Chigwell School

Chigwell School
Location
Chigwell , Essex , IG7 6QF England
Coordinates	51°37′30″N 0°04′52″E / 51.6250°N 0.0810°E / 51.6250; 0.0810
Information
Type	Private day and boarding
Motto	aut viam inveniam aut faciam (Find a way, or make a way)
Religious affiliation(s)	Church of England
Established	1629; 395 years ago (1629)
Founder	Samuel Harsnett
Department for Education URN	115392 Tables
Headmaster	Damian King (2022)
Age	4 to 18
Enrolment	1040
Houses	(Senior School)   Caswalls'   Lambourne   Penn's   Swallow's (Junior School) Windsors Stuarts, Tudors, Hanovers.
Website	http://www.chigwell-school.org

Chigwell School is a co-educational independent boarding and day school. It is a private school in Chigwell, in the Epping Forest district of Essex. It consists of a Pre Prep (ages 4–7), Prep School (ages 7–11), Senior School (ages 11–16) and Sixth Form. A pre-preparatory department for children aged 4–7 was constructed starting for the 2013–14 academic year.^[1]

The school is situated in 100 acres of land between Epping Forest and Hainault Forest, ten miles from London. It is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC) and the Junior School is a member of the Independent Association of Prep Schools (IAPS).

The school motto is aut viam inveniam aut faciam, a Latin phrase which translates literally as “Find a way or make a way”.

There are four day houses, named Caswall's, Lambourne, Penn's, and Swallow's after alumni. The school owns several artifacts which belonged to each of the alumni after which the houses are named. The boarding houses are Church House, Harsnett's, Sandon Lodge, and Hainault House, although all boarders are members of one of the day houses. In the Prep School there are another four houses, named Windsors, Hanovers, Stuarts, and Tudors.