Ewell Castle School

Ewell Castle School is a 3–18 mixed, independent day school and sixth form in Ewell, Epsom, Surrey, England. It was founded in 1926 by Herbert Budgell as a boarding school and became fully mixed in September 2015.[3] It consists of the Main House, Glyn House and Chessington Lodge.

Ewell Castle School
Address
Church Street, Ewell

Epsom
,
Surrey
,
KT17 2AW

England
Coordinates51.3507°N 0.2468°W / 51.3507; -0.2468
Information
TypeIndependent school
MottoInspire, Nurture, Achieve
Established1926 (1926)
FounderHerbert Budgell
Local authoritySurrey County Council
Department for Education URN125380 Tables
PrincipalSilas Edmonds[1]
GenderMixed
Age range3–18
Enrolment600 (2020)[2]
Capacity700[2]
Houses
  •   Castlemaine
  •   Raleigh
  •   Essex
Colour(s)Blue, white, red    
PublicationThe Ewellian
AlumniOld Ewellians
Websitewww.ewellcastle.co.uk

The school was last inspected in 2015.[3]

Houses

The school has three Houses: Castlemaine, Raleigh and Essex (colours orange, green and purple, respectively). When they start at the school, pupils are assigned to a house, and they remain in it throughout their school career. If a sibling of an Ewellian pupil were to join the school, they would be assigned to the same house.

Societies

The clubs range from Design, Sciences, Politics and Debating to Sports and recreation (e.g. Sailing, Duke of Edinburgh Award). In late 2008 a team from the school won first prize in the Epsom, Ewell and Banstead Schools’ Enterprise Challenge 2008.

Sports

The School has rugby, tennis and cricket pitches. There are also cricket nets and athletics facilities. The school has a multi-purpose Sports Hall complex.

Sporting fixtures in a wide range of sports are played against other independent schools such as Charterhouse, City of London Freemen's School, Halliford School, St Paul's, King's College School, Epsom College and Reigate Grammar School.

Music and drama

Music

The newest building in the school is the music pavilion opened by Sampha, a notable alumnus of the school, in 2017.[4] The senior school previously used the Junior School music department on the lower floor of Glyn House but their music department is now easily accessible on the grounds of all of their other buildings. The music pavilion is also devoted to the school's many bands, choirs and solo artists.

The Fitznells School of Music, founded by Vivienne Price in 1959 and initially based at Fitznells Manor, was relocated to Ewell Castle School in 1988.[5]

Drama

There are annual Drama productions and this year some of the pupils embarked on LAMDA exams. In addition, Ewell Castle performed 'Oliver' at the Epsom Playhouse Theatre in 2016.

Controversy

A former Deputy Head of the Ewell Castle Preparatory school (from years 3 to 6), Andy Robson, was jailed for two years after filming children getting undressed in changing rooms.[6][7][8] Robson took the indecent images between March 2010 and February 2017.[8]

Notable alumni

References
  1. "Principal's Welcome". Ewell Castle School. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  2. "Ewell Castle School". Get information about schools. GOV.UK. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  3. Independent Schools Inspectorate, Ewell Castle School
  4. "Mercury Prize-winner Sampha Sisay returns to Ewell Castle School". Your Local Guardian. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
  5. Fitznells Music School website
  6. "Man charged over indecent images of children 'getting changed after sports sessions'". Your Local Guardian. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
  7. Mackintosh, Thomas; Clementine, Katherine (2017-07-21). "Primary school deputy head jailed for filming kids getting undressed". getsurrey. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
  8. "Deputy headteacher jailed for taking photos of children as they got changed". Metro. 2017-07-22. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
  9. "Ewell ~ Surrey Life towns and villages". Surrey. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  10. "Notable Alumni – Ewell Castle School". www.ewellcastle.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-06-29.
  11. "Peter Newbrook Obituary". 2009-07-31. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2019-06-29.
  12. Miller 2004, p. 14.
  13. Loftis 2016, p. 4.
  14. King, Norman (1999-05-03). "Oliver Reed obituary". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-06-29.
  15. "Oliver Reed obituary". 1999-05-02. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2019-06-29.
  16. "Jimmy Sangster". 2011-09-06. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
  17. Newman, Kim (2011-08-21). "Jimmy Sangster obituary". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
  18. "Fred Winter Obituary". The Independent. 2004-04-06. Retrieved 2019-06-29.

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