Reed's School

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Reed's School
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Sandy Lane Cobham , Surrey , KT11 2ES England
Coordinates	51°20′18″N 0°22′34″W / 51.338253°N 0.375981°W / 51.338253; -0.375981Coordinates: 51°20′18″N 0°22′34″W / 51.338253°N 0.375981°W / 51.338253; -0.375981
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Type	Independent school Public school Senior school Boarding and day school
Motto	Fide (have faith)
Religious affiliation(s)	Anglican
Established	1813
Founder	Andrew Reed
Local authority	Surrey County Council
Department for Education URN	125321 Tables
Chair of governors	Mike Wheeler
Headmaster	Mark Hoskins
Gender	Boys, with a co-educational sixth form
Age	11 to 18
Enrolment	700 (620 boys, 80 girls)
Houses	Blathwayt, Bristowe, Capel & Mullens
Colour(s)	Navy
Publication	Reedonian
School fees	£32,910 (boarders); £25,530 (day pupils)
Alumni	Old Reedonians
Website	www.reeds.surrey.sch.uk

Reed's School is an independent secondary boarding school for boys with a mixed sixth form located in Cobham, Surrey, England. There are currently around 700 day pupils (620 boys, 80 girls) with 100 full-time boarders (80 boys, 20 girls). The school was founded in 1813,^[1] by Andrew Reed and incorporated by Act of Parliament in 1845^[2] under the presidency of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Duke of Wellington and the Marquess of Salisbury^{[citation needed]}. Since 1951, Queen Elizabeth II has acted as the school's 15th patron and has visited the school twice, in 1997 and in 2014,^[3] as the reigning monarch. Alumni of the school are known as ’Old Reedonians’.

History[]

Founding[]

A notable early sponsor was the Duke of Wellington^{[citation needed]}, a future Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

London Orphan Asylum, London (1813-1871)[]

The foundation was established to provide relief to destitute orphans, including children whose fathers had died and whose mothers were unable to provide for them. Initially the Asylum used two houses; one at Hackney Road, Shoreditch for the boys and one in Bethnal Green for the girls.^[4] The asylum's first unified site was at Lower Clapton Road, Clapton, where Newcome's School had stood.^[5][6]

There were 206 pupils in 1826 and 453 in the 1860s^{[citation needed]}. During the asylum's time in East London, it was famous for having had some 2000 hymns written for it by the English architect James Edmeston^{[citation needed]}, a strong supporter of and frequent visitor to the London Orphan Asylum.

Following the school's 1871 move to Watford, the East London buildings were used by the Salvation Army.^[7] Only the facade of the classical-style building remains,^[8] and forms part of the Clapton Girls' Academy^[9][10]

London Orphan Asylum/School, Watford (1871-1939)[]

^[11]) for the new school.^[12] The Prince of Wales, later Edward VII, and his wife the Princess of Wales and future Queen Alexandra, laid down the foundational stones on 15 July 1869 and the school formally opened in 1871.

The school was renamed to the "London Orphan School" in 1915, following a merge with the recently closed Royal British Orphan School in Slough it was again renamed the "London Orphan School and Royal British Orphan School", before finally being named "Reed's School" in 1939, in honour of the late founder.^[12]

In the early 1880s the London Orphan Asylum lost two football matches against the then named Watford Rovers, now known as Watford F.C..^[13]

Headmasters at the Watford site included Oliver Carter Cockrem and H.W. Russell.^{[citation needed]}

In the 1980s the buildings were converted into residential accommodation.^{[citation needed]}

Reed's School, Totnes & Towcester (1939-1945)[]

During World War II the school was evacuated from Watford. The site was used as an Army hospital and then by the Ministry of Labour.^[4]

Reed's School, Cobham (1945–present)[]

The Sandy Lane site had been purpose-built in around 1905 by architects Treadwell and Martin, who were also responsible for the design of Scott's restaurant (now part of the Trocadero Centre) and other notable structures. The new site provided facilities including a heated indoor swimming pool, a nine-hole golf course, and two squash courts.^[14]

A new headmaster, Robert Drayson, was appointed in 1955 and remained until 1964, when he migrated to Stowe. In 1950, Reed's School began to take fee-paying pupils, while retaining its charitable element. Foundation bursaries are still available for children who have lost one or both parents and currently 10% of pupils are supported in this way.

