Caldicott School
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| Motto |
Per Victoriam Ad Gloriam (Through victory to glory) |
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| Established | 1904 |
| Type | Preparatory school |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Acting Head | Theroshene Naidoo |
| Chairman of the Governors | Malcolm Swift |
| Founder | Heald Jenkins |
| Location |
Farnham Royal Buckinghamshire England |
| Staff | 50 (approx.) |
| Students | 290 (approx.) |
| Gender | Boys |
| Ages | 7–13 |
| Houses | Cooper, Jenkins, McArthur & Wood |
| Colours | Cerise and green |
| Former pupils | Old Caldicotians |
| Website | www |
Caldicott Preparatory School is a prep school for boys aged 7–13, in southern Buckinghamshire, England.
Caldicott Preparatory School was founded in Hitchin, Hertfordshire in 1904 by James Heald Jenkins who named his school after his new bride, a Miss Theodora Caldicott Ingram. There were just eight boys. In 1938 the school moved to its present site in Farnham Royal in Buckinghamshire, and became a charitable trust in 1968 under the Headmaster at the time Peter Wright. Today there are around 280 boys. The school’s governors include past parents, old boys and headmasters of public schools.
According to the school's website, many pupils at Caldicott subsequently win places at major independent schools, such as Eton College, Harrow School, Winchester College, Stowe School, Marlborough College, Wellington College, Haileybury College and Radley College.
The original Victorian house remains. New buildings have been created around it to provide more contemporary facilities. In 2004 the Centenary Hall was completed to provide a theatre for drama and music and a venue for functions.
Although central London is only 20 miles (32 km) away the school has 40 acres (160,000 m2) of grounds and playing fields. Burnham Beeches, a National Nature Reserve owned by the City of London Corporation is adjacent to the grounds and is often used by pupils. Heathrow Airport is 7 miles (11 km) away.
On 30 September 2008 the school was the subject of a feature documentary, Chosen, transmitted on More4 as part of the "True Stories" strand, about the sexual abuse that went on at the school during the late 1960s and early 1970s. The headmaster Peter Wright was active in this, as well as a number of other teachers, targeting boys good at sports and, to a lesser extent, in the choir. In The Guardian published on the same day, a former parent alleged that Lord Justice Scott Baker former Chairman of the Board of Governors, and Headmaster Simon Doggart mishandled a case of alleged sexual abuse of their son by a teacher in the early 2000s.
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