Lockers Park School
Preparatory and pre-preparatory school in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England
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Lockers Park School is a day and boarding preparatory and pre-preparatory school for boys, situated in 23 acres of countryside in Boxmoor, Hertfordshire. Its headmaster is Gavin Taylor.[2]
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Lockers Park Lane , , HP1 1TL | |
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| Type | Preparatory and Pre-Preparatory |
Religious affiliation | Church of England[1] |
| Established | 1874 |
| Founder | Henry Montagu Draper |
Local authority | Hertfordshire |
| Trust | Lockers Park School Trust Ltd |
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Chair of governors | Chris Lister |
Headmaster | Gavin Taylor |
| Gender | Boys only prep and pre-prep |
| Age | 4 to 13[1] |
| Enrolment | 170[1] |
| Website | https://www.lockerspark.co.uk |
History
Lockers Park was founded in 1872 by Henry Montagu Draper,[3] an old boy of Rugby School.[4] It moved to purpose-built buildings and sports fields in 1874 in 23 acres (93,000 m2) of the parkland which surrounds a Georgian country house called Lockers or The Lockers,[5] which was once the home of Ebenezer John Collett. The new school was designed by Sidney Scott and has its own chapel which dates from the same era.[6]
In the 1940s and 1950s, the veteran England all-round cricketer Frank Woolley (1887–1978) was the school's cricket coach.[7]
In January 2026, it was announced that Lockers Park School had agreed to enter into a partnership with Harrow School where each school will maintain their separate and distinctive identities, building on the strengths, traditions and heritage of each school.[8]
Former pupils
The list of distinguished (or well-known) old boys of Lockers Park includes the following:
- Alastair Aird (1931–2009), Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's private secretary[9]
- Ronnie Aird first-class cricketer and President of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)[9]
- Prince Alemayehu (1861–1879), son of the emperor of Ethiopia[10]
- Timothy Bateson (1926–2009), actor[11]
- Prince Maurice of Battenberg, member of the Hesse aristocracy[12]
- Roy Beddington, artist[13]
- Anthony Berry, British Conservative politician[9]
- Richard Budgett, Olympic Gold Medalist[9]
- Guy Burgess (1911–1963), MI6 agent and Soviet spy[14]
- John Dermot Campbell (1898–1945), Ulster Unionist politician[15]
- Kenneth Carlisle, Conservative politician and former Lord Commissioner of the Treasury[9]
- Martin Cecil, 7th Marquess of Exeter, Anglo-Canadian peer[16]
- Paul Channon, Baron Kelvedon (1935–2007), Conservative politician[17]
- Martin Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield (1913–1999), Queen Elizabeth II's private secretary, Provost of Eton College[9]
- James Dunbar-Nasmith (1927–2023), architect[18]
- William Ehrman, British diplomat and former chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee[9]
- Stuart Hampshire, philosopher[19]
- Basil Henriques (1890–1961), philanthropist[20]
- Robert Henriques (1905–1967), writer and broadcaster[21]
- Stanley Jackson, cricket captain of England, politician[9]
- Edward James (1907–1984), poet[22]
- Keith Joseph, Conservative politician[23]
- Clive Loehnis, Director of GCHQ[24]
- Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, captain of the Indian cricket team[25]
- Saif Ali Khan, Indian film actor and titular Nawab of Pataudi[26]
- Robert Laycock, major-general, commando general during the Second World War[21]
- Guy Mansfield, 6th Baron Sandhurst, British barrister, hereditary peer and Conservative member of the House of Lords[9]
- Edwin Mayfield, British Lions rugby union forward[27]
- Nathaniel Micklem, British Liberal Party politician and lawyer[28]
- James Lees-Milne, architectural historian[22]
- Tom Mitford, brother of the Mitford Sisters[22]
- Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, last Viceroy of India[29]
- Edmund Leopold de Rothschild (1916–2009), banker and horticulturalist[30]
- Leopold David de Rothschild (1927–2012), banker, musician and philanthropist[31]
- James Stevenson-Hamilton, first warden of Kruger National Park[32]
- Basil Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 4th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1909–1945), Conservative politician[22]
- Bryan Valentine, cricket captain of Kent[9]
- Arthur Waley, orientalist and Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour[9]
- Peter Watson, (1908–1956), patron of the arts[22]
- Hugo Williams, poet, journalist and travel writer[33]