| Stubbington House School | |
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| Address | |
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Bagshot Road Ascot , Berkshire , SL5 9JU United Kingdom | |
| Information | |
| Type | Preparatory school |
| Established | 1841 |
| Founder | William Foster |
| Closed | 1997 |
| Local authority | 903 Pre LGR (1998) Berkshire |
| Department for Education URN | 110116 Tables |
| Gender | Initially Boys, later Mixed |
| Age | 2 to 13 |
Stubbington House School[1] was founded in 1841 as a boys' preparatory school, originally located in the Hampshire village of Stubbington, around 1 mile (1.6 km) from the Solent. Stubbington House School was known by the sobriquet "the cradle of the Navy".[2] The school was relocated to Ascot in 1962, merging with Earleywood School, and it closed in 1997.
- ^ "EduBase - Stubbington House School". Department for Education. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
- ^ "The History of the Crofton Community Centre". Crofton Community Centre. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
The village of Stubbington, in which the Centre is located, itself goes back a long way; its parish church at Crofton being mentioned in the Doomsday Book. More recently, it was where Stubbington House School educated fee-paying boys from age 8 to 18 years. They were prepared for Oxford and Cambridge, public schools and the armed forces, primarily the Royal Navy. Indeed the school was well known as 'The cradle of the Navy'. Its school outfitters were in London and its boys were not allowed to mix with 'the locals'.