Thornlow
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Thornlow Preparatory School is a small, independent private school
located in Weymouth, Dorset
, England. It opened as a girls' school in Bridport in 1885, relocating to Connaught Road in Weymouth in 1912, whence it was known as "Thorneloe School, Rodwell".
The school became a casualty of the war in 1940, but reopened later as a boys' school.
Acquired by William and Alice Crocker, the school was extended in 1955 with the acquisition of the Senior School (Sandesfort House), which closed in 1998, but the Connaught Road building was transformed into the current Thornlow Preparatory School by its new owners in 1996.
Private school
Private schools, also known as independent schools or nonstate schools, are not administered by local, state or national governments; thus, they retain the right to select their students and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students' tuition, rather than relying on mandatory...
located in Weymouth, Dorset
Dorset
Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...
, England. It opened as a girls' school in Bridport in 1885, relocating to Connaught Road in Weymouth in 1912, whence it was known as "Thorneloe School, Rodwell".
The school became a casualty of the war in 1940, but reopened later as a boys' school.
Acquired by William and Alice Crocker, the school was extended in 1955 with the acquisition of the Senior School (Sandesfort House), which closed in 1998, but the Connaught Road building was transformed into the current Thornlow Preparatory School by its new owners in 1996.