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Dunottar School for Girls Motto Do ut Des
(I give that thou may'st give)Established 1926 Headteacher Nicola Matthews Founder Jessie Elliot-Pyle Location High Trees Road
Reigate
Surrey
RH2 7EL
EnglandLocal authority Surrey DfE number 936/6078 DfE URN 125356 Students c. 350 Gender Girls Ages 3–18 Website dunottarschool.com Coordinates: 51°13′52″N 0°11′05″W / 51.2312°N 0.1846°W
Dunottar School for Girls is an independent girls' school for the age range three to eighteen in Reigate, Surrey, England, established in 1926.
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History
The school was established in 1926 by Jessie Elliot-Pyle in Brownlow Road with three pupils, and was named after Dunnottar Castle. She gave it the motto Do ut Des, which is translated as I give that thou may'st give. In 1933, it moved to the High Trees Estate in a mansion called "High Trees"[1] which had been built by Walter Blanford Waterlow, fourth mayor of Reigate, in 1867. In 1874, Waterlow remarried his younger brother's widow, Maria Waterlow (née Corss), mother of Sir Ernest Albert Waterlow.[2] Additions had been made to the mansion in about 1908.[3] In 1961, it changed from private ownership to being owned by a charitable trust.[4] In 1975, it joined the Association of Governing Bodies of Girls’ Public Schools, which is now called the Girls' Schools Association.
Location
The school premises is a grade II listed building,[3] and the grounds are adjacent to Redhill Common.[5] The nearest railway station is Earlswood.
Notable former pupils
See also: Category:People educated at Dunottar School for Girls- Gillian Avery, children’s novelist and literary historian
- Kate Maberly, actress and musician
- Vivien Noakes, biographer, editor and critic
References
- ^ "High Trees Road". Old Reigate - A Pictorial History. Paul Walters. http://www.oldreigate.com/?goto=hightreesroad. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
- ^ Moore, Alan; Sean Hawkins and Trevor Hobden (17 September 2010). "4th Mayor - Walter Blanford Waterlow JP, 1870 - 1872". Mayors of the Borough of Reigate (1863-1974) and its successor, the Borough of Reigate and Banstead (1974 to the present day). Alan Moore. http://www.redhill-reigate-history.co.uk/mayors.htm. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
- ^ a b "HER 10193 - Dunottar School (known as High Trees), High Trees Road, Reigate". Historic Environment Record. Exploring Surrey's Past. http://www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk/GetRecord/SHHER_10193. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
- ^ "Dunottar School Foundation Ltd". Company Profile. Mata Media. http://www.manta.com/ic/mt64v8q/gb/dunottar-school-foundation-ltd. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
- ^ Mark, Brunt (17 March 2010). "Get up with the larks to hear early morning birdsong". Around the Borough - Environment Leisure. Merstham Councillors. http://www.mersthamcouncillors.co.uk/?p=599. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
External links
- Dunottar School in the Schools' Directory at Mydaughter.co.uk
- Dunottar Day School for Girls at the Good Schools Guide
- Dunottar School for Girls, Surrey on ISBI
Categories:- Educational institutions established in 1926
- Girls' schools in Surrey
- Independent schools in Surrey
- Member schools of the Girls' Schools Association
- Reigate and Banstead
- Grade II listed buildings in Surrey
- 1926 establishments in England
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