Lockers Park School | |
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Address | |
Lockers Park Lane , , HP1 1TL | |
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Type | Preparatory and Pre-Preparatory |
Religious affiliation(s) | Church of England [1] |
Established | 1874 |
Founder | Henry Montagu Draper |
Local authority | Hertfordshire |
Trust | Lockers Park School Trust Ltd |
Department for Education URN | 117611 Tables |
Chair of Governors | Chris Lister |
Headmaster | Gavin Taylor |
Gender | Boys only Prep and Pre-Prep |
Age | 4to 13 [1] |
Enrolment | 170 [1] |
Website | http://www.lockerspark.co.uk |
Lockers Park School is a day and boarding preparatory and pre-preparatory school for boys, situated in 23 acres of countryside in Boxmoor, Hertfordshire. Its headmaster is Gavin Taylor. [2]
Lockers Park was founded in 1872 by Henry Montagu Draper, [3] an old boy of Rugby School. [4] It moved to purpose-built buildings and sports fields in 1874 in 23 acres (93,000 m2) of the parkland which surrounds a Georgian country house called Lockers or The Lockers, [5] which was once the home of Ebenezer John Collett. The new school was designed by Sidney Scott and has its own chapel which dates from the same era. [6]
In the 1940s and 1950s, the veteran England all-round cricketer Frank Woolley (1887–1978) was the school's cricket coach. [7]
The list of distinguished (or well-known) old boys of Lockers Park includes the following:
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