Show meaning ot of public schools schools are not public in the sense that they are open to the public says london answers magazine they may take a certain number of scholarship pupils and so qualify for a from the grant st state bul but i they are usually endowed with private funds however any school which is represented at the head masters conference is usually accepted as a public school many of the older schools were formerly connected with some collegiate church and until well into the nineteenth century the church had complete control over them the usual age of admission to a public school is about fourteen and the leaving age eighteen or nineteen most of them are bo beding schools among the most famous public schools art are winchester founded in 1382 1332 eton 1440 st pauls 1509 christ hospital westminster rugby 1567 harrow 1571 char te let house 1611 and Marlboro marlborough 1843 |