Public Schools

Public Schools, schools open to all, subject to the terms of their foundation and the regulations of some governing body, private schools being only open to such pupils as the proprietor or head master chooses to admit. The term has in some modern statutes been confined to the larger public schools, such as Eton, Winchester, Westminster, Charterhouse, Harrow, Rugby, and Shrewsbury, the governing bodies of which were, by the Public Schools Act, 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c. 118), empowered to make new regulations for their constitution and management, requiring confirmation by Order in Council. See generally, Birkenhead School v. Dring, (1926) 43 TLR 49.