Ashdown House, East Sussex
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Ashdown House School
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| Established | 1886 |
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| Type | Independent school Co-educational Boarding and day school |
| Headmaster | Haydon Moore |
| Location | Forest Row East Sussex RH18 5JY England |
| DfE URN | 114624 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Gender | Co ed |
| Ages | 4–13 |
| Years | 3-8 |
| Website | Ashdown House School |
Ashdown House is a co-ed prep school in Forest Row, East Sussex. There are currently around 120[1] pupils from the ages seven to thirteen; with a roughly even split of boys and girls.
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History
Ashdown House was originally an 18th-century country house, completed in 1794 by Sussex-born Benjamin Latrobe who was later one of the architects of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington DC and also designed the nearby Hammerwood Park and the front portico of the White House in Washington DC. Ashdown is a Grade II* listed building [2]
The School was originally founded in Brighton in 1843 and moved to Ashdown House in 1886. It first became co-educational in 1975.[3]
Academic information
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Child Abuse
The journalist Alex Renton wrote about his time at Ashdown House, vividly evoking a place riven by violence, brutality, public humiliation, and sexual abuse from teachers towards children.[4]
Notable former pupils
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Notable Old Ashdownians (OAs) include:
- Fischer Watson (1884-1960), Royal Navy officer
- Joseph Simpson (1909-1968), Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police
- Boris Johnson, journalist and politician
- Rachel Johnson, writer and journalist
- Jo Johnson, politician
- Leo Johnson, entrepreneur
- Charlie Cox, actor
- Damian Lewis, actor
- Harry Cowell, record producer
- David Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley, furniture maker
- Thomas P. G. Cholmondeley, Kenyan farmer
References
- ↑ Edubase statistics
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- ↑ Ashdown House - History Ashdown House School". Retrieved 3 October 2011.
- ↑ Alex Renton, Abuse in Britain's boarding schools: why I decided to confront my demons . Retrieved 4 May 2014.
External links
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