Ludgrove School
| Ludgrove School | |
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 Ludgrove School badge  Aerial view of Ludgrove School | |
| Location | |
Ludgrove , , RG40 3AB 51°24′00″N 0°49′34″W / 51.400°N 0.826°W | |
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| Type | Private preparatory boarding school |
| Motto | Whatever Thy Hand findeth to do, do it with all thy might.(Ecclesiastes 9:10 ) |
Religious affiliation | Church of England |
| Established | 1892 |
| Founder | Arthur Dunn |
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Chairman of the governors | Philip Edey |
Headmaster | Simon Barber |
| Staff | 50 |
| Gender | Boys |
| Age | 8 to 13 |
| Enrolment | 200 |
| Houses | Jellicoe, Kitchener, Haig, Drake, Wellington, Nelson |
| Colours | Blue and white |
| Former pupils | Old Ludgrovians |
| Website | http://www.ludgrove.net/ |
Ludgrove School is an English independent boys' preparatory boarding school. Ludgrove was founded in 1892 at Ludgrove Hall in Middlesex by the Old Etonian sportsman Arthur Dunn. Dunn had been employed as a master at Elstree School, which sent boys mainly to Harrow, and intended to nurture a school that focused on preparing boys to enter Eton. His educational philosophy was atypical by the standards of the time: discipline was applied with a lighter touch, and masters were neither discouraged from mixing with pupils outside the classroom, nor from being on familiar terms with the headmaster.
Growing quickly thanks to the circle of friends Dunn had gathered in the course of his football and cricket career, Ludgrove soon became associated with families from the British aristocracy and landed gentry. Since 1937 it has been based at a site near Wokingham in Berkshire, having taken over the former buildings of Wixenford School.