- One of a small number of Quaker schools in England, Bootham was founded in 1823. Its motto Membra sumus corporis magni (“We are members of a greater body”) quotes Seneca the Younger. The school aims to “help all students to become the best person that each can be” and promotes aspiration, the habits of hard work and self-regulation as well as kindness and a “questioning spirit”.
- Alongside wide-ranging extracurricular activities, volunteering is an integral part of its activities programme with a designated “head of social action” who works with pupils and the wider community to fundraise.
- Scholarships are available worth up to 50 per cent fee remission and means-tested bursaries can be awarded to those from low-income families.
- Notable former pupils include the radical liberal politician John Bright, the historian AJP Taylor and the former cabinet secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood.
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