Reed's School
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{{Infobox school
| name = Reed's School
| image =
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| coordinates = {{coord|51.338253|-0.375981|type:edu_region:GB_dim:100|format=dec|display=inline,title}}
| motto = Fide (have faith)
| established = 1813
| type = Independent school
Senior school
Boarding and day school
| religious_affiliation = Church of England
| head_label =
| headmaster = Mark Hoskins
| r_head_label = Headmaster
| chair_label = Chair of governors
| chair = Mike Wheeler
| founder = Andrew Reed
| address = Sandy Lane
| city = Cobham
| county = Surrey
| country = England
| postcode = KT11 2ES
| local_authority = Surrey County Council
| urn = 125321
| ofsted =
| staff =
| enrolment = 700 (620 boys, 80 girls)
| gender = Boys, with a co-educational sixth form
| lower_age = 11
| upper_age = 18
| houses = Blathwayt, Bristowe, Capel & Mullens
| colours = {{color box|navy}} Navy
| fees = Annual fees 2022/23 up to: £34,920 (boarders); £26,985 (day pupils){{cite web |url=https://www.reeds.surrey.sch.uk/633/fees |title=Fees 2022/2023 |publisher=Reed's School |accessdate=13 June 2022}}
| publication = [http://www.reeds.surrey.sch.uk/page?sp=462 Reedonian]
| free_label_1 = Alumni
| free_1 = Old Reedonians
| free_label_2 =
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| website = {{URL|http://www.reeds.surrey.sch.uk}}
}}
Reed's School is an independent secondary day and boarding school for boys with a co-educational sixth form located in Cobham, Surrey, England. There are currently around 700 day pupils (620 boys, 80 girls) and 100 full-time boarders (80 boys, 20 girls). The school was founded in 1813,{{Cite web|date=October 2017|title=Regulatory Compliance inspection Report for Schools with Residential Provision Reed's School October 2017|url=http://isischools.devprocess.com/DownloadReport.aspx?t=c&r=ADD6830_20171018.pdf&s=6830|access-date=19 February 2021|website=Independent Schools Inspectorate}} by Andrew Reed and incorporated by Act of Parliament in 1845{{Cite web|title=London Orphan Asylum|url=https://www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk/themes/subjects/schools/london_orphan_asylum/|access-date=19 February 2021|website=Exploring Surrey's Past}} under the presidency of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Duke of Wellington and the Marquess of Salisbury.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}} From 1951 until her death in 2022 Queen Elizabeth II acted as the school's 15th patron and visited the school twice, in 1997 and in 2014,{{cite web|url=http://www.surreycomet.co.uk/news/elmbridge/11057891.Queen_and_Duke_of_Edinburgh_to_visit_Reed_s_School_today/|title=Queen and Duke of Edinburgh to visit Reed's School today|website=Surrey Comet|url-status = live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306180632/http://www.surreycomet.co.uk/news/elmbridge/11057891.Queen_and_Duke_of_Edinburgh_to_visit_Reed_s_School_today/|archive-date=6 March 2014|df=dmy-all}} as the reigning monarch. Alumni of the school are known as 'Old Reedonians'.
History
=Founding=
File:Sir Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington.png
A notable early sponsor was the Duke of Wellington,{{Citation needed|date=February 2021}} a future Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
=London Orphan Asylum, London (1813–1871)=
The foundation was established to provide relief to destitute orphans, including children whose fathers had died and whose mothers were unable to provide for them. Initially the Asylum used two houses; one at Hackney Road, Shoreditch for the boys and one in Bethnal Green for the girls.{{cite web |url=http://www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk/themes/subjects/schools/london_orphan_asylum |title=London Orphan Asylum |access-date=2009-01-18 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091127211124/http://www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk/themes/subjects/schools/london_orphan_asylum |archive-date=27 November 2009 |df=dmy-all}} Exploring Surrey's Past The asylum's first unified site was at Lower Clapton Road, Clapton, where Newcome's School had stood.{{cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22702 |title=Hackney: Clapton |editor=T.F.T. Baker |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |year=1995 |work=A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 10: Hackney |access-date=13 May 2013 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130209021320/http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22702 |archive-date=9 February 2013 |df=dmy-all}}{{Cite web|title=Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge (1774–1850)|url=http://www.historyhome.co.uk/people/cambridg.htm|access-date=2021-02-20|website=www.historyhome.co.uk}}
There were 206 pupils in 1826 and 453 in the 1860s.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}} During the asylum's time in East London, it was famous for having had some 2000 hymns written for it by the English architect James Edmeston,{{citation needed|date=February 2021}} a strong supporter of and frequent visitor to the London Orphan Asylum.
