Elmhurst School for Boys
Encyclopedia
The Elmhurst School for Boys is an independent day preparatory
and pre-preparatory boys' school in South Croydon
, England. The school was founded in 1869. P. G. Wodehouse
was a pupil., The present Principal, Henry Wickham, who bought the school in 2009, is the husband of well known author Sophie Kinsella. He runs the school with the Executive Headmaster Charles South.
Preparatory school (UK)
In English language usage in the former British Empire, the present-day Commonwealth, a preparatory school is an independent school preparing children up to the age of eleven or thirteen for entry into fee-paying, secondary independent schools, some of which are known as public schools...
and pre-preparatory boys' school in South Croydon
South Croydon
South Croydon is a locality in Greater London, the area surrounding the valley south of central Croydon about 1 km in radius, centred on the Red Deer public house on the Brighton Road. It is part of the South Croydon post town and in the London Borough of Croydon...
, England. The school was founded in 1869. P. G. Wodehouse
P. G. Wodehouse
Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, KBE was an English humorist, whose body of work includes novels, short stories, plays, poems, song lyrics, and numerous pieces of journalism. He enjoyed enormous popular success during a career that lasted more than seventy years and his many writings continue to be...
was a pupil., The present Principal, Henry Wickham, who bought the school in 2009, is the husband of well known author Sophie Kinsella. He runs the school with the Executive Headmaster Charles South.