英国查特豪斯公学（英国历史名校精英公学）
Charterhouse School

英国查特豪斯公学
（为英国历史名校精英公学）
毕业生称呼：‘老加尔都西修士’

校训 拉丁语：Deo Dante Dedi
(上帝给予的，我必给予)
创建时间 1611年

类型 独立学校和寄宿学校
英国中学-1610年代创建的教育机构

校长 约翰·维勒里居（John Witheridge）
副首席教师 安德鲁·德勒（Andrew Turner）
理事主席 约翰·沃克-豪沃斯（John Walker-Haworth）
创建人 汤玛斯·苏顿
校址英国萨里郡哥达明
教职员人数 约100位全职教师
学生人数 约740位
性别 男性；
混有预科学生 学龄 13到18

代表色 粉红色、蓝色和褐紫红色
网站 www.charterhouse.org.uk

查特豪斯公学（英语：Charterhouse School）原来的名称为查特豪斯的詹姆士王和汤玛斯·苏顿学院（The Hospitalof King James and Thomas Sutton inCharterhouse）经常简称为查特豪斯（Charterhouse）为一间英格兰学院制的独立寄宿学校，属于英国传统公学，坐落于萨里郡的哥达明。本公学于1611年由汤玛斯·苏顿于伦敦创立，原来坐落于史密斯菲尔德卡尔特豪斯广场中古老的加尔都西会修道院，它是9所在1868年英国‘公学法案’中定义的英格兰公学之一。今日学生仍然被称为加尔都西会修士，而已经毕业的学生则被称为老加尔都西会修士（OCs）。

Charterhouse School

Charterhouse, originallyThe Hospital of King James and Thomas Sutton in Charterhouse, or more simply House, is anEnglish collegiate independent boarding school (also referred to as apublic school) situated at Godalming in Surrey.

Founded by Thomas Suttonin London in1611 on the site of the old Carthusianmonastery in CharterhouseSquare, Smithfield, it is one of the original nine English publicschools as defined by the Public Schools Act1868 which derived fromthe Clarendon Commissionof 1864. Today pupils at Charterhouseare still referred to as Carthusians, and ex-pupils asOld Carthusiansor OCs.

History

In May 1611 the LondonCharterhouse came into the hands of Thomas Sutton(1532–1611) of Snaith, Lincolnshire. Heacquired a fortune by the discovery of coal ontwo estates which he had leased near Newcastle-on-Tyne, and afterwards, removing to London, he carriedon a commercial career. In 1611, the year of his death, he endoweda hospital on the site of the Charterhouse, calling it the hospitalof King James, and in his will he bequeathed moneys to maintain achapel, hospital (almshouse) and school. He died on 12 December andsubsequently the will was hotly contested but upheld in court, andthe foundation was finally constituted to afford a home for eightymale pensioners (gentlemen by descent and in poverty, soldiers thathave borne arms by sea or land, merchants decayed by piracy orshipwreck, or servants in household to the King or Queens Majesty),and to educate forty boys.

Charterhouse established areputation for excellence in hospital care and treatment, thanks inpart to HenryLevett, an Oxford graduatewho joined the school as a physician in 1712. Levett was widelyesteemed for his medical writings, including an early tract on thetreatment of smallpox. Levett was buried in Charterhouse Chapel andhis widow married Andrew Tooke, the master ofCharterhouse.

The school was moved to itspresent site in 1872 by the then headmaster, the Reverend HaigBrown — a decision influenced by the findings of theClarendon Commissionof 1864.

The school bought a 68 acre(270,000m²) site atop a hill just outsideGodalming. In addition to the main school buildings (designed byarchitect Philip CharlesHardwick), theyconstructed three boarding houses, known as Saunderites (once theheadmaster's house, pronounced "sarnderites" rather than"sornderites"), Verites and Gownboys (for scholars, who wereentitled to wear gowns). The school was built by Lucas Brothers. who also built the Royal Albert Hall and CoventGarden.

As pupil numbers grew, otherhouses were built alongside the approach road, now known asCharterhouse Hill. Each was titled with an adaptation of the nameof their first housemaster, such as Weekites, Daviesites andGirdlestoneites. The last of these is still referred to asDuckites, reflecting the unusual gait of its original housemaster,even though he retired well over 100 years ago. There are now theoriginal four 'old' houses plus seven 'new' houses, making elevenboarding houses in total. The eleven Houses have preserved a unique identity (each with itsown tie and colours) and pupils compete against each other in bothsports and the arts.

