Established 1892 Headmaster Simon Barber Phone +44 118 978 9881 Founded 1892 | Chairman of the Governors Philip Edey QC Staff 50 | |
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Location LudgroveWokinghamBerkshireRG40 3ABEngland Motto Ipsa Scientia Potestas Est; (Knowledge in itself is power) Similar Lambrook School, Eton College, Wellington College, Papplewick, St Mary's School Ascot Profiles | ||
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Ludgrove School is an independent preparatory boarding school for 200 boys, aged eight years to thirteen. It is situated in the civil parish of Wokingham Without, adjoining the town of Wokingham in the English county of Berkshire. Aside from certain cathedral schools, it is one of the few remaining single-sex full boarding preparatory schools in the country.
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- History
- The school today
- Notable Old Ludgrovians
- Notable masters
- References
Founded at Cockfosters in 1892, in 1937 the school moved to its present site at Wokingham, which had previously been occupied by the former Wixenford School, closed in 1934.
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History
The school was founded in 1892 by Arthur Dunn in north London. Dunn, a footballer, recruited a number of sportsmen to assist him as masters and was succeeded, on his premature death, by two England international football captains, G.O. Smith and William Oakley, who became joint headmasters.
Ex-pupil Alistair Horne wrote an unflattering account of his time at the school in the 1930s in which he described "humbug, snobbery and rampant, unchecked bullying" which he thought was intended to toughen the boys up.
In 1937 the school was moved from Cockfosters to its present location at Wixenford, Wokingham, taking over the buildings of the former Wixenford School. Alan Barber, a well known cricketer, was headmaster for many years. The school business was turned into a charitable trust in 1972, and Barber's son Gerald—together with Nichol Marston—became joint headmasters. In July 2004, Marston retired. In 2008, Ludgrove's headmasters were Sid Inglis and Gerald Barber's son Simon. In July 2013, Inglis left the school to take up a headship at Elstree School.
In 2004, Ludgrove was the victim of an arson attack which caused over £100,000 in damage to the school's athletics facilities.
The school today
The school buildings include a private chapel, two science laboratories, a music school, specialist art, carpentry, pottery, information technology departments,a gymnasium and theatre. Its extensive sporting facilities include a 9-hole golf course, a swimming pool, two fives courts, two squash courts, four tennis courts, and around eleven football/rugby/hockey/cricket pitches, all set in 150 acres (0.61 km2) of school land.
The fees are £8,300 per term. The average class size varies and reduces to around thirteen students as the boys get older. Most of the boys move on to independent schools such as Radley College, Eton College and Harrow School.