Port Regis Prep School
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Port Regis School is a preparatory school
for boys and girls between the ages of 3 and 13. The school is located in 140 acres of parkland on the Dorset / Wiltshire border in Southern England.
The headmaster of Port Regis is Benedict Dunhill and the deputy head is Kieron Peacock. Mr Dunhill began working life in the City and subsequently took up his first teaching post at Blundell's School in Devon. He was a housemaster at Worth School in Sussex before being appointed Headmaster of Moreton Hall Prep School in Suffolk. He became Headmaster of Port Regis in 2010.
Stalbridge for boys aged 7–10
Talbot for boys aged 10–12
Prichard Hall for boys aged 11–13
Huxley for girls aged 7–12
Grosvenor for girls aged 11–13
Port Regis School is a preparatory school for boys and girls between the ages of 3 and 13. The school is located in 140 acres (0.57 km2) of the county of Dorset in Southern England.
In 1940 Port Regis evacuated to Bryanston School
in Blandford. After a brief stay at the Earl of Verulam's home at Gorhambury the School moved in 1947 to Motcombe Park, one mile (1.6 km) from Shaftesbury
in Dorset, where it has been ever since.
In 1972 the freehold of the property was acquired. More recent developments include the building of the Jowett sports hall opened in 1980 by Anne, Princess Royal
and the Queens gymnasium and swimming pool opened in 1990 by Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
, when her grandchildren (Peter Phillips
and Zara Phillips
) were at the school.
Centenary Hall (1984), The Cunningham Hall of Technology (1992), Farrington Music School (2003) and the JM Upward Academic Centre (2008) have all been further developments to the academic side of the school.
and Zara Phillips
, children of Anne, Princess Royal
, and grandchildren of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
. Designer Jasper Conran
and actor Ralph Fiennes
are also both Old Portregians.
Preparatory school (UK)
In English language usage in the former British Empire, the present-day Commonwealth, a preparatory school is an independent school preparing children up to the age of eleven or thirteen for entry into fee-paying, secondary independent schools, some of which are known as public schools...
for boys and girls between the ages of 3 and 13. The school is located in 140 acres of parkland on the Dorset / Wiltshire border in Southern England.
The headmaster of Port Regis is Benedict Dunhill and the deputy head is Kieron Peacock. Mr Dunhill began working life in the City and subsequently took up his first teaching post at Blundell's School in Devon. He was a housemaster at Worth School in Sussex before being appointed Headmaster of Moreton Hall Prep School in Suffolk. He became Headmaster of Port Regis in 2010.
Boarding houses
The Prep school and Pre-Prep together consist of nearly 400 pupils, with gender mix at around 50%. There are five boarding houses:Stalbridge for boys aged 7–10
Talbot for boys aged 10–12
Prichard Hall for boys aged 11–13
Huxley for girls aged 7–12
Grosvenor for girls aged 11–13
Port Regis School is a preparatory school for boys and girls between the ages of 3 and 13. The school is located in 140 acres (0.57 km2) of the county of Dorset in Southern England.
History
Dr Praetorius' School, founded in 1881 in Weymouth Street, London, moved to Folkestone a few years later, and in 1921 to Kingsgate, Broadstairs, in the grounds of which stood an ancient arch, erected by Earl Holland to commemorate a chance landing by Charles II in 1683. This provided the name of the School, Port Regis, "Gate of the King".In 1940 Port Regis evacuated to Bryanston School
Bryanston School
Bryanston School is a co-educational independent school for both day and boarding pupils in Blandford, north Dorset, England, near the village of Bryanston. It was founded in 1928...
in Blandford. After a brief stay at the Earl of Verulam's home at Gorhambury the School moved in 1947 to Motcombe Park, one mile (1.6 km) from Shaftesbury
Shaftesbury
Shaftesbury is a town in Dorset, England, situated on the A30 road near the Wiltshire border 20 miles west of Salisbury. The town is built 718 feet above sea level on the side of a chalk and greensand hill, which is part of Cranborne Chase, the only significant hilltop settlement in Dorset...
in Dorset, where it has been ever since.
In 1972 the freehold of the property was acquired. More recent developments include the building of the Jowett sports hall opened in 1980 by Anne, Princess Royal
Anne, Princess Royal
Princess Anne, Princess Royal , is the only daughter of Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh...
and the Queens gymnasium and swimming pool opened in 1990 by Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Elizabeth II is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize,...
, when her grandchildren (Peter Phillips
Peter Mark Andrew Phillips
Peter Mark Andrew Phillips is the only son of Princess Anne, The Princess Royal and her first husband, Captain Mark Phillips. He is the eldest grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh....
and Zara Phillips
Zara Phillips
Zara Anne Elizabeth Phillips, MBE is the second child and only daughter of Princess Anne and her first husband Captain Mark Phillips and is 13th in the line of succession to the throne...
) were at the school.
Centenary Hall (1984), The Cunningham Hall of Technology (1992), Farrington Music School (2003) and the JM Upward Academic Centre (2008) have all been further developments to the academic side of the school.
Notable former pupils
Two famous former pupils are Peter PhillipsPeter Mark Andrew Phillips
Peter Mark Andrew Phillips is the only son of Princess Anne, The Princess Royal and her first husband, Captain Mark Phillips. He is the eldest grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh....
and Zara Phillips
Zara Phillips
Zara Anne Elizabeth Phillips, MBE is the second child and only daughter of Princess Anne and her first husband Captain Mark Phillips and is 13th in the line of succession to the throne...
, children of Anne, Princess Royal
Anne, Princess Royal
Princess Anne, Princess Royal , is the only daughter of Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh...
, and grandchildren of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Elizabeth II is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize,...
. Designer Jasper Conran
Jasper Conran
Jasper Alexander Thirlby Conran OBE is an English fashion designer. He is the son of the designer Sir Terence Conran and the author Shirley Conran.-Education:He was educated at Port Regis School and Bryanston School in the 1970s...
and actor Ralph Fiennes
Ralph Fiennes
Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes is an English actor and film director. He has appeared in such films as The English Patient, In Bruges, The Constant Gardener, Strange Days, The Duchess and Schindler's List....
are also both Old Portregians.