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Ludgrove School is a private boarding preparatory school
Preparatory school (UK)

In English language usage in the former British Empire, the present-day Commonwealth of Nations, a Preparatory School is an independent school preparing children up to the age of eleven or thirteen for fee-paying, secondary education independent schools, some of which are called Public school ....
 for about 200 boys aged 8 to 13. It is situated in the civil parish
Civil parish

In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, a civil parish is usually the lowest unit of local government, below district and county councils....
 of Wokingham Without
Wokingham Without

Wokingham Without is a civil parish in the Wokingham district of the England county of Berkshire. It was formed in 1894 when the parish of Wokingham was split into two ? one rural and one urban....
, adjoining the town
Town

A town is a type of human settlement ranging from a few to several thousand inhabitants, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas; the precise meaning varies between countries and is not always a matter of legal definition....
 of Wokingham
Wokingham

Wokingham is a small market town and civil parish in Berkshire in South East England England approximately 33 miles west of London. It is east-southeast of Reading, Berkshire and west of Bracknell....
 in the English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 county of Berkshire
Berkshire

Berkshire is a Home Counties in the South East England of England. It is also often referred to as the Royal County of Berkshire because of the presence of the royal residence of Windsor Castle in the county; this usage, which dates to the 19th century at least, was recognised by the Queen in 1958, and Letters patent issued confirming...
.

school was founded in 1892 by Arthur Dunn
Arthur Dunn

Arthur Tempest Blakiston Dunn was a noted footballer of his time who founded the England boarding school Ludgrove School in 1892.After his death the Arthur Dunn Cup was instituted in his memory....
 in north London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
. Dunn, a noted footballer, recruited a number of eminent sportsmen to assist him as masters and was succeeded, on his premature death, by two England
England national football team

The English national football team represents England in international Association football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football in England....
 international football
Football

File:Football4.pngFootball is the word given to a number of similar team sports, all of which involve kicking a ball with the foot in an attempt to score a Goal ....
 captains, G.O. Smith
G.O. Smith

Gilbert Oswald Smith , familiarly known as G. O. Smith or simply as G. O. or Jo, was a nineteenth century amateur footballer often referred to as "the first great centre forward"....
 and William Oakley
William Oakley

William John Oakley was a Victorian era footballer who played as a full back for the renowned amateur clubs Corinthian F.C. and Casuals F.C., and captained the England national football team team once, in a match against Northern Ireland national football team in 1901....
, who became joint headmasters.

In 1937 the school was moved to its present location at Wixenford
Wixenford

Wixenford is an area of the civil parish of Wokingham Without in which Ludgrove School is built. It adjoins Wokingham and is in the England county of Berkshire....
, Wokingham
Wokingham

Wokingham is a small market town and civil parish in Berkshire in South East England England approximately 33 miles west of London. It is east-southeast of Reading, Berkshire and west of Bracknell....
.






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Ludgrove School is a private boarding preparatory school
Preparatory school (UK)

In English language usage in the former British Empire, the present-day Commonwealth of Nations, a Preparatory School is an independent school preparing children up to the age of eleven or thirteen for fee-paying, secondary education independent schools, some of which are called Public school ....
 for about 200 boys aged 8 to 13. It is situated in the civil parish
Civil parish

In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, a civil parish is usually the lowest unit of local government, below district and county councils....
 of Wokingham Without
Wokingham Without

Wokingham Without is a civil parish in the Wokingham district of the England county of Berkshire. It was formed in 1894 when the parish of Wokingham was split into two ? one rural and one urban....
, adjoining the town
Town

A town is a type of human settlement ranging from a few to several thousand inhabitants, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas; the precise meaning varies between countries and is not always a matter of legal definition....
 of Wokingham
Wokingham

Wokingham is a small market town and civil parish in Berkshire in South East England England approximately 33 miles west of London. It is east-southeast of Reading, Berkshire and west of Bracknell....
 in the English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 county of Berkshire
Berkshire

Berkshire is a Home Counties in the South East England of England. It is also often referred to as the Royal County of Berkshire because of the presence of the royal residence of Windsor Castle in the county; this usage, which dates to the 19th century at least, was recognised by the Queen in 1958, and Letters patent issued confirming...
.