Following the school's 1871 move to Watford, the East London buildings were used by the Salvation Army.{{Cite web|title=Portico History|url=https://www.clapton.hackney.sch.uk/our-academy/history/portico-history/|access-date=2021-02-20|website=Clapton Girls' Academy|language=en}} Only the facade of the classical-style building remains,{{cite web |url=http://www.follytowers.com/orphanage.html |title=London Orphan Asylum, follies and folly towers at follytowers.com |access-date=2009-01-18 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515232223/http://www.follytowers.com/orphanage.html |archive-date=15 May 2008 |df=dmy-all}} London Orphan Asylum follies and forms part of the Clapton Girls' Academy{{Cite web|title=RIBA Find an Architect|url=https://www.architecture.com/find-an-architect|access-date=2021-02-20|website=www.architecture.com}}{{Cite web|title=Clapton Portico|url=https://bradymallalieu.com/project/clapton-portico/|access-date=2021-02-20|website=Brady Mallalieu|language=en-US}}
=London Orphan Asylum/School, Watford (1871–1939)=
File:Watford Former London Orphan Asylum.jpg
{{Cite web|title=Bertrand Edward, Viscount Dawson of Penn Dawson {{!}} RCP Museum|url=https://history.rcplondon.ac.uk/inspiring-physicians/bertrand-edward-viscount-dawson-penn-dawson|access-date=2021-02-20|website=history.rcplondon.ac.uk}}) for the new school.{{Cite web|title=London Orphan Asylum, East London / Watford, Hertfordshire|url=http://www.childrenshomes.org.uk/LondonOrphan/|access-date=2021-02-20|website=www.childrenshomes.org.uk}} The Prince of Wales, later Edward VII, and his wife the Princess of Wales and future Queen Alexandra, laid down the foundational stones on 15 July 1869 and the school formally opened in 1871.
The school was renamed to the "London Orphan School" in 1915, following a merge with the recently closed Royal British Orphan School in Slough it was again renamed the "London Orphan School and Royal British Orphan School", before finally being named "Reed's School" in 1939, in honour of the late founder.
In the early 1880s the London Orphan Asylum lost two football matches against the then named Watford Rovers, now known as Watford F.C.{{Cite web|title=Originsto1890|url=http://www.watfordfcarchive.co.uk/downloads/seasons/Originsto1890.pdf|access-date=20 February 2021}}
Headmasters at the Watford site included Oliver Carter Cockrem and H.W. Russell.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}
In the 1980s the buildings were converted into residential accommodation.{{cite web |title=The school that lives on through a residential estate |url=https://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/23821449.london-orphan-asylum-buildings-now-reeds-estate-watford/ |website=Watford Observer |access-date=17 August 2024 |language=en |date=30 September 2023}}
=Reed's School, Totnes & Towcester (1939–1945)=
During World War II the school was evacuated from Watford. The site was used as an Army hospital and then by the Ministry of Labour.
=Reed's School, Cobham (1945–present)=
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The Sandy Lane site had been purpose-built for the Sandyroyd School in around 1905 by architects Treadwell and Martin, who were also responsible for the design of Scott's restaurant (now part of the Trocadero Centre) and other notable structures. The new site provided facilities including a heated indoor swimming pool, a nine-hole golf course, and two squash courts.{{cite web |url=http://www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk/themes/people/notable_residents/rattigan/ |title=Sir Terence Rattigan (1911–1977) |access-date=2015-11-27 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912101449/http://www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk/themes/people/notable_residents/rattigan/ |archive-date=12 September 2015 |df=dmy-all}}
A new headmaster, Robert Drayson, was appointed in 1955 and remained until 1964, when he migrated to Stowe.{{Citation needed|date=April 2022}}
{{Citation needed span|date=April 2022|In 1950, Reed's School began to take fee-paying pupils}}, while retaining its charitable element.
