Hebe Catherine Prior ei weddw yn 1855 yn oed o 37. Mae ei gŵr bargyfreithiwr, John, yn marchogaeth adref oddi wrth ei siambrau pan syrthiodd oddi ar ei geffyl a tharo ei ben. Dau ddiwrnod yn ddiweddarach, bu farw. Bu'n rhaid iddi ddod o hyd i ffordd i gefnogi ei hun a'i deg o blant, so she sold her home and bought Roxeth Mead House, a large Georgian house in Middle Road, Harrow ar y Hill, ac yno sefydlodd ysgol fach.
Her pupils were mainly her own ten children and the children of masters of Harrow School. Hyd heddiw, yr ysgol yn dal i fod niferoedd ymhlith ei disgyblion meistri Harrow’ plant.
Mae'r ysgol yn ffynnu ac yn, fel Mrs Prior tyfodd hŷn, pedwar o'i merched gymryd drosodd ei drefniadaeth. yr ieuengaf, Florence (known as Miss Flo), ymddeolodd yn 1932. Roedd yr ysgol yn ddigon ffodus i basio i mewn nwylo medrus Miss Nicholson (a adwaenir fel Miss Nick), a oedd yn ei ben nes iddi farw mwy na 30 mlynedd yn ddiweddarach.
Ers rhai blynyddoedd, mae'r ysgol yn cael ei rhedeg gan Mrs Eleanor Elgood, ddilyn gan Mrs Jean Vernon. yna, mewn 1982, Daeth Mrs Averil Collins pennaeth, swydd hi a gynhaliwyd ar gyfer 24 flynyddoedd. Yn ystod ei chyfnod, roedd gan yr ysgol adael yr adeilad a oedd wedi bod ei chartref ar gyfer 130 flynyddoedd. Daeth Ysgol Harrow i'r adwy, ddarparu llety dros dro ar gyfer 3 mlynedd yn ei glwb chweched dosbarth.
yn 1992, gan strôc o lwc dda, 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 Middle Road.
Daeth Mrs Alison Isaacs ei Pennaeth newydd yn 2006. O dan ei harweiniad, the school continued to flourish, cynnal y traddodiadau y gorffennol tra'n cofleidio datblygiadau newydd ac yn edrych ymlaen at y dyfodol.
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 flynyddoedd. 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.