Hawtreys
| Established | 1869 |
|---|---|
| Closed | 1990s |
| Type | Independent preparatory school |
| Founder | Reverend John Hawtrey |
| Location |
Slough, later Westgate-on-Sea, then Oswestry, and lastly Savernake Forest, Wiltshire England |
| Ages | 7–13 |
| Merged with | Cheam School |
| Alumni | Old Hawtreyans |
| Website | Cheam School site |
Coordinates: 51°22′37″N 1°38′38″W / 51.377°N 1.644°W
Hawtreys Preparatory School was an independent boys' preparatory school, first established in Slough, later moved to Westgate-on-Sea, then to Oswestry, and finally to a country house near Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire. In its early years it was known as St Michael's School.
In 1994, the school merged with Cheam School, near Newbury, Berkshire.
The school was founded in 1869 by the Reverend John Hawtrey. He had been a boy at Eton, from the age of eight. In later life he became a master at Eton and was offered his own house of boys. He decided to remove all of the younger boys from the school. With the permission of Eton College, he took the lowest two forms out to a separate school in Slough and housed them in what is now St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School, Slough. This was known as St Michael's School, and was opened on 29 September 1869, (St Michael's day).
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