Great Walstead School
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Great Walstead School | |
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Lindfield Haywards Heath , West Sussex , RH16 2QL | |
Coordinates | 51°00′25″N 0°03′17″W / 51.00686°N 0.05486°W |
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Type | Preparatory School[1] |
Religious affiliation(s) | Christian |
Established | 1925[2] |
Local authority | West Sussex |
Gender | Coeducational |
Age | 2 to 13 |
Enrollment | 446 |
Houses |
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Colour(s) | pink, blue and white |
Website | http://www.greatwalstead.co.uk |
Great Walstead School is a day and weekly boarding school for girls and boys between the ages of 2½ and 13 years with a Christian ethos.[3] It has some 400 children in the school's Nursery, Pre-Prep and Main School departments. Academic, music, sports and drama scholarships are available. The school is a member of the Independent Association of Preparatory Schools.
The school is set in 265 acres (1.07 km2) of grounds just a mile and a half from the village of Lindfield, West Sussex in the countryside and has extensive playing fields and woodlands.
History
The school was founded in 1925 by Robert James Mowll (1895–1963),[4][5] the last Baron Mowll of the Cinque Ports. It was originally situated at Enfield, north London and known as Kilvinton Hall school. The school was moved to its current location in 1927 and was renamed Great Walstead school. Headmasters since Mr Mowll have been Gordon Parke (1960),[6] Nick Bawtree (1986), Hugh Lowries (1991), the Reverend Jeremy Sykes (2006) and Colin Baty (2010).
Sports
The sports that take place are
Term | Boys | Girls |
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Autumn | Football and Rugby union | Netball and Hockey |
Easter | Rugby and Hockey | Netball and Hockey |
Summer | Cricket, Athletics and Tennis | Rounders, Athletics and Tennis |
Houses
Each pupil belongs to one of the four houses for whom they compete in various sporting activities and academically. Pupils have a house assembly once a week.
House | Colour |
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Carey | Yellow |
Grenfell | Green |
Livingstone | Blue/Black |
Mowll | Red |
Controversy
In 2003, a staff member was detained under Operation Ore.[7][8]
Notable alumni
- Christopher Pole-Carew,[4] in 1979 High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, and newspaper executive
References
- ^ Schaeffer, John; Schaeffer, Frank (24 November 2003). Keeping Faith: A Father-son Story About Love and the United States Marine Corps (Reprint ed.). Carroll & Graf Publishers Inc. p. 8. ISBN 978-0786713080. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
- ^ Leinster-Mackay, Donald (15 November 1984). The Rise of the English Prep School. Falmer Press. p. 234. ISBN 978-0905273747. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
- ^ "Great Walstead School - Schools and Local Statistics". Department for Education. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
- ^ a b Williams, Barrie (32 August 2010). Somebody Had to Do it: The Story of Notorious "Union Buster" Christopher Pole-Carew. AuthorHouse. p. 8. ISBN 978-1452029528. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
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(help) - ^ Coggan, Donald (1934). Christ and the colleges: a history of the inter-varsity fellowship. p. 47. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
- ^ Schaeffer, Frank (2 October 2008). Crazy for God: How I Grew Up as One of the Elect, Helped Found the Religious Right, and Lived to Take All (or Almost All) of It Back. Da Capo Press. p. 216. ISBN 978-0306817502. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
- ^ "Teacher resigns after child porn arrest". The Guardian. 15 January 2003. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
A teacher at an independent secondary school has resigned following his arrest for involvement in child pornography on the internet.
- ^ Sullivan, Mike (27 July 2007). "Matthew Kelly held over child sex". The Sun. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
A PREP school teacher has been arrested in the child porn crackdown.
External links
- "Great Walstead School". www.greatwalstead.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-09-23. Website
- OFSTED Report, March 2009