Cottesmore School

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Cottesmore School
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Address
Cottesmore School
Buchan Hill

,
West Sussex
,
RH11 9AU

England
Coordinates 51°05′15″N0°12′58″W / 51.08758°N 0.21605°W / 51.08758; -0.21605
Information
TypePrep School
Religious affiliation(s)Church of England
Established1894 [1]
FounderGeoffrey Davison Brown
Department for Education URN 126106 Tables
HeadmasterTom Rogerson
Gender Coeducational
Age4to 13
Enrolment200
Colour(s)Blue and pink
Website https://www.cottesmoreschool.com
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameMain building to Cottesmore School
Designated28 November 1980
Reference no. 1027012

Cottesmore is a boarding preparatory school in the United Kingdom, founded in 1894. [2]

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History

Cottesmore was founded by Geoffrey Davison Brown in 1894 in Hove, East Sussex. He named the school after Cottesmore, Rutland, where he was born. The new buildings for the preparatory school were officially opened on 19 June 1897. [3] Davison Brown served as headmaster until his death in 1929, aged 60.

In 1940 the school was evacuated from the south coast of England, to Wales, initially to the Oakeley Arms Hotel, Tan-y-bwlch, Merioneth, and later to a former workhouse in Cors-y-Gedol Hall, near Barmouth, until the end of the war.

The school moved to its present site at Pease Pottage after World War II in 1946. The school is housed in a Grade II-listed [4] Victorian mansion known as Buchan Hill that was built in 1882–3 by Philip Felix Renaud Saillard. [5] [6] The building is a large Elizabethan-style house, designed by the architects Ernest George and Harold Peto. [7] Buchan Hill had been purchased in the early 19th century by Thomas Erskine (Lord Chancellor 1806–1807), son of the Earl of Buchan.

In 2023, Cottesmore appointed the first AI headteacher, which they named Abigail Bailey, to assist the human headmaster. Bailey answers questions in the same manner as an AI chat bot like ChatGPT, with answers often found online. Additionally, students 4 to 13 were given their own individual AI teachers to help with their personal education and needs. [8]

Notable alumni

Cottesmore School from the neighbouring golf course Cottesmore School, Buchan Hill, near Pease Pottage, West Sussex - geograph.org.uk - 27091.jpg
Cottesmore School from the neighbouring golf course

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References

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