Hill House School
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Hill House School is one of Britain's largest, most unconventional and extraordinary pre-prep day schools. Situated in Knightsbridge, behind Harrods, the school buildings are spread over six sites throughout Chelsea and Knightsbridge. The school also maintains an annexe in Switzerland where selected students spend a week on a single ocation learning how to ski in the winter and sometimes to water ski in the summer.
Upon the death of Lieutenant-Colonel Stuart Townend there was a legal battle to retain the Switzerland annex as the Lt-Col was given an honorary Swiss citizenship which his son (the current Headmaster of Hill House) did not inherit. They managed to retain the Annex, but could only use it for a certain amount of time a year.
Hill House pupils are often seen on the move around Knightsbridge, Sloane Square and Chelsea, and are distinct in that their school uniform entails knickerbockers, tan shirts, more often than not, with "V-Neck" vests. The uniform was designed by the founders wife, and is notable for it's bright colours, that it was designed to be used for sport as well as class lessons and that it lacks a tie. "The Colonels" wife once said "a grey uniform produces grey minds, grey boys.".
1,050 children (about 600 boys, 450 girls) attend the school from the ages of four to 13. [1] Half the pupils are British, while half come from abroad. Pupils generally go on to do the common entrance exam (girls usually pass at 11) to go onto public schools such as Alleyn's, Westminster, St Pauls and City of London[Harrow][Harrow].
Prince Charles (the Prince of Wales) used to go to the school. For proof of this see 'Prince Charles'
To view the latest report on this school by Ofsted, go to ==References==
