Elstree School

History

1848–1938 in Elstree, Hertfordshire

Since 1938 in Woolhampton, Berkshire

The building

Notable former pupils

• Sir Alexander Robert Badcock, army officer.
• James Blunt, singer-songwriter.
• Edwin Bramall, Baron Bramall, Field Marshal.
• Sandy Wilson, songwriter-lyricist.
• Christopher Bonham-Carter, naval officer.
• Felix Cassel, lawyer.
• Charles Montagu Doughty, poet, writer, and traveller.
• Rookes Evelyn Bell Crompton, engineer.
• Sebastian Faulks, novelist.
• Walter George Headlam, classical scholar and poet.
• J. Bruce Ismay, Managing Director of the White Star Line and survivor of the RMS Titanic.
• Sir Philip Bennet Joubert de la Ferté, Royal Air Force Commander.
• Archie MacLaren|Archibald Campbell MacLaren, cricketer.
• John Whitehead, ornithologist and explorer.
• George Ratcliffe Woodward, Anglican priest.

  Notable teachers

• Danyl Johnson, singer on Series 9 of The X-Factor; dance teacher
• Frederic Meyrick-Jones, taught at the school from 1894–96
• Edgar Stogdon, athlete and cricketer, was headmaster from 1900 to 1903.

  Sports

• During the autumn term, soccer is the main sport, along with hockey and tennis. During the Lent term, rugby takes over from soccer, and hockey and cross country running continue. During the summer term, cricket is the main school sport, with swimming, athletics, and tennis also popular throughout the term. The school's sports day is the focus of a pupil's summer term.