Reeds school
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Reed's School is an independent day and boarding school for boys located in Cobham, Surrey
, England
.
The school is a small school of only 588 pupils. It is boys only until the fifth form but admits girls in the sixth form. However, girls may also join the small on-site Dutch School (Rijnlands Lyceum, Cobham) in the second form. The school maintains strong connections with the Armed Forces
.
The School's Patron is Her Majesty the Queen
, who officially visited the school in 1997.
In 2008 the Sunday Times school league tables placed Reed's 299th with an improvement in 2009 to 159th place. This was a massive improvement for the school but fell to 178th place in 2010.
.
Initially the Asylum used two houses; one at Hackney Road, Shoreditch
for the boys and one in Bethnal Green
for the girls.
was bought in 1820 with the children moving into new buildings in 1825. There were 206 pupils in 1826 and 453 in the 1860s. Only the facade of the classical-style building still remains.
in 1871 after a serious outbreak of typhus
in London. It was renamed "London Orphan School" in 1915 and then "Reed's School" in 1939. In the 1980s the buildings were converted into residential accommodation; being near to Watford Junction station they are convenient for commuters.
the school was evacuated from Watford; the boys to the Seymour Hotel, Totnes
and the girls to a number of houses near Towcester
. The site was used as an Army hospital and then by the Ministry of Labour
.
, in 1946. It began to take fee-paying pupils in 1958, but retains its charitable element, with Foundation Scholarships for boys who have lost one or both parents.
In interhouse competitions, the four houses compete for the Edmonson Cup.
Years One and Two in the School are separated into 'The Close', which has its own competitive houses named after sister locations:
Cobham, Surrey
Cobham is a town in the Borough of Elmbridge in Surrey, England, about south-west of central London and north of Leatherhead. Elmbridge has been acclaimed by the Daily Mail as the best place to live in the UK, and Cobham is a prosperous part of the London commuter belt...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
The school is a small school of only 588 pupils. It is boys only until the fifth form but admits girls in the sixth form. However, girls may also join the small on-site Dutch School (Rijnlands Lyceum, Cobham) in the second form. The school maintains strong connections with the Armed Forces
Armed forces
The armed forces of a country are its government-sponsored defense, fighting forces, and organizations. They exist to further the foreign and domestic policies of their governing body, and to defend that body and the nation it represents from external aggressors. In some countries paramilitary...
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The School's Patron is Her Majesty the Queen
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,...
, who officially visited the school in 1997.
In 2008 the Sunday Times school league tables placed Reed's 299th with an improvement in 2009 to 159th place. This was a massive improvement for the school but fell to 178th place in 2010.
Shoreditch & Bethnal Green
The institution was founded in 1813 by Andrew Reed as the "London Orphan Asylum", a charitable boarding school to "maintain, clothe, and educate respectable fatherless children of either sex, who are without means adequate to their support, wherever resident". The orphanage was sponsored by a host of notables including the Duke of WellingtonArthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS , was an Irish-born British soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of the 19th century...
.
Initially the Asylum used two houses; one at Hackney Road, Shoreditch
Shoreditch
Shoreditch is an area of London within the London Borough of Hackney in England. It is a built-up part of the inner city immediately to the north of the City of London, located east-northeast of Charing Cross.-Etymology:...
for the boys and one in Bethnal Green
Bethnal Green
Bethnal Green is a district of the East End of London, England and part of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, with the far northern parts falling within the London Borough of Hackney. Located northeast of Charing Cross, it was historically an agrarian hamlet in the ancient parish of Stepney,...
for the girls.
Clapton
The first unified site was at Lower Clapton Road, ClaptonLower Clapton
Lower Clapton is a district within the London Borough of Hackney.It is immediately adjacent to central Hackney - bounded, roughly, by the western side of Hackney Downs , the Lea Valley , Clifden Road and the Lea Bridge Road...
was bought in 1820 with the children moving into new buildings in 1825. There were 206 pupils in 1826 and 453 in the 1860s. Only the facade of the classical-style building still remains.
Watford
The Asylum moved to WatfordWatford
Watford is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, situated northwest of central London and within the bounds of the M25 motorway. The borough is separated from Greater London to the south by the urbanised parish of Watford Rural in the Three Rivers District.Watford was created as an urban...
in 1871 after a serious outbreak of typhus
Typhus
Epidemic typhus is a form of typhus so named because the disease often causes epidemics following wars and natural disasters...
in London. It was renamed "London Orphan School" in 1915 and then "Reed's School" in 1939. In the 1980s the buildings were converted into residential accommodation; being near to Watford Junction station they are convenient for commuters.
Totnes & Towcester
In World War IIWorld War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
the school was evacuated from Watford; the boys to the Seymour Hotel, Totnes
Totnes
Totnes is a market town and civil parish at the head of the estuary of the River Dart in Devon, England within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty...
and the girls to a number of houses near Towcester
Towcester
Towcester , the Roman town of Lactodorum, is a small town in south Northamptonshire, England.-Etymology:Towcester comes from the Old English Tófe-ceaster. Tófe refers to the River Tove; Bosworth and Toller compare it to the "Scandinavian proper names" Tófi and Tófa...
. The site was used as an Army hospital and then by the Ministry of Labour
Ministry of Labour
The Ministry of Labour was a British civil service department established by the New Ministries and Secretaries Act 1916. It was renamed the Employment Department in 1988, and finally abolished in 1995...
.
Cobham
Reed's School moved to its present site in Cobham, SurreyCobham, Surrey
Cobham is a town in the Borough of Elmbridge in Surrey, England, about south-west of central London and north of Leatherhead. Elmbridge has been acclaimed by the Daily Mail as the best place to live in the UK, and Cobham is a prosperous part of the London commuter belt...
, in 1946. It began to take fee-paying pupils in 1958, but retains its charitable element, with Foundation Scholarships for boys who have lost one or both parents.
Houses
The school is made up of four houses, named after school benefactors:- Mullens (light blue ties),
- Capel (yellow ties),
- Bristowe (red ties) and
- Blathwayt (dark blue ties).
In interhouse competitions, the four houses compete for the Edmonson Cup.
Years One and Two in the School are separated into 'The Close', which has its own competitive houses named after sister locations:
- Royal Wanstead
- Clapton
- Royal Putney
- Reedhams
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