History

The school was founded in 1892 by Arthur Dunn
Arthur Dunn

Arthur Tempest Blakiston Dunn was a noted footballer of his time who founded the England boarding school Ludgrove School in 1892.After his death the Arthur Dunn Cup was instituted in his memory....
 in north London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
. Dunn, a noted footballer, recruited a number of eminent sportsmen to assist him as masters and was succeeded, on his premature death, by two England
England national football team

The English national football team represents England in international Association football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football in England....
 international football
Football

File:Football4.pngFootball is the word given to a number of similar team sports, all of which involve kicking a ball with the foot in an attempt to score a Goal ....
 captains, G.O. Smith
G.O. Smith

Gilbert Oswald Smith , familiarly known as G. O. Smith or simply as G. O. or Jo, was a nineteenth century amateur footballer often referred to as "the first great centre forward"....
 and William Oakley
William Oakley

William John Oakley was a Victorian era footballer who played as a full back for the renowned amateur clubs Corinthian F.C. and Casuals F.C., and captained the England national football team team once, in a match against Northern Ireland national football team in 1901....
, who became joint headmasters.

In 1937 the school was moved to its present location at Wixenford
Wixenford

Wixenford is an area of the civil parish of Wokingham Without in which Ludgrove School is built. It adjoins Wokingham and is in the England county of Berkshire....
, Wokingham
Wokingham

Wokingham is a small market town and civil parish in Berkshire in South East England England approximately 33 miles west of London. It is east-southeast of Reading, Berkshire and west of Bracknell....
. The school business was turned into a charitable trust
Charitable trust

A charitable trust is a Trust established for Charity purposes, and is a more specific term than "charitable organization"....
 in 1972. On the death of Alan Barber, his son Gerald Barber and Nichol Marston became joint headmasters. In July 2004, Nichol Marston retired. Since the start of the Michaelmas
Michaelmas

Michaelmas, the feast of Michael is a day in the Christian calendar which occurs on 29 September. Because it falls near the equinox, it is associated in the northern hemisphere with the beginning of autumn and the shortening of days....
 term of 2008 Ludgrove's joint headmasters have been Andrew (Sid) Inglis and Gerald Barber's son Simon. The pupils perform plays and concerts, and sports matches are organised with other schools.

The school today

The school buildings include a private chapel
Chapel

A chapel is a building used as a place for fellowship and of worship for Christians. It may be attached to an institution such as a large Church , a college, a hospital, a palace, a prison or a cemetery, or may be an entirely free-standing building, sometimes with its own grounds....
, two science laboratories, a music
Music

Music is an art form whose media is sound organized in time. Common elements of music are pitch , rhythm , dynamics , and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture ....
 school, specialist art
Art

Art is the process or product of deliberately arranging elements in a way that appeals to the senses or emotions. It encompasses a diverse range of human activities, creations, and modes of expression, including music and literature....
, carpentry, pottery
Pottery

Pottery is the ceramic ware made by potters. Major types of pottery include earthenware, stoneware, and porcelain. The places where such wares are made are called potteries....
, IT
Information technology

Information technology , as defined by the Information Technology Association of America , is "the study, design, development, implementation, support or management of computer-based information systems, particularly software applications and computer hardware." IT deals with the use of electronic computers and computer software to data conv...
 departments and a combined gym
GYM

GYM is a sound format for the Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis.The name stands for Genesis YM2612, since the file contains the data sent to the Yamaha YM2612 sound chip in the console....
nasium and theatre
Theatre

Theatre is the branch of the performing arts defined by Bernard Beckerman as what "occurs when one or more actor, isolated in time and/or Theater , present themselves to Audience." By this broad definition, theatre has existed since the dawn of man, as a result of human tendency for story telling....
. Its extensive sporting facilities include a 9-hole golf
Golf

Golf is a sport in which players using many types of Golf club including wood , iron , and putter , attempt to hit golf ball into each hole on a golf course in the lowest possible number of strokes....
 course, a swimming pool
Swimming pool

