Eagle House School is a coeducational preparatory school near Sandhurst in Berkshire, England. Founded in 1820, it is one of the country's oldest preparatory schools.

History

Eagle House was founded in 1820 at

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, Hammersmith. In 1860 it moved to a house named Brackenbury's at Wimbledon, then in 1886, after a major fire, moved to its present home at Sandhurst.Donald P. Leinster-Mackay, ''The Rise of the English prep school'' (1984), p. 126 In 1930 a severe outbreak of chicken-pox and measles reduced the school's numbers from twenty-nine to five, but the school soon recovered. The school was purchased by

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in 1968 and shares most of its governors. Between 1957 and 1962 Nick Drake, later a singer-songwriter, attended the school and became head boy. He was taught French at the school by John Watson, who while still at Eagle House came second in the

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with his song " Looking High, High, High".Patrick Humphries, ''Nick Drake: the biography'' (London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 1998)
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Present day

Originally for boys only, Eagle House now caters for boys and girls between the ages of two and thirteen. It is in the same ownership as

, forming part of the same registered charitable organization. A majority of pupils continue their secondary education at the College. Before the College became fully coeducational in 2005, most girls left at age 11 for secondary school. The school releases its own publication titled ''"The Eagle"'' regularly which is available to pupils and parents in hard copies, paper-back copies, and also on the school's website.

Headmasters

*1858: Edward Huntingford *1882: Arthur Malan *2020: Andrew Barnard*

Notable former pupils

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References

External links

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