Prestfelde School

Prestfelde School

Established	1929
Type	Independent day and boarding school Preparatory school
Religion	Christian
Headmaster	Mr Mark Groome
Chairman of Governors	Mr B M Newman
Location	London Road Shrewsbury Shropshire SY2 6NZ England
Students	294 (including 6 boarders)
Gender	Co-educational
Ages	3–13
Colours	Black and yellow
Former pupils	Old Prestfeldians
Affiliation	Woodard Corporation
Website	www.prestfelde.co.uk

Prestfelde School is an independent co-educational day and boarding preparatory school, located on London Road in Shrewsbury in Shropshire, England, for children between the ages of 3 and 13. There are [April 2015] 294 pupils on roll.

Since 1949, the school has formed part of the Woodard Schools group, founded by the Christian educationalist the Reverend Nathaniel Woodard and as such is affiliated to the largest group of Church of England schools in the country. Originally a school for boys, it diversified during the late 1990s and now has nearly 100 girls.

The school is set in 30 acres (120,000 m²) of grounds on the outskirts of Shrewsbury, close to the Lord Hill column.

Latest inspections

The latest school inspection by the Independent Schools Council was undertaken in 2009,^[1] and the latest boarding inspection by OFSTED was undertaken in November 2009.^[2]

Notable Old Prestfeldians

Flt Lt Eric Lock DSO DFC & Bar, a Battle of Britain RAF pilot born in Bayston Hill in 1919, attended Prestfelde between 1929 and 1933. One of The Few, Lock claimed twenty destroyed and seven probably destroyed enemy aircraft during the Battle of Britain (10 July-31 October 1940), ranking him as second for number of victories claimed during the campaign and the highest scoring British-born pilot. He went on to reach a total of twenty-six victories in less than a year, but failed to return from operations in August 1941, at the age of twenty-two. He is remembered today on the Runnymede Memorial in Surrey.
Dave Manby - national champion slalom canoeist

References

Woodard Schools

Owned Schools	Abbots Bromley School for Girls Ardingly College Bloxham School Denstone College Ellesmere College Hurstpierpoint College King's College Lancing College The Peterborough School Prestfelde School Queen Mary's School St James' School The Cathedral School Worksop College Worksop College Preparatory School

Affiliated Schools	Archbishop Temple School Bishop Stopford School Crompton House Church of England School Derby Grammar School St Olave's Grammar School St Saviour's and St Olave's Church of England School St Peter's Church of England Aided School The Bishop of Hereford's Bluecoat School The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School St Marylebone School Wren Academy

Associated Schools	Alderley Edge School for Girls Derby High School

Academies	St Augustine Academy Kings Priory School The Littlehampton Academy The Sir Robert Woodard Academy Wren Academy

Schools in Shropshire (including Telford and Wrekin)

Secondary	Abraham Darby Academy Belvidere School Bishop's Castle Community College Bridgnorth Endowed School Burton Borough School Charlton School Church Stretton School The Corbet School Ercall Wood Technology College The Grange School Hadley Learning Community Holy Trinity Academy Idsall School Lacon Childe School Lakelands Academy Ludlow Church of England School Madeley Academy The Marches School Mary Webb School Meole Brace School Oldbury Wells School The Priory School St Martin's School Sir John Talbot’s School Sundorne School Telford Langley School Telford Park School Telford Priory School Thomas Telford School William Brookes School

Grammar	Adams' Grammar School Newport Girls High School

Independent (preparatory)	Castle House School Moor Park School Packwood Haugh School Prestfelde School

Independent (senior)	Adcote School for Girls Concord College Ellesmere College Moreton Hall School Oswestry School Shrewsbury High School Shrewsbury School Wrekin College

Sixth form colleges	Ludlow College New College Telford Shrewsbury Sixth Form College

Further education colleges	Shrewsbury College of Arts & Technology Telford College of Arts and Technology Walford and North Shropshire College

Universities	Harper Adams University University of Wolverhampton University Centre Shrewsbury

Defunct	Wakeman School

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Prestfelde School

Latest inspections

Notable Old Prestfeldians

References

See also