York House School (Redheath)
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York House School is an independent preparatory
school for boys aged from 4 to 13 years of age. The school is located in Croxley Green
, Hertfordshire
in an eighteenth-century mansion. The school motto is "Aut Viam Inveniam Aut Faciam
", which is Latin
for "Either I shall find a way or I shall make one". The current headmaster is Peter MacDougall.
The school was founded in Finchley
and relocated to the Money Hill area of Rickmansworth
in the late 1940s by the then headmaster Arnold White. The school again relocated to its current location in the 1960s.
In 2011 it will be celebrating 100 years. It is transferring to co-educational.
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...
school for boys aged from 4 to 13 years of age. The school is located in Croxley Green
Croxley Green
Croxley Green is a small town and civil parish of approximately 5,000 dwellings and 12,000 residents located between Watford and Rickmansworth in Hertfordshire, England...
, Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and...
in an eighteenth-century mansion. The school motto is "Aut Viam Inveniam Aut Faciam
Inveniam viam
"Aut inveniam viam aut faciam" is Latin for "I shall either find a way or make one."The phrase has been attributed to Hannibal; when his generals told him it was impossible to cross the Alps by elephant, this was supposedly his response. However, Hannibal would have spoken in Punic, not Latin...
", which is Latin
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
for "Either I shall find a way or I shall make one". The current headmaster is Peter MacDougall.
The school was founded in Finchley
Finchley
Finchley is a district in Barnet in north London, England. Finchley is on high ground, about north of Charing Cross. It formed an ancient parish in the county of Middlesex, becoming a municipal borough in 1933, and has formed part of Greater London since 1965...
and relocated to the Money Hill area of Rickmansworth
Rickmansworth
Rickmansworth is a town in the Three Rivers district of Hertfordshire, England, 4¼ miles west of Watford.The town has a population of around 15,000 people and lies on the Grand Union Canal and the River Colne, at the northern end of the Colne Valley regional park.Rickmansworth is a small town in...
in the late 1940s by the then headmaster Arnold White. The school again relocated to its current location in the 1960s.
In 2011 it will be celebrating 100 years. It is transferring to co-educational.
Alumni
The school's alumni are referred to as Old Yorkists.- Sir John SulstonJohn E. SulstonSir John Edward Sulston FRS is a British biologist. He is a joint winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.He is currently Chair of the Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation at the University of Manchester....
, Nobel PrizeNobel PrizeThe Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
winner