Aldwickbury school

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Aldwickbury prep school, Hertfordshire

Aldwickbury School is an independent all boys preparatory school located on the outskirts of Harpenden, Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom.

The school officially dates its history from 1948, although Aldwickbury was in practice a continuation of an earlier educational establishment which went by the name of Lea house (the name of the house that housed the school). Shortly after World War II, the current premises of the school, Aldwickbury house, came up for sale, and the headmaster of Lea house, Kenneth Castle, and Brian Chidell purchased the site, and opened the school under its present name. Although the schools were notionally separate, almost all of the former pupils and staff of Lea house became pupils and staff of Aldwickbury, and the new school itself was formed as a limited liability company, Aldwickbury Ltd.^[1]

The school consists partly of day pupils and partly of weekly boarders. The school had approximately 65 pupils at its inception, but has over 300 pupils today (including the pre-prep).

1 Headmasters
2 Notable Alumni
3 Secondary links
4 External link
5 Footnote

[edit] Headmasters

One of the most remarkable features about the school is the longevity of its headmasters. To date, it has had only three. The headmasters of the school have been:

Brian Chidell, who served from 1948 to 1979 (notionally co-headmaster from 1948 to 1960 with Kenneth Castle)
Peter Jeffery, who served from 1979 to 2002
Vernon Hales, who has served from 2002 to the present

[edit] Notable Alumni

Sir Tim Rice, composer. Attended 1950-1956.

[edit] Secondary links

Although not officially affiliated with any secondary school, a substantial number of Aldwickbury's pupils attend St Alban's School and Bedford School.