A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or simply a pool, is an artificially enclosed body of water intended for swimming or water-based recreation....
, two fives
Fives

Fives is a United Kingdom sport believed to derive from the same origins as many List of sports#Racket sports. In fives, a ball is propelled against the walls of a special court using gloved or bare hands as though they were a racquet....
 courts, two squash
Squash (sport)

Squash is a racquet sport game played by two players in a four-walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball. Squash is characterized as a "high-impact" exercise that can place strain on the joints, notably the knees....
 courts, four tennis
Tennis

Tennis is a sport played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a strung racquet to strike a hollow rubber Tennis ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's tennis court....
 courts, and around eleven football
Football

File:Football4.pngFootball is the word given to a number of similar team sports, all of which involve kicking a ball with the foot in an attempt to score a Goal ....
/rugby
Rugby football

Rugby football may refer to a number of sports through history descended from a common form of football developed in different areas of England....
/hockey
Hockey

Hockey is any of a family of sports in which two teams compete by trying to maneuver a ball, or a hard, round, rubber or heavy plastic disc called a Hockey puck, into the opponent's net or goal, using a hockey stick....
/cricket
Cricket

Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games team sport that originated in southern England. The earliest definite reference is dated 1598, and it is now played in more than 100 countries....
 pitches, all set in of school land.

The fees are about £6,000 per term. The average class size varies, but gets smaller as the boys get older (to around eleven boys). Most of the boys move on to public schools
Independent school (UK)

An independent school in the United Kingdom is a school financed by private sources, predominantly in the form of school fees and charitable endowments; and so not subject to the conditions of "maintained status" imposed by accepting state financing....
 such as Radley
Radley College

Radley College is a famous England Public school #Terminology situated on the edge of the village of Radley near Abingdon, England in Oxfordshire....
, Eton
Eton College

Eton College, also known as Eton, is a world-famous British independent school for boys, founded in 1440 by Henry VI of England. It was founded as the King's College of Our Lady of Eton beside Windsor....
 and Marlborough College
Marlborough College

Marlborough College is an England Independent school , co-educational boarding school in the county of Wiltshire.Founded in 1843 for the education of the sons of Church of England clergy, the school now accepts both boys and girls of all beliefs....
 .

Notable Old Ludgrovians

  • Princes William and Harry
    Prince Harry of Wales

    Prince Henry of Wales , commonly known as Prince Harry, is the younger son of Charles, Prince of Wales, and the late Diana, Princess of Wales, and grandson of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom....
     of Wales
    Prince of Wales

    Prince of Wales is a title traditionally granted to the Heir Apparent to the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom . The current Prince of Wales is Charles, Prince of Wales, the eldest son of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom....
     (sons of Charles, Prince of Wales
    Charles, Prince of Wales

    The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales is the eldest child of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, making him heir apparent, equally and separately, to the thrones of Commonwealth realm....
    )
  • Peter Ainsworth MP
    Peter Ainsworth

    Peter Michael Ainsworth is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He is the Member of Parliament for East Surrey ....
  • George Askew, a contestant on Big Brother 7
    Big Brother 7

    Big Brother 2007 might refer to:* Big Brother Australia 2007, the seventh season of the Australian reality television series Big Brother Australia ...
  • Rear Admiral Sir Nigel Cecil
    Nigel Cecil

    Rear Admiral Sir Nigel Amherst Cecil Order of the British Empire, Order of the Bath , is a retired naval officer.Cecil is a paternal grandson of Lord William Cecil and the Mary Cecil, 2nd Baroness Amherst of Hackney and a maternal grandson of the Fiennes Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis....
  • Charles Cumming
    Charles Cumming

    Charles Cumming is a British writer of spy fiction. The son of Ian Cumming and Caroline Pilkington , he was educated at Ludgrove School , Eton College and the University of Edinburgh , where he graduated with 1st Class Honours in English Literature....
  • Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, 14th Earl of Home
    Alec Douglas-Home

    Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel, Order of the Thistle, Imperial Privy Council , 14th Earl of Home from 1951 to 1963, was a British Conservative Party politician, and served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for a year from October 1963 to October 1964 ....
    , as Sir Alec Douglas-Home Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
    Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

