Chigwell School

Chigwell School
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Coordinates51°37′30″N 0°04′52″E / 51.6250°N 0.0810°E / 51.6250; 0.0810
Information
TypePrivate day and boarding
Mottoaut viam inveniam aut faciam
(Find a way, or make a way)
Religious affiliation(s)Church of England
Established1629 (1629)
FounderSamuel Harsnett
Department for Education URN115392 Tables
HeadmasterDamian King (2022)
Age4 to 18
Enrolment1040
Houses(Senior School)
  Caswalls'
  Lambourne
  Penn's
  Swallow's
(Junior School)
Windsors
Stuarts, Tudors, Hanovers.
Websitehttp://www.chigwell-school.org
Chigwell School

Chigwell School is a co-educational independent boarding and day school. It is a private school in Chigwell, in the Epping Forest district of Essex. It consists of a Pre Prep (ages 4–7), Prep School (ages 7–11), Senior School (ages 11–16) and Sixth Form. A pre-preparatory department for children aged 4–7 was constructed starting for the 2013–14 academic year.[1]

The school is situated in 100 acres of land between Epping Forest and Hainault Forest, ten miles from London. It is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC) and the Junior School is a member of the Independent Association of Prep Schools (IAPS).

The school motto is aut viam inveniam aut faciam, a Latin phrase which translates literally as “Find a way or make a way”.

There are four day houses, named Caswall's, Lambourne, Penn's, and Swallow's after alumni. The school owns several artifacts which belonged to each of the alumni after which the houses are named. The boarding houses are Church House, Harsnett's, Sandon Lodge, and Hainault House, although all boarders are members of one of the day houses. In the Prep School there are another four houses, named Windsors, Hanovers, Stuarts, and Tudors.

  1. ^ "A prep school for Chigwell". Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2012.

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