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Elstree School

Coordinates: 51°24′14″N 1°10′20″W / 51.40383°N 1.17213°W / 51.40383; -1.17213
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Elstree School
Elstree School building from side
Address
Map
Woolhampton

Reading
,
Berkshire
,
RG7 5TD

England
Coordinates51°24′14″N 1°10′20″W / 51.40383°N 1.17213°W / 51.40383; -1.17213
Information
TypeIndependent
MottoClarior Ex Obscuro (Brighter, out of the darkness)
Religious affiliation(s)Christian
Established1848; 176 years ago (1848)
Local authorityWest Berkshire
Department for Education URN110140 Tables
Head teacherSid Inglis
GenderCo-educational
Age3 to 13
HousesNorth, South, East and West
Colour(s)Blue, red, green and yellow (respectively)
    
Websitewww.elstreeschool.org.uk

Elstree School is an English preparatory school for children aged 3–13 at Woolhampton House in Woolhampton, near Newbury, in the English county of Berkshire. The school is co-educational.

History

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1848–1938 in Elstree, Hertfordshire

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The school was founded in 1848 in Elstree, Hertfordshire, at Hill House on Elstree Hill,[1] an 18th-century Grade II* listed building.[2] Today, the building is a Bupa care centre.[3]

Since 1938 in Woolhampton, Berkshire

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In 1938 or 1939 at the start of the Second World War (sources differ),[4] staff and 70 boys moved to Woolhampton House in Berkshire which, at the war's end, became Elstree's permanent home, owned and run by the Sanderson family until 1961 when Elstree School was incorporated. Ian Sanderson remained headmaster until 1969 when Terrence McMullen became headmaster.

The building

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Elstree School House engraving before 1893

Woolhampton House is a 17th-century Grade II* listed building.[5]

Notable former pupils

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Notable teachers

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Sports

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References

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  1. ^ Donald P. Leinster-Mackay (1984). The rise of the English prep school. Falmer Press. p. 33. ISBN 978-0-905273-74-7. (See note 32)
  2. ^ Historic England. "Hill House, Elstree Hill South (Grade II) (1263366)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  3. ^ "Hill House". Bupa. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Elstree School, Berkshire". Independent, Special, Boarding and International schools. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
    - "History". Elstree School. 11 November 2023. Archived from the original on 11 November 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  5. ^ Historic England. "Elstree School, Woolhampton House (Grade II*) (1117267)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  6. ^ Anon., revised by James Falkner (2004). "Badcock, Sir Alexander Robert (1844–1907". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
  7. ^ "Danyl Johnson Update". Elstree School. Archived from the original on 20 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
  8. ^ Herbert Buckmaster (1933). Buck's Book : Ventures – Adventures and Misadventures (hardcover). London: Grayson & Grayson. p. 236.
  9. ^ G. R. Rubin (2004). "Cassel, Sir Felix Maximilian Schoenbrunn, first baronet (1869–1953)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
  10. ^ David George Hogarth (1928). The life of Charles M. Doughty. Oxford University Press. p. 2.
  11. ^ W. L. Randell, rev. Anita McConnell (2004). "Crompton, Rookes Evelyn Bell (1845–1940)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
  12. ^ Gethin Chamberlain (31 May 2008). "James Bond: Sebastian Faulks' schoolboy fantasy inspires 007 novel". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 8 April 2009.
  13. ^ N. G. Wilson (2004). "Headlam, Walter George (1866–1908)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
  14. ^ J. Gordon Read (2004). "Ismay, Joseph Bruce (1862–1937)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  15. ^ Edward Chilton, rev. Christina J. M. Goulter (2004). "Joubert de la Ferté, Sir Philip Bennet (1887–1965)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  16. ^ Michael Down (2004). "MacLaren, Archibald Campbell (1871–1944)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
  17. ^ George Monbiot (7 November 2019). "Boarding schools warp our political class – I know because I went to one". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  18. ^ B. B. Woodward, rev. V. M. Quirke (2004). "Whitehead, John (1860–1899)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
  19. ^ C.H. Mate, ed. (1907). Shropshire, Historical, Descriptive, Biographical. Vol. II, Biographical. p. 76.
  20. ^ J. A. Venn (1954). "Edgar Stogdon". Alumni Cantabrigienses. Vol. Part II: 6. Cambridge University Press. p. 49. Retrieved 5 June 2017 – via Internet Archive.

Bibliography

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  • Hugo Vickers, Elstree 175: Celebrating 175 years of Elstree School (London: Unicorn, 6 July 2023) ISBN 978-1911397380
  • I. C. M. Sanderson, A History of Elstree School and Three Generations of the Sanderson Family, Publ. Elstree School, 1978 (Privately Published)
  • John Eddison, A History of Elstree School, 1979 (mentioned in: Frances Wilson, How to Survive the Titanic Or the Sinking of J. Bruce Ismay, Chapter 3, Note 10)
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