Taverham Hall School

Taverham Hall School
Motto Latin: Conanti Dabitur
Through effort we succeed
Established Founded as Taverham Hall 1920
Merged with Langley Prep 2016
Type Independent
day and boarding school
Religion Anglican
Headmaster M A Crossley BEd(Hons) NPQH[1]
Deputy Heads J Hyatt BA(Hons)
D Sowry BSc(Ed)[2]
Chairman of Governors Mrs S Turner[3]
Founder Rev'd Frank Glass
Location Taverham
Norfolk
NR8 6HU
United Kingdom
Coordinates: 52°40′45″N 1°10′49″E / 52.679058°N 1.180175°E / 52.679058; 1.180175
DfE number 926/6008
DfE URN 121225 Tables
Staff 47 teaching, 52 support[2]
Capacity 476[1]
Students 308[1]
Gender Co-educational[1]
Ages 1–11[1]
Houses Crows Hawks
Owls Wrens
Colours          
Former pupils Old Taverhamians
Website Langley Preparatory School At Taverham Hall

Taverham Hall School was an independent co-educational day and boarding preparatory school. Situated in Taverham, Norfolk, it was founded in 1920. The school accommodates over 300 pupils between the ages of 1 and 11. The current headmaster is Mike Crossley, who is a member of the IAPS.[1] In 2016, Taverham Hall School merged with the preparatory department of Langley School, Loddon, to form Langley Preparatory School at Taverham Hall.

History

In 1623, Augustin Sotherton of Ludham was offered the 3,000 acres (1,214 ha) estate of Taverham. It remained within his family for over 300 years until the Rev'd John Nathaniel Micklethwait, a retired parson, inherited the estate through the female line of his family in 1850.[4] Micklethwait decided to demolish the existing hall and engaged architect, David Brandon, to design a country house befitting a country gentleman. Brandon completed a neo-Jacobean mansion in 1858.[5] The Micklethwaits had no children and subsequently, in 1901, the estate passed through the female line to the Rev'd F C Mills of Warwickshire. Having no desire to live in Norfolk, Mills leased the hall until 1921, when he decided to divide up the estate and sell it at auction.

Rev'd Frank Glass, a schoolmaster, bought the hall with approximately 100 acres (40 ha) of grounds for £12,000 and opened a boys' preparatory school. During the Second World War, the hall was requisitioned by the army. Soldiers' names scratched into the brickwork and bullet holes in the weather vanes are still visible. After the war, the school returned to the hall and prospered under the headship of John Peel. [6] The school later became a charitable trust and co-educational.

Merger with Langley School

In early May 2016, the governors of Taverham Hall announced that the school would merge with Langley School.[7] The announcement was initially greeted with anger in some quarters[8] and the Charity Commission sent inspectors to the school in July that year, citing "regulatory concerns".[9] Langley's prep-school site, Thorpe House, was sold to developers and the merger was concluded for the beginning of the Autumn term, 2016.[10]

Curriculum

Pupils are provided with a wide-ranging and stimulating curriculum[11]It is broadly based on the National Curriculum, but includes Latin and Classical civilisation for all pupils, and French for pupils in the top set. All pupils study ICT, DT and music.[12] Pupils formerly took the Common Entrance Examination at 13+ for entrance to a range of independent senior schools; the majority now move directly from the prep school to the senior school at 11+.[13]

Extra Curricular

The school uses the house system, with 4 school houses for inter-house events including music, athletics (sports day) and swimming.

Houses
Crows
Hawks
Owls
Wrens

The estate extends to over 100 acres (40 ha), and includes a forest school and a swimming pool.[5] The boarding facilities are in the main hall with the pre-prep, nursery and sports hall in separate buildings.[13] There is an AstroTurf pitch and the grounds provide access to the River Wensum, on which the school has fishing rights.[14]

Sports on offer include Association football, athletics, cricket, hockey, gymnastics, netball, Rugby football, swimming, tennis and water skiing. Extra curricular activities include art, bushcraft, canoeing, debating, kite-making, photography and natural history. The school also has a choir and a rock band.[14] Recent dramatic productions include West Side Story and Ernie and his incredible Illucinations.

The school has an active alumni association.[15]

See also

Langley School, Loddon

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Langley Preparatory School At Taverham Hall". Edubase. HM Government. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Staff List". Taverham Hall. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  3. ↑ "Governors". Taverham Hall. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  4. ↑ http://www.taverhamhall.co.uk/taverham-enterprises/
  5. 1 2 Brewster, Paul; Smallwood, Linda (12 June 2014). "Taverham Hall School Boarding Welfare Inspection Report" (PDF). Taverham Hall. Independent Schools Inspectorate. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  6. ↑ http://www.taverhamhall.co.uk/taverham-enterprises/
  7. ↑ George, Martin (10 May 2016). "Langley Prep and Taverham Hall School announce plans to merge". Eastern Daily Press. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  8. ↑ George, Martin (12 May 2016). "Parents' anger at merger of Langley Preparatory School and Taverham Hall Preparatory School". Eastern Daily Press. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  9. ↑ George, Martin (20 July 2016). "Threat of legal action over proposed merger of Langley Preparatory School and Taverham Hall Preparatory School". Eastern Daily Press. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  10. ↑ "Home Page". Langley School. 12 September 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2016. Langley Prep School opened its doors at our new beautiful 100 acre campus in Taverham, as Langley Preparatory School at Taverham Hall on 12 September.
  11. ↑ "Taverham Hall School Interim Inspection 2010" (PDF). Taverham Hall. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  12. ↑ "Curriculum". Taverham Hall. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  13. 1 2 Newton, Ian. "ISI Inspection Report 2011". Langley School. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  14. 1 2 "Clubs and Hobbies". Taverham Hall. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  15. ↑ "Old Taverhamians". Taverham Hall. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
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