The school continued to expandover the 20th century. Further land was bought to the north andwest, increasing the grounds to over 200 acres(809,000m²), and a new school chapel was designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott(perhaps best known for designingthe red telephonebox) and consecrated in1927 to commemorate almost 700 pupils who died in theFirst WorldWar, making it the largestwar memorial in England. Around 350 names have been subsequentlyadded to commemorate those who died in the Second World Warand other more recent conflicts. Moststill attend a short chapel service there six times a week. Theschool also keeps a small archives library opposite the Historyblock, where it is traditional for Fourths (Year 9) to do anarchives project about a particular Old Carthusian killed in theFirst World War.

Charterhouse was all male untilthe 1970s when girls were first admitted in the sixth form (thefinal two years), and this continues to be the case today. Of over300 sixth formers today, almost a third are girls.

The most significant addition tothe campus was seven new Houses, built in the 1970s, replacing lateVictorian boarding houses which were demolished in 1977. Othernewer buildings include the Art Studio, the John Derry TechnologyCentre, the Ben TraversTheatre, the Ralph Vaughan WilliamsMusic Centre, the Halford Hewitt GolfCourse, the Queen’s Sports Centre, the Sir Greville Sprattathletics track and Chetwynd, a hall of residence for girls. In2003, the School renovated its onsite Library. 2006 saw the openingof The Beveridge Centre for the Social Sciences. In 2007, a newstate of the art £3m Modern Languages building wascompleted.

Today

Today, pupils can take part in arange of sporting activities. The former England batsmen andcaptain Peter May was educated at Charterhouse.

The school first XI of the year2006-7 reached the ISFA cup final, losing on penalties after aone-all draw with Hampton. One year later, the school first XI againqualified for the ISFA cup final against Millfield. Because of poorweather conditions, it was decided that the match would be playedon one of Charterhouse's pitches instead of the usualWalkers Stadiumor the replacement at Woking F.C.stadium. The team won this match on penalties.

The school has a top 60 placing inthe A level league tables, and in 2011 over 80% of pupils areawarded an A* or A grade at GCSE.^{[citationneeded]} The school announced in 2009its decision to switch from A Levels to the International Baccalaureate and CambridgePre-U. In 2012Charterhouse had its best set of Cambridge Pre-U results with 96%of examinations taken awarded Distinction or Merit grades.Seventy-eight pupils achieved Distinctions (or their A levelequivalent) in all subjects taken and twenty-one achieved theequivalent of A level A* grades in all their subjects. Twentypupils were offered places at Oxford or Cambridge.

MartinBicknell, theformer Surrey and England seam bowler joined the school as head of cricketfollowing his retirement from the sport in 2006.

In 2007, RoyHattersley, former DeputyLeader of the Labour Party and minister, reported on a visit toCharterhouse in the Guardian newspaper. After describing hisimpression that "[The chapel]'s geometric spires and minaretsproclaim complete confidence that Charterhouse educates men who aredestined to rule the universe", he said: "Academically andpastorally, it is near to beyond criticism. And after only a briefglimpse of the school, I have no doubt that I would have beenecstatically happy there. But its existence allows the rich and thepowerful to ignore the world beyond its boundaries." He thereforeconcluded that his intention to abolish private education in the1970s was "totally justified".

The 2009 Ofsted Social CareInspection Report noted that 'The provision for "Helping childrenachieve well and enjoy what they do" is rated as outstanding.' and'This is a good school, in which boarders’ welfare is promoted by astrong approach to countering bullying and child protection.Boarding staff have good relationships with the boarders, andboarders can list a range of people who they can talk to if theyare worried or have concerns.'

The 2011 Independent SchoolsInspectorate Report noted that 'The quality of pupils’ achievementsis excellent. Pupils are extremely well educated. They attainextremely high standards in external examinations and makeexceptional progress in their learning because of their positiveattitudes to study, dedicated and often inspiring teaching, and anacademically challenging curriculum that is adapted to suit allneeds. The curriculum is enriched by an outstanding range ofactivities'.

On 19 April 2013, The Daily Telegraphreported that a member of the schoolteaching staff was arrested for having an inappropriaterelationship with a former pupil. In response, the member of staffresigned from his position.

Schoolterms

There are three academic terms(known as Quarters) in the year,

There are four oldhouses and seven new houses in White List (a directoryof names) order. In Charterhouse vocabulary an old house isone which was founded in the early years of the school, as opposedto the new houses which were created later and are situatedaway from the main school. They are all distinguished by the colourof the pupils' ties, umbrellas and football team'sstripes.

