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Scaitcliffe was a prep school for boys aged 6–13 in Egham, Surrey. Founded in 1896, it was both a boarding and day school. After merging with Virginia Water Prep School in 1996, the school is now co-educational and known as . The school is located in a small village in Egham called Englefield Green near Windsor Great Park. In post-war days, boys were allocated to four houses each named for British military heroes: Jellicoe, Beatty, Haig, and Kitchener. Former pupils include Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Group; Peter Palumbo, Baron Palumbo, the former chairman of the Arts Council of Great Britain, patron of the Arts and architecture connoisseur; Abhisit Vejjajiva, leader of the opposition Democrat Party in Thailand, who subsequently went to Eton College and Oxford University; Charles Philipps, CEO of Amlin, who also subsequently went to Eton College; Bim Afolami, MP; Colin Tennant, 3rd Baron Glenconner; and Michael Holroyd, biographer, who describes it in his 1999 book Basil Street Blues. (en) |
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Scaitcliffe was a prep school for boys aged 6–13 in Egham, Surrey. Founded in 1896, it was both a boarding and day school. After merging with Virginia Water Prep School in 1996, the school is now co-educational and known as . The school is located in a small village in Egham called Englefield Green near Windsor Great Park. In post-war days, boys were allocated to four houses each named for British military heroes: Jellicoe, Beatty, Haig, and Kitchener. (en) |