Ewell Castle School Explained

Ewell Castle School
Motto:Inspire, Nurture, Achieve
Address:Church Street, Ewell
Town:Epsom
County:Surrey
Postcode:KT17 2AW
Country:England
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Type:Private school
Founder:Herbert Budgell
Local Authority:Surrey County Council
Urn:125380
Principal:Silas Edmonds[1]
Gender:Mixed
Age Range:3–18
Enrolment:600 (2020)[2]
Capacity:700
Colours:Blue, white, red
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Publication:The Ewellian
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Alumni:Old Ewellians

Ewell Castle School is a 3–18 mixed, private day school and sixth form in Ewell, Epsom, Surrey, England. It was founded in 1926 by Herbert Budgell as a boarding school and became fully mixed in September 2015.[3] It consists of the Main House, Glyn House, Chessington Lodge and Fitzalan House.[4]

The school was last inspected in 2018.[3]

Houses

The school has four houses: Arundel, Bodiam, Carisbrooke and Dover. Each form group is made up of members from one house. Pupils can change house throughout their time at the school as they change form groups.[5]

Societies

The clubs range from Design, Sciences, Politics and Debating to Sports and recreation (e.g. Sailing, Duke of Edinburgh Award). A team from the school won first prize in the Epsom, Ewell and Banstead Schools' Enterprise Challenge 2008.[6]

Sports

The School has rugby, tennis and cricket pitches. There are also cricket nets and athletics facilities. The school has a multi-purpose Sports Hall complex.

Sporting fixtures in a wide range of sports are played against other independent schools such as Charterhouse, City of London Freemen's School, Halliford School, St Paul's, King's College School, Epsom College and Reigate Grammar School.

Music and drama

Music

The newest building in the school is the music pavilion opened by Sampha, a notable alumnus of the school, in 2017.[7] The senior school previously used the Junior School music department on the lower floor of Glyn House but their music department is now easily accessible on the grounds of all of their other buildings. The music pavilion is also devoted to the school's many bands, choirs and solo artists.

The Fitznells School of Music, founded by Vivienne Price in 1959 and initially based at Fitznells Manor, was relocated to Ewell Castle School in 1988.[8]

Drama

There are annual Drama productions and this year some of the pupils embarked on LAMDA exams. In addition, Ewell Castle performed Oliver! at the Epsom Playhouse Theatre in 2016.[9] Also, Ewell Castle performed Little Shop of Horrors at the Epsom Playhouse on 7 March 2019.[10]

Controversy

A former Deputy Head of the Ewell Castle Preparatory school (from years 3 to 6), Andy Robson, was jailed for two years after filming children getting undressed in changing rooms.[11] [12] [13] Robson, who had been a safeguarding leader at the school, took the indecent images between March 2010 and February 2017.

Notable alumni

References

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Principal's Welcome . Ewell Castle School . 10 February 2019 . en.
  2. Web site: Ewell Castle School . Get information about schools . GOV.UK . 7 November 2020 . en.
  3. http://www.isi.net/school/ewell-castle-school-6441?results=true, Independent Schools Inspectorate, Ewell Castle School
  4. Web site: New Sixth Form Facilities at Fitzalan House – Ewell Castle School . 2022-09-25 . www.ewellcastle.co.uk . en.
  5. Web site: Useful Information – Ewell Castle School . 2022-05-29 . www.ewellcastle.co.uk . en.
  6. News: 23 December 2008 . Ewell Castle School wins Epsom, Ewell and Banstead Schools' Enterprise Challenge . Sutton & Croydon Guardian . 30 March 2023 .
  7. Web site: Mercury Prize-winner Sampha Sisay returns to Ewell Castle School. Your Local Guardian. 29 November 2017 . en. 2019-06-24.
  8. http://www.fitznells.co.uk/about-us.html Fitznells Music School website
  9. News: 6 February 2016 . Ewell Castle School perform Oliver! to packed Epsom Playhouse in Epsom . Surrey Comet . 30 March 2023 .
  10. Web site: Ewell Castle Presents 'Little Shop of Horrors' by Zakaria Dada, Ewell Castle. 2021-10-16. This Is Local London. 7 March 2019 . en.
  11. Web site: Man charged over indecent images of children 'getting changed after sports sessions'. Your Local Guardian. 28 April 2017 . en. 2019-01-24.
  12. Web site: Primary school deputy head jailed for filming kids getting undressed. Mackintosh. Thomas. Clementine. Katherine. 2017-07-21. getsurrey. 2019-01-24.
  13. Web site: Deputy headteacher jailed for taking photos of children as they got changed. 2017-07-22. Metro. en. 2019-01-24.
  14. Web site: Ewell ~ Surrey Life towns and villages. Surrey. 13 September 2012. en. 2019-06-23.
  15. Book: . 1983. Ewell Castle School Prospectus. 3.
  16. Web site: Notable Alumni – Ewell Castle School. www.ewellcastle.co.uk. 2019-06-29.
  17. News: Peter Newbrook Obituary. Daily Telegraph. 2009-07-31. 2019-06-29. en-GB. 0307-1235.
  18. News: Oliver Reed obituary. King. Norman. 1999-05-03. The Guardian. 2019-06-29. en-GB. 0261-3077.
  19. News: Oliver Reed obituary. https://web.archive.org/web/20090502171359/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/celebrity-obituaries/5208355/Oliver-Reed.html. dead. 2009-05-02. Daily Telegraph. 1999-05-02. 2019-06-29. en-GB. 0307-1235.
  20. News: Jimmy Sangster. Daily Telegraph. 2011-09-06. 2019-06-21. en-GB. 0307-1235.
  21. News: Jimmy Sangster obituary. Newman. Kim. 2011-08-21. The Guardian. 2019-06-21. en-GB. 0261-3077.
  22. Web site: Fred Winter Obituary. 2004-04-06. The Independent. en. 2019-06-29.

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