História Roxeth Mead školy

Hebe Catherine Prior was widowed in 1855 at the age of 37. Her barrister husband, John, 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, veľké gruzínske dom v Harrow on the Hill, a tam založil malú školu.

Her pupils were mainly her own children and the children of masters of Harrow School. To this day, školy stále patrí medzi jeho žiakmi Harrow majstrov’ deti.

Škole prospieval a, ako pani Pred stal sa staršie, four of her daughters took over its organisation. The youngest, Florence (známy ako Miss Flo), retired in 1932. The school was fortunate enough to pass into the capable hands of Miss Nicholson (známa ako "pani Nick), who was its head until she died more than 30 rokov neskôr.

For some years the school was run by Mrs Eleanor Elgood, followed by Mrs Jean Vernon. Then, v 1982, Pani Averil Collins sa stal hlavou, pošta, ktorú ona držala pre 24 years. During her tenure, the school had to leave the premises that had been its home for 130 years. Harrow School came to the rescue, providing temporary accommodation for 3 years in its sixth form club.

In 1992, by a stroke of good fortune, the neighbouring property to the original house called Roxeth Mead, came onto the market and the school was able to buy Buckholt House, súčasnej domácej.

Mrs Alison Isaacs became its new Head in 2006. Under her leadership, the school continued to flourish, zachovanie tradícií a zároveň zahŕňa nový vývoj a výhľadom do budúcnosti.

In the summer of 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 over 15 years and Claire Blunt, who is in charge of the financial aspects of Roxeth Mead, is a successful CEO International.