=Royal Patrons since 1815=
The school has had many royal patrons.{{cite web |url=https://www.reeds.surrey.sch.uk/446/the-history-of-reed039s-school |title=The History of Reed's School |publisher=Reed's School |accessdate=13 June 2022}}
- 1815 Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn
- 1817 Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex
- 1819 Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
- 1819 Leopold I of Belgium
- 1821 Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover
- 1822 Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany
- 1823 George IV
- 1826 Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge
- 1826 William IV
- 1837 Queen Victoria
- 1843 Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- 1856 The Prince of Wales, later Edward VII
- 1870 The Princess of Wales, later Queen Alexandra
- 1910 George V
- 1936 George VI
- 1951–2022 Elizabeth II{{Cite web |title=Charities and Patronages |url=https://www.royal.uk/charities-and-patronages?name=reed%27s+school |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=The Royal Family |language=en}}
Sports
The major sports at Reed's School are rugby, hockey and cricket with academies in tennis, skiing and golf. The senior pupils (13+) play rugby, hockey and cricket in the autumn, spring and summer terms respectively. Pupils in the junior school (11–13) play hockey, rugby and then cricket. The indoor tennis centre was opened by alumnus and former British number one, Tim Henman on 18 November 2014.{{cite web |url=http://networkreeds.org/document.doc?id=26 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-12-04 |url-status = live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208112446/http://networkreeds.org/document.doc?id=26 |archive-date=8 December 2015 |df=dmy-all }}
The foundation stone for the 25 metre, five lane indoor swimming pool was laid by Duncan Goodhew on 15 November 1990.{{Citation needed|date=April 2022}}
Reed's has won the International School Sport Federation's world schools' tennis championship more than any other team (in 2009, 2011 and 2015).{{cite web|url=http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/sport/youth-sport/andy-murray-congratulates-reeds-school-8929434|title=Andy Murray congratulates young tennis stars on Doha success|first=Richard|last=Spiller|date=29 March 2015|url-status = live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208155834/http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/sport/youth-sport/andy-murray-congratulates-reeds-school-8929434|archive-date=8 December 2015|df=dmy-all}}
Headmasters
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- Robert Heath, (1826–1852){{Citation needed|date=April 2022}}
- Henry Beattie, (1852–1869){{Citation needed|date=April 2022}}
- A. F. Houliston (1869–??){{Citation needed|date=April 2022}}
- W. F. Jones{{Citation needed|date=April 2022}}
- H. W. Bussell (1878–1886){{Citation needed|date=April 2022}}
- A. R. Clemens (1886–1887){{Citation needed|date=April 2022}}
- Dr. Oliver Carter Cockrem (1887–1915){{Citation needed|date=April 2022}}
- E. Hartley Parker (1915–1921){{Citation needed|date=April 2022}}
- John J. Jackson (1921–1924){{Citation needed|date=April 2022}}
- G. K. Allen (1924–1931){{Citation needed|date=April 2022}}
- C. R. Attenborough (1931–45){{Citation needed|date=April 2022}}
- H. E. D. Axton (1945–1954){{Citation needed|date=April 2022}}
- Philip Scott, acting (1954–1955){{Citation needed|date=April 2022}}
- Robert Drayson (1955–1964){{Citation needed|date=April 2022}}
- Rodney Exton (1964–1977) – Hampshire cricketer and schoolmaster{{Citation needed|date=April 2022}}
- John Baird Tyson (1978–1982) – mountaineer and teacher{{Citation needed|date=April 2022}}
- David Prince (1983–1997){{Citation needed|date=April 2022}}
- David Jarrett (1997–2014) – the first person to win a cricket blue for both Oxford and Cambridge{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/15657.html|title=David Jarrett|website=Cricinfo|url-status = live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117023257/http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/15657.html|archive-date=17 November 2015|df=dmy-all}}
