Our History

Elstree School was founded in 1848, in Elstree, Hertfordshire. With the outbreak of war in 1939, staff and 70 boys moved to Woolhampton House in Berkshire.

This fine Georgian house, standing in a 150-acre estate of green parkland and lawns, proved so ideal that Woolhampton House became Elstree’s permanent home at the end of the war, where the main part of the School remains today.

Owned and run by the Sanderson family until the 1960’s, Elstree School became an Educational Trust Company in 1961 and is now a registered charity, controlled by a Board of Governors.

In the last 30 years, Elstree has carried out major development work to extend existing facilities and accommodation for our pupils. This includes a superb new library, all-weather tennis courts and a junior classroom block. The Sports Hall, was opened in January 2000 by Field Marshal Lord Bramall, one of Elstree’s most distinguished Old Boys.

Home Farm, Elstree’s pre-preparatory and nursery school, was opened in 1993, at Home Farm House, an attractive 18th century building found in the grounds of the main school. In addition a former barn was converted to provide further classrooms to meet the demands of the growing department.

These developments have all been possible through the generosity of parents, Old Boys, friends of the school and the Bernard Sunley Charitable Foundation.

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