Bilton Grange

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Bilton Grange
Motto	Iron Sharpenth Iron
Established	1873
Type	Independent preparatory day and boarding
Religion	Church of England
Head Master	Mr. P Kirk
Chairman of Governors	JB Greenhalgh, MA MBA
Founder	Rev. Walter Earle
Location	Rugby Warwickshire CV22 6QU England Coordinates: 51°11′48″N 0°37′21″W / 51.196552°N 0.622504°W / 51.196552; -0.622504
Staff	100
Students	583
Gender	Co-educational
Ages	4–13
Houses	8
Colours	Navy and Red
Former pupils	Old Biltonians
Website	www.biltongrange.co.uk

Bilton Grange is a preparatory school located in Dunchurch, near Rugby, Warwickshire. The present headmaster is Mr. JP Kirk.

The mansion which forms the main school was built in 1846^[1] and was a private family home. It is a Grade II* listed building.^[2] The first pupils were brought to the house by The Reverend Walter Earle in 1887. An existing room was converted into the school chapel in 1889. The Junior House was built in 1902 and electricity was brought to the school in 1920. More recent developments include the arrival of girls at the school in 1992 and a 9 hole golf course laid out in 1998. The famous architect Pugin, designed the library and a staircase leading to the boarding house.

The houses are :

Churchill
Mountbatten
Nelson
Wellington

Bilton Grange is commonly recognised as the feeder to Rugby School.

Notable former pupils

John Senior,^[3] founder of Heroes Welcome UK^[4]
Miles Kington, jazz musician and writer
Rupert Evans, actor
Sir Ernest Gowers, civil servant and author of Plain Words
Sir Nicholas Winterton, MP
Taio Cruz, singer/songwriter

References

↑ Another Bilton Grange Website
↑ English Heritage: Images of England, architectural description of listed building
↑ "Scarborough's John Senior fighting to support British troops with Heroes Welcome". Yorkshire Life. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
↑ Harding, Thomas (2011-01-13). "Heroes Welcome scheme for troops snowballs across Britain". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2012-02-17.

v t e Schools in Warwickshire

Primary	Abbots Farm Junior School Coten End Primary School Hurley Primary School St. Mary Immaculate Catholic Primary School St. Nicholas' CE Primary School Wembrook Primary School Wood End Primary School

Secondary	Alcester Academy Ash Green School Avon Valley School Aylesford School Bilton School Campion School The Coleshill School Etone College Harris School Higham Lane School Kenilworth School and Sports College Kineton High School Kingsbury School Myton School Nicholas Chamberlaine Technology College North Leamington School The Nuneaton Academy The Polesworth School Queen Elizabeth School and Sports College Shipston High School Stratford-upon-Avon High School St Thomas More Catholic School Trinity Catholic School

Sixth Form Colleges	King Edward VI College, Nuneaton Trinity Catholic School

Further Education Colleges	Stratford-upon-Avon College Warwickshire College North Warwickshire and Hinckley College

Grammar	Alcester Grammar School King Edward VI School Lawrence Sheriff School Rugby High School for Girls Stratford-upon-Avon Grammar School for Girls

Partially selective	Ashlawn School

Independent	Arnold Lodge School The Crescent School Bilton Grange The King's High School For Girls Kingsley School Princethorpe College Rugby School Warwick School

Special	Exhall Grange School River House School RNIB Pears Centre for Specialist Learning

Former	Bishop Wulstan School Dunchurch-Winton Hall

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