Kingswood House School Explained

Kingswood House School
Established:	1899
Type:	Private school
Head:	Matthew Bryan
City:	Epsom
State:	Surrey
Country:	United Kingdom
Colors:	Emerald Green and White

Kingswood House School is a private school in Epsom, Surrey in the United Kingdom.^[1] It was founded in 1899 and moved to its present site in West Hill in 1920. In September 2021 it opened its doors to girls and became co-educational from Reception to GCSE (16 years). The School is a member of the Independent Association of Preparatory Schools (IAPS) and Society of Heads - with a current roll of approximately 250 pupils.

In 2016, the school added a new Senior Department, for boys aged 13 to 16. In 2018, the school started work on a new planned senior block to be completed by September. The building was officially opened in March 2019 with the building being named after former headmaster, Peter Brooks.^[2] The DT Room had a refit in Autumn 2019 and a new Astro turf and teaching hub were completed in September 2021 alongside enhanced facilities for girls now attending the school.

In addition to the sporting life of the school, pupils compete in external competitions.^[3]

The school took part in a national competition for environmental problem solving sponsored by the World Wide Fund for Nature.^[4]

Heads

• Revd Sandberg^[5]
• Mr Dixon
• Mr Morley-Tabor
• Mr Malden
• William (Bill) H Thorne
• Christopher Scott-Malden (Mr Chris)
• Mark Harvey
• Peter Brooks
• Duncan Murphy
• Liam Clark Interim Head September 2023 - April 2024
• Matthew Bryan

Notable alumni

• Quentin Crisp^[6]
• Cecil Gould
• Richard Rogers, architect.^[7]
• Nicholas Witchell

External links

• School website

Notes and References

1. Web site: 17 January 2023 . Kingswood House School . . 16 March 2023 .
2. News: Chris Grayling opens new building at Kingswood House School . 26 September 2018 . Your Local Guardian . 21 September 2023 .
3. Web site: Two 11-year-olds from Epsom set for national watersporting glory. 21 June 2011. Epsom Guardian. 29 April 2012. Two 11-year old boys from Kingswood House School (KHS) in Epsom are making waves after a string of spectacular sporting achievements. Matthew Muncey, 11, from Ashtead was awarded first place in his first wakeboarding competition of 2011 at Liquid Leisure water-ski and wakeboard centre’s Love Jam tournament, based in Windsor..
4. Book: Frensham. Peter J. Gunstone. Richard F. White. Richard T. The Content Of Science: A Constructivist Approach To Its Teaching And learning. 29 April 2012. !st. 22 January 1994. Routledge. 9780750702218. 46.
5. Web site: KHS: Welcome . 6 May 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120717045106/http://www.kingswoodhouse.org/history%26aims.shtml . 17 July 2012 .
6. Book: Barrow, Andrew. Quentin and Philip. 29 April 2012. 8 November 2002. Macmillan. 9780333780510.
7. Web site: Richard Rogers, Architect, Dyslexic * The Yale Center For Dyslexia & Creativity. 30 April 2012. The first school I went to was called Kingswood House, in Epsom, near London..