Charterhouse School

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Charterhouse
Charterhouse School in 2013
Address
Charterhouse Road Godalming , Surrey , GU7 2DX United Kingdom
Coordinates	51°11′48″N 0°37′21″W / 51.196552°N 0.622504°W / 51.196552; -0.622504
Information
Type	Public school Private boarding school
Motto	Latin: Deo Dante Dedi (God having given, I gave)[1]
Religious affiliation(s)	Church of England
Established	1611; 413 years ago (1611)
Founder	Thomas Sutton
Department for Education URN	125340 Tables
Chairman	Vicky Tuck
Headmaster	Alex Peterken
Second Master	Andrew Turner
Staff	≈550
Gender	Co-education
Age	13 to 18
Enrolment	≈800
Houses	15[4]
Colour(s)	Pink, grey and maroon
Publication	The Carthusian The Charterhouse Review The Greyfriar The Greyhound
Former pupils	Old Carthusians
School song	Carmen Carthusianum
Website	charterhouse.org.uk

Charterhouse is a public school (English boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) in Godalming, Surrey, England. Originally founded by Thomas Sutton in 1611 on the site of the old Carthusian monastery in Charterhouse Square, Smithfield, London, it educates over 800 pupils, aged 13 to 18 years. Charterhouse is one of the original nine English public schools reported upon by the Clarendon Commission in 1864 leading to its regulation by the Public Schools Act 1868.

Charterhouse charges full boarders up to £44,220 per annum (2022/2023)^[5] and is among the most expensive Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC) schools in the UK.^[6] It educated the British Prime Minister Lord Liverpool and has a many notable alumni.