In addition, a new Day house,Fletcherites, named after Frank Fletcher, a former headmaster, wasopened in autumn 2010. Fletcherites's Housemaster is Ivan de Vismeand the house colour is Light Blue (as compared to Hodgsonites'Dark Blue). The house moved into the old Great Comp building, nowrenovated. Verites, Saunderites and Gownboys houses predate themove to Godalming in 1872 and are known as the "block" houses.However, Girdlestoneites is now treated as one of the "old houses"because it, along with Verites, Saunderites and Gownboys, are theonly houses still in their 1870s buildings, while all the rest arein their 1970s replacements. Saunderites is named after its firstHousemaster Dr. Saunders (Headmaster 1832-53) and it was theHeadmaster's house, in that the headmaster would not only run theschool but one of the houses. Unfortunately, the dramatic increasein the size of the school and the increasing difficulties inrunning such a school have meant that the Headmaster can no longerdo this. Gownboys was named not after their original housemaster,but because it was the scholars' house, although scholars weredistributed across all the houses after the transfer to Godalming.As was tradition, scholars wore gowns with their uniform and weretreated as superior to other boys. There is no longer such atradition and the scholars are now distributed throughout thevarious houses, on a random but numerically equal basis. There arestill scholars in Gownboys, but in no greater proportion than anyother house.

Verites is a contraction ofOliverites (Oliver Walford, School Usher 1838–55) and hence'Verites' is pronounced as if the 'Ver' is from Oliver not as from'very'. The records of the house run back to the start of the lastcentury, but previously it was just called 'Boarders House No.2'.Girdlestonites' first housemaster was Frederick Girdlestone, whowas said to walk like a duck. Girdlestonites has therefore beenunofficially known as 'Duckites' ever since, but since this was'insulting' slang it was never written down or used officially.This latter restriction has now largely fallen by the wayside andeven the school magazine uses Duckites in printoccasionally.

All new Houses apart from Bodeitesare named after their founders (although Robinites was originallyRobinsonites). Bodeites was originally Buissonites, named after theHead of Languages at the time. He ran off with the matron, and sothe house was renamed Bodeites after the replacement, Mr Bode.Thisdid lead to some confusion at the time of naming the houses becausesome housemasters moved to houses named after theircolleagues.

Robinites was a 'passage house'when the school first moved to Godalming and boys stayed there forno more than two years until they could be transferred to one ofthe other houses. It now has normal status. There was also anotherpassage house known as Laleham, but this has ceased toexist.

All pupils belong to one of the 11houses, and boarding boys will sleep in their house. Charterhousehas traditionally had very few day boys. In the 1870s the statutesof the school limited them to 10 (excluding sons of masters) andeven in the late 1980s the number was only around 25 (some of whomwere the sons of masters). Boarding girls are assigned a House andare fully involved in House life but at night, they sleep in hallsof residence (e.g. Chetwynd) which are not treated as houses. Thesehalls of residence are more modern than the 'new'Houses.

Teachers belong to BrookeHall (the teachers' common room building).

Uskites was a temporaryhouse opened in 1872 by Mr Stewart, the writing and chemistryinstructor from the old Charterhouse. It was closed in 1878 and thepupils redistributed. The building itself (on Peperharow Road) wasbought by a schoolmaster, and later used by the School as asanatorium. It is now masters' accommodation. Mr Stewart named thehouse because he likened the valley of the River Wey (where thehouse lies) with the valley of the River Usk.

MemorialChapel

Memorial Chapel, designed bySir Giles Gilbert Scottand consecrated in 1927, commemoratesthe Carthusians who died in action: 700 in World War Iand 350 in World WarII. The whole School meetshere three days each week for a short service at 8:30 am, and onSundays for Evensong, Matins, or a School Eucharist. On Sundays,when there is an Evening service, Catholic pupils may instead attend Mass in the Founder'sChapel. Parents are welcome at Sunday services, but tickets arerequired for Remembrance Sunday and the Carol Service.

Friday morning chapel is reservedfor congregational singing practice, and Wednesday morning chapelis voluntary. Attendance at all other chapel services arecompulsory, except where individual exemptions are granted onreligious grounds.

Chapel provides a variety ofworship experience: hymn-singing; Psalm chanting; the choirperforms a repertoire of Church Music; Candle-lit Carols;Eucharists in Millennium Chapel; Remembrance Sundaywith the sounding of The Last Postand The Silence.

