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The Royal Hospital School is an independent co-educational boarding and day school for 11-18 year olds, providing an outstanding, full and broad education enriched by a unique naval heritage and fit for the modern world. Founded in 1712 in Greenwich, London, it moved to its spectacular site, set in 200 acres of Suffolk countryside overlooking ...
The Royal Hospital School Mission. Our Mission is 'to understand each young person’s strengths, to help them to make the right choices at the right time, navigating through their critical formative years and ensuring their education becomes the foundation for their happiness and success.'.
Welcome. A very warm welcome to the Royal Hospital School Digital Archive. A catalogue of some 17,000 images covering school magazines, periodicals, RHSA publications, photographs, historic documents and much more. Advisory Note. The materials in this collection reflect the language, social attitudes and conventions of the time they were produced.
Royal Hospital School, Greenwich, c.1905. In 1933, the School moved to a new site at Holbrook, in Suffolk, where a maximum of 860 boys could be accommodated. The design of the new premises provided for the capacity to be increased to 1000 places, but this was never done. Royal Hospital School, Holbrook, 1930s.
The Royal Hospital School Association (RHSA) was created in 1925 and includes pupils from Greenwich, Holbrook, Lloyds Patriotic Fund and the Boreman Boys. All pupils who attend RHS automatically become members of the RHSA on their departure. The Association is independent from the school but works in conjunction with the school’s Alumni ...
Working in partnership with the Royal Navy, charities, and others, we make grants in areas ranging from education and housing to family support, health and well-being, employability, and crisis support. We fund educational bursaries and support former serving personnel through our sheltered housing schemes. Read more about our work.
In 1805-06 George III granted the Queen's House to the Royal Naval Asylum, an orphanage school under Royal patronage. In 1821-25 this amalgamated with the pre-existing Greenwich Hospital School. It was extended with the buildings which are now the National Maritime Museum, and was renamed the Royal Hospital School by Queen Victoria in 1892.
