Homefield Preparatory School

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name = Homefield Preparatory School, Sutton


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established = 1870
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type = private preparatory school
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president = Homefield Educational Trust Ltd.
r_head_label = Deputy Master
r_head = Michael Till
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founder = Miss K Rose
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street = Western Road
city = Sutton
county = Surrey
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staff = 40
enrollment = 400 (approx.)
gender = Boys
lower_age = 2½
upper_age = 13
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website = http://www.homefield-school.co.uk/
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Homefield Preparatory School is a private school in Sutton, Surrey. The school established itself as "A Preparatory School for the Sons of Gentlemen” [ cite web |url=http://www.homefield-school.co.uk/index.php?page=history|title=Homefield School Website|accessdate=2008-01-02 ] and as giving “carefully graduated preparation for Public Schools and Royal Navy, either on the classical or on the modern side” [ cite web |url=http://www.homefield-school.co.uk/index.php?page=history|title=Homefield School Website|accessdate=2008-01-02 ] for boys aged 5 to 13.

It is a feeder school for many local public schools, including King's College School, Charterhouse School, Dulwich College, Epsom College and St John's School, Leatherhead. It is a strong academic school with a high scholarship rate and a vast majority going on to Public Schools or high performing independent or state day schools such as Whitgift, Trinity School and Sutton Grammar. It has now just completed a new £1.8m building named 'The Sutherland Building' after the Old Boy Graham Sutherland.

Houses

The houses are named after former headmasters with the exception of Ellis which is named for Mr J ‘Bert’ Ellis who assisted with the move to the current site in the 1960s. [cite web|url=http://www.homefield-school.co.uk/index.php?page=history|title=Homefield School History|quote=Mr J ‘Bert’ Ellis was introduced to the school by one of the Governors, Mr Frank Williamson, who saved the situation by lending money to the school on most generous terms]

*Ellis
*Grays
*Walfords
*Bomfords

Noted alumni

* Nigel Burgess, Businessman and Single Handed Yachtsman
* Colin Cowdrey [ [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/10846.html Cricinfo - Players and Officials - Colin Cowdrey ] ]
* Bob Danvers-Walker, British radio and newsreel announcer
* Julian Worricker, BBC Radio journalist
* Graham Sutherland, a painter, an etcher and a designer

References

Official page

* [http://www.homefield.sutton.sch.uk Official Page]