Westbrook Hay School
Westbrook Hay Prep School | |
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Westbrook Hay School seen from the golf course | |
Location | |
Hemel Hempstead , Hertfordshire , HP1 2RF England | |
Coordinates | 51°44′20″N 0°30′57″W / 51.7388°N 0.5158°W / 51.7388; -0.5158Coordinates: 51°44′20″N 0°30′57″W / 51.7388°N 0.5158°W / 51.7388; -0.5158 |
Information | |
Type | Independent school |
Motto | Latin: Ora et Labora (Prayer and work) |
Religious affiliation(s) | Anglican Church of England |
Established | 1892 (1892) |
Principal | Mr Keith D. Young |
Staff | 50 (approx) |
Gender | Mixed |
Age | 3 to boys 13-14max girls 3-11 |
Enrollment | 291(approx) |
Campus size | 26 acres (11 ha) |
Houses | Wellington (green), Nelson (blue), Marlborough (yellow), Drake (red) |
Website | www.westbrookhay.co.uk |
Westbrook Hay Prep School is a co-educational independent school which educates children from rising 3 –13 years. The school is a day school as it no longer offers any boarding provision.
Contents
1 The school
2 The house
3 Alumni
4 References
5 External links
The school
The school was established by Augustus Orlebar, a former housemaster at Radley College, as a boarding school for boys in Bedford in 1892; it moved to Hinwick House near Wellingborough shortly thereafter and then to Gadebridge House in nearby Hemel Hempstead in 1914.[1] It remained there until it was forced out of its old premises by the Commission for New Towns as part of its development of the new town in 1963.[2] It took on its present name at its present site that year. It is now an independent Prep school which educates boys and girls from rising 3 –13 years. The school is in a rural location on 26 acres of parkland overlooking the Bourne valley, off the A 41 between Berkhamsted and Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire.[3]
The house
The house was built in the 17th century and remained in the ownership of the Ryder family (Richard Ryder, then Granville Ryder and then Dudley Ryder)[4] until the Second World War after which it became the headquarters of the Hemel Hempstead New Town Development Corporation.[5] During the 1950s the 650 yard drive became the Westbrook Hay Hill Climb.[6]
Alumni
Alex Hales - England Cricketer
Raef Bjayou - British entrepreneur and television presenter
Luke O'Nien - Professional Footballer
References
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Archived 29 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
^ "Gadebridge House/School". Hemel Today, The Gazette. 2 January 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
^ "Welcome". Westbrook Hay School. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
^ "Granville Ryder". UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
^ "The Orange Walk - Woods & Meadows of Westbrook Hay". The Boxmoor Trust. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
Archived 12 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
^ Motor Sport, September 1953, Page 462.
External links
- The 500 Owners Association, historic Formula 3
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