Downham School

{{Infobox school

| established = 1932

| name = Downham School

| image = File:Down Hall Country House Hotel from the rear gardens - geograph.org.uk - 451750.jpg

| location = Hatfield Heath, Essex, England

| type = Private boarding school

| closed = {{circa|1967}}

| gender = Girls

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Downham School was a private boarding school for girls based at Down Hall, a Victorian country house near Hatfield Heath, Essex.

The school was established in 1932. Eleanor Louisa Houison-Craufurd was the first principal from 1932 to 1950. The school focused less on education and more on preparing well-born young ladies for advantageous marriages.{{cite web |title=History of Down Hall |url=https://www.downhall.co.uk/uploads/documents/GeneralDocuments/History_of_Down_Hall_-_updated.pdf |website=downhall.co.uk |access-date=5 February 2023}} In her 2007 memoir, alumna Clarissa Eden described the school as "a fashionable boarding school ... orientated to horses".{{cite book |title=A Memoir: From Churchill to Eden |date=2007 |publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson |location=London |isbn=978-0-297-85193-6 |page=11}} Down Hall was sold in the 1960s and the school closed circa 1967, the house becoming a conference centre.{{cite news |last1=Exton |first1=Colin |title=Exploring the history of Down Hall Hotel & Spa |url=https://absolutely-essex.co.uk/exploring-the-history-of-down-hall-hotel-spa/ |access-date=5 February 2023 |work=Absolutely Essex |date=25 May 2021}}