Established 1926 (1926) Headteacher Rowena Cole Phone +44 1737 761945 Founded 1926 | Type Independent day school Chair of Governors Ros Given-Wilson Founder Jessie Elliot-Pyle | |
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Deputy Head Marc Broughton and Philipa Smithson Location High Trees Road
Reigate
Surrey
RH2 7EL
England Address High Trees Rd, Reigate RH2 7EL, UK Motto Do ut Des; (I give that thou may'st give) Similar Reigate Grammar School, St Bede's School, Caterham School, Reigate School, The Royal Alexandra and Alber Profiles | ||
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Dunottar School is an independent school in Reigate, Surrey, England, established in 1926.
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History
The school was established in 1926 by Jessie Elliot-Pyle in Brownlow Road with three pupils, and was named after Dunnottar Castle. She gave it the motto Do ut Des, which is translated as I give that thou may'st give. She chose for the school’s crest a pelican mother nurturing her young. In 1933, the school moved to the High Trees Estate in a mansion called "High Trees" which had been built by Walter Blanford Waterlow, fourth mayor of Reigate, in 1867. In 1874, Waterlow remarried his younger brother's widow, Maria Waterlow (née Corss), mother of Sir Ernest Albert Waterlow. Additions had been made to the mansion in about 1908. In 1961, it changed from private ownership to being owned by a charitable trust. In 1975, it joined the Association of Governing Bodies of Girls' Public Schools, which is now called the Girls' Schools Association.
In March 2014 the school became part of United Learning and announced that it would become co-educational from September 2014. United Learning has committed to run the school for a minimum of 10 years.
Location
The school premises is a grade II listed building, and the grounds are adjacent to Redhill Common. The nearest railway station is Earlswood.