The School is one of the oldest preparatory schools in the country and is located in delightful rural surroundings on the edge of a village 3 miles south of Winchester.
Road and rail communications are excellent and Gatwick, Heathrow and Southampton Airports are within easy reach.
Fine boarding facilities are provided for both boys and girls, aged 8 to 13. Day children can either join the main school at around 8 years or the excellent and well-equipped pre-prep department from 3 years of age.
There is a friendly family atmosphere and the importance of consideration for others is emphasised. Every effort is made to find and develop the particular qualities and aptitudes of each child and to advise parents of the most suitable senior schools for their children.
A strong academic record is complemented by the provision of a wide variety of sports and other activities. There are flourishing music, drama, art and technology departments.
The facilities have been improved enormously in recent years. A most attractive, specially designed, courtyard style development of 8 classrooms and 2 laboratories has been in use since 1987 and in September 1989 a new combined sports hall and indoor heated swimming pool were provided. Two more new classrooms and a fine purpose-built Music School, with an open-air amphitheatre for summer concerts, have recently been built. In January 1997 the children started using a superb new Computer, Art & Technology Block.
The staff are well qualified, experienced and enthusiastic.
Visits by appointment are most welcome, and it should be noted that since September 1997 there has been an entry point at Year 6 (i.e for 10 year olds).
Alumni - Alexander Pope, poet; Thomas Hughes, author of 'Tom Brown's Schooldays'; Sir Hubert Parry, composer; Rt Hon Richard Crossman and Rt Hon Douglas Hurd, politicians; Brian Trubshaw, Chief Test Pilot of Concorde; Mark Tully, former BBC Chief Correspondent in India.
