United Kingdom
School | Type | Old Boys/Girls | Derivation | Location | Notes |
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Abingdon School | Old Abingdonians | ||||
Ackworth School | Ackworth Old Scholars | ||||
Addey and Stanhope School | Old Addeyans | From the founder of the Addey School, John Addey | London | ||
Aldenham School | Old Aldenhamians | ||||
Ampleforth College | Old Amplefordians | ||||
Archbishop Tenison's Church of England High School, Croydon | Old Tenisonians | ||||
Archbishop Tenison's Church of England School | Old Tenisonians | Same foundation | |||
Ardingly College | Old Ardinians | "Ardinian" refers to Ardingly | |||
Arnold School | Old Arnoldians | ||||
Ashville College | Old Ashvillians | ||||
Bablake School | Old Wheatleyans | From the school's main benefactor, Thomas Wheatley | |||
Badminton School | Old Badmintonians | ||||
Bancroft's School | Old Bancroftians | ||||
Batley Grammar School | Old Batelians | "Bately" is an alternative spelling of Batley | |||
Bedales School | Old Bedalians | ||||
Bedford School | Old Bedfordians | ||||
Bedford Modern School | Old Bedford Modernians | ||||
Bedlingtonshire Community High School | Old Bedlingtonians | ||||
St Bede's College, Manchester | Old Bedians | ||||
Bemrose School | Old Bemrosians | Closed 1989 | |||
Benenden School | Benenden Seniors | "Seniors" avoids the term "old girls" | |||
Berkhamsted School | Old Berkhamstedians | ||||
Birkdale School | Old Birkdalians | ||||
Birkenhead School | Old Birkonians | ||||
Bishop Gore School | Old Goreans | ||||
Bishop's Stortford College | Old Stortfordians | ||||
Bishop Wordsworth's School | Old Wordsworthians | ||||
Bloxham School | Old Bloxhamists | ||||
Blundell's School | Old Blundellians | ||||
Bolton School | Old Boltonians | ||||
Bootham School | Bootham Old Scholars | ||||
Bradfield College | Old Bradfieldians | ||||
Bradford Grammar School | Old Bradfordians | ||||
Brentwood School (Essex) | Old Brentwoods | ||||
Bridgnorth Endowed School | Old Bridgnorthians | ||||
Brighton College | Old Brightonians | ||||
Bristol Cathedral Choir School | Old Cathedralians | ||||
Bristol Grammar School | Old Bristolians | ||||
Bromsgrove School | Old Bromsgrovians | ||||
Bruce Castle School | Old Brucastrians | Castra is Latin for castle | Closed 1891 | ||
Bryanston School | Old Bryanstonians | ||||
Bury Grammar School | Old Clavians | From the school motto Sanctas Clavis Hic Fores Aperit (c. 1570) | |||
Buxton College | Old Buxtonians | ||||
Campbell College | Old Campbellians | ||||
Canford School | Old Canfordians | ||||
Caterham School | Old Caterhamians | ||||
Charterhouse School | Old Carthusians | From the Carthusian Order, which founded the Charterhouses | |||
Chatham House Grammar School | Old Ruymians | ? | |||
Cheadle Hulme School | Old Waconians | From the former name of Warehousemen and Clerks' Orphan Schools (WaCO) | |||
Cheltenham College | Old Cheltonians | Cheltenham changed to Chelton- | |||
Chigwell School | Old Chigwellians | ||||
Christ College, Brecon | Old Breconians | ||||
Christ's Hospital | Old Blues | ||||
Churcher's College | Old Churcherians | ||||
City of London School | Old Citizens | "Citizen" originally referred to one belonging to a city | |||
City of Oxford School | City of Oxford School Old Boys | ||||
Clifton College | Old Cliftonians | ||||
Colchester Royal Grammar School | Old Colcestrians | ||||
Colfe's School | Old Colfeians | ||||
The College of Richard Collyer | Old Collyerians | ||||
Cothill House | Prep | Old Cothillians | |||
Cranleigh School | Old Cranleighans | ||||
Culford School | Old Culfordians | ||||
Dauntsey's School | Old Dauntseians | ||||
Dean Close School | Old Decanians | Decanus is Latin for Dean | |||
Denstone College | Old Denstonians | ||||
Derby School | Old Derbeians | Closed 1989 | |||
Derby Grammar School | Adopted name of former school's old boys by permission of Old Derbeian Association | ||||
Diss Grammar School | Old Dysseans | ||||
Dollar Academy | Old Academicals | ||||
Douai School | Old Dowegians | ? | |||
Dover College | Old Dovorians | ||||
