The Hawthorns School

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The Hawthorns School
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The Hawthorns School
Location
The Hawthorns School
Pendell Court

Bletchingley
,
Surrey
,
RH1 4QJ

England
Coordinates 51°15′4.5″N0°6′48.2″W / 51.251250°N 0.113389°W / 51.251250; -0.113389
Information
Type Independent day school
Established1926;99 years ago (1926)
FounderDudley A Bull
HeadmasterAdrian Floyd
Staff120 (2021)
Gendermixed
Age range0-13
Enrolment520
Campus size35 acres
YearbookThe Hawthorns Review
Affiliation Independent Association of Prep Schools

Caterham School

Website www.hawthorns.com

The Hawthorns School is an independent nursery and preparatory school for boys and girls aged 6 months to 13 years in Bletchingley, Surrey, England. It is a member of the Caterham Family of Schools, and affiliated with Caterham School.

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The headmaster as of 2015 is Mr Adrian Floyd.

Site

Situated in a semi-rural location near Redhill, Reigate, Oxted, Caterham, Westerham and Lingfield, the 35-acre site includes the listed Pendell Court alongside facilities for nursery and pre-prep children, as well as subject specialist centres.

History

Founded in 1926 by Mr Dudley A Bull, the school began as a boys' preparatory school with both day pupils and boarders. 'The Hawthorns' house, built in the 1880s, was situated at Gatton Point, on the London Brighton road, north of Redhill. In 1961 the school moved to Pendell Court, Bletchingley. Built in 1624 [1] as a family home, it was later occupied by an order of nuns, the Wantage Sisters, until 1960.

The school became a co-educational prep school in September 1992. Boarding ended and The Hawthorns became an IAPS day school in 1994.

In December 2024, the school joined Copthorne Prep and Caterham Prep the 'Caterham Family of Schools' which Caterham School had established in 2023. Hawthorns maintains its own independent management whilst benefitting from an established connection to facilitate the admission process to Caterham. The group also aims to collaborate on developing digital learning in their curriculums. [2]

Notable Old Hawthornians

References

  1. ↑ Historic England. "The Hawthorns Pendell Court (Grade II*) (1281104)". National Heritage List for England.
  2. ↑ Graydon, Hannah (12 December 2024). "The Hawthorns School joins the Caterham Family of Schools". Caterham School. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  3. ↑ "Faulkner's music dream catches the imagination". Surrey Live. 2 July 2013 [25 November 2008].
  4. ↑ Sedley, Stephen (7 January 2016). "Bingham, Thomas Henry [Tom], Baron Bingham of Cornhill (1933–2010)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/102527.(Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
  5. ↑ "Embroiled in a row". Oxfordshire Guardian. 14 April 2016. p. 2. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  6. ↑ Moody, Graham (12 August 2008). "Whitgift schoolboy makes England debut". This Is Local London . Archived from the original on 4 June 2011.


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