Established 1894 Headmaster Tom Rogerson Ages 4–13 Number of students 175 Founded 1894 Gender Mixed-sex education | Type Prep School DfE URN 126106 Phone +44 1293 520648 Founder Geoffrey Davidson-Brown | |
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Location Buchan HillPease PottageWest SussexRH11 9AU England Profiles | ||
Cottesmore is a preparatory school in the United Kingdom, which has been preparing children for public schools since 1894. It is predominantly a full boarding and there are 175 boys and girls from the ages of 7 to 13.
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Cottesmore is situated in 35 acres (140,000 m2) of its own grounds, the setting for its playing fields, cricket pitches, two astroturf fields, all-weather cricket nets, grass and hard tennis courts, golf course, lake and gardens.
Cottesmore school drama 2016
History
Cottesmore was founded in 1894 in Hove, Sussex. The new buildings for the preparatory school were officially opened on 19 June 1897. The school moved to its present site at Buchan Hill after World War II in 1946. The school is housed in a fine, Grade II-listed Victorian mansion known as Buchan Hill that was built for an ostrich-farming millionaire named P Saillard in 1882-3. The building is a large Elizabethan-style house, designed by the architects Ernest George and Harold Peto. Buchan Hill was originally purchased in the early 19th century by Hon. Thomas Erskine (Lord Chancellor 1806-1807), son of the Earl of Buchan.
Awards
The school was the winner of the Best School Food Award Tatler Schools Awards in 2009.