Historic houses · North East England
Hurworth House School
Hurworth House School in England North East, United Kingdom.
Hugh Mortimer — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Hurworth House School is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Hurworth House School was a non-selective independent school located in Hurworth-on-Tees, in the borough of Darlington, England. There were approximately 130 pupils on the school roll, aged 4–16, as of July 2010. On Tuesday 29 June 2010 it was announced that Polam Hall proposals had fallen through and that Hurworth House was to close for good. The site of the school is now home to a special educational school of the same name, which opened in 2011.
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Background
History
Hurworth House School was founded in 1946 as a private preparatory boarding school for boys. It was founded by Lorimer Thomas as a boys school. For the first fifty years of its history, Hurworth House established and maintained an enviable reputation for preparing boys for Common Entrance into public school. In 1994, however, the Governing Board took the decision to extend the age range of the school to 18 and to offer the full range of GCSE and, with sister school Polam Hall, AS and A- Level subjects to the boys in its care. This decision arose essentially at the instigation of many parents who wanted the outstanding education that their sons had thus far enjoyed up to the age of thirteen…
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- Coordinates
- 54.4840, -1.5400
- District
- Darlington
- Parish
- Hurworth
- Postcode
- DL2 2JG
- Parliamentary constituency
- Stockton West
- Established
- 1946
Sources
- wikidata: Q5948836 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Hurworth House School (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Hurworth House School?
- Hurworth House School is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode DL2 2JG), in the parish of Hurworth.
- When was Hurworth House School built?
- Built or established in 1946.
- How do I get to Hurworth House School?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode DL2 2JG. It sits within the Stockton West parliamentary constituency.