Terra Nova School | |
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Location | |
, , CW4 8BT England | |
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Type | Preparatory day and boarding school |
Motto | Labor et ludus |
Established | 1897 |
Local authority | Cheshire East |
Department for Education URN | 111472 Tables |
Headmistress | Christabel Westall [1] |
Gender | Coeducational |
Age | 3to 13 |
Enrolment | 300~ |
Website | www |
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.
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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