Ludgrove School
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Ludgrove School is a private boarding preparatory school for boys aged 8 to 13 in the civil parish of Wokingham Without, adjoining the town of Wokingham in the English county of Berkshire.
The school was founded in 1892 by Arthur Dunn in north London. Dunn, a noted footballer, recruited a number of eminent sportsmen to assist him as masters and was succeeded, on his premature death, by two England international football captains, G.O. Smith and William Oakley, who became joint headmasters.
In 1937 the school was moved to its present location at Wixenford, Wokingham. Famous alumni of the school include Princes William and Harry of Wales (sons of Charles, Prince of Wales), Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife, Peter Ainsworth, George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood and George Askew, a contestant on Big Brother 7. Its current headmaster is Gerald Barber (retiring in 2008), and Sid Inglis and Simon Barber (Gerald's son) are due to take over.
Its extensive sporting facilities include a golf course, a swimming pool, two fives courts, two squash courts, four tennis courts, and around eleven football/rugby/hockey/cricket pitches. The school also has specialist art, carpentry, pottery, music and IT departments. There are around 200 pupils at the school, most of the boys go off to public school such as Radley College and Eton College. There are around 40 - 50 boys in each year on average and the average class size varies, but gets smaller as the boys get older (to around 11 boys).
Some teachers at Ludgrove School : Rosalind Loch, Tony Esau, Tom Buckner, Gerald Barber, Sid Inglis, Paul Bellingham, Simon Barber, Andy Livermore.
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