    The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom and the head of government Her Majesty's Government....
     1963 to 1964
  • John Spencer Dunville VC
    John Dunville

    John Spencer Dunville Victoria Cross was a British Army, and a recipient of the Victoria Cross during the First World War....
  • James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife
    James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife

    James George Alexander Bannerman Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife is a great grandson of Edward VII of the United Kingdom of the United Kingdom and a member of the extended British Royal Family, in the line of succession to the British Throne ....
  • Prince Edward, Duke of Kent
    Prince Edward, Duke of Kent

    Prince Edward, Duke of Kent is a member of the British Royal Family, a grandchild of George V of the United Kingdom. He has held the title of Duke of Kent since 1942....
  • Bear Grylls
    Bear Grylls

    Bear Grylls , real name Edward Michael Bear Grylls, is a British adventurer, television presenter and writer currently best known for his television series Born Survivor ....
    , mountaineer and writer
  • George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood
    George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood

    George Henry Hubert Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood Order of British Empire , styled The Hon. George Lascelles before 1929 and Viscount Lascelles between 1929 and 1947, is the elder son of the Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood , and Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood, the only daughter of George V of the United King...
  • General Sir Oliver Leese
    Oliver Leese

    Lieutenant-General Sir Oliver William Hargreaves Leese, 3rd Baronet Order of the Bath, Order of the British Empire, Distinguished Service Order was a United Kingdom general during World War II....
  • Sir Shane Leslie
    Shane Leslie

    Sir John Randolph Leslie, 3rd Baronet, generally known as Shane Leslie, , an Ireland-born diplomat and writer. He was a first cousin of the British war time Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill....
  • Robert R. McCormick
    Robert R. McCormick

    Robert Rutherford McCormick was a Chicago newspaper baron and owner of the Chicago Tribune. A leading United States non-interventionism, opponent of United States entry into World War II and of the increase in Federal power brought about by the New Deal, he continued to champion a traditionalist course long after his positions had been e...
  • Nick Pretzlik, Fundraiser for the Palestinian cause
  • Sir Osbert Sitwell, 5th Baronet
  • Dick Smyly, portrait painter
  • Sir Frederick Warner
    Frederick Warner (diplomat)

    Sir Frederick Archibald Warner, Royal Victorian Order, Order of St Michael and St George was United Kingdom diplomat and businessman who at the end of his career was elected to the European Parliament....
  • Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath
    Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath

    Alexander George Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath , styled Viscount Weymouth between 1946 and 1992, is an England politician and author. He was born with the surname Thynne but adopted the spelling Thynn in 1976....


Notable masters

  • Alan Barber
    Alan Barber

    Alan Theodore Barber was an England first class cricketer, later a Preparatory school headmaster....
     (1905 - 1985), Yorkshire
    Yorkshire County Cricket Club

    Yorkshire County Cricket Club, who represent the historic counties of England of Yorkshire, are one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure....
     cricket captain, headmaster
  • Arthur Dunn
    Arthur Dunn

    Arthur Tempest Blakiston Dunn was a noted footballer of his time who founded the England boarding school Ludgrove School in 1892.After his death the Arthur Dunn Cup was instituted in his memory....
     (1861 - 1902), founder of the school
  • William Oakley
    William Oakley

    William John Oakley was a Victorian era footballer who played as a full back for the renowned amateur clubs Corinthian F.C. and Casuals F.C., and captained the England national football team team once, in a match against Northern Ireland national football team in 1901....
     (1873 – 1934), England
    England national football team

    The English national football team represents England in international Association football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football in England....
     football captain, joint headmaster
  • G.O. Smith
    G.O. Smith

    Gilbert Oswald Smith , familiarly known as G. O. Smith or simply as G. O. or Jo, was a nineteenth century amateur footballer often referred to as "the first great centre forward"....
     (1872 - 1943), England
    England national football team

    The English national football team represents England in international Association football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football in England....
     football captain and centre-forward, joint headmaster
  • Robin Milford
    Robin Milford

    Robin Milford was an England composer....
     (1903 – 1959), composer, part-time Music master


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