Cothill House
| Motto | Dum spiro spero ("While I breathe, I hope") |
|---|---|
| Established | 1860 (moved to present location in 1870) |
| Type | Independent boarding school Preparatory School |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Head Master | Duncan Bailey |
| Chair | Dr Ralph Townsend |
| Location | Oxfordshire OX13 6JL England |
| Students | 204 |
| Gender | Boys |
| Ages | 8–13 |
| Publication | The Cothill Magazine |
| Former pupils | Old Cothillians |
| Website | www.cothill.net |
Cothill House is a boarding boys' independent school for preparatory pupils in Cothill, Oxfordshire, which houses around 220 boys from the ages 8–13.
Contents
1 General information
2 Boarding
3 Notable Old Cothillians
4 History
5 References
6 External links
General information
The school is junior and full boarding, with around 220 pupils. A range of music scholarships and bursaries are provided in term time. Facilities include a CDT centre, golf course, swimming pool (covered), a theatre, six hard tennis courts, 20 music practice rooms, 2 drum rooms, a squash court, games room, a library, a science lab, a computer room and a teaching block. The headmaster's house is attached to the main school.
The school is operated by the Cothill Educational Trust, a charity registered in England,[1] which also runs the nearby Chandlings School, Kennington (a co-educational preparatory day school serving ages 2–11), the Château de Sauveterre, Ashdown House, Kitebrook House, the Old Malthouse, Mowden Hall in Northumberland, and the campus of the former St Aubyns School, Rottingdean, which it acquired in 2012 and closed in 2013, now awaiting redevelopment. Trustees include Ralph Townsend, head of Winchester College.
Boarding
Cothill House is a full boarding school, meaning all of the 220 pupils there board full-time, and the only times they are allowed home are on organised weekends, exeats, half-terms and end-of-terms. Prince William and his brother Prince Harry were registered to attend Cothill, which was the choice of their father Charles, Prince of Wales,[2] but in the end they both attended a rival establishment, Ludgrove, instead.
Notable Old Cothillians
Maharaja Gaj Singh of Jodhpore, diplomat and politician[3]
John Bradbury, 2nd Baron Bradbury[4]
General Sir Hugh Stockwell, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe[5]
James Charles Macnab of Macnab, Chief of Clan Macnab[6]
Rupert Thorneloe, soldier
Alexander Gordon, 7th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair[7]
- Thomas FitzGerald, Earl of Offaly
Jeremy Thorpe, British politician, leader of the Liberal Party 1966–76
Richard Symonds, civil servant.
History
The school was founded in 1860 (in Dry Sandford) , before moving to its present location in 1870.
References
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^ The Ladies' Home Journal, vol. 106 (1989), p. 171
^ Dhananajaya Singh, The House of Marwar (Lotus Collection, Roli Books, 1994), p. 204
^ George Edward Cokayne, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom: extant, extinct, or dormant, vol. 13 (The St Catherine Press Ltd, 1940), p. 408
^ 'General Sir Hugh Stockwell' in Patricia Burgess & Trish Burgess, eds., The Annual Obituary 1986 (Chicago & London: St James Press, 1989), p. 677
^ 'MACNAB of Macnab, James Charles', in Who's Who 2012 (London: A. & C. Black, 2012)
^ 'Aberdeen and Temair, 7th Marquess of' in Who's Who 2012 (London: A. & C. Black, 2011
External links
- Official Website
- Cothill House at the Independent Schools Council
Coordinates: 51°41′35″N 1°19′52″W / 51.693°N 1.331°W / 51.693; -1.331
