Eton College is a prestigious boarding school located in Eton, England near Windsor. It was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI and charges approximately £11,500 per term. The school has around 1300 boys aged 13-18 who live on campus. Students wear a traditional uniform consisting of a black tailcoat, waistcoat, and trousers with a white tie. Eton is structured around houses and has a hierarchical system of prefects, scholars, and house captains to manage school operations and discipline.

1. SCHOOL

2. SUBJECTS

4. SCHOOL ROOMS

6.  school spinwheel

8. SCHOOL IN ENGLAND

10. ETON COLLEGE
 public school – approx. Ł 11,500 per term
 in Eton, near Windsor
 founded in 1440 by Henry VI
 only for boys aged between 13-18
(approx. 1300)
 boarding school – all pupils live at the
school
 one of four remaining boarding schools

11. FACTS ABOUT ETON
 3 academic terms per year
 Michaelmas – September-December (Exam)
 Lent – mid-January-late March
 Summer – late April-late June (Exam)
 uniform – black tailcoat, waistcoat, false
collar, pinstriped trousers, white tie
 sanctions - corporal punishment (birching,
caning) – not since 1980s
 ”Sent Up For Good”; ”Rip”; ”White Ticket”
 ”Tardy Book” – if you are late
 ”Bill” – student summoned to teh Head
Master
 ”run” – master is more than 15 minutes late

12. WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER?
 Other three boarding schools?
 Founded in (year)?
 Number of students?
 It is near which place?
 What is ”Bill”?
 Uniform?
 Founded by (person)?
 Fee? How much per term?

13. HOUSES
 King’s Scholars – 70/scholarship
(exams)/pay 90%/”KS” on garment,
black gown (tugs)
 Oppidans – pay full fees, live in the
town/50 boys/for good results/each
house has a name/”OS” on garment
 Houses – gatherings „Prayers”
 junior boys: ”fags” (servants) –
cooking, cleaning, running errands
(stopped 1970s)

14. PREFECTS
 Senior boys entitles to excercise
school discpline
 Eton Society (Pop)- perform roles at
routine school events/self-electing –
Prince William
 Sixth Form Select – 10 KS and OS
senior scholars/wear silver buttons
on their waistcoat/can enter
classrooms
 House Captains – captains of the 25
boys’ houses/grey waistcoat

15. SPORTS
Michaelmas – football, rugby
Lent – field game (like football),
filed hockey, Eton wall game
(strip of ground „Furrow”, like
rugby), rowing
Summer – cricket, tennis,
athletics (”dry bobs”), rowing
(”wet bobs)