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About Us - Downe House School. Our founder, Miss Olive Willis, set out to create a school that would be different. Downe House is grounded in tradition but maintains a clear focus on the future.. The Spirit of Downe House captioned.mp4 from Downe House Videos on Vimeo. Disillusioned by the independent education that existed for girls at the ...
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The School campus is set on a beautiful 110 acre woodland estate in Berkshire, overlooking the historic Berkshire Downs and providing a safe, tranquil environment for the School community. Explore. Explore the campus for yourself, including the Murray Centre, the historic Cloisters and Chapel, classrooms and boarding houses as well as dedicated ...
Feb 4, 2022 · There was no supervision. ~ The School’s first home was Down House in the village of Downe in Kent (see above), which had been the home of Charles Darwin. Under the founding headmistress, Olive Willis, it quickly became too small for the growing School. So in December 1921, Willis bought the current site – known then as The Cloisters Estate ...
Darwin completes his trilogy on South America's geology, and begins his classification of barnacles and his garden experiments. Darwin starts work on improving the 'old and ugly' house, adding a full-height bay and dropping the lane down in front of the house for greater privacy. Emma has ten children, the last at the age of 48.
- Luxted Road, Downe, BR6 7JT, Kent
- 01689 859119
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Admissions. Downe House educates girls between the ages of eleven and eighteen, taking them from the last years of junior school through to the sixth form. Girls can join the school at the ages of eleven, twelve, or thirteen, on leaving a primary or prep school, or at sixteen after completing GCSEs. The biggest intake of girls is at 11+.
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Luxted Road, Downe, Kent, BR6 7JT. Telephone: 01689 859119. Prices and Opening Times for Home of Charles Darwin (Down House)