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Brentwood School, Essex

Brentwood School
Brentwood School.svg
Mottoes Virtue, learning and manners
Incipe
Latin: Make a good start
Established 1557
Type Independent day and boarding
Religion Church of England
Headmaster Mr D I Davies
Second Master Mr D Taylor
Chairman of Governors Mr C Finch
Founder Sir Antony Browne
Location Middleton Hall Lane
Brentwood
Essex
CM15 8EE
England
DfE number 881/6035
DfE URN 115429 Tables
Staff 137
Capacity 1570
Students 1,531
Gender Coeducational (Diamond Model)
Ages 3–19
Houses      North
     South
     East
     West
     Weald
         Mill Hill
         Hough (male boarders)
Colours      Blue
Publications The Brentwoodian (student produced)
Brentwood School Times
The Chronicle of the Society of Old Brentwoods
Campus size 72 acres (29 ha)
School years Preparatory–sixth form
Website www.brentwoodschool.co.uk

Coordinates: 51°37′13″N 0°18′25″E / 51.62028°N 0.30694°E / 51.62028; 0.30694

Brentwood School is a selective, independent day and boarding school in Brentwood, Essex, UK. The school comprises a preparatory school, senior school and sixth form, as well as boarding provision for both boys and girls. The school is coeducational, but employs the "Diamond Model". The school is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference, the IAPS and the AGBIS.

Founded in 1557 and opened in 1558, the school has a Tudor schoolroom, a Victorian chapel and several Grade II listed buildings. Situated on Ingrave Road, astride Middleton Hall Lane and Shenfield Road, the school is set in over 72 acres (29 ha) of land in the centre of Brentwood. The current headmaster is Ian Davies.

The licence to found the school as The Grammar School of Antony Browne, Serjeant at the Law, in Brentwood was granted by Mary I to Sir Antony Browne on 5 July 1558 and the first schoolmaster, George Otway, was appointed on 28 July 1558.


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