St Piran's (school)
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| Established | 1805 |
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| Type | Independent preparatory day school |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Headmaster | J Carroll |
| Location | Maidenhead Berkshire SL6 7LZ England |
| Local authority | Windsor and Maidenhead |
| DfE number | 868/6004 |
| DfE URN | 110126 Tables |
| Students | 350~ |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 3–11 |
| Website | www.stpirans.co.uk |
St Piran's is a prep school located on Gringer Hill in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England. The school was known as Cordwalles School until 1919 and has been co-educational since the 1990s.
History
The origin of St Piran's was in 1805 at a small school, the Revd John Potticary's school in Blackheath, at 2–3 Eliot Place.[1] After moving to its present location in 1872, it operated as a boys' boarding school under the name of Cordwalles School until 1919.[2] Up to this time, it was among a group of preparatory schools — which included Stubbington House School and Eastman's Royal Naval Academy — that maintained strong connections with the Royal Navy.[3] In that year, 1919, the school was bought by Major Vernon Seymour Bryant who renamed it St Piran's. It reopened in 1920 with 23 boys, increasing to 65 the following year.[2]
After becoming an educational trust in 1972, the school became co-educational in 1993, and boarding ended the same year.[2] In 2005, St. Piran's celebrated its 200th anniversary with a bicentennial pageant. In 2008 a new geography room and lower school hall were completed.
Headmasters
To date[update], the headmasters of the school have been:[2]
- John Potticary 1805–1820
- George Brown Francis Potticary 1820–1850
- Richard Cowley Powles 1850–1865
- Thomas Jackson Nunns 1865–1890
- Charles William Hunt 1890–1902
- Cyril Robert Carter 1902–1910
- Theodore William Keeling 1910–1912
- Mervyn Frank Voules 1912–1919
- Vernon Seymour Bryant 1919–1926
- Arthur Grendon Tippet DSO 1926–1943
- Lowther Grendon Tippet 1943–1972
- Guy Gross and Andrew Perry 1972–1980
- Andrew Perry 1980–1982
- Andrew Blumer 1982–2001
- Jonathan Carroll 2001–present
Former pupils
- Admiral Sir Claud Barry, KBE CB DSO[4]
- Benjamin Disraeli[5]
- Cecil Malone[6]
- Victor Mollo[7]
- Vice Admiral Sir Peveril William-Powlett, KCB KCMG CBE DSO[8]
- Anthony West (author)[9]
- Patrick Leigh Fermor (expelled) [10]
- Richard Anthony Benson QC (advocate)
References
- ↑ Rhind, N. (1993) Blackheath Village & Environs, 1790–1990, Vol.1 The Village and Blackheath Vale (Bookshop Blackheath, London), p.157.
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- ↑ Cooper, Artemis, Patrick Leigh Fermor: An Adventure (2012), p.15, ISBN 978-0-7195-5449-0.
- ↑ Cooper, Artemis, Patrick Leigh Fermor: An Adventure (2012), p.15, ISBN 978-0-7195-5449-0.
External links
- School website
- Profile on the ISC website
- Memories of a 1960's pupil
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- Independent schools in Windsor and Maidenhead
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