Rookwood School

Rookwood School is an independent day and boarding school for children aged 2 to 16, located on a campus off Weyhill Road in Andover, Hampshire, England.[2] The school will open a new Sixth Form in 2021.

Rookwood School
Address
Weyhill Road

Andover
,
Hampshire
,
SP10 3AL

England
Coordinates51.20668°N 1.49313°W / 51.20668; -1.49313
Information
TypeIndependent day and boarding
MottoSapere Aude
Established1934
Local authorityHampshire County Council
Department for Education URN581958 Tables
HeadmasterAnthony Kirk-Burgess[1]
GenderCoeducational
Age2 to 16
Enrolment330~
Websitehttp://www.rookwoodschool.org

History

The school was founded in 1934 as a girls' school and moved to its current site in 1946. Boys were admitted to the Senior school in 2003.[3]

Heads

2017–present Mr A Kirk-Burgess

2016 - 2017 Dr M Whalley[4]

2015/16 Winter term Mr David Bown (acting)

2010-2015 Mrs Louise Whetstone[5]

2000-2010 Mrs Margaret Langley[3]

Previous Headmistresses: Mrs Shelia Hindle, Miss Kathleen Tanner

Organisation

The school has two departments: the Lower School consisting of (Pre-School, Pre-Preparatory and Prep School) and Senior School.

Academics

Rookwood School will open a new Sixth Form in September 2021. Students who have left the school are known as 'Old Rooks'.

Boarding

Although most of its pupils are day pupils Rookwood has boarding provisions for a small number of boarders. There are two boarding houses: Beechwood (girls) and Oakwood (boys).[6]

gollark: I fixed the Linux design inconsistency by setting up direct boot to fullscreen Firefox. Because all you really need is a browser™™.
gollark: Perhaps Ale just painted what was on the screen really fast.
gollark: They're the solution to many things!
gollark: It's an artist's impression.
gollark: My watch doesn't handle leap years and thinks it's March.

References
  1. "Rookwood School news". Rookwood School. 30 May 2017.
  2. "See for yourself". Andover Advertiser. 30 January 2009.
  3. 2006 ISI Inspection Reports
  4. "Rookwood School Headmaster's Welcome". Rookwood School. 1 January 2017.
  5. Rookwood Review, Winter 2009 - The newsletter of Rookwood School
  6. Boarding Houses


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.