Lambrook Haileybury
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Lambrook Haileybury is a prep school in Berkshire for children between the ages of 3 and 13. The school has links with Haileybury, the public school in Berkshire.
The school, located in the village of Winkfield Row, was formerly known only as Lambrook. As Lambrook it was a traditional boys' boarding preparatory school, and officially accepted only male pupils between 7 and 13. Since merging with Haileybury Junior School, it has expanded to accommodate younger pupils, day pupils and girls and now a new nursery. The current headmaster is James Barnes working alongside deputy headmasters Robert Spencer and Andrew Harvey. The current headboy is Jamie Jackson.
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[edit] History
The history of the school dates back to 1860, when it was run as a boarding school for boys. In 1997 it joined with Haileybury Junior School in nearby Windsor to become Lambrook Haileybury. The school boasts 43 acres of grounds and playing fields, which includes a 9-hole golf course.
The school's website[1] states: "We are one of the best-resourced independent preparatory schools in the area. Since the merger, we have been implementinga development plan and so far have completed a well-equipped Science and IT block, a new Pre Prep building, an all-weather pitch and a senior classroom block built round a refurbished squash court."
The school is known for its high academic standards. It achieves "outstanding" results at Common Entrance, as well as excellent results at Key Stages I & II and at Scholarship level. Although catering mainly for day pupils, it also offers full, weekly and flexible boarding places. Fees range from around £4,000 a term for day pupils, up to £6,000 a term for boarders.
[edit] Facilities
There are 3 all weather pitches, the sports fields are set in 40 acres, a squash court and a sports hall for indoor sport (when the weather is bad and when Jason becomes Jekyll and Hyde and makes us walk far), such as Badminton, Basketball, Dodgeball and tennis (forgotten). The school has 3 science labs (not used), an ICT suite (always full) and some dead laptops that don't work. There is a music suite with a puny range of instruments. There are also individual music cells for private tution and to escape the stench of Hancock blowing whiff, which ranges from the oboe to the piano and for death by the evil Mrs. Savage. Finally, there is a lunch hall with 4 uncountable selections of lunch: edible food (rare), inedible crup (the popular option), and all the dog drops in between. Also, there is a fat South African woman (a bit like Rob Try) who spits Cilit Bang in your face about how hard working for a failing laundry is. She actually uses sulphuric acid to wash them, and throws the ruined ones away. That's why she tells you to play in your dirty clothes or her wet-swaet ones.
[edit] Notable former students
Alex Pettyfer - actor. (Alex Rider in Stormbreaker)
Giles Clarke, Chairman, England and Wales Cricket Board.
W.C. Sellar and R.J. Yeatman authors of 1066 and All That.
Two of Queen Victoria's grandsons, Prince Victor and Prince Albert of Schleswig-Holstein attended Lambrook during her reign. The Queen herself often went to the school from Windsor Castle to watch cricket.
Lord Alfred Douglas the up-hill gardener lover of Oscar Wild.
[edit] Notable Teachers
Colin Croft - sportsman. Former West Indian fast bowler and major anti-aprthied campaigner.
[edit] Ghostly sightings
Westfield House at Lambrook-Haileybury School has a number of reported ghosts: a vast Red-Indian figure standing guard beside a particular bed in an upstairs dormitory; a crying woman, heard but not seen in the attic flat; and a black dog that wanders the grounds.[2]
DISCLAIMER: None of this has any evidence supporting it and is simply the thoughts (real or false) of the author(s).
[edit] External links
- The ISBI schools database review of Lambrook Haileybury: [3]
- The Lambrook Haileybury school website: [4]
- Independent Schools Inspectorate report on the school: [5]
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