The Elms School
The Elms School is a co-educational, independent, boarding, prep school located in Colwall, Herefordshire, England, at the foot of the Malvern Hills. Including its pre-prep department, it caters for children from 2½ to 13 years old. The Headmaster is Chris Hattam, who is a member of the Boarding Schools Association and the IAPS. The Elms, indeed, was one of the IAPS' original founding schools. Fees are currently £22.065 pa for boarders and £19,650 for day pupils.[3]
| The Elms School | |
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| Address | |
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Walwyn Road, Colwall , , WR13 6EF England | |
| Coordinates | 52.074°N 2.365°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Independent preparatory school |
| Motto | God Grant Grace |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Christian |
| Established | 1614 |
| Founder | Humphrey Walwyn, Worshipful Company of Grocers |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Chairman of Governors | Nat Hone M.A., M.B.A. |
| Headmaster | Mr Chris Hattam B.A.(Hons.)[1] |
| Deputy Headmaster | Mr. Brian Levings Dip.Ed., A.C.E. and Mr. Anthony Rendall B.A., P.G.C.E.[2] |
| Staff | c.48 [2] |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Age | 2 to 13 |
| Enrolment | c.190[1] |
| Colour(s) | Maroon Black |
| Website | http://elmsschool.co.uk/ |
History
The Elms was founded in 1614 by Humphrey Walwyn of the Worshipful Company of Grocers, and is the oldest prep school still on its original site. The original school house was based on a farmhouse, built in the 1550s, on the edge of the village of Colwall in the lee of the Malvern Hills. In 2014 The Elms School celebrated its 400-year anniversary. It maintains close links with the Grocers' Company, and receives financial assistance from the company's charitable arm.
Facilities
The school has a working farm, with whose management the pupils can be involved, including in showing the stock at agricultural shows. They may stable their own ponies at the school. The school also has a sports hall, theatre, swimming pool and science laboratories.[4]
Academic life
The Elms is a preparatory school, preparing pupils for Common Entrance and senior school Scholarship examinations, mainly at 13+. Pupils from the school have moved onto such schools as Cheltenham College, The Cheltenham Ladies' College, Dean Close, Eton, Gordonstoun, Harrow, Shrewsbury, St Marys, Calne and Tudor Hall.
Pupils study all the subjects of a standard curriculum, with the addition of Greek (for some pupils), Latin and Rural Studies. Pupils are largely taught by a form teacher in the early years, but there is an increasing degree of specialist subject teaching as they move up the school.[4]
Sport
Pupils play Association football, Rugby football, cricket, hockey, netball, rounders, athletics, triathlon and heptathlon. School teams have been successful in County and National level competitions.[4]
Notable alumni
- Stephen Davies - Ornithologist[5][6]
- Sir Peter Gadsden (1929 – 2006), 652nd Lord Mayor of London
- Quentin Letts (born 1963), journalist and theatre critic
- John Moore (1907 - 1967), Author
References
- http://www.education.gov.uk/edubase/establishment/summary.xhtml?urn=117003
- http://elmsschool.co.uk/about-us/governors-and-staff/
- http://elmsschool.co.uk/contact-us/fees-bursaries/
- http://elmsschool.co.uk/media/280125/Inspection%202016.pdf
- Suzannah Pearce, ed. (2007). "DAVIES Stephen John James Frank". Who's Who in Australia Live!. North Melbourne, Vic: Crown Content Pty Ltd.
- Stephen Davies's CV Archived 2007-08-30 at the Wayback Machine