Homefield Preparatory School

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Homefield Preparatory School, Sutton
Established	1870
Type	Private School
President	Homefield Educational Trust Ltd.
Head Master	Robin Mowbray
Deputy Master	Michael Till
Founder	Miss K Rose
Location	Western Road Sutton Surrey England
Staff	40
Students	400 (approx.)
Gender	Boys
Ages	2½ to 13
Website	Official Site

Homefield Preparatory School is a Private School in Sutton, Surrey. The school established itself as "A Preparatory School for the Sons of Gentlemen”^[1] and as giving “carefully graduated preparation for Public Schools and Royal Navy, either on the classical or on the modern side”^[2] for boys aged 5 to 13.

It is a feeder school for many local Public Schools, including King's College School, Epsom College and St John's School, Leatherhead. The school is currently under the headmaster Robin Mowbray. It is a strong academic school with a high scholarship rate and a vast majority going on to Public Schools or high performing independent or state day schools such as Whitgift, KCS Wimbledon, Trinity School and Sutton Grammar.

1 Houses
2 Noted alumni
3 References
4 Official page

[edit] Houses

The houses are named after former headmasters with the exception of Ellis which is named for Mr J ‘Bert’ Ellis who assisted with the move to the current site in the 1960's.^[3]

Ellis
Grays
Walfords
Bomfords

[edit] Noted alumni

Nigel Burgess, Businessman and Single Handed Yachtsman
Colin Cowdrey^[4]
Bob Danvers-Walker, British radio and newsreel announcer
Julian Worricker, BBC Radio journalist

[edit] References

^ Homefield School Website. Retrieved on 2008-01-02.
^ Homefield School Website. Retrieved on 2008-01-02.
^ Homefield School History. “Mr J ‘Bert’ Ellis was introduced to the school by one of the Governors, Mr Frank Williamson, who saved the situation by lending money to the school on most generous terms”
^ Cricinfo - Players and Officials - Colin Cowdrey