Walhampton School is a

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preparatory school situated in the

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Walhampton Walhampton is a hamlet in the New Forest National Park of Hampshire, England. It is in the civil parish of Boldre. It is approximately half a mile east of Lymington, on the east bank of the Lymington River. The Solent Way, a long-distance footpat ...

, near

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, England. It is the result of the 1997 merger between Hordle House School, situated in

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, and Walhampton School, which was based at the current site. The merged school was known as ’Hordle Walhampton’ until 2013, when it reverted to its previous name of 'Walhampton School'. The Walhampton School was founded in 1948 by Mrs Audrey Brewer, who purchased the house and grounds from the Morrison family. In 1954 Brewer sold the school to John Bradfield who subsequently converted the enterprise into a charitable trust. Hordle House School was founded in 1926 by the Reverend Ernest Whately-Smith, MC. The school has approximately 400 children aged between 2 and 13.

Headship

Hordle House (founded 1926)

* 1926 Reverend Ernest Whately-Smith, MC * 1950 Peter Whately-Smith and John Whately-Smith, the surviving sons of the above, as joint headmasters * 1972 John Vernon * 1994 Henry Phillips

Walhampton (founded 1948)

* 1948 Mrs Audrey ('Dordie') Brewer as principal with Reverend Sidney Philip Hayllar as headmaster * 1954 John Bradfield and Peter Lawford as joint headmasters * 1969 John Bradfield (solely) * 1983 Andrew Robinson

Hordle Walhampton (formed by merger 1997)

In May 1996, Walhampton's board of governors announced the appointment of Adrian Gobat to succeed Andrew Robinson on his retirement. On 1 September 1997, Hordle House and Walhampton merged to form Hordle Walhampton School based at the Walhampton site. Adrian Gobat represented Walhampton as principal of the merged entity with Hordle House's headmaster, Henry Phillips, as headmaster. * Sep 1997 Adrian Gobat as principal with Henry Philips as headmaster * Dec 1997 Henry Philips (solely) * 2012 Titus Mills

Walhampton (renamed 2013)

In 2013 Hordle Walhampton changed its name to Walhampton. * (continued) Titus Mills * Jan 2021 Jonny Timms

Notable Former Pupils (ordered by date of birth)

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, MC (1913–2001), British surgeon * Captain Peter Hardinge RN,

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officer *

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(born 1962),

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politician and leader of

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* Rupert Goodman,

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2017–18, Deputy Lieutenant of Hampshire 2018 and Commodore of the

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Sailing Club

Notable Former Members of Staff

* Rory Boyle (born 1951), Director of Music at Walhampton (1979–1988); now Professor of Composition at the

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References

External links

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