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Kingswood House School

Kingswood House School

Private school in Epsom, Surrey, United Kingdom

This article is about the school in Epsom, Surrey. For other schools of the same or similar names, see Kingswood School (disambiguation) and Kingswood College (disambiguation) It should also not be confused with Kingswood House

Kingswood House School is a private school in Epsom, Surrey in the United Kingdom.[1] It was founded in 1899 and moved to its present site in West Hill in 1920.[2] In September 2021 it opened its doors to girls and became co-educational from Reception to GCSE (16 years). The School is a member of the Independent Association of Preparatory Schools (IAPS) and Society of Heads - with a current roll of approximately 250 pupils.

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In 2016, the school added a new Senior Department, for boys aged 13 to 16. In 2018, the school started work on a new planned senior block to be completed by September. The building was officially opened in March 2019 with the building being named after former headmaster, Peter Brooks.[3] The DT Room had a refit in Autumn 2019 and a new Astro turf and teaching hub were completed in September 2021 alongside enhanced facilities for girls now attending the school.

In addition to the sporting life of the school, pupils compete in external competitions.[4]

The school took part in a national competition for environmental problem solving sponsored by the World Wide Fund for Nature.[5]

Heads

  • Revd Sandberg[6]
  • Mr Dixon[6]
  • Mr Morley-Tabor[6]
  • Mr Malden[6]
  • William (Bill) H Thorne[6]
  • Christopher Scott-Malden (Mr Chris)[6]
  • Mark Harvey[6]
  • Peter Brooks[6]
  • Duncan Murphy
  • Liam Clark
  • Matthew Bryan

Notable alumni

See also: Category:People educated at Kingswood House School

References

  1. [1]
    "Kingswood House School". Department for Education. 17 January 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  2. [2]
    Barrow, Andrew (8 November 2002). Quentin and Philip. Macmillan. ISBN 9780333780510. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  3. [3]
    "Chris Grayling opens new building at Kingswood House School". Your Local Guardian. 26 September 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  4. [4]
    "Two 11-year-olds from Epsom set for national watersporting glory". Epsom Guardian. 21 June 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2012. Two 11-year old boys from Kingswood House School (KHS) in Epsom are making waves after a string of spectacular sporting achievements. Matthew Muncey, 11, from Ashtead was awarded first place in his first wakeboarding competition of 2011 at Liquid Leisure water-ski and wakeboard centre's Love Jam tournament, based in Windsor.
  5. [5]
    Frensham, Peter J; Gunstone, Richard F; White, Richard T (22 January 1994). The Content Of Science: A Constructivist Approach To Its Teaching And learning (!st ed.). Routledge. p. 46. ISBN 9780750702218. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  6. [6]
    "KHS: Welcome". Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
  7. [7]
    "Richard Rogers, Architect, Dyslexic * The Yale Center For Dyslexia & Creativity". Retrieved 30 April 2012. The first school I went to was called Kingswood House, in Epsom, near London.

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