Ewell Castle School
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{{Infobox school
| name = Ewell Castle School
| image = Ewell Castle School, Church Street - geograph.org.uk - 1174204.jpg
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| motto = Inspire, Nurture, Achieve
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| address = Church Street, Ewell
| town = Epsom
| county = Surrey
| postcode = KT17 2AW
| country = England
| coordinates = {{Coord|51.3507|-0.2468|type:edu_region:GB-SRY|display=inline,title}}
| other_name =
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| type = Private school
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| established = {{Start date|1926|df=yes}}
| founder = Herbert Budgell
| closed =
| local_authority = Surrey County Council
| trust =
| urn = 125380
| ofsted =
| principal = Silas Edmonds{{cite web |title=Principal's Welcome |url=https://www.ewellcastle.co.uk/about-us/principals-welcome/ |website=Ewell Castle School |access-date=10 February 2019 |language=en}}
| staff =
| gender = Mixed
| age_range = 3–18
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| houses = {{Unbulleted list|{{Color box|Orange}} Castlemaine|{{Color box|Green}} Raleigh|{{Color box|Purple}} Essex}}
| colours = Blue, white, red {{Color box|Blue}}{{Color box|White}}{{Color box|Red}}
| accreditation =
| publication = The Ewellian
| newspaper =
| yearbook =
| affiliation =
| alumni = Old Ewellians
| website = {{URL|www.ewellcastle.co.uk}}
| footnotes =
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Ewell Castle School is a 3–18 mixed, private day school and sixth form in Ewell, Epsom, Surrey, England. It was founded in 1926 by Herbert Budgell as a boarding school and became fully mixed in September 2015.[http://www.isi.net/school/ewell-castle-school-6441?results=true, Independent Schools Inspectorate, Ewell Castle School] It consists of the Main House, Glyn House, Chessington Lodge and Fitzalan House.{{Cite web |title=New Sixth Form Facilities at Fitzalan House – Ewell Castle School |url=https://www.ewellcastle.co.uk/sixth-form/new-sixth-form-facilities-at-fitzalan-house/ |access-date=2022-09-25 |website=www.ewellcastle.co.uk |language=en}}
Houses
The school has four houses: Arundel, Bodiam, Carisbrooke and Dover. Each form group is made up of members from one house. Pupils can change house throughout their time at the school as they change form groups.{{Cite web |title=Useful Information – Ewell Castle School |url=https://www.ewellcastle.co.uk/about-us/useful-information/ |access-date=2022-05-29 |website=www.ewellcastle.co.uk |language=en}}
Societies
The clubs range from Design, Sciences, Politics and Debating to Sports and recreation (e.g. Sailing, Duke of Edinburgh Award). A team from the school won first prize in the Epsom, Ewell and Banstead Schools' Enterprise Challenge 2008.{{cite news |date= 23 December 2008 |title= Ewell Castle School wins Epsom, Ewell and Banstead Schools' Enterprise Challenge |work= Sutton & Croydon Guardian |url= https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/educationnews/3997964.ewell-castle-school-wins-epsom-ewell-and-banstead-schools-enterprise-challenge/ |access-date= 30 March 2023 }}
Sports
The School has rugby, tennis and cricket pitches. There are also cricket nets and athletics facilities. The school has a multi-purpose Sports Hall complex.
Sporting fixtures in a wide range of sports are played against other independent schools such as Charterhouse, City of London Freemen's School, Halliford School, St Paul's, King's College School, Epsom College and Reigate Grammar School.
Music and drama
= Music =
The newest building in the school is the music pavilion opened by Sampha, a notable alumnus of the school, in 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/15691229.mercury-prize-winner-sampha-sisay-returns-to-ewell-castle-school/|title=Mercury Prize-winner Sampha Sisay returns to Ewell Castle School|website=Your Local Guardian|date=29 November 2017 |language=en|access-date=2019-06-24}} The senior school previously used the Junior School music department on the lower floor of Glyn House but their music department is now easily accessible on the grounds of all of their other buildings. The music pavilion is also devoted to the school's many bands, choirs and solo artists.
