Quick Answer: AROPS – The Schools' Alumni Association, formerly the Association of Representatives of Old Pupils Societies, is a United Kingdom-based organisation for representatives of school alumni associations and professional alumni teams. Founded in 1971, the association provides a forum for the exchange of views and experience among alumni organisations connected with independent and state schools in the United Kingdom and overseas. Its membership includes schools providing secondary education, including day, boarding, single-sex, co-educational and preparatory schools.