Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood

This article is about the independent school in Northwood, Hertfordshire. For other schools, see Merchant Taylors' School (disambiguation).

Merchant Taylors' School

School Coat of Arms

Merchant Taylors' School at Sandy Lodge
Location
Map
Three Rivers
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Hertfordshire
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HA6 2HT

England
Coordinates51°38′06″N 0°25′27″W / 51.63500°N 0.42417°W / 51.63500; -0.42417
Information
Type11–18 boys Private day school
Public school
MottoLatin: Concordia parvae res crescunt
Small things grow in harmony
Religious affiliation(s)Church of England
Established1561; 463 years ago (1561)[1]
FounderThomas White
Local authorityThree Rivers District Council
Department for Education URN117616 Tables
Chairman of GovernorsDuncan Eggar
Head MasterSimon Everson
ChaplainJames Fields
Staff~80 (full-time)[2]
GenderBoys
Age11 to 18
Enrolment1100[2]
Houses8
Colour(s)   
PublicationThe Taylorian
AlumniOld Merchant Taylors (OMTs)
Affiliated schoolMerchant Taylors' Prep Website: https://www.mtpn.org.uk/home
School songLatin: Homo Plantat, Homo Irrigat sed Deus dat Incrementum
AffiliationMerchant Taylors Company
Websitehttp://www.mtsn.org.uk/

Merchant Taylors' School is an 11–18 boys public day school, founded in 1561 in London. The school has occupied various campuses over its lifetime. From 1933, it has been located at Sandy Lodge, a 285 acres (115 ha) site close to Northwood in the Three Rivers district of Hertfordshire.[3] The school caters for 1100 students between the ages of 11 and 18. The school is now an all-through school from age 3 to 18 after merger with Northwood Prep School in 2015.[2]

Founded in 1561 by Sir Thomas White, Sir Richard Hilles, Emanuel Lucar and Stephen Hales,[4] it was one of the nine English public schools investigated by the Clarendon Commission set up in 1861, but successfully argued that it should be omitted from the Public Schools Act 1868,[5] as did St Paul's School, London, the other day school investigated by the Clarendon Commission.[6]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference MTCompany was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c "Merchant Taylors' School, Hertfordshire". School Search. isbi Schools. 2007. Archived from the original on 16 April 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2008.
  3. ^ "Virat Kohli and India prove they are not too cool for school". 25 June 2018.
  4. ^ Clode, Charles M. (1888). The Early History of the Guild of Merchant Taylors, Part 2. London: Harrison and Sons. pp. 159–61. Retrieved 25 January 2013. merchant taylors school stephen hayles..
  5. ^ An Act to make further Provision for the good Government and Extension of certain Public Schools in England, in: Great Britain (1868). AA collection of the public general statutes passed in the Thirty-first and Thirty-second year of the reign of Her Majesty the Queen Victoria. pp. 560–571. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
  6. ^ "Clarendon Report (page iii)". www.educationengland.org.uk. Derek Gillard. Archived from the original on 14 March 2019.