Shrewsbury House School
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| Shrewsbury House School | |
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| , , KT6 6RL Great Britain | |
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| School type | Independent School |
| Motto | "Alta Peto" (Latin: Aim High)[n 1] |
| Founded | 1865 |
| Founder | Rev. H. Wilson |
| Oversight | Independent Schools Inspectorate |
| Executive Head | Joanna Hubbard |
| Gender | Boys |
| Age range | 7-13 |
| Average class size | 16 |
| Campus size | 4.5 acres (1.8 ha) |
| Colour | |
| Sports | Football, rugby and cricket, inter alia |
| School fees | £6,390 or £9,186 per term |
| Affiliation | St Paul's School Group |
| Website | www |
Shrewsbury House School, commonly referred to as SHS or Shrewsbury House, is an independent day preparatory school for boys aged 7 to 13, in Surbiton at the edge of Greater London close to the Surrey border, in England.[1] It was established in 1865.[2]
The school has been an educational trust since 1979, administered by a board of governors, some of whom are among its trustees.[3]
A proportion of pupils achieve results at Common Entrance Examinations to gain entry to schools such as public schools.[4]
Shrewsbury House School was founded in 1865 by Rev. Henry Wilson, a local clergyman, in the centre of Surbiton and derived its name from the Wilson family’s association with the town of Shrewsbury in Shropshire.
In 1910 the School moved to Haulkerton, a large Victorian Arts and Crafts mansion dating from the mid-nineteenth century, on Ditton Hill. The main house was renamed Shrewsbury House, and the School has remained there ever since.
For the next 70 years, the School was operated by a series of private owners, most notably Henry Hamilton-Miller, who gave the School his family coat of arms and the motto Alta Peto. In 1979, the School became a charitable trust, administered by a Board of Governors, known as the Shrewsbury House School Trust.
In 2009, the school took over the pre-preparatory department of nearby Milbourne Lodge School, which was renamed Shrewsbury Lodge School and later Shrewsbury House Pre-Preparatory School, after The Rowans School, Wimbledon, joined the Shrewsbury House School Trust in 2017.
