Scaitcliffe
Scaitcliffe was a prep school for boys aged 6–13 in Egham, Surrey. Founded in 1896, it was both a boarding and day school.[1][2] After merging with Virginia Water Prep School in 1996,[3] the school is now co-educational and known as Bishopsgate School.[4] The school is located in a small village in Egham called Englefield Green near Windsor Great Park.
History
- First school
The first Scaitcliffe school was founded by Charles Croslegh in 1881 and was named after his family home in Lancashire. It was run as a preparatory school for the Royal Indian Engineering College at Cooper's Hill, later Brunel University. Croslegh was responsible for building the Big Room and commissioned Henry Woodyer to design the chapel in 1886.[5][6]
- Second school
In 1896, Croslegh sold the lease to Philip Morton and Ronald Vickers, who established a
Following several decades under the control of the Vickers family, in 1990 the ownership of the school was placed in the hands of a charitable trust.[5]
The school was used as a location for A very open prison, an episode of the BBC series Screen Two, broadcast in March 1995.[7]
Former pupils
- Bim Afolami, MP
- Marcus Armytage, journalist and former jockey[8]
- Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Group
- Damian Elwes, artist
- Cary Elwes, actor
- James Fisher, naturalist[9]
- Geordie Greig, newspaper editor
- Michael Holroyd, biographer, who describes it in his 1999 book Basil Street Blues.[10]
- Peter Palumbo, Baron Palumbo, the former chairman of the Arts Council of Great Britain[11]
- James Reed CBE (born April 1963), chairman and chief executive of the Reed group of companies
- Jonathan Riley-Smith, historian[8]
- William Rous, army officer[12]
- Colin Tennant, 3rd Baron Glenconner, socialite[13][14]
- Pen Tennyson, film director[15]
- Peter Wilkinson, diplomat[17]
References
- ^ Museum, Egham. "Educating Egham Part 2 - Egham Museum". Egham Museum. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- ISBN 978-1-000-35754-7.
- ^ "Goodbye to all that". Staines and Egham News. 18 July 1996. p. 1.
- ^ "Excellence in park setting". The Staines Informer. Vol. 25, no. 34. 27 August 1999. p. 19.
- ^ a b c "Born in 'glory' days of the Empire". Surrey Herald. 30 March 1995. p. 25.
- ISBN 978-0-7049-1331-8.
- ^ "TV prison role". Surrey Herald. 30 March 1995. p. 27.
- ^ a b "Didn't they do well...". Surrey Herald. 30 March 1995. p. 26.
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/33142. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ Museum, Egham. "You'll never believe who I just saw...! Part 1 - Egham Museum". Egham Museum. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- ^ "Lord Peter Palumbo (1935-)". Edith Farnsworth House. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/72312. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ISBN 978-1-903071-71-7.
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/103290. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/95005. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ Chronicle, Evening (16 December 2008). "Thailand Prime Minister revealed as Toon fan". ChronicleLive. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/74315. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
