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, ofsted = , dfeno = 201/6006 , urn = 100002 , staff = 40~ , enrolment = 240~ , gender = Co-educational , lower_age = 4 , upper_age = 13 , houses = Boyce, de la Mare, Groves, Stainer , colours = Burgundy and Blue , publication = , free_label_1 = Former pupils (choristers) , free_1 = Old Paulcathes (members of the Guild of the Companions of St Paul) , website = http://www.spcs.london.sch.uk/ St Paul's Cathedral School is an independent school associated with St Paul's Cathedral in

and is located in New Change in the

. The school has around 220 pupils, most of whom are day pupils, both boys and girls, including up to 40 boy choristers who are all boarders and who sing the daily services in St Paul's Cathedral. The school became co-educational in 2002.

History

Originally the school was set up to provide education solely for the choristers and dates from about 1123, when eight needy children were given a home and education in return for singing in the cathedral. The Choir School and a

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co-existed under the aegis of the cathedral for many years, until the Grammar School was moved and re-established in 1511 by the humanist Dean

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to become St Paul's School. The Cathedral School and St Paul's School (now a public school) are now distinct and separate institutions. The original Choir School, which stood in St Paul's Churchyard, was destroyed with the cathedral in the Great Fire of London in 1666. The school has had several incarnations being re-built in 1670, in 1822 (in Cheapside) and 1875 (in Carter Lane). The building of 1875 is now a

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. The current buildings date from the 1960s. File:YHA London St Pauls-8758399791.jpg, The Cathedral School of 1874, now a

; frontage to Carter Lane File:YHA London St Pauls 11.jpg, The Cathedral School of 1874, frontage to Dean's Court File:St Paul's Cathedral School.jpg, The present site of St Paul's Cathedral School, from the south-east. The tower is all that remains of St Augustine, Watling Street

Activities

In addition to the daily Evensong, the choristers of St. Paul's Cathedral, have taken part in a number of important recordings and tours and have performed at a number of important state occasions, including

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's funeral and the wedding of Prince Charles and Diana, Princess of Wales.

Child-abuse controversy

In December 2007 Stephen Douglas-Hogg, a former Classics and house master of the school, was arrested and charged with the abuse of a number of choristers during the 1980s. Following his attempted suicide during the initial stages of proceedings in October 2008, the 50-year-old Douglas-Hogg changed his plea halfway through the trial and admitted to 13 counts of indecent assault on five boys aged under 14. On 11 May 2009 Douglas-Hogg was sentenced to four and a half years' imprisonment at Southwark Crown Court.

Former pupils

Notable former pupils include: *

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, composer *

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, actor * William Boyce, composer *

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, cricketer * Charles Dixon, politician * William Cummings, musician and organist *

Jimmy Edwards James Keith O'Neill Edwards, DFC (23 March 19207 July 1988) was an English comedy writer and actor on radio and television, best known as Pa Glum in ''Take It from Here'' and as headmaster "Professor" James Edwards in ''Whack-O!''. Early lif ...

, script writer and actor *

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, actor * Maurice Greene, composer * Charles Groves, orchestral conductor *

Robin Holloway Robin Greville Holloway (born 19 October 1943) is an English composer, academic and writer. Early life Holloway was born in Leamington Spa. From 1953 to 1957, he was a chorister at St Paul's Cathedral and was educated at King's College School, ...

, composer * Neil Howlett, opera singer * James Lancelot, organist *

Walter de la Mare Walter John de la Mare (; 25 April 1873 – 22 June 1956) was an English poet, short story writer, and novelist. He is probably best remembered for his works for children, for his poem "The Listeners", and for a highly acclaimed selection of ...

, poet and novelist * Stephen Oliver, composer *

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, actor and singer *

Peter Philips Peter Philips (also ''Phillipps'', ''Phillips'', ''Pierre Philippe'', ''Pietro Philippi'', ''Petrus Philippus''; ''c.''1560–1628) was an eminent English composer, organist, and Catholic priest exiled to Flanders. He was one of the greatest ke ...

, composer and organist *

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, policeman, Director General of MI5 1946-1953
Jonathan Sorrell
composer *

John Stainer Sir John Stainer (6 June 1840 – 31 March 1901) was an English composer and organist whose music, though seldom performed today (with the exception of ''The Crucifixion'', still heard at Passiontide in some churches of the Anglican Communi ...

, composer and organist *

Anthony Way Anthony Way (born 14 December 1982) is an English chorister and classical singer, who rose to fame after appearing as a chorister in a BBC TV series. He has since had success as a recording artist, with gold and platinum discs to his credit. B ...

, chorister and classical singer *

Marius de Vries Marius de Vries (born 1961) is an English music producer and composer. He has won a Grammy Award from four nominations, two BAFTA Awards, and an Ivor Novello Award. Education Marius de Vries was educated at St Paul's Cathedral School, Bedfor ...

, composer and music producer

References

External links

Official site
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