Terra Nova School

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Terra Nova School
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Terra Nova School
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CW4 8BT

England
Information
Type Preparatory day and boarding school
MottoLabor et ludus
Established1897
Local authorityCheshire East
Department for Education URN 111472 Tables
HeadmistressChristabel Westall [1]
GenderCoeducational
Age3to 13
Enrolment300~
Website www.tnschool.co.uk

Terra Nova School is a prep school in Cheshire, England for children from two and a half to thirteen years of age. It began as a school for boys in 1897, and today educates boys and girls.

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Children aged two and a half to seven attend the pre-prep school, and pupils aged eight to thirteen attend the prep school.

Since 1939 [2] the school has occupied a site of just over 36 acres (15 ha) including playing fields, in a rural area within the bounds of Holmes Chapel. [3] At the core of the site is Jodrell Hall, a country house begun in 1779 with additions in 1835. [4]

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References

  1. "Our staff". Terra Nova School. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  2. "Our heritage". Terra Nova independent school. Archived from the original on 29 January 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  3. "Terra Nova School" (PDF). Independent Schools Inspectorate. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
  4. Historic England. "Terra Nova School (1231670)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  5. "Obituary: Sir Robert Bruce-Gardner". The Times . London. 25 October 2017.

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