The Elms School, Colwall

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The Elms School
Location
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Walwyn Road, Colwall

Malvern
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Worcestershire
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WR13 6EF

England
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Information
TypeIndependent preparatory school
MottoGod Grant Grace
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Christian
Established1614; 412 years ago (1614)
FounderHumphrey Walwyn
OfstedReports
Chairman of governors
James Rose
Headmaster (2023)
Ed Lyddon[1]
Staff55 (2022) [2]
GenderCoeducational
Age3 to 13
Enrolment166 (2022)[1]
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Websitehttp://elmsschool.co.uk/

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The Elms School is a co-educational private boarding prep school located in Colwall, Herefordshire, England. Including the early years and pre-prep departments, it educates children from 3 to 13 years old (with boarding and flexiboarding available from Year 3 upwards).

It is a non-selective mainstream school, totally independent of any senior school, and therefore sends children on to a wide range of top senior schools.

History

The Elms was founded in 1614 by Humphrey Walwyn of the Worshipful Company of Grocers, and is the oldest prep school still on its original site.[3][4] The original school house was based on a farmhouse, built in the 1550s, on the edge of the village of Colwall in the lee of the Malvern Hills.

According to The Rise of the English Prep School, the official inception date of The Elms as a prep school dates back to 1867.[5]

In 2014 The Elms School celebrated its 400-year anniversary, and named a new dormitory after the late former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.[6] It maintains close links with the Grocers' Company, and receives financial assistance from the company's charitable arm.

Facilities

The school has 40 acres of land, including a farm and a large outdoor arena for riding.[7][8] As of 2013, The Elms was one of 98 schools in the UK with its own farm.[9] The Elms has herds of Hereford cattle and Gloucester Old Spot pigs, and Shropshire Sheep, which pupils help to tend,[9] and show at county agricultural shows.[10] Meat from the farm is served in the school dining hall and sold to parents.[9] Each class is responsible for tending a garden, and fruits and vegetables they grow are also used in the school kitchens.[7]

The school also has a sports hall, theatre, swimming pool, astroturf, and science laboratories, as well as sports fields.[11]

Curriculum

Pupils study a standard curriculum, with the addition of Greek (for some pupils), Latin and Rural Studies. Pupils are largely taught by a form teacher in the early years, but there is more specialist subject teaching as they move up the school.[11]

Sport

Pupils play association football, rugby football, cricket, hockey, netball, rounders, athletics, triathlon and heptathlon.[11]

Notable alumni

References

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  1. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."EduBase - the Elms School". Archived from the original on 24 September 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Elms staff list | the Elms School, Malvern". Archived from the original on 24 September 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ferguson, Paul (24 July 2008). "School unveils theatre plan". Hereford Times. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Choosing the right British boarding school". Country Life. 25 February 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Leinster-Mackay, Donald (2021). The Rise of the English Prep School. Routledge. ISBN 9781000357547 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Walker, Tim (17 June 2014). "The Elms School celebrates Margaret Thatcher". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 17 June 2022 – via Gale.
  7. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."School Catering: Home-Grown Mouth-Watering Menus". Independent School Parent. 21 February 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Terry, Martha (15 September 2016). "6 dream schools for horsey children". Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  9. ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Paton, Graeme (5 February 2013). "Jamie Oliver philosophy is breeding more school farms". The Daily Telegraph. p. 3. Retrieved 17 June 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Independent Schools Inspectorate (2021). Integrated Inspection: The Elms School. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
  11. ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 June 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Suzannah Pearce, ed. (2007). "DAVIES Stephen John James Frank". Who's Who in Australia Live!. North Melbourne, Vic: Crown Content Pty Ltd.
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