Packwood Haugh School

Packwood Haugh
Motto Discas Dum Discere Possis (Latin: "Learn while you are able to learn")
Established 1892
Type Independent day and boarding Preparatory school
Religion Church of England
Headmaster Mr Clive Smith-Langridge
Chairman of Governors Mrs Liz Lewis
Location Ruyton-XI-Towns
near Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY4 1HX
England
Coordinates: 52°48′04″N 2°54′11″W / 52.801°N 2.903°W / 52.801; -2.903
DfE number 893/6006
Students 215
Gender Co-educational
Ages 4–13
Former pupils Old Packwoodians
Website Packwood Haugh School web site

Packwood Haugh is an independent coeducational day and boarding preparatory school near Ruyton-XI-Towns, mid-way between Oswestry and Shrewsbury in Shropshire, England. It takes children between the ages of four and thirteen, and there are currently about 215 at the school, with more than 100 boarders.[1]

The school was founded in 1892 at Packwood, Warwickshire, and moved to its present site, a large Victorian country house previously called Park House, set in 60 acres (24 ha), in 1941.[2] In 1956, it became a charitable trust. A pre-preparatory department, Packwood Acorns, was established in 1993 for day children only aged between four and seven.

It has a separate boarding house for girls. Its theatre was opened in 2003 and a sports hall in 2008.[1]

The Happy Faces day care nursery opened in September 2013 for young children under school age.[3]

Former Headmasters

J G Bradshaw 1892 – 1922 [4]

D Harcourt Clarke 1922 – 1928[4]

G C McFerran 1928 – 1955[4]

Edward Pease-Watkin 1955 – 1988[4]

Patrick Jordan 1988 – 2000[4]

Nigel Westlake 2000 – 2012[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Iles, D. et al., Packwood Haugh School: Independent Schools Inspectorate Report dated March 2006
  2. ↑ Brown, Yoland (1988). Ruyton-XI-Towns, Unusual Name, Unusual History. Brewin Books. pp. 105, 107. ISBN 0-947731-41-5.
  3. ↑ "Happy Faces". Packwood Haugh School.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 The Packwood Story by Richard Shegog; ISBN 9780951847107 Published by Richard Shegog, 1991

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