Hebe Catherine Prior was widowed in 1855 at the age of 37. Her barrister husband, Джон, was riding home from his chambers when he fell from his horse and hit his head. Two days later, he died. She had to find a way to support herself and her ten children, so she sold her home and bought Roxeth Mead House, a large Georgian house in Middle Road, Харроу на Хилл, и там основал небольшую школу.
Her pupils were mainly her own ten children and the children of masters of Harrow School. To this day, Школа по-прежнему чисел среди его учеников Harrow мастеров’ детей.
Школа процветала и, как миссис До подрос, four of her daughters took over its organisation. The youngest, Флоренция (Известно, как мисс Flo), retired in 1932. The school was fortunate enough to pass into the capable hands of Miss Nicholson (known as Miss Nick), кто был его голове, пока она умерла более 30 лет спустя.
За несколько лет школа была в ведении г-жа Элеонора Элгуд, followed by Mrs Jean Vernon. Then, в 1982, Миссис Аверил Коллинз стал главой, Сообщение она провела для 24 years. During her tenure, школы были вынуждены покинуть помещения, которые были его домом 130 years. Harrow School came to the rescue, предоставление временного жилья для 3 лет в своем шестом клуб форме.
In 1992, от удача, a neighbouring property to the original house, came onto the market (Бакхолт дом) and the school was able to buy it, its present home at 25 Мидл-роуд.
Mrs Alison Isaacs became its new Head in 2006. Under her leadership, the school continued to flourish, поддержание традиций прошлого, внедрение новых разработок и смотрит в будущее.
Летом,,en,владельцы школы продали ее миссис Сюзан Гудвин и ее двум дочерям Саре Макинтош и Клэр Блант,,en,Вместе трио теперь управляют школой,,en,Миссис Гудвин имеет долгую историю успеха в независимом образовании,,en,работает зал школы,,en,очень успешно на протяжении многих лет,,en,Сара Макинтош была старшим учителем в средних и начальных школах в Суррее почти,,en,лет и Клэр Блант,,en,кто отвечает за финансовые аспекты Roxeth Mead,,en,очень успешный финансовый директор в крупной лондонской компании,,en 2018 the owners of the school sold it to Mrs Suzanne Goodwin and her two daughters Sarah Mackintosh and Claire Blunt. Together the trio now run the school. Mrs Goodwin has a long history of success in Independent Education, running The Hall School, Northwood, very successfully for many years. Sarah Mackintosh has been a Head Teacher in both Secondary and Primary Schools in Surrey for twenty years and Claire Blunt, who is in charge of the financial aspects of Roxeth Mead, is a successful CEO International.
Following the pandemic in 2020, it was no longer financially viable to continue as a Pre-Prep School and to educate pupils up to the age of 7. A decision was made to focus on nursery education only and the school registered with Ofsted as a Nursery School and now caters for babies and children aged 3 months to 5 years. Our Ofsted Registration Certificate is here… EY Registration Certificate
We hope the school will continue to flourish for many years to come.
Due to the long standing, valued connection with Harrow School, fee concessions are available to employees of Harrow and John Lyon Schools.