Castle House School is an independent preparatory day school for boys and girls, first established in 1944, at Chetwynd End,

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.ISI Inspection report on Castle House School
dated November 2014, accessed 13 September 2015

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The school is owned and operated by the Castle House School Trust Ltd, a registered

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, by up to twelve governors of the Trust. It occupies a

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main building with extensive grounds. Its "Cherubs Nursery" takes pre-school children aged from two to four. From here boys and girls, in roughly equal numbers, go into the Lower School, which comprises a Reception class and Years 1 and 2. The Upper School then caters for children until they leave, usually at the age of eleven. French is taught from the Nursery years on, and drama and dance begin in Reception. Sporting activities take place every day, and these include

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. After leaving Castle House, children typically go on to

Adams' Grammar School Haberdashers' Adams is a grammar school for boys aged 11–18 and girls aged 16–18, located in Newport, Shropshire, offering day and boarding education. Current (2021) boarding fees are £12,144 per year and £13,644 per year for overseas stud ...

, Newport High School,

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, or

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, with others moving to

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, Shrewsbury High School,

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, Adcote School, and others. A new headteacher, Ian Sterling, took over the school in January 2018. The previous head, Richard Walden, was chairman in 2014 of the Independent Schools Association. Opening its annual conference in May 2014, he was critical of the state sector, claiming that "Schools are turning out too many amoral children because teachers cannot find the time to teach the difference between right and wrong." This was quickly disputed by the government's Education Secretary,

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Notable Old Castilians

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(born 1949), politician, leader of the Labour Party from 2015 to 2020 (younger brother of Piers Corbyn).Andrew Roth
Jeremy (Bernard) Corbyn
(parliamentary profile at bishopsgate.org.uk), p. 10, accessed 13 September 2015

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Castle House School
at education.gov.uk
Castle House School
reports at ISI.net
Castle House School, Newport, gymnastics video
at

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{{Schools in Shropshire Educational institutions established in 1944 1944 establishments in England Preparatory schools in Shropshire Independent schools in Telford and Wrekin Newport, Shropshire

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Notable Old Castilians

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