Established 1820 Chair of Governors Howard Veary Number of students 346 (2011) Gender Mixed-sex education | Religion Church of England Phone +44 1344 772134 Founded 1820 | |
Type Preparatory day and boarding Headmaster Andrew Barnard - Headmaster Location Crowthorne Road
Sandhurst
Berkshire
GU47 8PH
England Address Crowthorne Rd, Sandhurst GU47 8PH, UK Motto Sublimiora Petamus (Aiming High) / Learning For Life Similar Wellington College, Lambrook School, Yateley Manor School, LVS Ascot, Heathfield School Profiles | ||
Eagle House School is a coeducational preparatory school near Sandhurst in Berkshire, England. Founded in 1820, it is one of the country's oldest preparatory schools.
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History
Eagle House was founded in 1820 at Brook Green, Hammersmith. In 1860 it moved to a house named Brackenbury's at Wimbledon, then in 1886, after a major fire, moved to its present home at Sandhurst. In 1930 a severe outbreak of chicken-pox and measles reduced the school's numbers from twenty-nine to five, but the school soon recovered. The school was purchased by Wellington College in 1968 and shares most of its governors.
Between 1957 and 1962 Nick Drake, later a singer-songwriter, attended the school and became head boy. He was taught French at the school by John Watson, who while still at Eagle House came second in the Eurovision Song Contest 1960 with his song Looking High, High, High.
Lieutenant-General Sir John Cowley chaired the school's Governing Body from 1968 to 1976.
Present day
Originally for boys only, Eagle House now caters for boys and girls between the ages of three and thirteen. It is in the same ownership as Wellington College, forming part of the same registered charitable organisation. There is also a Wellington College in China. A majority of pupils continue their secondary education at the College. Before the College went fully coeducational in 2005, most girls left at age 11 for secondary school.
The school releases its own publication titled "The Eagle" regularly which is available to students in hard copies and also on the school's website.