Royal Russell School

Royal Russell School
Address
Map
Coombe Lane

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CR9 5BX

England
Coordinates51°21′27″N 0°03′58″W / 51.3575°N 0.0662°W / 51.3575; -0.0662
Information
TypeIndependent day and boarding school
MottoNon sibi sed omnibus
(Not for oneself but for all)
Established1853; 171 years ago (1853)
Local authorityCroydon
HeadmasterChris J. Hutchinson
GenderMixed
Age3 to 18
Enrolment900 (approx)
HousesSenior school
Madden
Cambridge
Oxford
St Andrews
Keable
Hollenden
Buchanan
Reade
Queens
Latessa
Colour(s)Maroon  
PublicationROGUE
Former pupilsOld Russellians
PatronElizabeth II
Websitewww.royalrussell.co.uk

Royal Russell School (before 1962, the Royal Warehousemen Clerks and Drapers' Schools; before 1953, the Warehousemen Clerks and Drapers' Schools; before 1895, the Warehousemen and Clerks' Schools for Orphan and Necessitous Children) is an independent school in the Shirley area of Croydon, South London. It is a co-educational day and boarding school. The motto of the school is Non sibi sed omnibus meaning "Not for one's self but for all". The school is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. The patron of the school was Queen Elizabeth II.

There are 900 pupils at the Royal Russell School, aged between three and 18. The school occupies a site of over 100 acres (0.40 km2) in gardens in a wooded estate two miles south-east of Croydon. The School moved the boys' part of the school from Russell Hill in Purley to the Ballards site in 1924, then moving the girls' section of the school completely to the Ballards site in 1961, and selling the original school site on Russell Hill in Purley in 1961. The Junior and Lower Junior schools are in separate buildings from the Senior School, but are on the same site.