Dover Grammar School for Boys | Old Pharosians | From Latin pharos, lighthouse, referring to the Roman lighthouses for which Dover was once famous. | |||
Downe House School | Downe House Seniors | Avoids term "old girls" | |||
Downside School | Old Gregorians | Founded by Gregorian Order | |||
Dragon School | Old Dragons | ||||
Dulwich College | Old Alleynians | After the founder (1619) Edward Alleyn | |||
Durham School | Old Dunelmians | Dunelm is the Latin signature of the Bishop of Durham | |||
Eastbourne College | Old Eastbournians | ||||
Edinburgh Academy | Edinburgh Academicals | ||||
Elizabeth College, Guernsey | Old Elizabethans | Guernsey | |||
Ellesmere College | Old Ellesmerians | ||||
Emanuel School | Old Emanuels | ||||
Epsom College | Old Epsomians | ||||
Eton College | Old Etonians | ||||
Exeter School | Old Exonians | ||||
Fairfield Grammar School | Old Fairfieldians | ||||
Felsted School | Old Felstedians | ||||
Fettes College | Old Fettesians | ||||
Forest School (Walthamstow) | Old Foresters | ||||
Foster's School | Old Fosterians | ||||
Framlingham College | Old Framlinghamians | ||||
Frensham Heights School | Old Frenshamians | ||||
Friars School, Bangor | Old Dominicans | Established on a Dominican Friary (1557) | |||
Furness Academy | Old Barrovians | "Barrovian" refers to the Barrow of Barrow-in-Furness | |||
Giggleswick School | Old Giggleswickians | ||||
Glenalmond College | Old Glenalmond | ||||
Godolphin and Latymer School | Old Dolphins | Abbreviation of Godolphin | |||
Gordonstoun | Old Gordonstounians | ||||
Gresham's School | Old Greshamians | ||||
Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School | Old Haberdashers | ||||
Haileybury and Imperial Service College | Old Haileyburians | ||||
Hampton School | Old Hamptonians | ||||
Hanley Castle High School | Old Hancastrians | ||||
The Harrodian School | Old Harrodians | ||||
Harrow School | Ind | Old Harrovians | |||
Harrow High School | Comp | Old Gaytonians | After original site in Gayton Road | ||
Hawtreys | Prep | Old Hawtreysians | |||
Headington School, Oxford | Old Headingtonians | ||||
Hereford Cathedral School | Old Herefordians | ||||
Highgate School | Old Cholmeleians | After founder Sir Roger Cholmeley | |||
Hull Grammar School | Hull Old Grammarians | ||||
Hulme Grammar School | Oldham Hulmeians | ||||
Hurstpierpoint College | Old Johnians | Formerly St John's College, Hurstpierpoint | |||
Hymers College | Old Hymerians | ||||
Ilford County High School | Old Parkonians | From former name Park Higher Grade School | |||
Ilkeston Grammar School | Old Ilkestonians | ||||
Ipswich School | Old Ipswichians | ||||
John Roan School | Old Roans | ||||
The Judd School | Old Juddians | ||||
Kelly College | Old Kelleians | ||||
Kendrick School | Kendrick Old Girls | ||||
Kimbolton School | Old Kimboltians | ||||
King's College School | Old Kings | ||||
King's College, Taunton | Old Aluredians | Name "King's College" was given in honour of King Alfred, and "Aluredian" refers to him | |||
The King's School, Chester | Old King's Scholars | Chester | |||
The King's School, Canterbury | Old King's Scholars | Canterbury | |||
The King's School, Peterborough | Old Petriburgians | ||||
King's School, Rochester | Old Roffensians | ? | |||
The King's School, Worcester | Old Vigornians | Latin Vigorniensis, of Worcester | |||
King's School, Bruton | Old Brutonians | ||||
King Edward VI Aston | Aston Old Edwardians | ||||
King Edward VI School (Bury St Edmunds) | Old Burians | ||||
King Edward VI Grammar School (Chelmsford) | Old Chelmsfordians | ||||
King Edward VI School, Southampton | Old Edwardians | Southampton | |||
King Edward VII School, Sheffield | Old Edwardians | Sheffield | |||
King Edward's School, Birmingham | Old Edwardians | Birmingham | |||
King Edward's School, Witley | Old Witleians | ||||
King Henry VIII School, Coventry | Old Coventrians | ||||
King George V College | Old Georgians | ||||
Kingswood School | Old Kingswoodians | Bath | |||
Lancaster Royal Grammar School | Old Lancastrians | ||||
Lancing College | Old Lancing | ||||
