Brockhurst and Marlston House School
Brockhurst (boys) and Marlston House (girls) are independent and boarding twin schools, sharing the same estate. In 2012 they had 323 pupils from the ages three to thirteen.
Brockhurst was founded in 1884 as a boys’ boarding prep school at Church Stretton in Shropshire, then moved to Marlston in 1945 and became co-educational in 1995. The various facilities provided by the school include 21 acres of games fields, a sports hall, a swimming pool, tennis courts, arts and design studios, ICT suite and equestrian school. In addition, a château in Gascony, south-west France, where the pupils practice French.
In 2009, the Country Life Magazine included Brockhurst and Marlston House School among the best countryside preparatory schools of Great Britain.
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