| Great Walstead School | |
| Coordinates: | 51.0069°N -0.0549°W |
| Established: | 1925[1] |
| Type: | Preparatory School[2] |
| Religious Affiliation: | Christian |
| Address: | Lindfield |
| City: | Haywards Heath |
| County: | West Sussex |
| Country: | England |
| Postcode: | RH16 2QL |
| Local Authority: | West Sussex |
| Urn: | 126135 |
| Enrolment: | up to 446 |
| Gender: | Coeducational |
| Lower Age: | 2 |
| Upper Age: | 13 |
| Colours: | pink, blue and white |
| Website: | http://www.greatwalstead.co.uk |
Great Walstead School is a private day 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. The school is a member of the Independent Association of Preparatory Schools.
The school is set in 265acres 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.
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), Colin Baty (2010) and Chris Calvey (2017)
In 2003, a staff member was detained under Operation Ore.[7]