- Mark Hoskins (2014–present){{Cite web|title=Regulatory Compliance Inspection Report For Schools with Residential Provision Reed's School October 2017|url=https://reports.isi.net/DownloadReport.aspx?t=c&r=ADD6830_20171018.pdf&s=6830 |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=reports.isi.net}}
Notable staff and associated people
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- James Edmeston, architect and prolific hymn writer; wrote "Lead us, heavenly Father, lead us" for the children of the London Orphan Asylum{{Citation needed|date=April 2022}}
- Sir Benjamin Louis Cohen, former President of the London Orphan Asylum{{Citation needed|date=April 2022}}
- Sir William Blizard, consulting surgeon to the London Orphan Asylum{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}
- Keith Medlycott, cricket coach{{Citation needed|date=April 2022}}
- Tom Hardy, actor{{Cite web |last=Parker |first=Garrett |date=2016-08-04 |title=20 Things You Didn't Know about Tom Hardy |url=https://moneyinc.com/tom-hardy/ |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=Money Inc |language=en-US}}
Notable Old Reedonians
{{see also|Category:People educated at Reed's School}}
=Royalty=
- Prince Zeid Raad of Jordan, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
- Prince Mired Raad of Jordan
=Business=
- Alan Bott, founder of Pan Books
- Sir Simon Robey, banker and co-founder of Robey Warshaw
=Literature=
- Thomas Burke{{citation needed|reason=does not look likely from bio|date=September 2018}}
- Richard Dinnick, screenwriter and author
=Sport=
- Henrik Breimyr, Norwegian professional football player
- Paul Brown-Bampoe, professional rugby union player
- Jeffrey Bruma, professional footballer, currently playing for PSV Eindhoven
- Alex Corbisiero, rugby player for Northampton Saints, England and the British and Irish Lions
- Jamie Delgado, British tennis player and coach
- Daniel Douthwaite, British cricketer for Glamorgan
- Jack Draper, British tennis player{{cite web |last1=Eccleshare |first1=Charlie |title=Britain's rising star Jack Draper: 'I'm happy with top 1,000 but I have got to push on and be hungry for more' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tennis/2018/09/23/britains-rising-star-jack-draper-happy-top-1000-have-got-push/ |website=The Telegraph |access-date=5 July 2019 |date=23 September 2018}} who recently placed in the semi finals of the US open
- Chris Eaton, British tennis player
- Alastair Gray, British tennis player
- Phil Salt, England cricketer
- Evan Hoyt, British tennis player
- Jack Gower, British alpine ski racer
- Tim Henman, British tennis player
- Oskar Kolk, cricketer
- James Morrison, golfer
- Luke Steyn, ski racer {{citation needed|reason=linked article does not have sourced content confirming attendance|date=September 2018}}
- Theo Vukašinović, rugby player
- Jack Kenningham, rugby player
=Arts/entertainment=
- Richard Bagguley, muralist and artist
- Marcel Grant, filmmaker
- Dr. Keith Scholey, nature documentary producer
- Elvi Hale, actress
- Tom Hardy, actor{{Cite web |last=Parker |first=Garrett |date=2016-08-04 |title=20 Things You Didn't Know about Tom Hardy |url=https://moneyinc.com/tom-hardy/ |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=Money Inc |language=en-US}}
- Sir Simon Keenlyside, opera singer
- Nigel Mitchell, television and radio presenter
- Sir Nolan, music producer and songwriter
- Shaun Scott, actor
- Renton Skinner, actor and comedian
- Toby Tarrant, radio DJ and son of Chris
- Jamie Treays, aka Jamie T, singer-songwriter
=Politics=
- Edward Kellett-Bowman, Conservative Member of the European Parliament
=Law=
- Stuart Popham, British lawyer
References
External links
- [http://www.reeds.surrey.sch.uk/ Reed's School website]
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