History of Roxeth Mead School

Hebe Catherine Prior was widowed in 1855 at the age of 37. Her barrister husband, Jonas, was riding home from his chambers when he fell from his horse and hit his head. Two days later, he died. She had to find a way to support herself and her ten children, so she sold her home and bought Roxeth Mead, didelės gruzinų namus Harrow ant kalno, and there founded a small school.

Her pupils were mainly her own children and the children of masters of Harrow School. To this day, mokyklos vis dar numerius iš savo mokinių Harrow meistrai’ vaikams.

Mokyklos klestėjo, ir, kaip ponia Prieš paaugo, four of her daughters took over its organisation. The youngest, Florence (žinomas kaip Miss Flo), retired in 1932. The school was fortunate enough to pass into the capable hands of Miss Nicholson (known as Miss Nick), who was its head until she died more than 30 metų.

For some years the school was run by Mrs Eleanor Elgood, followed by Mrs Jean Vernon. Then, į 1982, E. Averil Collins tapo galvos, paštu ėjo už 24 years. During her tenure, the school had to leave the premises that had been its home for 130 years. Harrow School came to the rescue, providing temporary accommodation for 3 years in its sixth form club.


Mrs Alison Isaacs became its new Head in 2006. Under her leadership, the school continued to flourish, išlaikyti praeities tradicijas, o įsisavina naujas pokyčius ir ieško į ateitį.

Vasarą,,en,mokyklos savininkai ją pardavė ponia Suzanne Goodwin ir jos dvi dukterys Sarah Mackintosh ir Claire Blunt,,en,Kartu trio vadovauja mokyklai,,en,E. Goodwin turi ilgą sėkmės istoriją nepriklausomame ugdyme,,en,veikia The Hall School,,en,labai sėkmingai daugelį metų,,en,Sarah Mackintosh beveik visose Širėjaus vidurinėse ir pradinėse mokyklose vadovavo,,en,metų ir Claire Blunt,,en,kuris yra atsakingas už Roxeth Mead finansinius aspektus,,en,yra labai sėkmingas finansų direktorius didelėje Londono bendrovėje,,en 2018 the owners of the school sold it to Mrs Suzanne Goodwin and her two daughters Sarah Mackintosh and Claire Blunt. Together the trio now run the school. Mrs Goodwin has a long history of success in Independent Education, running The Hall School, Northwood, very successfully for many years. Sarah Mackintosh has been a Head Teacher in both Secondary and Primary Schools in Surrey for almost 15 years and Claire Blunt, who is in charge of the financial aspects of Roxeth Mead, is a very successful CFO in a large London Company.