Edge Grove School

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Edge Grove School
Front of Edge Grove School, June 2004.jpg
Front of school
Address
Edge Grove School
High Cross, Aldenham

Watford
,
Hertfordshire
,
WD25 8NL

England
Coordinates 51°40′38″N0°20′46″W / 51.6771°N 0.3461°W / 51.6771; -0.3461
Information
Other nameEdge Grove
Type Private, day preparatory school
Established1935 (1935)
Local authority Hertfordshire County Council
Department for Education URN 117601 Tables
HeadmasterRichard Stanley [1]
Gender Mixed
Age range2-13
Enrolment425 [2]
Capacity500 [2]
Campus size48 acres (19 ha)
Houses
  • Hedgerows
  • Sarnesfield
  • Churchill
  • Stratton
  • Gills
Website www.edgegrove.com

Edge Grove School, simply Edge Grove, is a 2-13 mixed, private, day preparatory school in Aldenham, Watford, Hertfordshire, England. It was established in 1935 and set on 48 acres. [3]

Contents

The boys and girls are organised into five houses: Hedgerows, Sarnesfield, Churchill, Stratton and Gills.[ citation needed ]

History

Mr John Skey bought the land on which the current property in 1733 and built the main block of what now stands as the main house. This house was then sold by his sons to Mr Thomas Hake some time in the late 1780s. The American financier and banker John Pierpont Morgan bought the property in 1912 and rented it to Mr Richard Bennett. Bennett converted the house with around £90,000 leading to the house as it stands currently. When it came to settling his estate, Morgan arranged for the council to take the freehold, specifying it should be used as an independent school. [4] [5]

The current headmaster as of October 2024 is Richard Stanley formerly Headmaster at Highbury Prep in Hillcrest and at The Ridge School in Johannesburg.

Facilities

The school has a large sports hall, all-weather tennis/netball courts, an AstroTurf pitch, 9 acres of playing fields, indoor & outdoor cricket nets and a heated[ citation needed ] outdoor swimming pool.

In November 2019, it opened £3.6m lower school building for Years 3 and 4. [6]

Headmasters

Notable alumni

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References

  1. ↑ "Welcome from the Head". Edge Grove School. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Edge Grove School". Get information about schools. GOV.UK. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  3. ↑ "Edge Grove". Edge Grove. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  4. ↑ "Around Radlett, Winter 2015,109" (PDF).
  5. ↑ "History | Co-educational School, Watford". Edge Grove. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  6. ↑ "Review of Edge Grove independent co-ed day and boarding prep school in Aldenham Village Hertfordshire". Herts & Beds. 13 February 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
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