Huyton Hill Preparatory School
Huyton Hill Preparatory School was a school for boys ages 8 to 13 focused on preparation for entering a Independent school (United Kingdom), Public School, open from 1926 to 1969. The school is one of several that were evacuated from cities in England at the outbreak of World War II to escape the risk of German bombs. It was known for a progressive, liberal approach to discipline. The school at Huyton Huyton Hill was established in September 1926 with four pupils at Victoria Road in Huyton near Liverpool, England. It is listed in the Liverpool Schools directory with its first headmaster, Hubert D. Butler. The school motto was "I will with a good will", which set the tone for the ethos of the school and its administration. Huyton Hill was the first school in the country to host its own aircraft landing strip as reported in ''Flight Magazine''. Before becoming headmaster, Hubert Butler served in the Flying Corps in World War I as 2nd Lieutenant Flying Officer. Butler became a m ...
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Independent School (United Kingdom)
In the United Kingdom, independent schools () are fee-charging schools, some endowed and governed by a board of governors and some in private ownership. They are independent of many of the regulations and conditions that apply to state-funded schools. For example, pupils do not have to follow the National Curriculum, although, some schools do. They are commonly described as 'private schools' although historically the term referred to a school in private ownership, in contrast to an endowed school subject to a trust or of charitable status. Many of the older independent schools catering for the 12–18 age range in England and Wales are known as public schools, seven of which were the subject of the Public Schools Act 1868. The term "public school" derived from the fact that they were then open to pupils regardless of where they lived or their religion (while in the United States and most other English-speaking countries "public school" refers to a publicly-funded state school). ...
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