Hebe Catherine Prior was widowed in 1855 op die ouderdom van 37. Haar prokureur man, John, was ry huis uit sy boonste kamers toe hy val van sy perd en sy kop getref. Twee dae later, hy gesterf het. Sy het 'n manier om haarself en haar tien kinders te ondersteun om te vind, so she sold her home and bought Roxeth Mead House, a large Georgian house in Middle Road, Harrow on the Hill, en daar 'n klein skool gestig.
Her pupils were mainly her own ten children and the children of masters of Harrow School. Om hierdie dag, die skool steeds nommers onder sy leerlinge Harrow meesters’ kinders.
Die skool het gefloreer en, soos mev Prior gegroei ouer, vier van haar dogters het oor die organisasie. Die jongste, Florence (bekend as Miss Flo), afgetree in 1932. Die skool was gelukkig genoeg om te slaag in die bekwame hande van Miss Nicholson (bekend as Miss Nick), wat was sy kop totdat sy gesterf het meer as 30 jaar later.
Vir 'n paar jaar het die skool was gelei deur mev Eleanor Elgood, gevolg deur mev Jean Vernon. Toe, in 1982, Mev Averil Collins hoof geword het, 'n pos het sy gehou word vir 24 jaar. Gedurende haar ampstermyn, die skool het die perseel wat was sy tuis by te verlaat 130 jaar. Harrow School kom tot die redding, die verskaffing van tydelike huisvesting vir 3 jaar in sy sesde vorm klub.
In 1992, deur 'n beroerte van goeie geluk, a neighbouring property to the original house, came onto the market (Buckholt House) and the school was able to buy it, its present home at 25 Middel Pad.
Mev Alison Isaacs het sy nuwe Head in 2006. Onder haar leierskap, the school continued to flourish, maintaining the traditions of the past while embracing new developments and looking ahead to the future.
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 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 jaar. 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.