Terra Nova School Explained

Terra Nova School
Motto:Labor et ludus
Established:1897
Type:Preparatory day and boarding school
Head Label:Headmistress
Head:Christabel Westall[1]
City:Holmes Chapel
County:Cheshire
Country:England
Postcode:CW4 8BT
Local Authority:Cheshire East
Dfeno:895/6006
Urn:111472
Enrolment:300~
Gender:Coeducational
Lower Age:3
Upper Age:13

Terra Nova School is a prep school in Cheshire, England for children from two and a half to thirteen years of age. It began as a school for boys in 1897, and today educates boys and girls.

Children aged two and a half to seven attend the pre-prep school, and pupils aged eight to thirteen attend the prep school.

Since 1939[2] the school has occupied a site of just over including playing fields, in a rural area within the bounds of Holmes Chapel.[3] At the core of the site is Jodrell Hall, a country house begun in 1779 with additions in 1835.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Our staff. Terra Nova School. 8 December 2020.
  2. Web site: Our heritage. Terra Nova independent school. 11 October 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180129072022/http://www.tnschool.co.uk/our-heritage/ . 2018-01-29.
  3. Web site: Terra Nova School . Independent Schools Inspectorate . 4 December 2012.
  4. News: Obituary: Sir Robert Bruce-Gardner . 25 October 2017 . . London.