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York House School, Redheath

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Established
  
1910

Religion
  
Church of England

The Chairman of Governors:
  
Mrs G Noach

Number of students
  
274

Type
  
Independent Day school

Headteacher
  
Jon Gray

Phone
  
+44 1923 772395

Location
  
Sarratt Road Croxley Green Hertfordshire WD3 4LW England

Address
  
Redheath Lodge, Sarratt Rd, Croxley Green, Rickmansworth WD3 4LW, UK

Motto
  
"Aut Viam Inveniam Aut Faciam"; ("Either I shall find a way or I shall make one")

Houses
  
Francis Drake, John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough

Similar
  
Aldenham School, Rickmans School, The Royal Masonic School fo, Merchant Taylors' School, The Haberdas Aske's Bo

York House School is an independent preparatory school for girls and boys aged from 3 to 13 years of age. The school is located in Croxley Green, Hertfordshire, in an eighteenth-century mansion. The school motto is "Aut Viam Inveniam Aut Faciam", which is Latin for "Either I shall find a way or I shall make one". The current headmaster is Jon Gray.

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The school was founded in Hampstead and relocated to the Money Hill area of Rickmansworth in the late 1940s by the then headmaster Arnold White. The school again relocated to its current location in 1966.

In 2011 it celebrated 100 years. It is a co-educational preparatory day school.

Alumni

The school's alumni are referred to as Old Yorkists.

  • Alan King-Hamilton, former Old Bailey judge
  • Sir John Sulston, Nobel Prize winner
  • The House

    Redheath was built and rebuilt in stages by the Baldwin, Finch, and Baldwin Finch families. The current features date variously from 1712, 1743 and 1866.

    References

    York House School, Redheath Wikipedia