Glebe House School
Coordinates: 52°56′35″N 0°29′41″E / 52.94306°N 0.49472°E
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| Motto |
Sicut Aquilae 'As eagles' |
|---|---|
| Established | 1874 |
| Type | Independent coeducational preparatory |
| Headmaster | John Crofts BA(Hons) PGCE |
| Founder | Howard Cambridge Barber |
| Location |
Hunstanton Norfolk England, UK  |
| Students | Nursery (six months) to year eight (13 years) |
| Colours | Navy and white |
| Publication | The Aquilian |
| Website | Glebe House School & Nursery website |
Glebe House School & Nursery is an independent coeducational day and weekly boarding school for children from the age of six months to 13 years, located in the Victorian seaside town of Hunstanton, Norfolk, England. Children can become boarders from the age of seven years. The Headmaster is John Crofts
History
Glebe House School began life in 1874 under the name of St Edmund's School, Hindhead. St Edmund's was relocated in 1901 to Surrey, at which point the original Hunstanton site was purchased by Howard Cambridge Barber and renamed Glebe House School; part of the site on which the school stands was rented from the Church, hence the name "Glebe". Barber wished to provide a preparatory boarding school for boys, from which pupils would feed into English public schools, or the Royal Naval Colleges of Osborne House and Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. Thanks to its origins, various naval traditions still exist at the school today, for example the naming of the year groups as "Divisions" as opposed to "Years".
Glebe House became coeducational in the mid-1980s.
Facilities
Today, the Main Building adjoins 12 acres (49,000 m2) of playing fields, which overlook The Wash and the countryside of North West Norfolk. A new purpose built block housing junior classrooms was opened by Prince Charles in 1992. A conversion of the old dormitory block, completed in 1995, now comprises the Senior (Preparatory) School. The school has a twenty five metre indoor heated swimming pool and a range of other sports facilities. The nursery, extending care to children from six months old, was opened in 1998.
Boarding is available on Monday to Thursday nights only.
Media Coverage
In the summer of 2006, the school featured in a Channel 4 two-part documentary series entitled Admission Impossible, a programme following the applications of six children to their first-choice schools. The young boy applying to Glebe House was successful in gaining a scholarship and, thanks to a bursary scheme and the generosity of numerous benefactors nationwide, was able to enter Division (Year) III the following September.
Old Aquilians
Past pupils of the school are called Old Aquilians. In July 2007, a one-day game of cricket was played between an Old Aquilians' XI and a Headmaster's XI. Other reunions take place throughout the year.