Edge Grove School

Edge Grove School, simply Edge Grove, is a 2-13 mixed, private, day preparatory school in Aldenham, Watford, Hertfordshire, England. It was established in 1935 and set on 48 acres.^[3]

Edge Grove School
Front of school
Address
High Cross, Aldenham Watford , Hertfordshire , WD25 8NL England
Coordinates	51.6771°N 0.3461°W / 51.6771; -0.3461
Information
Other name	Edge Grove
Type	Private, day preparatory school
Established	1935 (1935)
Local authority	Hertfordshire County Council
Department for Education URN	117601 Tables
Headmaster	Richard Stanley [1]
Gender	Mixed
Age range	2-13
Enrolment	425 [2]
Capacity	500 [2]
Campus size	48 acres (19 ha)
Houses	Hedgerows Sarnesfield Churchill Stratton Gills
Website	www.edgegrove.com

The boys and girls are organised into five houses: Hedgerows, Sarnesfield, Churchill, Stratton and Gills.^{[citation needed]}

History

Mr John Skey bought the land on which the current property in 1733 and built the main block of what now stands as the main house. This house was then sold by his sons to Mr Thomas Hake some time in the late 1780s. The American financier and banker John Pierpont Morgan bought the property in 1912 and rented it to Mr Richard Bennett. Bennett converted the house with around £90,000 leading to the house as it stands currently. When it came to settling his estate, Morgan arranged for the council to take the freehold, specifying it should be used as an independent school.^[4][5]

The current headmaster as of October 2024 is Richard Stanley formerly Headmaster at Highbury Prep in Hillcrest and at The Ridge School in Johannesburg.

Facilities

The school has a large sports hall, all-weather tennis/netball courts, an AstroTurf pitch, 9 acres of playing fields, indoor & outdoor cricket nets and a heated^{[citation needed]} outdoor swimming pool.

In November 2019, it opened £3.6m lower school building for Years 3 and 4.^[6]

Headmasters

• John Baugh: 1997–2002^[7]
• Jolyon Waterfield: 1985–1997^[8]

Notable alumni

• Marcus Buckingham,^[9][10] award-winning author and motivational speaker
• Dominic Selwood, historian and author
• Dominic Treadwell-Collins,^[11] Television Producer
• Lieutenant-Colonel Tony Streather (1936-1940) was a mountaineer of the Himalayas during the so-called "the golden age" in the 1950s.^[12]