Rossall School
First year at Rossall Final year at Rossall Name Education Other notes
1844 1849 John Woolley University of London & University College , Oxford First Principal of the University of Sydney
1849 1869 Rev . William Alexander Osborne St Paul 's & Trinity College , Cambridge Retired from education after Rossall
1870 1875 Rev . Robert Henniker Charterhouse & Trinity College , Oxford Retired from education after Rossall
1875 1886 Herbert Armitage James Abergavenny Grammar School , Jesus College & Lincoln College , Oxford Headmaster of Cheltenham and Rugby . President of St. John 's College , Oxford
1886 1896 Rev . Charles Coverdale Tancock Sherborne & Exeter College , Oxford Headmaster of Tonbridge
1896 1908 Rev . Dr. John Pearce Way Bath College & Brasenose College , Oxford Retired from education after Rossall
1908 1932 Rev . Canon Edward John Walford Houghton Sherborne & Christ Church , Oxford Retired from education after Rossall
1932 1937 Harold George Michael Clarke St Paul 's & Trinity College , Cambridge Headmaster of Repton
1937 1957 Rev . Charles Edgar Young Charterhouse & Exeter College , Oxford Retired from education after Rossall
1957 1967 Geoffrey Sale Berkhamstead & Lincoln College , Oxford Director of Studies , Royal Military Academy , Sandhurst
1967 1972 Roger Wykeham Ellis Winchester & Trinity College , Oxford Headmaster of Marlborough and Head of the HMC
1973 1987 John Sharp Keighley Grammar & Brasenose College , Oxford Retired from education after Rossall
1987 2001 Richard David Walton Rhodes Rossall & St John 's College , Durham Retired from education after Rossall
2001 2008 Timothy Wilbur Kent & Loughborough Headmaster of Wanganui Collegiate School
2008 2013 Stephen Charles Winkley St Edward 's and Brasenose College , Oxford Previously Head of Uppingham School
2013 2018 Elaine Purves University of Durham Head of St John 's International School , Brussels
2018 Present Jeremy Quartermain Peterhouse , Cambridge , Trinity College , Dublin and University of East Anglia Previously Deputy Head Academic of Brentwood School
Headteachers of Rossall
Rossall School is a British, fee paying co-educational, independent school, between Cleveleys and Fleetwood, Lancashire. Rossall was founded in 1844 by St Vincent Beechey as a sister school to Marlborough College which had been founded the previous year. Its establishment was to provide, at a moderate cost, for the sons of Clergymen and others, a classical, mathematical and general education of the highest class, and to do all things necessary, incidental, or conducive to the attainment of the above objects. Along with Cheltenham, Lancing and Marlborough, Rossall was part of a flurry of expansion in education during the early Victorian period. These schools were later complemented by others such as Clifton, Wellington, Malvern and Radley. Set in a estate next to Rossall Beach, and now with about 660 students, Rossall is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference and was granted a royal charter on 21 October 1890. It accepts students between the ages of 2 and 18 and also has an associated preparatory school. Rossall's campus has a large array of facilities for extracurricular activities and the school is home to the Lawrence House Space Science and Astronomy Centre, the only facility of its type in the UK. Over the years, Rossall has adapted itself to changing attitudes in education, and was the first school in the UK to have a Combined Cadet Force and one of the first to introduce the International Baccalaureate and host a dedicated international study centre on campus.