Westbrook Hay School

Westbrook Hay Prep School
Westbrook Hay Prep School
	Westbrook Hay School seen from the golf course
Location
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	Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP1 2RF; England
Coordinates	51°44′20″N 0°30′57″W / 51.7388°N 0.5158°WCoordinates: 51°44′20″N 0°30′57″W / 51.7388°N 0.5158°W
Information
Type	Independent school
Motto	Latin: Ora et Labora; (Prayer and work)
Religious affiliation(s)	Anglican Church of England
Established	1892; 129 years ago
Principal	Mr Mark Brain
Staff	50 (approx)
Gender	Mixed
Age	3 to boys 13-14max girls 3-11
Enrollment	291(approx)
Campus size	26 acres (11 ha)
Houses	Wellington (green), Nelson (blue), Marlborough (yellow), Drake (red)
Website	www.westbrookhay.co.uk

Westbrook Hay Prep School is a co-educational independent school which educates children from rising 3 –13 years.

The school[]

The school was established by Augustus Orlebar, a former housemaster at Radley College, as a boarding school for boys in Bedford in 1892; it moved to Hinwick House near Wellingborough shortly thereafter and then to Gadebridge House in nearby Hemel Hempstead in 1914.^[1] It remained there until it was forced out of its old premises by the Commission for New Towns as part of its development of the new town in 1963.^[2] It took on its present name at its present site that year. It is now an independent Prep school which educates boys and girls from rising 3 –13 years. The school is in a rural location on 26 acres of parkland overlooking the Bourne valley, off the A 41 between Berkhamsted and Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire.^[3]

The house[]

The house was built in the 17th century and remained in the ownership of the Ryder family (Richard Ryder, then Granville Ryder and then Dudley Ryder)^[4] until the Second World War after which it became the headquarters of the Hemel Hempstead New Town Development Corporation.^[5] During the 1950s the 650 yard drive became the Westbrook Hay Hill Climb.^[6]

Alumni[]

Deji Olatunji - English Entertainer
Alex Hales - England Cricketer
Raef Bjayou - British entrepreneur and television presenter
Luke O'Nien - Professional Footballer

References[]

^ "Our history". Westbrook Hay School. Retrieved 11 August 2013. Archived 29 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Gadebridge House/School". Hemel Today, The Gazette. 2 January 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
^ "Welcome". Westbrook Hay School. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
^ "Granville Ryder". UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
^ "The Orange Walk - Woods & Meadows of Westbrook Hay". The Boxmoor Trust. Retrieved 11 August 2013.Archived 12 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine
^ Motor Sport, September 1953, Page 462.