Dorset House School

Dorset House School


Dorset House School
Established 1784
Type Other Independent School
Religion Church of England
Location The Manor
Bury
Pulborough
West Sussex
RH20 1PB
England
Local authority West Sussex
DfE URN 126109
Students 135
Gender Coeducational
Ages 3–14
Website dorsethouse.w-sussex.sch.uk

Coordinates: 50°54′31″N 0°33′19″W / 50.90855°N 0.5552°W / 50.90855; -0.5552

Dorset House School is a co-educational preparatory school near Pulborough in West Sussex, England. There are 135 pupils, made up of 118 boys and 17 girls, whose ages range from 2yrs to 13yrs. This school is a feeder to all the major public schools in the South-East of England, including the prestigious (and best boys school in England) Harrow, RGS Guildford, Lancing, Hurstpierpoint, Worth, Radley, Tonbridge and Christ's Hospital.

History

The school was founded in 1784 as Totteridge Park School in Hertfordshire. In 1865 it moved to Hendon and became Brent Bridge House school, and from 1874 to 1886, it move to Elstree and became Hillside School.[1] In 1886 it moved to Littlehampton and became The School House, and in 1905, it merged with and became Dorset House School.[2]

External links

References

  1. ^ Donald P. Leinster-Mackay, The rise of the English prep school, Publisher: Taylor & Francis, 1984, ISBN 0905273745, 9780905273747, 398 pages (note 32, page 33)
  2. ^ "Our History", Welcome to Dorset House School, retrieved 19 Sep 2011

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