Langley School, Loddon | Icenians | Refers to the Iceni who once occupied the locality | |||
Latymer Upper School | Old Latymerians | ||||
Lawrence Sheriff School | Old Laurentians | ||||
Leicester Grammar School | Old Leicestrians | ||||
Leighton Park School | Old Leightonians | ||||
Leeds Grammar School | Old Leodiensians | ||||
Liverpool College | Old Lerpoolians | ||||
The Leys School | Old Leysians | ||||
The Cathedral School, Llandaff | Old Llandavians | ||||
Llandovery College | Old Llandoverians | ||||
Lord Williams's School, Thame | Old Tamensians | Refers to Thame | |||
Loretto School | Old Lorettonians | ||||
Loughborough Grammar School | Old Loughburians | ||||
Ludgrove School | Old Ludgrovians | ||||
Lewis School, Pengam | Old Ludovicans | Ludovicus, the Latin version of the name 'Lewis' | |||
Magdalen College School, Oxford | Old Waynfletes | After founder, William Waynflete | |||
Maidstone Grammar School | Old Maidstonians | ||||
Malvern School | Old Malvernians | ||||
Manchester Grammar School | Old Mancunians | Mancunia, a Latin name for Manchester | |||
Marlborough College | Old Marlburians | ||||
Merchant Taylors' School, Crosby | Old Crosbeians | ||||
Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood | Old Merchant Taylors | ||||
Merchiston Castle School | Merchistonians | ||||
Midhurst Grammar School | Old Midhurstians | ||||
Millfield | Old Millfieldians | ||||
Mill Hill School | Old Millhillians | ||||
Monkton Combe School | Old Monktonians | ||||
Mount Radford School | Old Radfordians | ||||
North London Collegiate School | Old North Londoners | ||||
Northampton School for Boys | Old Northamptonians | ||||
Norwich School | Old Norvicensians | From Norvic, Latin name of Norwich | |||
Nottingham High School | Old Nottinghamians | ||||
Oakham School | Old Oakhamians | ||||
Old Swinford Hospital | Old Foleyans | After founder, Thomas Foley | |||
The Oratory School | Old Oratorians | ||||
Oswestry School | Old Oswestrians | ||||
Oundle School | Old Oundelians | ||||
Pangbourne College | Old Pangbournians | ||||
Pate's Grammar School | Old Patesians | ||||
The Perse School | Old Perseans | ||||
Peter Symonds College | Old Symondians | ||||
Pierrepont School, Frensham | Old Pierrepontians | ||||
Pocklington School | Old Pocklingtonians | ||||
Port Regis School | Old Portregians | ||||
Portsmouth Grammar School | Old Portmuthians | ||||
Portora Royal School | Old Portorans | ||||
The Prebendal School | Old Prebendalians | ||||
Princethorpe College | Old Princethorpians | ||||
Queen's College, London | Old Queens | ||||
Queen's College, Taunton | Old Queenians | ||||
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn | Old Blackburnians | ||||
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield | Old Savilians | After one of founders Thomas Saville (1591) | |||
Queen Elizabeth's Hospital | Old Elizabethans | ||||
Queen Margaret's School, York | Old Margaretians | ||||
Queenswood School | Old Queenswoodians | ||||
Radley College | Old Radleians | ||||
Ratcliffe College | Old Ratcliffians | ||||
Ravenscroft School | Old Ravens | ||||
Reading School | Old Redingensians | ||||
Reed's School | Old Reedonians | ||||
Reigate Grammar School | Old Reigatians | ||||
Repton School | Old Reptonians | ||||
Rendcomb College | Old Rendcombians | ||||
Ripon Grammar School | Old Riponians | ||||
Roedean School | Old Roedeanians | ||||
Rossall School | Old Rossallians | ||||
Royal Belfast Academical Institution | Old Instonians | ||||
RGS Worcester | Old Elizabethans | Chartered by Queen Elizabeth I | |||
Royal Grammar School, Guildford | Old Guildfordians | ||||
Royal Grammar School, Newcastle | Old Novocastrians | From Novocastria, Latin name of Newcastle | |||
Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe | Old Wycombiensians | ||||
The Royal School, Armagh | Old Armachians | ||||
Royal Wolverhampton School | Old Royals | ||||
Rugby School | Old Rugbeians | ||||
Ruthin School | Old Ruthinians | ||||
Rutlish School | Old Rutlishians | ||||
Rydal Penrhos | Old Rydalians | ||||
