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Charterhouse | |
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Address | |
Charterhouse Road , , GU7 2DX United Kingdom | |
Coordinates | 51°11′48″N 0°37′21″W / 51.196552°N 0.622504°W |
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 |
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 |
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.