Copthorne School Trust Ltd (RH10 3HR)
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Copthorne School Trust Ltd,
Copthorne, Crawley, West Sussex, England, RH10 3HR.
Telephone: 01342 712311
Fax: 01342 714014
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The building now known as Copthorne Preparatory School was originally built as a private dwelling called Emsworth House, and was owned by the Kensington Family. It became a girls' school for a short time, and was then founded by Bernard H. Rendall in 1902 as a boys' school. He was the brother of the then Headmaster of Winchester College, and the school was originally designed as a feeder school for Winchester.
Mr Rendall's brother-in-law was Dr Edward Wilson, who died in 1913, at the South Pole, whilst on Captain Scott's fateful expedition. A stained glass window in the school Chapel commemorates the event. Dr Wilson had used the school in preparation for his trip, and the boys had donated funds to provide huskies.
In 1928, Mr Edward Skeete Workman took over the running of the school in partnership with Mr JP Howard. Mr Tim Workman took over as Headmaster in 1952 on the death of his father, and was later joined as joint Headmaster by Mr David Sale. Thereafter Mr Sale was joint Headmaster with Mr David Cann and then with Mr David Newton. On Mr Sale's death in 1984, Mr Newton was the sole Headmaster until his retirement in 1999, who was followed for a six year tenure by Charles Allen. The present Headmaster, Chris Jones, started at the school in September 2005.
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