Each year there is a ConfirmationService in late January and pupils from any year group except theFourths (who hadn't been at the school when it was open to sign up)can be prepared for this.

The school retains the old chapelused by the school prior to 1927. However, when the school firstmoved to Godalming even this was not built, and the pupils walkedthe 2 miles to Shackleford Church. Pupils ever since havebenefited, because the time taken for the walk ruled out thecontinuance of Sunday school, which ran from 10am to 10:30 onSundays, which has remained a non-teaching day eversince.

Uniform

The Lower School consists of thefirst three years of attendance at Charterhouse, being the FourthForm, the Removes and the Fifth Form (GCSE year). Pupils in LowerSchool wear a weekday uniform consisting of a white or blue shirt,house tie, grey trousers, blue jumper, tweed jacket and leathershoes. Sunday dress consists of a dark suit of pinstriped or plaindesign. A waistcoat is optional. Variations include various societyand school honours' ties.

Transition from the Lower Schoolto the Upper School occurs upon successful completion of the GCSEexams.

The Specialists (Lower and UpperSixth Forms) constitute the last two years of attendance atCharterhouse, and form the Upper School. Having completed the GCSEexams successfully, 'First & Second YearSpecialists' (as they are colloquially referred) spend two yearsstudying for their 'A-Level' examinations, usually in threesubjects, although some students will read for four orfive.

Specialists have their ownvariations on School Dress. Instead of a tweed jacket, Specialistswear a navy blue blazer with gold or blue buttons on the sleeves.Sunday dress remains the same as in the Lowerer School.Historically, those in Gownboys were permitted to wear gowns as amark of their scholarly status, but this is no longer permitted, asGownboys is not the only house in which scholars reside.Specialists may also wear pink shirts and silver or nickelcuff-links.

Whether in Lower or Upper School,any pupil who has been awarded his House or School 'Colours' forsport or culture, may wear his 'Colours' tie in place of his housetie. School monitors may also wear their monitor tie instead of ahouse tie, if they so choose. For further on this, please seebelow, under "School Honours".

During Cricket Quarter, the schooluniform can vary slightly from that of the two preceding terms.Boys may wear cravats in house colours instead of ties and arepermitted to wear straw Boaters similar to the 'Harrow Hat' foundat HarrowSchool, but these arealmost never worn by the majority of pupils. Boys in the UnderSchool may also wear navy blazers similar to those worn by theSpecialists. As well as these variations, boys may roll up theirsleeves in hashes unless asked not to by a beak.

Members of the 1st XI CricketTeam have their own variation on summer dress which is describedlater in the article.

School Honours is the Colourssystem rewarding pupils in various fields with variations on schooldress. They are as follows:

House Colours - Housecolours are a variation on the house tie. Colours awarded for housesport prowess have thicker stripes in the House colour, whereasthose awarded for cultural prowess have thin doubledstriped.

School Colours - Schoolcolours are awarded for services to School sport, culture and otherareas deemed worthy. They all have a similar design and are coveredin Sutton's Crests (The crest of Thomas Sutton). However, they comein varying colours:

The Head of School - TheHead of School (head boy) is permitted to wear a Pink tie ordainedwith Sutton Crests, sometimes reversed. 1st XI Major Sports:Members of the 1st Team in major school sports (Football, Hockeyand Cricket) are permitted to wear Maroon ties. Minor Sports:Holders of colours in Minor Sports are permitted to wear a silvertie covered in Sutton Hospital Crests. Academic/Scholars: Holdersof Academic or Scholars colours are permitted to wear aCambridge Bluetie or bow tie with Sutton Crests.Culture: Those deemed worthy enough in cultural fields arepermitted to wear a purple tie. Service: Brown ties are awarded forcommendable service to the school community. Most frequently theyare awarded by the CCF.

1st XI Cricket - Members ofthe 1st XI Cricket team are permitted to wear Pink Blazers withSutton's Crest on the front pocket to Hashes on match days (usuallySaturdays).

Greyhounds - Every year afew Carthusians are given Greyhound awards for outstanding serviceto the school. Those awarded the prize are permitted to wear a navyblue tie with rampant gold greyhounds.

Songs

One of the traditions inCharterhouse is the singing of school songs. Many were written byteachers such as William Haig Brown and Old Carthusians suchas Ralph VaughanWilliams. It is thetradition to sing Jerusalem on the last Chapel service of term. C.V.Stanford's setting of the Nunc Dimittisin B flat is sung the most throughoutthe year.

