Pipers Corner School

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Pipers Corner School
Location
Pipers Corner School
Great Kingshill

High Wycombe
,
Buckinghamshire
,
HP15 6LP

England
Coordinates 51°40′11″N0°44′47″W / 51.66979°N 0.74651°W / 51.66979; -0.74651
Information
Type Private day
MottoThey Will Rise Like Eagles
Religious affiliationChurch of England
Established1930
FounderJessie Cross
Local authorityBuckinghamshire
Department for Education URN 110545 Tables
HeadmistressHelen Ness-Gifford
GenderGirls
Age4to 18
Enrolment592~
HousesHampden, Mandeville, Milton and Penn
Website http://www.piperscorner.co.uk

Pipers Corner School is a private independent day school for girls in Great Kingshill, Buckinghamshire, England. There are 605 pupils aged from 4 to 18 years. The school is an Educational Charitable Trust administered by a Board of Governors. Its current headmistress is Helen Ness-Gifford. There are three age groups: Pre-Prep for 4 to 7 years old; Prep for 7–11; and Senior for 11–18.

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History

The school was first established in 1930 by Miss Jessie Cross as the Old Vicarage School, Richmond. It moved to Prestwood Lodge, Buckinghamshire during The Blitz on London in the Second World War and officially opened at the present site on 23 March 1946, after the purchase of the Pipers Corner property in July 1945. [1]

The school started with 11 girls in Grove Park in Chiswick in 1930, moving to Richmond Hill in 1931 and splitting between two sites in 1935, the second being Prestwood in Buckinghamshire. The school finally settled in its current site in the winter of 1945.

By 1955 the number of pupils had doubled and there were 162 girls attending the school. Additions to the school took place throughout the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s included the Chapel, an outside swimming pool, the new building and subsequently Founders Wing and the Landau Hall.

In more recent years the inner courtyard was transformed into an atrium, the Orchard Pool was built and a fitness suite was added.

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Pipers Corner

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ Memories of High Wycombe. True North Books Limited. 1999. ISBN   1-900463-84-9.
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