The Hawthorns School Explained

The Hawthorns School
Address:Pendell Court
Town:Bletchingley
County:Surrey
Postcode:RH1 4QJ
Country:England
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Type:Independent day school
Founder:Dudley A Bull
Headmaster:Adrian Floyd
Staff:120 (2021)
Gender:mixed
Age Range:2-13
Enrolment:460
Campus Size:35 acres
Yearbook:The Hawthorns Review
Affiliation:Independent Association of Prep Schools

The Hawthorns School is an independent preparatory school for boys and girls aged 2 years to 13 years in Bletchingley, Surrey, England.

The headmaster as of 2015 is Mr Adrian Floyd

Situated in a semi-rural location near Reigate, Oxted, Caterham, Westerham and Lingfield, the 35-acre site includes the listed Pendell Court alongside facilities for nursery and pre-prep children, as well as subject specialist centres.

History

Founded in 1926 by Mr Dudley A Bull, the school began as a boys' preparatory school with both day pupils and boarders. 'The Hawthorns' house, built in the 1880s, was situated at Gatton Point, on the London Brighton road, north of Redhill. In 1961 the school moved to Pendell Court, Bletchingley. Built in 1624 as a family home, it was later occupied by an order of nuns, the Wantage Sisters, until 1960.

The school became a co-educational prep school in September 1992. Boarding ended and The Hawthorns became an IAPS day school in 1994.

Notable Old Hawthornians

Notes and References

  1. News: Faulkner's music dream catches the imagination. 2 July 2013 . 25 November 2008 . Surrey Live .
  2. Sedley . Stephen . 7 January 2016 . Bingham, Thomas Henry [Tom], Baron Bingham of Cornhill (1933–2010) . 10.1093/ref:odnb/102527 .
  3. News: Embroiled in a row . 14 April 2016 . Oxfordshire Guardian . 2 . 4 November 2023 .
  4. News: Moody . Graham . 12 August 2008 . Whitgift schoolboy makes England debut . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110604024404/http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/sport/cricket/othercricket/othercricket/3587822.Whitgift_schoolboy_makes_England_debut/. 2011-06-04.