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, duży dom w Gruzji Harrow on the Hill, i tam założył małą szkołę.
Her pupils were mainly her own children and the children of masters of Harrow School. To this day, szkoły nadal numerów wśród swoich uczniów mistrzów Harrow’ dzieci.
Szkoła kwitła i, jak pani Przed wiekiem, four of her daughters took over its organisation. The youngest, Florence (znana jako Miss Flo), retired in 1932. The school was fortunate enough to pass into the capable hands of Miss Nicholson (znana jako Miss Nick), who was its head until she died more than 30 lat później.
For some years the school was run by Mrs Eleanor Elgood, followed by Mrs Jean Vernon. Then, w 1982, Pani Averil Collins został szefem, post trzymała za 24 rok. During her tenure, the school had to leave the premises that had been its home for 130 rok. 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, obecnym domu.
Mrs Alison Isaacs became its new Head in 2006. Under her leadership, the school continued to flourish, utrzymanie tradycji z przeszłości, podczas gdy ogarnięcie nowych sytuacji i poszukuje w przyszłość.
W lecie,,en,właściciele szkoły sprzedali ją pani Suzanne Goodwin i jej dwóm córkom, Sarah Mackintosh i Claire Blunt,,en,Razem trio prowadzi teraz szkołę,,en,Pani Goodwin ma długą historię sukcesu w Niezależnej Edukacji,,en,prowadzenie The Hall School,,en,bardzo pomyślnie od wielu lat,,en,Sarah Mackintosh jest dyrektorem szkoły średniej i podstawowej w Surrey,,en,lat i Claire Blunt,,en,który odpowiada za finansowe aspekty Roxeth Mead,,en,jest bardzo udanym CFO w dużej firmie londyńskiej,,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 była dyrektorką w szkołach średnich i podstawowych w Surrey,en,jest odnoszącym sukcesy CEO International,en 15 years and Claire Blunt, who is in charge of the financial aspects of Roxeth Mead, is a successful CEO International.