Events

Carthusian Day is the main socialevent of the school calendar. It is held on day precedingthe Exeat inCQ and Sunday dress is worn. The day is intended for the OldCarthusians and the parents of Carthusians to visit the school.Speeches are made and Sports events played: including the annualFootball, Cricket and Gold matches between Carthusians and OldCarthusians. It also gives parents the chance to see their sons'and daughters' work (such as the traditional Archives project doneby Fourths on old Carthusians killed in World War I).

Founder's Day is celebrated everyyear to commemorate the founding of the school and to thank thefounder and benefactor Thomas Sutton. It is considered one of themost important days of the year and is held on the last day of OQ.The day consists of 'clearing up' in houses before 'FoundersFeast', a large feast for the whole school where Black Tie is worn. The feast is followed by games andactivities.

St. Andrew's Day is celebrated byan annual ball hosted by the historical 'Scottish Dancing society.On St. Andrews Day pupils are permitted to wear traditionalScottish dress including a Kilt, Ghillies and a Sporran.

'The 50 Mile Walk' is an annualevent for the 1st Year specialists held at the end of CQ. Itconsists of walking a 50-mile (80km) stretch fromBrighton to the Brooke Hall arch and taking regular Hashes the nextday. The March originates from the 1950s when the American NavySEALs challenged the School, saying that only they could walk 50miles (80km) and go to work the next day. Thosewho complete the walk in less than 24 Hours are awarded a special'50' tie, which until 2006 consisted of a navy blue tie with theschool crest that has a '50' written below it. The current tie is athickly striped affair in Pink (for the school), Green (for thecountryside) and Blue (for the night)

Leavers Day is the last day of CQwhen the Second Year Specialists come to the end of their schoolcareers. After the Leavers Chapel, the entire school does 2 laparound 'Green' while several men dressed in Scottish traditionalScottish dress play the bagpipes. The leaving Second YearSpecialists do an extra lap signifying their loyalty to theschool.

'Lack of Talent' is an annual showof Carthusian musical talent and sketches run entirely by pupilsand held in the BTT during the start of LQ. It is usually hosted bya two second year Specialists and acts are selected by a panel ofpupils in the Second Year Specialists. Such acts are predominantlymusic based, however comedy sketches have become increasinglypopular (as they were a large part of the original Lack of Talentin 2000) with many of the staff looking forward to the Brooke Hallparody sketch that has become a regular feature. It is one of thefew productions in the school's theatre that students and visitorshave to pay a fee to see, originally with the concept this would goto global, less obvious charities and raise peoples awareness oftheir causes.

Monitors

Monitors are chosen pupils who aredeemed to have the best qualities in leadership and achievement.Each house has at least one monitor, who is appointed Head of House(the most senior pupil in house). On a school-wide level onemonitor is appointed the Head of School, and a deputy is appointedto assist. Monitors may wear Navy blue ties and Navy scarves withan embroidered crest. Monitors are also permitted to ride bikes toand from hashes as well as out of Hash time.

HouseApostles

The Headmaster's Essay Society,also known as the 'House Apostles' is a historical society oftwelve elite Carthusians deemed to be the most intellectual in theschool. They are invited by the Headmaster to present papers onchosen subjects on Monday evenings and meetings are held in theHeadmaster's House. All members wear Cambridge BlueAcademic ties or scarves.

CallingOver

In the traditional ceremony ofCalling Over, the form master presents his class to the Master ofthe Under School, who praises those who have shown good effort, anddiscourages the less hard-working. Specialists are also awardedregular grades for attainment and effort, which are scrutinised bythe Master of the Specialists. Parents receive detailed reports atthe end of each Quarter, and have a formal opportunity to meettheir son's or daughter's teachers every year to discuss progress.The Higher Education and Careers Department provides guidance andtraining throughout the process of selecting and applying touniversity.

Origins offootball

Charterhouse has an historic jointclaim to having founded Association Football, which remains the main Winter sport at theschool. During the 1840s at both Charterhouse and Westminster Schoolpupils' surroundings meant they wereconfined to playing their football in the cloisters, making the rough and tumble of the handlinggame that was developing at other schools such as Rugby impossible, and necessitating a new code ofrules. During the formulation of the rules of the AssociationFootball in the 1860s representatives of Charterhouse andWestminster School pushed for a passing game, in particular rulesthat allowed forward passing ("passing on"). Other schools (inparticular EtonCollege, Shrewsbury Schooland Harrow) favoured a dribbling game with a tight off-siderule. It is claimed that Stoke Ramblers was formed in 1863 when former pupils ofCharterhouse School formed a football club while apprentices atthe North Staffordshire Railway works in Stoke-on-Trent.By 1867 the Football Association had chosen in favour of the Charterhouse andWestminster game and adopted a "loose" off-side rule that permittedforward passing.The modern forward-passing game was a directconsequence of Charterhouse and Westminster Football.

