Arnold House School is a preparatory school for boys in the St John's Wood district of Westminster, Greater London.^[1] It consists of a Junior School (Years 1–4) and Senior School (Years 5–8).

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Arnold House School
Address
1-3 Loudoun Road London , NW8 0LH England
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Type	Preparatory day school
Motto	"Conquer we shall"
Religious affiliation(s)	Church of England
Established	1905
Local authority	City of Westminster
Department for Education URN	101156 Tables
Headmaster	Vivian W P Thomas
Gender	Boys
Age	3 to 13
Enrolment	250~
Colour(s)	Red, Green
Website	http://www.arnoldhouse.co.uk/

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Arnold House School was founded in 1905 by Miss Hanson with nine pupils. Hanson opened the school with the intention of showing that a headmistress was equally capable of preparing boys for public schools. By the time she stepped down as Headmistress, the school was flourishing. It became a charitable trust in 1969.^[2]

In celebration of the school's centenary in 2005, it applied for and was granted a coat of arms by the College of Arms. The school motto, "Conquer We Shall", is derived from a poem by Robert Herrick:

Conquer we shall, but first we must contend,
'Tis not the strife that crowns us, but the end.

— Robert Herrick^[3]

• Jack Clayton, film director^[4]
• Giles Cooper, playwright and dramatist
• Freddie Fox, stage, film and television actor^[5]
• Roland Glasser, literary translator
• John Godley, 3rd Baron Kilbracken^[6]
• Hughie Green, television host^[7]
• Daniel Hahn, writer, editor and translator
• Lord Lucan
• Michael McIntyre, comedian
• Jonathan Miller, theatre and opera director
• Jon Moss, drummer
• Adam Raphael, journalist and author
• James Rhodes, pianist
• Jon Speelman, chess player
• David Say, former Bishop of Rochester
• David Watson, musician

• Peter Galloway, former religious studies teacher