In 2000, Oakham School became the first institution to reach 1000 gold Duke of Edinburgh awards. To celebrate, the Duke himself came to present the 1000th gold award to pupil Selina Conboy. #SchoolFirsts #FromtheArchives

Editing audio for our Summer 2021 video exhibitions. Keep your eyes peeled in the next couple of weeks! #digitalexhibitions #Mystery #Archives #ArchivesForEducators

The first team photograph we have is the Oakham School cricket team of 1860. Here is there line up: W.P.Day, H.C.Godfray, C.Warren, A.S.Wade-Gery, H.J.Wiseman, G.T.Haigh, W.Malan, B.A.Galland, B.Lamb, A.F.Heaton, Mr. Hughes. #SchoolFirsts #FromtheArchives

Our April blog is up and looks at the history of the Oakham School museum and its collection. Our collection is now housed at @rutlandmuseum. #Collections #MuseumsandEducation #SchoolMuseum bit.ly/3sBtDd7.

Head on over to our Libguides site where we have some brand new educational and wellbeing activities, aimed at KS2 and KS3, based upon our collections! bit.ly/3n06XRW #EducationandLearning #Collections #ArchiveWellbeing #WorldWarOne #ArchivesforLearning #Outreach

Today we commemorate the Duke of Edinburgh by sharing an Archives blog. We're honoured he visited the School many times, including when he awarded the 1000th Gold DofE Award in Nov 2000. We're proud to be the first school to reach this milestone. Read more>bit.ly/3ttKb78

Wanting a challenge? Try to solve this crossword from the Spring 1974 edition of the Oakhamian Magazine. We'd love to see your attempts! #crossword #ChallengeAccepted

One of the more unusual articles found in the Oakhamian Magazine, these images of manhole covers in School House Quad accompany research on Thomas Crapper & Co. Ltd, the fathers of modern sanitary engineering. #Unusualfind #ManholesCanBeExcitingToo #LocalHistory

We've talked about Oakham School houses who have memorable canine residents but never any feline residents. Meet Lu-Lu (foreground), the cat in Lincoln House in 1997. Seemingly adored by the Lincoln boarders, it seems that Lu-Lu firmly adopted the house as her palace! #SchoolCats

Our May blog is up and we travel back in time to look at what Oxford and Cambridge exams were like around 130 years ago. Try your hand at our quiz at the end! bit.ly/33dga02 #ArchiveExams

We are currently preparing some exciting exhibitions for next year. Can you guess from these photographs pictures what the topic for our Winter term display is? #MysteryExhibition

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the IB diploma at Oakham School, June's blog explores the first cohort of IB students from 2001 - 2003 :bit.ly/3cbCBHW. Don't forget to check out our exhibition on the history of IB at Oakham School here: bit.ly/3vMFCGh.

Excited to joining in with the School Archives and Records Association conference today. #schoolarchives #engangement

After 3 years at Oakham School, archivist Charlotte McCrory says farewell to the school, the archives and its readers in August's blog post: bit.ly/3yg1GJX. #SoLongFarewell

Happy #InternationalDogDay! This cute pooch from the 1961 Oakhamian Magazine is ready for the start of a new term. #NewTerm #ArchiveDogShow