Charterhouse School

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Charterhouse
Charterhouse School in 2013
Address
Charterhouse Road Godalming , Surrey , GU7 2DX United Kingdom
Coordinates	51°11′48″N 0°37′21″W / 51.196552°N 0.622504°W / 51.196552; -0.622504
Information
Type	Public school Private boarding school
Motto	Latin: Deo Dante Dedi (God having given, I gave)[1]
Religious affiliation(s)	Church of England
Established	1611; 413 years ago (1611)
Founder	Thomas Sutton
Department for Education URN	125340 Tables
Chair of Governors [3]	Mark Bishop
Head[2]	Alex Peterken
Senior Deputy Head	Andrew Turner
Staff	≈550
Gender	Co-education
Age	13 to 18
Enrolment	≈1000
Houses	15[4]
Colour(s)	Pink, grey and maroon
Publication	The Carthusian The Charterhouse Review The Greyfriar The Greyhound
Former pupils	Old Carthusians
School song	Carmen Carthusianum
Website	charterhouse.org.uk

Charterhouse is a public school (English independent boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) in Godalming, Surrey, England. Founded by Thomas Sutton in 1611 on the site of the old Carthusian monastery in Charterhouse Square, Smithfield, London, it educates over 1000 pupils, aged 13 to 18 years. Charterhouse is one of the original nine English public schools reported upon by the Clarendon Commission in 1864 leading to its regulation by the Public Schools Act 1868.

Charterhouse charges full boarders up to £47,535 per annum (2023/2024).^[5] It educated the British Prime Minister Lord Liverpool and has multiple notable alumni.