Great Walstead School

Great Walstead School
Address
Map
Lindfield

Haywards Heath
,
West Sussex
,
RH16 2QL

England
Coordinates51°00′25″N 0°03′17″W / 51.00686°N 0.05486°W / 51.00686; -0.05486
Information
TypePreparatory School[1]
Religious affiliation(s)Christian
Established1925[2]
Local authorityWest Sussex
Department for Education URN126135 Tables
GenderCoeducational
Age2 to 13
Enrolmentup to 446
Houses
  • Carey
  • Grenfell
  • Livingstone
  • Mowll
Colour(s)pink, blue and white
Websitehttp://www.greatwalstead.co.uk

Great Walstead School is a private day school for girls and boys between the ages of 2½ and 13 years with a Christian ethos.[3] It has some 400 children in the school's Nursery, Pre-Prep and Main School departments. The school is a member of the Independent Association of Preparatory Schools.

The school is set in 265 acres (1.07 km2) of grounds just a mile and a half from the village of Lindfield, West Sussex in the countryside and has extensive playing fields and woodlands.

History

The school was founded in 1925 by Robert James Mowll (1895–1963),[4][5] the last Baron Mowll of the Cinque Ports. It was originally situated at Enfield, north London and known as Kilvinton Hall school. The school was moved to its current location in 1927 and was renamed Great Walstead school. Headmasters since Mr Mowll have been Gordon Parke (1960),[6] Nick Bawtree (1986), Hugh Lowries (1991), the Reverend Jeremy Sykes (2006), Colin Baty (2010) and Chris Calvey (2017)

Controversy

In 2003, a staff member was detained under Operation Ore.[7]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ Schaeffer, John; Schaeffer, Frank (24 November 2003). Keeping Faith: A Father-son Story About Love and the United States Marine Corps (Reprint ed.). Carroll & Graf Publishers Inc. p. 8. ISBN 978-0786713080. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  2. ^ Leinster-Mackay, Donald (15 November 1984). The Rise of the English Prep School. Falmer Press. p. 234. ISBN 978-0905273747. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  3. ^ "Great Walstead School - Schools and Local Statistics". Department for Education. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  4. ^ a b Williams, Barrie (September 2010). Somebody Had to Do it: The Story of Notorious "Union Buster" Christopher Pole-Carew. AuthorHouse. p. 8. ISBN 978-1452029528. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  5. ^ Coggan, Donald (1934). Christ and the colleges: a history of the inter-varsity fellowship. p. 47.
  6. ^ Schaeffer, Frank (2 October 2008). Crazy for God: How I Grew Up as One of the Elect, Helped Found the Religious Right, and Lived to Take All (or Almost All) of It Back. Da Capo Press. p. 216. ISBN 978-0306817502. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  7. ^ "Teacher resigns after child porn arrest". The Guardian. 15 January 2003. Retrieved 29 April 2012. A teacher at an independent secondary school has resigned following his arrest for involvement in child pornography on the internet.