| Aberdour School | |
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| Address | |
| Brighton Road Burgh Heath Tadworth, Surrey, KT20 6AJ, England |
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| Information | |
| Motto | "Floret Qui Laborat[1]" (Latin for "He who works, flourishes")[2] |
| Founded | 1933 |
| Head of school | Simon Collins |
| Gender | Co-Ed |
| Number of students | 300 (Approx.) |
| Campus size | 17 acres |
| School Colour(s) | |
| Phone: | +44 (0)1737 354119 |
| Fax: | +44 (0)1737 363044 |
Aberdour School, founded in 1933, is a co-educational preparatory school for ages 3–13 in Banstead, Surrey, England.
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Aberdour was founded in 1933 as a boys boarding school.[3] In 1994 it became a co-educational school and its first intake of girls was welcomed with the newly opened nursery.
In 1971 Aberdour School became an educational charitable trust and is now administered by a board of governors.
The school is made up of a nursery department, Pre-preparatory school and preparatory school, and covers 14 acres (57,000 m2), 10 of which are playing fields. It has many facilities including a large Sports Hall, heated indoor Swimming Pool, two purpose-built Science Laboratories, all-weather pitches, courts and wickets, libraries and two IT suites. The School is also fully equipped with sick bay, run by qualified nursing staff.
Every student is placed into a house from the very beginning of their time at Aberdour. Each house has about 60 girls and boys, and every house chooses pupils to take the role of Head of House, Head of Girls Games and Head of Boys Games for one term at a time. At least once a term, the pre-prep and preparatory departments have separate meetings including all the staff and pupils within a certain house.
| House Name | Colours | Named after | Housemaster/Mistress |
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| Beaumont | One of the first pupils to receive Honours to their secondary school | Mary Garratt | |
| Clements | One of the first pupils to receive Honours to their secondary school | Helen Shipley | |
| Malvern | One of the first pupils to receive Honours to their secondary school | Urmilla Goverkar | |
| Roberts | One of the first pupils to receive Honours to their secondary school | Tracy Thomas |
All boys and girls at Aberdour School are presented with the opportunity to participate in, and experience a wide range of physical recreation and sporting activities. Within the physical education programme, all students participate in a comprehensive agenda of activities including gymnastics, badminton, fitness, dance, lacrosse, short tennis, tennis, athletics and swimming. The presence of the on-site pool enables children from Transition to Year 8 to swim regularly.
Extensive playing fields accommodate football, rugby, hockey and cricket. Tennis, netball and hockey are played on the all-weather courts.
The major boys' activities are football, rugby and cricket, whilst for girls the sports are netball, hockey and rounders. An extensive fixture card allows children from Years 3 to 8 to play regular matches against other schools and represent the school. Fixtures are matched according to ability and vary from friendly fixtures to participation in league, county. and national competitions.
Pupils are encouraged to achieve high academic standards and over the years the school has achieved considerable academic success. Between 1987 and 2006, over 100 awards have been won.