Brambletye School is a coeducational day and boarding preparatory school in

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, West Sussex. It was founded as a small boys' boarding school in Kent between the world wars. The school moved to West Sussex and has since become coeducational. Brambletye Hockey Tour 2016

History

Brambletye was founded at Sidcup Place,

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in 1919. It moved to its present location in the

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countryside on the southern outskirts of

in 1933. The main school building, which is in its own wooded estate of 140 acres, overlooks the

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and

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. Brambletye was built in 1896 by

Donald Larnach Donald Larnach (17 July 1817 – 12 May 1896) was a banker, financier and High Sheriff of Sussex in 1882. Larnach was the son of the late William Larnach, of Newton, Caithness, Scotland, and was born in Scotland. It was also the year in which t ...

, former director of the

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, as his country retreat. The school became a charitable trust in 1969 with a board of governors. In September 1986, the first girl was admitted and the school is now completely coeducational. Recent building developments have included a seven-classroom block, a purpose-built arts centre including a 270-seat theatre, a sports hall, a pre-prep building and the redevelopment of the science laboratories. The Blencowe Centre won the Downland Prize for Architecture, Education, (joint winner) in 2010. The Brambletye School Trust, a registered charity, created legal precedent in the UK with a

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ruling.

Boarding

Brambletye pupils have the choice of being a day pupil, a day boarder (flexy boarding) or being a full boarder.

Notable alumni

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, founder of Trafalgar House *

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, actor *

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, commander of the British land forces during the Falklands War in 1982. *

Nigel Morritt Wace Nigel Morritt Wace (10 January 1929 India – 4 February 2005 Canberra, Australia) was an authority on the plant life of the four Tristan da Cunha Islands, islands he first visited in 1955 when he visited Gough Island. He was educated at Brambl ...

, leading authority on the plant life of the four Tristan da Cunha Islands * Sgt David Kennedy Raikes, WW2 pilot and war poet * Sir Christopher Nugee, British Court of Appeal Judge * Lt General Richard Nugee, Climate Change Lead for the Ministry of Defence Aerial View of Brambletye

References

External links

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