Lockers Park School
| Motto | bene agere ac laetari (Latin for good work, good manners, good fun (lit. "to do well and to have fun") |
|---|---|
| Type | Prep School |
| Headmaster | Mr Christopher Wilson BA (Cantab), PGCE |
| Chair of Governors | C Lister BSc (Hons) MBA |
| Founder | Henry Montagu Draper |
| Location |
Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 1TL England |
| Staff | 40 (approx.) |
| Students | 150 (approx.) |
| Gender | Boys Only (co-ed in Reception and Years 1 & 2) |
| Ages | 4–13 |
| Website | www |
Lockers Park School is a day and boarding preparatory school for boys and co-educational pre-preparatory school, situated in 23 acres of countryside in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire. Each year it sends boys to public schools in the UK, including Harrow, Eton, Radley, Bradfield, Shrewsbury School and Rugby. Its current headmaster is Christopher Wilson.
Lockers Park has a long history. It was founded in 1874 by Henry Montagu Draper to be a foundation school preparing boys for Rugby School, and is thus one of the earliest purpose-built preparatory schools in England.
It is built on the parkland of a significant Georgian house, called The Lockers, which still exists, now divided into apartments. Henry Draper took the opportunity to buy the 23 acres (93,000 m2) of parkland when the owner of The Lockers fell on hard times, and built a school with facilities to house the sons of gentlefolk who intended their sons for Rugby. He was guided in his choice of location by the proximity of the site to Boxmoor (now Hemel Hempstead) station, and its situation on the route from London to Rugby.
In the following years Lockers Park School sent boys to Eton, Harrow, Winchester, Rugby, Bradfield, Uppingham, and Haileybury, among others. Stowe did not appear until later, but also takes boys from Lockers Park.
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