Westbourne House School

For similarly named schools, see Westbourne.

Westbourne House School
Established	29 January 1907
Type	Preparatory, boarding
Religion	non-denominal
Headmaster	Martin Barker
Location	Coach Road, Shopwyke Chichester West Sussex PO20 2BH England Coordinates: 50°50′30″N 0°44′25″W / 50.8417°N 0.7403°W / 50.8417; -0.7403
Local authority	West Sussex
Students	450
Gender	co-educational
Ages	3–13
Website	Westbourne House School

Westbourne House School is an independent preparatory school 1½ miles east of Chichester, West Sussex, England. It is co-educational and serves around 450 boarding and day-school pupils from ages 3–13. The headmaster is Martin Barker.

History

The school was founded in Folkestone on 29 January 1907.

In the 1990s the school was one of nearly 400 schools used to educate the children of British diplomats posted overseas.^[1]^[2]

Notable alumni

Tom Bradby, journalist and author
Marcus Brigstocke, comedian
Nick Clarke, presenter and journalist^[3]
Holly Colvin, England cricketer
Mark Lock, rugby player
Alastair Mackenzie, actor
Drummond Money-Coutts, close-quarter magician

References

↑ "School Fees", Hansard, Parliament of the United Kingdom, 2 November 1994
↑ "Diplomats' Children (Education)", Hansard, Parliament of the United Kingdom, 8 April 1998
↑ "Nick Clarke", The Times, 24 November 2006

External links

Official site

Schools in West Sussex

Middle	Rydon Community College

Secondary	The Academy, Selsey Angmering School Bishop Luffa School Bohunt School Worthing Bourne Community College Chatsmore Catholic High School Chichester Free School Chichester High School For Boys Chichester High School For Girls Davison CE High School for Girls Downlands Community School Durrington High School Felpham Community College The Forest School The Gatwick School Hazelwick School Holy Trinity School Ifield Community College Imberhorne School The Littlehampton Academy Midhurst Rother College Millais School Oakmeeds Community College Oathall Community College Oriel High School Ormiston Six Villages Academy The Regis School Sackville School St Andrews High School St Paul's RC College St Philip Howard Catholic High School St Wilfrid's RC School Shoreham Academy The Sir Robert Woodard Academy Steyning Grammar School Tanbridge House School Thomas Bennett Community College Warden Park School The Weald School Worthing High School

Special	Palatine School

Sixth Form College	Central Sussex College Chichester College The College of Richard Collyer Northbrook College Worthing College

Independent	Ardingly College Burgess Hill Girls Christ's Hospital Farlington School for Girls Hurstpierpoint College Lancing College Rikkyo School in England Seaford College Shoreham College Our Lady of Sion School Towers Convent School Worth School

Independent (preparatory)	Brambletye School Cottesmore School Great Ballard School Great Walstead School Handcross Park School Pennthorpe School The Prebendal School Westbourne House School Windlesham House School

Former	Boundstone Community College Discovery New School Kings Manor Community College Littlehampton College Littlehampton Community School Midhurst Intermediate School Midhurst Grammar School St Margaret's Convent Tavistock and Summerhill School

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