Founder's Prayer[]

The school's prayer, penned by the founder Andrew Reed, is recited at each chapel service:

Royal patronage[]

In 1815 King George IV 'accorded his blessing' by becoming the first royal patron of the School, a tradition which is continued today with the patronage of Reed's School by Queen Elizabeth II.

Patrons since 1815[]

• 1815 Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn
• 1817 Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex
• 1819 Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
• 1819 Leopold I of Belgium
• 1821 George IV
• 1822 Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany
• 1823 George IV
• 1826 Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge
• 1826 William IV
• 1837 Queen Victoria
• 1843 Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
• 1856 The Prince of Wales, later Edward VII
• 1870 The Princess of Wales, later Queen Alexandra
• 1910 George V
• 1936 George VI
• 1951 Elizabeth II

Houses[]

The school is made up of four houses, named after school benefactors: Blathwayt (royal blue ties), Bristowe (red ties), Capel (yellow ties) and Mullens (light blue ties). In interhouse competitions, the four houses compete for the Edmonson Cup. There is also the Hopwood Cup for the most academic house.

Years Seven and Eight in the school are separated into 'The Close' (green ties) , which has its own competitive houses named after sister locations: Clapton, Reedhams, Royal Putney, and Royal Wanstead.

Sports[]

The major sports at Reed's School are rugby, hockey and cricket with academies in tennis, skiing and golf. The senior school pupils (13+) play rugby, hockey and cricket in the autumn, spring and summer terms respectively. Pupils in The Close (the junior school, for 11–13 year olds) play hockey, rugby and then cricket. In the 2014/15 season, rugby fixtures included matches against Brighton College, KCS, Wimbledon, Caterham and Hurstpierpoint College. Cricket is played against City of London Freeman's School, Hampton, St. Paul's, St. George's Weybridge, Lord Wandsworth, Reading Oratory, KCS Wimbledon, Eltham College, King's School, Canterbury, and Merchant Taylor's School and others. The indoor tennis centre was opened by alumnus and former British number one, Tim Henman on 18 November 2014. The facility is regarded by the LTA as one of only 17 high performance centres in the country.^[15] The foundation stone for the 25 metre, five lane indoor swimming pool was laid by Duncan Goodhew on 15 November 1990.

The school performs at the highest level in a number of other sports such as squash, athletics, cross country, basketball and swimming as well as offering access to more unusual sports though an extended activities programme; such as shooting, mountain biking, kung-fu and sailing. Reed's has won the International School Sport Federation's world schools' tennis championship more than any other team (in 2009, 2011 and 2015).^[16]

Rugby[]

Reed's school have improved at rugby over recent years with the 1st XV finishing seventh in the NatWest Schools Cup in 2014/2015 season acquiring wins against schools such as Brighton College, St John's School, Leatherhead, and St George's College, Weybridge. The season after was also successful finishing 17th in the NatWest Schools Cup with wins against St John's School, Leatherhead, Royal Grammar School, Guildford, and The Oratory School.^{[citation needed]}

Ski racing[]

The ski team continues to be one of the best in the country, led by skiing master Mark Vernon, Reeds are regional and national title holders in both Dry Slope and Snow Ski Racing in the U14 Boys, U16 Boys and U18 Boys & Girls. Many racers who are members of the ski racing academy at Reed's have World Cup and Olympic aspirations, with multiple ORs having raced or currently on Olympic Teams, such as Luke Steyn (Capel 2012), OR Jack Gowercompeted in his world cup debut in November 2017 at Lake Louise. The team's current main sponsor is Equity; in the past it has been sponsored by (when the ski academy was briefly rebranded to "Reed's Powder Byrne Ski Academy") and Fastlane.

