The school was founded in 1848 in
Elstree,
Hertfordshire, at Hill House on Elstree Hill,[1] an 18th-century Grade II Listed Building.[2] Today the building is used as
Bupa Care Centre.[3]
Since 1938 in Woolhampton, Berkshire
In 1938 or 1939 at the start of
WW2,[4][5][6][7] staff and 70 boys moved to Woolhampton House, in the
Berkshire village of
Woolhampton, which at war end became Elstree’s permanent home, owned and run by the Sanderson family until 1961 when Elstree School was incorporated; Ian Sanderson remained headmaster until 1969 when Terrence McMullen became headmaster.
Edgar Stogdon (1870–1951), athlete and cricketer, was headmaster from 1900 to 1903.[24]
Sports
During the
autumn term,
soccer is the main sport, along with
hockey and tennis. During the
Lent term, rugby takes over from soccer, and hockey and
cross country running continue. During the summer term,
cricket is the main school sport, with swimming, athletics, and tennis also popular throughout the term. The school's sports day is the focus of a pupil's
summer term.
^[Anon.], ‘Badcock, Sir Alexander Robert (1844–1907)’, rev. *
James Falkner, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2006
accessed 18 Sept 2011
^"
Biography" at The Guardian, retrieved 18 Sep 2011
^G. R. Rubin, ‘Cassel, Sir Felix Maximilian Schoenbrunn, first baronet (1869–1953)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2008
accessed 18 Sept 2011
^David George Hogarth, The life of Charles M. Doughty, Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1928, 216 pages (page 2)
^W. L. Randell, ‘Crompton, Rookes Evelyn Bell (1845–1940)’, rev. Anita McConnell, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2011
accessed 19 Sept 2011
^N. G. Wilson, ‘Headlam, Walter George (1866–1908)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
accessed 25 Sept 2011
^J. Gordon Read, ‘Ismay, Joseph Bruce (1862–1937)’, 20school&pg=PT92#v=onepage&q=elstree%20&f=false page])
^Edward Chilton, ‘Joubert de la Ferté, Sir Philip Bennet (1887–1965)’, rev. Christina J. M. Goulter, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008
accessed 18 Sept 2011
^Michael Down, ‘MacLaren, Archibald Campbell (1871–1944)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
accessed 25 Sept 2011
^B. B. Woodward, ‘Whitehead, John (1860–1899)’, rev. V. M. Quirke, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
accessed 25 Sept 2011
I. C. M. Sanderson, A history of Elstree School and three generations of the Sanderson family, Publ. Elstree School, 1978 (Privately Published)
John Eddison, A History of Elstree School, 1979 (mentioned in: Frances Wilson, How to Survive the Titanic Or The Sinking of J. Bruce Ismay, Chapter 3,
Note 10)
The school was founded in 1848 in
Elstree,
Hertfordshire, at Hill House on Elstree Hill,[1] an 18th-century Grade II Listed Building.[2] Today the building is used as
Bupa Care Centre.[3]
Since 1938 in Woolhampton, Berkshire
In 1938 or 1939 at the start of
WW2,[4][5][6][7] staff and 70 boys moved to Woolhampton House, in the
Berkshire village of
Woolhampton, which at war end became Elstree’s permanent home, owned and run by the Sanderson family until 1961 when Elstree School was incorporated; Ian Sanderson remained headmaster until 1969 when Terrence McMullen became headmaster.
Edgar Stogdon (1870–1951), athlete and cricketer, was headmaster from 1900 to 1903.[24]
Sports
During the
autumn term,
soccer is the main sport, along with
hockey and tennis. During the
Lent term, rugby takes over from soccer, and hockey and
cross country running continue. During the summer term,
cricket is the main school sport, with swimming, athletics, and tennis also popular throughout the term. The school's sports day is the focus of a pupil's
summer term.
^[Anon.], ‘Badcock, Sir Alexander Robert (1844–1907)’, rev. *
James Falkner, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2006
accessed 18 Sept 2011
^"
Biography" at The Guardian, retrieved 18 Sep 2011
^G. R. Rubin, ‘Cassel, Sir Felix Maximilian Schoenbrunn, first baronet (1869–1953)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2008
accessed 18 Sept 2011
^David George Hogarth, The life of Charles M. Doughty, Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1928, 216 pages (page 2)
^W. L. Randell, ‘Crompton, Rookes Evelyn Bell (1845–1940)’, rev. Anita McConnell, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2011
accessed 19 Sept 2011
^N. G. Wilson, ‘Headlam, Walter George (1866–1908)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
accessed 25 Sept 2011
^J. Gordon Read, ‘Ismay, Joseph Bruce (1862–1937)’, 20school&pg=PT92#v=onepage&q=elstree%20&f=false page])
^Edward Chilton, ‘Joubert de la Ferté, Sir Philip Bennet (1887–1965)’, rev. Christina J. M. Goulter, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008
accessed 18 Sept 2011
^Michael Down, ‘MacLaren, Archibald Campbell (1871–1944)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
accessed 25 Sept 2011
^B. B. Woodward, ‘Whitehead, John (1860–1899)’, rev. V. M. Quirke, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
accessed 25 Sept 2011
I. C. M. Sanderson, A history of Elstree School and three generations of the Sanderson family, Publ. Elstree School, 1978 (Privately Published)
John Eddison, A History of Elstree School, 1979 (mentioned in: Frances Wilson, How to Survive the Titanic Or The Sinking of J. Bruce Ismay, Chapter 3,
Note 10)