In the early years of theFA Cup,teams formed of ex-pupils from these schools dominated thecompetition. The Old Carthusians F.C.(the name for the team composed ofCharterhouse alumni) won the cup in the 1880–81 season, beating theOld Etonians in the final, and were semi-finalists in the two yearsthat followed. The public school system also provided many of thefirst England internationals. They included CharlesWreford-Brown, who isoften credited for inventing the word "soccer". He was a pupil at Charterhouse in the early1880s, and played football for the Old Carthusians and for thenational side in the 1890s, including several appearances ascaptain.

During the past few years,Charterhouse has performed well in the Independent SchoolsFootball Association cup.In 2007, Charterhouse were runners-up but in 2008 they were able tobeat Millfield and win the cup. They had another success in 2010with a 2-0 victory in the final over Eton College.

Cricketground

The first recorded match on theschool cricket ground came in 1859, when the schoolplayed MarlboroughCollege. From itsinception, the school has used the ground to take on a number ofcolleges in England.The cricket ground has held a singleList-A match, which was played between Surrey and Warwickshire in the 1972 John PlayerLeague.Starting in 2006,the ground has held a number of Surrey Second XI fixtures inthe Second XI Championshipand Second XI Trophy.

Herbarium

The School's Herbarium carries the Index Herbariorum designation GOD andis maintained as The Charterhouse School Herbarium in theUniversity and JepsonHerbaria, University of California,Berkeley. The scope of thecollections are principally the British Isles, although somecollections are from Europe, South Africa and eastern NorthAmerica. The principle collectors being James Edward Moxon, Rev.George Brown Moxon, Rev. Tullie Cornthwaite, Rev. Samuel Titmas(1st Curator - Charterhouse Museum), Frederick Yorke Brocas,Andrew BloxamWilliam Gardiner, James Buckmanand John Drew Salmon. The collectionsare currently being digitized and being released by theBotanical Society ofthe British Isles, on theherbaria@home website.

Fees

For the academic year 2012/13 DayBoarding fees at Charterhouse are £26,190 per annum, whilstBoarding Fees (including accommodation) are £31,680 per annum.Thereis some contention as to the most expensive public school inEngland, partly due to the fact that fees vary from year to year,and partly due to whether one is comparing day fees or boardingfees. In December 2012 Charterhouse was reported to be the fifthmost expensive for boarding pupils.

Criticism andcontroversy

In November 2005, the school wasone of fifty of the country's leading independent schoolswhich were found guilty of running anillegal price-fixing cartel,exposed by TheTimes newspaper, although the schools made clearthat they had not realised that the change to the law (which hadhappened only a few months earlier) about the sharing ofinformation had subsequently made it an offence.Each school wasrequired to pay a nominal penalty of £10,000 and all agreed to makeex-gratia payments totalling three million pounds into a trustdesigned to benefit pupils who attended the schools during theperiod in respect of which fee information was shared.However, MrsJean Scott, the head of the Independent Schools Council, said thatindependent schools had always been exempt from anti-cartel rulesapplied to business, were following a long-established procedure insharing the information with each other, and that they were unawareof the change to the law (on which they had not been consulted).She wrote to John Vickers, the OFT director-general, saying, "Theyare not a group of businessmen meeting behind closed doors to fixthe price of their products to the disadvantage of the consumer.They are schools that have quite openly continued to follow along-established practice because they were unaware that the lawhad changed."

In August 2010, former Englishfootballer Gary Linekerpublicly accused Charterhouse offailing to get his son, George, into university.Lineker claimed that the school had used him asa 'guinea pig'by ditching A-Levels for the new CambridgePre-U. The school reactedby saying it was proud of its students' results. John Witheridge,the headmaster at Charterhouse, strongly defended the choice of thePre-U as being more academically rigorous and educationally validthan the current A-Level standard, in an article inThe Spectatorin August 2010.

Headmasters

Notable OldCarthusians

Former pupils are referred to asOld Carthusians, and current pupils as Carthusians.

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Victoria Crossholders

Three Old Carthusians have wonthe VictoriaCross:

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