The 2017/18 roll of honour includes students who were selected to represent Team England at the 2018 ISF World School Games in Grenoble.^[17]

Music[]

Reed's had its new Music School officially opened by Sir Cliff Richard on 24 March 2001. Its facilities include a recital room, state-of-the-art recording Studio (updated in 2011), keyboard studio, percussion room and music library.^{[citation needed]}

Scholarships and fees[]

Fees at age 13+ for the 2019/20 academic year are £32,910 and £25,530 per annum, for boarders and day pupils respectively. Reed's School offers a number of scholarships at 11+, 13+ and for entry to the Sixth Form in a range of areas: Academic, Art, Drama, Music, Sport, Technology and for all round ability based on a combination of these. The awards are made on the basis of competitive tests and interviews held in the Autumn term for Sixth Form or Spring term for others prior to entry to the School. These awards can (in exceptional cases) be up to a maximum of 50% of the fees.

Headmasters[]

• Robert Heath, (1826–1852)
• Henry Beattie, (1852–1869)
• A. F. Houliston (1869–??)
• W. F. Jones
• H. W. Bussell (1878–1886)
• A. R. Clemens (1886–1887)
• Dr. Oliver Carter Cockrem (1887–1915)
• E. Hartley Parker (1915–1921)
• John J. Jackson (1921–1924)
• G. K. Allen (1924–1931)
• C. R. Attenborough (1931–45)
• H. E. D. Axton (1945–1954)
• Philip Scott, acting (1954–1955)
• Robert Drayson (1955–1964)
• Rodney Exton (1964–1977) – Hampshire cricketer and schoolmaster
• John Baird Tyson (1978–1982) – mountaineer and teacher
• David Prince (1983–1997)
• David Jarrett (1997–2014) – the first person to win a cricket blue for both Oxford and Cambridge^[18]
• Mark Hoskins (2014–present)

Notable staff and associated people[]

• James Edmeston, architect and prolific hymn writer; wrote "Lead us, heavenly Father, lead us" for the children of the London Orphan Asylum
• Sir Benjamin Louis Cohen, former President of the London Orphan Asylum
• Sir William Blizard, consulting surgeon to the London Orphan Asylum^{[citation needed]}
• Brett Garrard, hockey coach
• Richard Gilliat, former head of admissions and Hampshire cricketer, retired in 2017
• Keith Medlycott, cricket coach
• Tom Hardy, actor

Notable Old Reedonians[]

Royalty[]

• Prince Zeid Raad of Jordan, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
• Prince Mired Raad of Jordan

Business[]

• Alan Bott, founder of Pan Books
• Sir Simon Robey, banker and co-founder of Robey Warshaw

Literature[]

• Thomas Burke^{[citation needed]}
• Richard Dinnick, screenwriter and author

Sport[]

• Henrik Breimyr, Norwegian professional football player
• Jeffrey Bruma, professional footballer, currently playing for PSV Eindhoven
• Alex Corbisiero, rugby player for Northampton Saints, England and the British and Irish Lions
• Jamie Delgado, British tennis player and coach
• Daniel Douthwaite, British cricketer
• Jack Draper, British tennis player^[19]
• Chris Eaton, British tennis player
• Evan Hoyt, British tennis player
• Jack Gower, British alpine ski racer
• Tim Henman, British tennis player
• Oskar Kolk, cricketer
• James Morrison, golfer
• Luke Steyn, ski racer^{[citation needed]}
• Theo Vukašinović, rugby player

Arts/entertainment[]

• Richard Bagguley, muralist and artist
• Marcel Grant, filmmaker
• Dr. Keith Scholey, nature documentary producer
• Elvi Hale, actress
• Tom Hardy, actor
• Sir Simon Keenlyside, opera singer
• Nigel Mitchell, television and radio presenter
• Sir Nolan, music producer and songwriter
• Shaun Scott, actor
• Renton Skinner, actor and comedian
• Toby Tarrant, radio DJ and son of Chris
• Jamie Treays, aka Jamie T, singer-songwriter

Politics[]

• Edward Kellett-Bowman, Conservative Member of the European Parliament

Law[]

• Stuart Popham, British lawyer

References[]

External links[]

• Reed's School website