Rye St Anthony School | Old Girls of Rye | ||||
Shrewsbury School | Old Salopians | From Salopia, the Latin for Shropshire | |||
Seaford College | Old Seafordians | ||||
Sedbergh School | Old Sedberghians | ||||
Sevenoaks School | Old Sennockians | "Sennock", a local pronunciation of "Sevenoaks" | |||
Sherborne School | Old Shirburnians | ||||
Sir George Monoux College | Old Monovians | ||||
Sir John Deane's College, Northwich | Old Wittonians | From Witton, an ancient name for Northwich | |||
Solihull School | Old Silhillians | ? | |||
The Skinners' School | Old Skinners | ||||
Slough Grammar School | Old Paludians | From Latin palus, a slough | |||
St Andrew's School, Pangbourne | Prep | Old St Andrews | |||
St. Bees School | Old St Beghians | ? | |||
St Benedict's School | Old Priorians | From school's original name, Ealing Priory School | |||
St. Clement Danes School | Old Danes | ||||
St Columba's College, St Albans | Old Columbans | St Albans | |||
St Dunstan's College | Old Dunstonians | ||||
St Edward's School, Oxford | Old St Edwards | ||||
St Faith's School | Old Fidelians | Fides, fidelis Latin for "faith" | |||
St. George's School, Harpenden | Old Georgians | Harpenden | |||
St Ignatius' College | Old Ignatians | ||||
St Ivo School | Old Ivoans | ||||
St John's School, Leatherhead | Old Johnians | Leatherhead | |||
St. Lawrence College, Ramsgate | Old Lawrentians | ||||
St Leonard's School | St Leonards School Seniors | Avoids term old boys | |||
St Olave's Grammar School | Old Olavians | ||||
St Paul's School, London | Old Paulines | ||||
St Paul's Girls' School | Old Paulinas | ||||
St Peter's School, York | Old Peterites | ||||
St Swithun's School, Winchester | Old Swithunites | ||||
Stamford School | Old Stamfordians | ||||
Stowe School | Old Stoics | A pun on the name of "Stowe" and the philosophy of Stoicism | |||
Stonyhurst College | Old Stonyhursts | ||||
Stockport Grammar School | Old Stopfordians | "Stopfordian" means 'of Stockport' | |||
Strand School | Old Strandians | ||||
Summer Fields School | Old Summerfieldians | ||||
Sunningdale School | Old Sunningdalians | ||||
Sutton Grammar School for Boys | Old Suttonians | ||||
Sutton Valence School | Old SV | Abbreviation | |||
Taunton School | Old Tauntonians | ||||
Tonbridge School | Old Tonbridgians | ||||
Trent College | Old Tridents | From Tridentum, the Latin name of Trent | |||
Trinity School of John Whitgift | Old Mid-Whitgiftians | Why Mid-? | |||
Truro School | Old Truronians | ||||
Twyford School | Old Twyfordians | ||||
University College School | Old Gowers | After Gower Street, where it was located | |||
Victoria College, Jersey | Old Victorians | ||||
Uppingham School | Old Uppinghamians | ||||
Warminster School | Old Verlucians | William Camden's identification of the Roman town of Verlucio with Warminster | |||
Watford Grammar School for Boys | Old Fullerians | After founder Elizabeth Fuller | |||
Warwick School | Old Warwickians | ||||
Wells Cathedral School | Old Wellensians | ||||
Wellingborough School | Old Wellingburians | ||||
Wellington College, Berkshire | Old Wellingtonians | ||||
West Buckland School | Old West Bucklands | ||||
West Downs School | Old West Downs | Closed 1988 | |||
West Hill Park School | Old Westhillians | ||||
Westcliff High School for Boys | Old Westcliffians | ||||
Westminster School | Old Westminsters | ||||
Whitgift School | Old Whitgiftians | ||||
William Hulme's Grammar School | Old Hulmeians | ||||
Wilson's School | Old Wilsonians | ||||
Wimbledon College | Old Wimbledonians | ||||
Wisbech Grammar School | Wisbech Old Grammarians | ||||
Worksop College | Old Worksopians | ||||
Wrekin College | Old Wrekinians | ||||
Wolverhampton Grammar School | Old Wulfrunians | Wulfrunia, Latin for Wolverhampton | |||
Worth School | Old Worthians | ||||
Wycliffe College (Gloucestershire) | Old Wycliffians | ||||
Winchester College | Old Wykehamists | After founder William of Wykeham (1382) | |||
Woodhouse Grove School | Old Grovians | ||||
Wycombe Abbey | Wycombe Abbey Seniors |
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