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Ludgrove School is a private boarding
preparatory school for about 200 boys aged 8 to 13. It is situated in the
civil parish of
Wokingham Without, adjoining the
town of
Wokingham in the
English county of
Berkshire.
The school was founded in
1892 by
Arthur Dunn in north
London. 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 international
football captains,
G.O. Smith and
William Oakley, who became joint headmasters.
In 1937 the school was moved to its present location at
Wixenford,
Wokingham. The school business was turned into a
charitable trust in
1972. On the death of Alan Barber, his son Gerald Barber and Nichol Marston became joint headmasters. In
July 2004, Nichol Marston retired. Ludgrove's headmaster is Gerald Barber (retiring in
2008), and Sid Inglis and Simon Barber (Gerald's son) are due to take over.
The pupils perform plays and concerts, and sports matches are organised with other schools.
The school buildings include a private
chapel, two science laboratories, a
music school, specialist
art,
carpentry,
pottery,
IT departments and a combined
gymnasium and
theatre. Its extensive sporting facilities include a 9-hole
golf course, a
swimming pool, two
fives courts, two
squash courts, four
tennis courts, and around eleven
football/
rugby/
hockey/
cricket pitches, all set in 130 acres of school land.
The fees are about £5,800 per term. The average class size varies, but gets smaller as the boys get older (to around 11 boys). Most of the boys move on to
public schools such as
Radley College and
Eton College.
Notable Old Ludgrovians
- Princes William and Harry of Wales (sons of Charles, Prince of Wales)
- Peter Ainsworth MP
- George Askew, a contestant on Big Brother 7
- Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath
- Rear Admiral Sir Nigel Cecil
- Charles Cumming
- John Spencer Dunville VC
- James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife
- Prince Edward, Duke of Kent
- George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood
- Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, 14th Earl of Home who seved as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for a year from October 1963 to October 1964 (as Sir Alec Douglas-Home)
- General Sir Oliver Leese
- Sir Shane Leslie
- Robert R. McCormick
- Sir Osbert Sitwell, 5th Baronet
- Sir Frederick Warner
- Dick Smyly, portrait painter
- Nick Pretzlik, Fundraiser for the Palestinian cause
Notable masters
Alan Barber (1905 - 1985), Yorkshire cricket captain, headmaster
Arthur Dunn (1861 - 1902), founder of the school
William Oakley (1873 – 1934), England football captain, joint headmaster
G.O. Smith (1872 - 1943), England football captain and centre-forward, joint headmasterFurther Information
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