is a constituency created in 1997 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Luke Myer of the Labour Party.

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Netball

Netball is a ball sport played on a rectangular court by two teams of seven players.

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Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organizations, and public service outside the civil service.

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Oswald of Northumbria

Oswald (c 604 – 5 August 641/642Bede gives the year of Oswald's death as 642. However there is some question of whether what Bede considered 642 is the same as what would now be considered 642. R. L. Poole (Studies in Chronology and History, 1934) put forward the theory that Bede's years began in September, and if this theory is followed (as it was, for instance, by Frank Stenton in his notable history Anglo-Saxon England, first published in 1943), then the date of the Battle of Heavenfield (and the beginning of Oswald's reign) is pushed back from 634 to 633.

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Paul Johnston (cricketer)

Paul Robert Archibald Johnston (born 13 December 1988) is an English cricketer. Yarm School and Paul Johnston (cricketer) are People educated at Yarm School.

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Penis

A penis (penises or penes) is a male sex organ that is used to inseminate female or hermaphrodite animals during copulation.

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Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy

Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy (Alexandra Helen Elizabeth Olga Christabel; born 25 December 1936), is a member of the British royal family.

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Private schools in the United Kingdom

Private schools in the United Kingdom (also called independent schools) are schools that require fees for admission and enrollment.

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Rex Hunt (diplomat)

Sir Rex Masterman Hunt, (29 June 1926 – 11 November 2012) was a British Government diplomat and colonial administrator.

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Rounders

Rounders is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams.

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Rowing (sport)

Rowing, often called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars.

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Royal Institute of British Architects

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a professional body for architects primarily in the United Kingdom, but also internationally, founded for the advancement of architecture under its royal charter granted in 1837, three supplemental charters and a new charter granted in 1971.

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Rugby football is the collective name for the team sports of rugby union or rugby league.

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Russell Earnshaw

Russell Dean Earnshaw (born 8 April 1975) is a rugby union coach currently working in sport and business with the Magic Academy.

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Second Boer War

The Second Boer War (Tweede Vryheidsoorlog,, 11 October 189931 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, Anglo–Boer War, or South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer republics (the South African Republic and Orange Free State) over the Empire's influence in Southern Africa.

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Simon Clarke (politician)

Sir Simon Richard Clarke (born 28 September 1984) is a British Conservative politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland from 2017 to 2024. Yarm School and Simon Clarke (politician) are People educated at Yarm School.

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Simon Webster (rugby union)

Simon Webster is a former rugby union player that played for Edinburgh and Scotland on the wing and centre. Yarm School and Simon Webster (rugby union) are People educated at Yarm School.

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Social science is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among individuals within those societies.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yarm_School

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Yarm School, the Glossary

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20th-century establishments in England

Educational institutions established in the 1590s

People educated at Yarm School

Private schools in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees

Yarm

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