Elstree School
Elstree School
Photo of Elstree School Building from side |
| Established |
1848 |
| Type |
Other Independent School |
| Religion |
Christian |
| Headteacher |
Mark Sayer |
| Religious deputy head |
Steve Bates |
| Location |
Woolhampton
Reading
Berkshire
RG7 5TD
England |
| Local authority |
West Berkshire |
| DfE URN |
110140 |
| Gender |
Boys |
| Ages |
5–13 |
| Houses |
North, South, East and West |
| Colours |
Blue, Red, Green and Yellow (respectively) |
| Website |
www.elstreeschool.org.uk |
Elstree School is an English preparatory school based in Woolhampton, near Reading in Berkshire.
History
1848-1938 in Elstree, Herts
As its name suggests, the school was originally founded in 1848 in Elstree, Hertfordshire, at Hill House on Elstree Hill,[1] an 18th-century Grade II Listed Building.[2] Today the building is used as Bupa Care Centre.[3]
Since 1938 in Woolhampton, Berks
With the approach of the outbreak of the Second World War, in 1938,[4] Elstree School was evacuated to Woolhampton House in the Berkshire village of Woolhampton, and has remained there ever since.[5][6]
The Building
Woolhampton House is a 17th Century Grade II* Listed building.[7]
Notable former pupils
- Sir Alexander Robert Badcock (1844–1907), army officer.[8]
- James Blunt, singer-songwriter.[9][10]
- Edwin Bramall, Baron Bramall (b.1923), Field Marshal [5]
- Christopher Bonham-Carter (1907–1975), naval officer
- Felix Cassel (1869–1953), lawyer.[11]
- Charles Montagu Doughty (1843–1926), poet, writer, and traveller.[12]
- Kenneth Herman Salaman Cohen (1900–1984), intelligence officer.[13]
- Rookes Evelyn Bell Crompton (1845–1940), engineer.[14]
- Sebastian Faulks (b.1953), novelist [15]
- Walter George Headlam (1866–1908), poet.[16]
- J. Bruce Ismay (1862–1937), owner and survivor of the RMS Titanic.[17][18]
- Sir Philip Bennet Joubert de la Ferté (1887–1965) Royal Air Force Commander.[19]
- Archibald Campbell [Archie] MacLaren (1871–1944), cricketer.[20]
- Montague John Rendall (1862–1950), headmaster of Winchester School.[21]
- John Whitehead (1860–1899), ornithologist and explorer.[22]
- George Ratcliffe Woodward (1848–1934) Anglican priest.
Notable Teachers
Sports
- During the Autumn Term, Football is the main sport, along with hockey and tennis. During the Lent term, Rugby is the main interest, with hockey and X Country featuring. During the summer, Cricket is the feature of the term. Swimming, Athletics and Tennis are still highly populated sports throughout the term, with Sports Day being the epicentre of a pupil's Summer term.
References
- ^ Donald P. Leinster-Mackay, The rise of the English prep school, Publisher: Taylor & Francis, 1984, ISBN 0905273745, 9780905273747, 398 pages (note 32, page 33)
- ^ "Hill House, Elstree Hill South", List entry Number: 1263366, at English Heritage, retrieved 19 Sep 2011
- ^ "Hill House Care Centre" at Bupa website, retrieved 19 Sep 2011
- ^ "Elstree School, Berkshire", ISBI school website, retrieved 18 Sep 2011
- ^ a b "Our History". Elstree School. http://www.elstreeschool.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=24&Itemid=39. Retrieved 2007-09-13.
- ^ "Berkshire History : Woolhampton". Nash Ford Publishing. 2004. http://www.berkshirehistory.com/villages/woolhampton.html. Retrieved 2007-09-13.
- ^ "Elstree School, Woolhampton House", List entry Number: 1117267, at English Heritage, retrieved 20 Sept 2011
- ^ [Anon.], ‘Badcock, Sir Alexander Robert (1844–1907)’, rev. James Falkner, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2006 accessed 18 Sept 2011
- ^ "Danyl Johnson Update" at Elstree School website, retrieved 18 Sep 2011
- ^ "Biography" at The Guardian, retrieved 18 Sep 2011
- ^ G. R. Rubin, ‘Cassel, Sir Felix Maximilian Schoenbrunn, first baronet (1869–1953)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2008 accessed 18 Sept 2011
- ^ David George Hogarth, The life of Charles M. Doughty, Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1928, 216 pages (page 2)
- ^ Nigel West, ‘Cohen, Kenneth Herman Salaman (1900–1984)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2011 accessed 19 Sept 2011
- ^ W. L. Randell, ‘Crompton, Rookes Evelyn Bell (1845–1940)’, rev. Anita McConnell, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2011 accessed 19 Sept 2011
- ^ Chamberlain, Gethin (31 May 2008). "James Bond: Sebastian Faulks' schoolboy fantasy inspires 007 novel". London: Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2058208/James-Bond-Sebastian-Faulks-schoolboy-fantasy-inspires-007-novel.html. Retrieved 2009-04-08.
- ^ N. G. Wilson, ‘Headlam, Walter George (1866–1908)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 25 Sept 2011
- ^ J. Gordon Read, ‘Ismay, Joseph Bruce (1862–1937)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 accessed 18 Sept 2011
- ^ Frances Wilson, How to Survive the Titanic Or The Sinking of J. Bruce Ismay, Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing, 2011, ISBN 1408821117, 9781408821114. (page)
- ^ Edward Chilton, ‘Joubert de la Ferté, Sir Philip Bennet (1887–1965)’, rev. Christina J. M. Goulter, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2011 accessed 25 Sept 2011
- ^ Michael Down, ‘MacLaren, Archibald Campbell (1871–1944)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 25 Sept 2011
- ^ J. D'E. Firth, ‘Rendall, Montague John (1862–1950)’, rev. R. D. H. Custance, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 25 Sept 2011
- ^ B. B. Woodward, ‘Whitehead, John (1860–1899)’, rev. V. M. Quirke, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 25 Sept 2011
Bibliography
- I. C. M. Sanderson, A history of Elstree School and three generations of the Sanderson family, Publ. Elstree School, 1978 (Privately Published)
- John Eddison, A History of Elstree School, 1979 (mentioned in: Frances Wilson, How to Survive the Titanic Or The Sinking of J. Bruce Ismay, Chapter 3, Note 10)
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