Horris Hill School
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Horris Hill is a preparatory school situated a few miles south of Newbury in West Berkshire and directly south of the village of Newtown. The school was founded on its present site in 1888 by A. H. Evans, a master at Winchester College. Over the years the close connection with Winchester has been maintained, although almost as many boys now go on to Eton and Radley, as well as many other leading public schools.
Almost all pupils at Horris Hill are boarders although there are a few day boys, however it is a requirement that all boys board at the very latest from the beginning of the September term following their eleventh birthday.
Nigel Chapman is the current headmaster, but will retire in 2006. Jon Phillips has been appointed as the new headmaster, with effect from 1st September 2006.
The school currently has approximately 120 boys.
A famous ex-pupil of the school is sportsman Maxwell Woosnam, who attended from 1900 to 1905. An Olympic and Wimbledon doubles champion in lawn tennis, Woosnam was also once captain of the England national football team. Richard Adams, author of Watership Down, Shardik and The Girl in a Swing, attended Horris Hill from 1929.