The Fitznells School of Music, founded by Vivienne Price in 1959 and initially based at Fitznells Manor, was relocated to Ewell Castle School in 1988.[http://www.fitznells.co.uk/about-us.html Fitznells Music School website]
= Drama =
There are annual Drama productions and this year some of the pupils embarked on LAMDA exams. In addition, Ewell Castle performed Oliver! at the Epsom Playhouse Theatre in 2016.{{Cite news |date=6 February 2016 |title= Ewell Castle School perform Oliver! to packed Epsom Playhouse in Epsom |work= Surrey Comet |url= https://www.surreycomet.co.uk/news/epsom/14254879.ewell-castle-school-perform-oliver-to-packed-epsom-playhouse-in-epsom/ |access-date= 30 March 2023 }} Also, Ewell Castle performed Little Shop of Horrors at the Epsom Playhouse on 7 March 2019.{{Cite web|title=Ewell Castle Presents 'Little Shop of Horrors' by Zakaria Dada, Ewell Castle|url=https://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/youngreporter/17483725.ewell-castle-presents-little-shop-horrors/|access-date=2021-10-16|website=This Is Local London|date=7 March 2019 |language=en}}
Controversy
A former Deputy Head of the Ewell Castle Preparatory school (from years 3 to 6), Andy Robson, was jailed for two years after filming children getting undressed in changing rooms.{{Cite web|url=https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/15253979.man-charged-over-indecent-images-of-children-getting-changed-after-sports-sessions/|title=Man charged over indecent images of children 'getting changed after sports sessions'|website=Your Local Guardian|date=28 April 2017 |language=en|access-date=2019-01-24}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/deputy-headteacher-jailed-after-filming-13368781|title=Primary school deputy head jailed for filming kids getting undressed|last1=Mackintosh|first1=Thomas|last2=Clementine|first2=Katherine|date=2017-07-21|website=getsurrey|access-date=2019-01-24}}{{Cite web|url=https://metro.co.uk/2017/07/22/deputy-headteacher-jailed-for-taking-photos-of-children-as-they-got-changed-6798857/|title=Deputy headteacher jailed for taking photos of children as they got changed|date=2017-07-22|website=Metro|language=en|access-date=2019-01-24}} Robson, who had been a safeguarding leader at the school, took the indecent images between March 2010 and February 2017.
Notable alumni
{{See also|Category:People educated at Ewell Castle School}}
- George Atkinson, youngest Briton to climb Mount Everest{{Cite web|url=https://www.surreylife.co.uk/out-about/places/ewell-126-surrey-life-towns-and-villages-1-1646889|title=Ewell ~ Surrey Life towns and villages|website=Surrey|date=13 September 2012|language=en|access-date=2019-06-23}}
- Dick Francis, jockey and author {{cite book |author= |date=1983|title=Ewell Castle School Prospectus|page= 3}}
- Matthew Kidd, Olympic swimmer and silver medalist at the Commonwealth Games
- Terence Morgan, actor{{Cite web|url=https://www.ewellcastle.co.uk/old-ewellians/notable-alumni/|title=Notable Alumni – Ewell Castle School|website=www.ewellcastle.co.uk|access-date=2019-06-29}}
- Peter Newbrook, cinematographer{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/film-obituaries/5949229/Peter-Newbrook.html|title=Peter Newbrook Obituary|journal=Daily Telegraph|date=2009-07-31|access-date=2019-06-29|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}
- Tim Palmer - Grammy-nominated record producer and mixer
- Dusan Popov, attended briefly, World War II spy {{sfn|Miller|2004|p=14}}{{sfn|Loftis|2016|p=4}}
- Oliver Reed, actor{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/1999/may/03/features1|title=Oliver Reed obituary|last=King|first=Norman|date=1999-05-03|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-06-29|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/celebrity-obituaries/5208355/Oliver-Reed.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090502171359/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/celebrity-obituaries/5208355/Oliver-Reed.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-05-02|title=Oliver Reed obituary|journal=Daily Telegraph|date=1999-05-02|access-date=2019-06-29|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}
- Jimmy Sangster, screenwriter and director{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/8745357/Jimmy-Sangster.html|title=Jimmy Sangster|journal=Daily Telegraph|date=2011-09-06|access-date=2019-06-21|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/aug/21/jimmy-sangster-obituary|title=Jimmy Sangster obituary|last=Newman|first=Kim|date=2011-08-21|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-06-21|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}
- Steven Savile, author
- Sampha, musician
- Fred Winter, champion jockey and trainer{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/fred-winter-38265.html|title=Fred Winter Obituary|date=2004-04-06|website=The Independent|language=en|access-date=2019-06-29}}
References
{{Reflist}}
= Bibliography =
- {{cite book
| last = Miller
| first = Russell
| author-link = Russell Miller
| year = 2004
| title = Codename Tricycle
| publisher = Random House
| location = London
| isbn = 978-1-84413-088-7
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=s2wWwQWSSIEC
}}
- {{cite book
| last = Loftis
| first = Larry
| year = 2016
| title = Into the Lion's Mouth: The True Story of Duško Popov
| publisher = Penguin
| location = New York
| isbn = 978-0-425-28181-9
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=M722CgAAQBAJ
}}
External links
- {{Official website|https://www.ewellcastle.co.uk/}}
- {{Official website|https://www.oldewellians.co.uk/|Old Ewellians website}}
{{Schools in Surrey}}
{{Epsom and Ewell}}
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