Windlesham House School
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| Established | 1837 |
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| Type | Preparatory school |
| Headteacher | Richard Foster |
| Location | London Road Washington Pulborough West Sussex RH20 4AY  EnglandLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| DfE number | 938/6028 |
| DfE URN | 126113 Tables |
| Students | 350 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 4–13 |
| Website | www |
Windlesham House School is a prep school near Washington, West Sussex, England. It was founded in 1837 by Charles Robert Malden and was the first boys' preparatory school in the United Kingdom.[1] The school moved to its current location in 1934. It caters for over 300 pupils, both boarding and day, aged from four to thirteen years. The pre-prep is called Little Windlesham and teaches the four- to seven-year-olds. The 65-acre (260,000 m2) site nestles in the South Downs and has a variety of facilities including six sports pitches, woods, the Malden Family Theatre, a new[when?] library, indoor swimming pool and tennis courts.
Charles and Elizabeth Ann Malden were the last of five generations of Malden heads from 1837 - their joint headship alone lasted nearly 40 years (1957 to 1994). They were leaders of their time, insisting on being known not by their surname, Malden, but by the more informal Mr & Mrs Charles. In 1963 the School was among the first to become a Trust and in 1967 Windlesham was the first traditional boys' boarding prep school to become co-educational.
There is also an alternate naming convention for the pupils - for example, the children who have one year left at the School are called the Ones (Year 8), the children who have two years left are called the Twos (Year 7), and so on and so forth down to the Fives (Year 4) and Transition (Year 3), so called because that is the transition year between 'Little Windlesham' and the main school.
The school hosted a large outdoor event in the summer of 2010 called Odyssey.[2] This followed on from an Elements event in 2007 that raised £35,000 for the nearby Chestnut Tree House Hospice.
The school frequently sends its leavers to public schools such as Eton, Harrow, King's Canterbury, Marlborough, Sevenoaks and Wellington, with many students gaining scholarships for achievement in academia, sport, or the arts.
The Headmaster, Richard Foster, has been at the school since September 2007. The new Chairman of Governors, Christina Maude, is married to the Rt Hon. Francis Maude MP.
Notable former pupils
- Edward Hay Mackenzie Elliot (1852–1920), soldier and England footballer[3]
- Frederick Head (1874–1941), Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne[4]
- Donald Beves (1896–1961), academic[5]
- John Davies (1916–1979), Conservative politician and Director-General of the Confederation of British Industry[6]
- James Hamilton-Paterson (born 1941), poet and novelist[7]
- Frank Davies (born 1946), Anglo-Canadian record producer[8]
- Duncan Goodhew (born 1957), swimming athlete[9]
- Noah Huntley (born 1974), actor[10]
- Lucy Griffiths (born 1986), actress
- Guy Ritchie (born 1968), director/producer
- Alfie Allen (born 1986), actor
- Jacquetta Wheeler (born 1981), fashion model
- Tom Williams (born 1983), English rugby player
- Tamzin Merchant (born 1987) actress [11]
- Sir Michael Hordern (born 1911) actor [12]
- Georgia Hardinge (born 1984) fashion designer
References
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- ↑ Reginald Courtenay Welch, The Harrow School Register, 1800-1911 (1894), p. 393
- ↑ Percival Serle, "Head, Frederick Waldegrave" in Dictionary of Australian Biography (Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1949)
- ↑ 'Mr. D. H. Beves' (obituary) in The Times of London, issue 55127 dated 7 July 1961, p. 18
- ↑ Jason Tomes, 'John Emerson Harding Davies' in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004)
- ↑ James Hamilton-Paterson profile in The Guardian dated 5 June 2004
- ↑ 'Francis William Harding Davies' in Canadian Who's Who, vol. XLI (University of Toronto Press, 2006)
- ↑ Duncan Goodhew, Victoria Hislop, Fix Your Life - Now! (2003, ISBN 0091884500), p. 12
- ↑ Noah Huntley at filmreference.com, accessed 7 February 2014
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External links
- Official Website
- Map sources for Windlesham House School
