Worth School

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Worth School, near the village of Turners Hill, Crawley, West Sussex, England, is an independent boarding and day school for students aged between 11-18 years. The school is located alongside Worth Abbey, a Benedictine monastery in 500 acres (2.0 km²) of the Sussex countryside. As of 2005 the school has some 305 boarders and 150 day students.

Worth aims to provide a broad education and a balanced lifestyle that is rooted in the Benedictine tradition.

Contents 1 History of Worth 2 Houses 3 Voluntary Community Service 4 Alumni 5 Notable staff 6 External links

[edit] History of Worth

Before Worth became a School in 1933, it was the country estate of Lord Cowdray. In that year, the estate, previously known as Paddockhurst, was purchased by the Benedictine monks of Downside Abbey (in Somerset), who founded a priory and a prep school for boys aged 7 to 13 on the Worth campus. During the Second World War the school was evacuated to Downside.

In 1957, Worth Priory became an independent monastery, before becoming Worth Abbey in 1965. In 1959 Worth School, for boys aged 13 to 18, was founded , and Worth Prep School was scaled down year by year until in 1965 it became the Junior House for boys aged 11 to 13. Like many boys' independent schools of that period, Worth was exclusively a boarding school. Today, Worth School retains a boarding tradition, while also admitting day students. The school is currently planning an expansion in its facilities to allow it to become fully co-educational.

[edit] Houses

There are seven houses:

• Austin - Junior House - Navy Blue and Yellow Ties
• Butler - Senior Boarding House - Royal Blue Ties
• Chapman - Senior Day House - Red and Royal Blue Ties
• Farwell - Senior Day House - Grey and Black Ties
• Gervase - Upper Sixth House - made up of the different house emblems on a black base. Pupils can also wear their original house ties
• Rutherford - Senior Boarding House - Burgundy Ties
• St. Bedes - Senior Boarding House - Green Ties

Chapman and Farwell are the Day houses, Austin is a junior house for all boys in years 7 and 8, (regardless of boarding/day), similarly Gervase is for Upper 6th Students only of all the houses.

[edit] Voluntary Community Service

Worth School runs a wide range of Community Service in association with Worth Abbey. These include:

• Day Centre
• Age Concern Shopping
• Soup Run
• Amnesty International
• Recycling
• IT and Sport Classes for nearby Junior School
• Conservation

[edit] Alumni

Alumni of Worth School include:

• Larry Achike (Athlete)
• Michael Aris (Academic and husband of Aung San Suu Kyi)
• Robert Bathurst (Comedy actor)
• Sir David Bell, chairman of the Financial Times Group (FTG)
• Michael Ellis (Businessman), partner and founder Newport Asia, LLC.
• Tim Hutchings (Athlete)
• Austen Ivereigh (Journalist)
• Sir Peter Jonas (Musician)
• Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. (Politician)
• Michael Questier (Academic)
• Michael Spencer (Businessman), founded ICAP plc
• Tony Tyler (CEO, Cathay Pacific)
• Nick Walshe (Rugby Player) Bath and England
• Nick Wesolowski (Musician)

[edit] Notable staff

• Andrew Bertie

[edit] External links

• Hobson's UK Independent School Review