Shrewsbury House School

Not to be confused with Shrewsbury School.

Shrewsbury House School, commonly referred to as SHS or Shrewsbury House, is an independent day preparatory school for boys aged 7 to 13, in Surbiton at the edge of Greater London close to the Surrey border, in England.^[2] It was established in 1865.^[3]

Shrewsbury House School
Location
Surbiton , Greater London , KT6 6RL Great Britain
Information
School type	Independent School
Motto	"Alta Peto" (Latin: Aim High)[n 1]
Founded	1865
Founder	Rev. H. Wilson
Oversight	Ofsted Independent Schools Inspectorate
Gender	Boys
Age	7 to 13
Number of students	320 (Approx.)[1]
Average class size	16
Language	English
Campus size	4.5 acres (1.8 ha)
Colour(s)
Sports	Football, rugby and cricket, inter alia
Website	www.shrewsburyhouse.net

The school has been an educational trust since 1979, administered by a board of governors, some of whom are among its trustees.^[4]

A proportion of pupils achieve results at Common Entrance Examinations to gain entry to schools such as public schools.^[5]

History

Shrewsbury House School was founded in 1865 by Rev. Henry Wilson, a local clergyman, in the centre of Surbiton and derived its name from the Wilson family’s association with the town of Shrewsbury in Shropshire.

In 1910 the School moved to Haulkerton, a large Victorian Arts and Crafts mansion dating, from the mid-nineteenth century, on Ditton Hill. The main house was renamed Shrewsbury House and the School has remained there ever since.

For the next 70 years, the School was operated by a series of private owners, most notably Henry Hamilton-Miller, who gave the School his family coat of arms and the motto Alta Peto. In 1979, the School became a charitable trust, administered by a Board of Governors, known as the Shrewsbury House School Trust.

In 2009, the school took over the pre-preparatory department of nearby Milbourne Lodge School, which was renamed Shrewsbury Lodge School and later Shrewsbury House Pre-Preparatory School, after The Rowans School, Wimbledon, joined the Shrewsbury House School Trust in 2017

Notable alumni

• Anthony Gross CBE, RA (1905–1984), printmaker, painter, war artist & film director^[6]
• Major General Philip 'Pip' Roberts, CB, DSO & Two Bars, MC (1906-1997), senior officer during the Second World War
• Sir Stirling Moss OBE (1929-2020), Formula One racing driver
• Donald Cammell (1934–1996), film director^[7]
• Ian MacLaurin, Baron MacLaurin of Knebworth (born 1937), former Chairman of Vodafone and Chairman & CEO of Tesco^[8]
• Nigel Mitchell (born 1978) TV and radio presenter
• Madison Hughes (born 1992), Captain of the United States national rugby sevens team
• Alastair Gray (born 1998), tennis player