Edge Grove School
| Edge Grove School | |
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 Front of school | |
| Location | |
High Cross, Aldenham , , WD25 8NL England | |
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| Information | |
| Other name | Edge Grove |
| Type | Private, day preparatory school |
| Established | 1935 |
| Local authority | Hertfordshire County Council |
| Department for Education URN | 117601 Tables |
| Headmaster | Richard Stanley [1] |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Age range | 2-13 |
| Enrolment | 425 [2] |
| Capacity | 500 [2] |
| Campus size | 48 acres (19 ha) |
| Houses |
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| Website | www |
Edge Grove School, simply Edge Grove, is a 2-13 mixed, private, day preparatory school in Aldenham, Watford, Hertfordshire, England. It was established in 1935 and has 48 acres of grounds.[3]
History
[edit | edit source]John Skey bought the land on which the current property in 1733 and built the main block of what now stands as the main house. This house was then sold by his sons to Thomas Hake some time in the late 1780s. The American financier and banker J. P. Morgan bought the property in 1912 and rented it to Richard Bennett. Bennett converted the house with around £90,000, leading to the house as it stands currently. When it came to settling his estate, Morgan arranged for the council to take the freehold, specifying it should be used as an independent school.[4][5]
The headmaster as of October 2024 is Richard Stanley.
Facilities
[edit | edit source]The school has a large sports hall, all-weather tennis/netball courts, an AstroTurf pitch, 9 acres of playing fields, indoor & outdoor cricket nets and a heated[citation needed] outdoor swimming pool.
In November 2019, it opened a £3.6m lower school building for Years 3 and 4.[6]
Headmasters
[edit | edit source]Notable alumni
[edit | edit source]- Marcus Buckingham,[9][10] award-winning author and motivational speaker
- Dominic Selwood, historian and author
- Dominic Treadwell-Collins,[11] Television Producer
- Lieutenant-Colonel Tony Streather (1936-1940) was a mountaineer of the Himalayas during the so-called "the golden age" in the 1950s.[12]
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External links
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