Brockhurst and Marlston House School
Brockhurst and Marlston House School | |
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Co-educational | |
Age | 2 to 13 |
Enrolment | 311[1] |
Website | http://www.brockmarl.org.uk/ |
Brockhurst and Marlston House School is a British
The house
The house lies on a historic site, and the seat of a manor, being occupied by a house from the Elizabethan era. At one point the manor was held by Richard Wightwick, who co-founded Pembroke College of the University of Oxford. By 1855 the house was occupied by Henry Mill Bunbury, who had the house remodelled by Mr. W. Butterfield.[2][3]
The current Marlston House was built between 1895 and 1899 by
The house has been used as a school since 1945. It was listed as a
The school
The school comprises twin parts, known as Brockhurst (boys) and Marlston House (girls). In 2018 they had 311 pupils from the ages three to thirteen.[1] The various facilities provided by the school include 21 acres of games fields, a sports hall, a swimming pool, tennis courts, arts and design studios, Information and communications technology suite and equestrian school. In addition, there is a château in Gascony, south-west France, where the pupils practise French.[5]
Brockhurst was founded in 1884 as a boys’ boarding prep school at
In 2009,
The school's pupils, while the school was at Church Stretton, included politicians Rab Butler, Julian Critchley.[8] Another former pupil, Arthur Leyland Harrison, played rugby union for England in the 1914 Five Nations Championship and was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions on the Zeebrugge Raid of 1918.[9] The politician Michael Heseltine was a pupil at the school when it was at Broughton Hall, Staffordshire.[10]
Notable former pupils
References
- ^ a b c "Focused compliance and educational quality inspection reports - Brockhurst and Marlston House Schools" (pdf). Independent Schools Inspectorate. April 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Marlston House and surrounding terrace". Heritage Gateway. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
- ^ a b "Marlston History & genealogy resource". Forebears. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
- ^ a b "Marlston House and surrounding terrace". Historic England. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
- ^ Catt, John (2011). Which school? A directory of more than 2000 British independent schools (86th ed.). p. 58.
- ISBN 978-0-9568018-0-7.)
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link - ^ a b "REMEMBERING ARTHUR LEYLAND HARRISON VC". England Rugby. England national rugby union team. 23 April 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ^ ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 5 May 2021.