Donhead

Donhead
Motto	Latin: Semper magis
Established	1933
Type	Independent preparatory day school
Religion	Roman Catholic
Headmaster	G C McGrath
Location	33 Edgehill London SW19 4NP England Coordinates: 51°25′05″N 0°13′20″W / 51.4180°N 0.2223°W / 51.4180; -0.2223
Local authority	Merton
DfE number	315/6004
Students	280~ (2010)
Gender	Boys
Ages	4–11
Archdiocese	Southwark
Website	www.donhead.org.uk

Donhead is a non-selective independent preparatory day school for boys located in Wimbledon in the London Borough of Merton. It also serves as the main feeder prep school of Wimbledon College, a fellow Jesuit school located across the road.^[1] Both schools are under the governance of the Jesuits.^[2]^[3]

Donhead takes boys aged 4 to 11 after which they often continue their secondary education at the College or at various independent or grammar schools across London. Special reservations are made for boys transferring from the nursery department of its sister school Ursuline Preparatory School.^[2]^[4]

History

Founding

The building known as Donhead Lodge was built in 1867 and first occupied by a barrister one Freeman Oliver Haynes. Mr Haynes died in 1880 and soon after a Miss Elizabeth Arnold became the owner. In 1902 the house was taken over by Henry Smail and remained in the family's ownership until after the death of Mrs Smail in 1932.

By the early 1930's, Wimbledon College was looking for suitable premises in Wimbledon where the junior classes could migrate to form a preparatory school with its own headmaster and the opportunity to purchase Donhead Lodge came about.

Donhead's first pupils consisted of three classes named Elements, Preparatory and Lower Preparatory and numbered approximately 67 boys in total. They entered the school for the first time at 9:50 on a Monday morning on 5 September 1933 under the guidance of Donhead's first headmaster, Fr. Miller.

Recent

In 2011, the school's Rugby Union Under 12A team were the National champions. They beat Blundell's in the final with tries from Chris Morris and Joshua Tiernan. Chris Morris (Fullback) and Oscar Hale (Second Row) went on to The London Oratory School.

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References

^ "The Jesuits in Britain - Schools". Jesuits UK.
^ ^a ^b Key Information Sheet (2010)
^ Jesuit Education
^ "Ursuline Preparatory School - Donhead".

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External links

The Society of Jesus in Great Britain

Education

Primary schools	St Mary's Hall St Joseph's Primary School Barlborough Hall School St Aloysius' College Junior School St John's Beaumont Donhead Preparatory School

Secondary schools	Stonyhurst College Mount St Mary's College St Aloysius' College Wimbledon College St Ignatius' College

Higher education	Heythrop College, University of London Campion Hall, Oxford

Churches

Parish churches	Church of the Immaculate Conception, Farm Street Sacred Heart Church, Wimbledon St Ignatius Church, Stamford Hill St Anselm's Church, Southall Corpus Christi Church, Boscombe St Francis Xavier Church, Liverpool St Wilfrid's Church, Preston St Aloysius Church, Glasgow Sacred Heart Church, Edinburgh

Chapel of ease	Church of the Holy Name of Jesus, Manchester

Spirituality centres

Residential	St Beuno's Ignatian Spirituality Centre Loyola Hall Jesuit Spirituality Centre

Non-residential	Mount Street Centre Lauriston Centre Ignatian Spirituality Centre, Glasgow

v t e Schools and colleges in Merton

Primary schools	Wimbledon Chase Primary School

Secondary schools	Harris Academy Merton Harris Academy Morden Raynes Park High School Ricards Lodge High School Rutlish School Ursuline High School Wimbledon College

Independent schools	Donhead Hall School King's College School Ursuline Preparatory School Willington School Wimbledon Common Preparatory School Wimbledon High School

Further education colleges	South Thames College

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