Great Walstead School is a
private
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day school for girls and boys between the ages of 2½ and 13 years with a
Christian
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ethos. It has some 400 children in the school's
Nursery, Pre-Prep and Main School departments. The school is a member of the
Independent Association of Preparatory Schools
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.
The school is set in of grounds just a mile and a half from the village of
Lindfield, West Sussex
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in the countryside and has extensive playing fields and woodlands.
History
The school was founded in 1925 by Robert James Mowll (1895–1963),
the last Baron Mowll of the
Cinque Ports
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. It was originally situated at
Enfield
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, north London and known as Kilvinton Hall school. The school was moved to its current location in 1927 and was renamed Great Walstead school. Headmasters since Mr Mowll have been Gordon Parke (1960), Nick Bawtree (1986), Hugh Lowries (1991), the Reverend Jeremy Sykes (2006), Colin Baty (2010) and Chris Calvey (2017)
Controversy
In 2003, a staff member was detained under
Operation Ore
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.
Notable alumni
*
Christopher Pole-Carew
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,
in 1979
High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire
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, and newspaper executive
References
External links
* Website
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Preparatory schools in West Sussex
Haywards Heath