Lockers Park School is a day and boarding preparatory and pre-preparatory school for boys, situated in 23 acres of countryside in Boxmoor, Hertfordshire. Its headmaster is Gavin Taylor.

History Lockers Park was founded in 1872 by Henry Montagu Draper, an old boy of Rugby School. It moved to purpose-built buildings and sports fields in 1874 in of the parkland which surrounds a Georgian country house called Lockers or The Lockers, which was once the home of Ebenezer John Collett. The new school was designed by Sidney Scott and has its own chapel which dates from the same era.

In the 1940s and 1950s, the veteran England all-round cricketer Frank Woolley (1887–1978) was the school's cricket coach.Suresh Menon, The Shorter Wisden India Almanack 2013 (2013, ), p. lxii

In January 2026, it was announced that Lockers Park School had agreed to enter into a partnership with Harrow School where each school will maintain their separate and distinctive identities, building on the strengths, traditions and heritage of each school.Harrow School and Lockers Park School enter into a new partnership, Harrow School website

Former pupils

See also :Category: People educated at Lockers Park School The list of distinguished (or well-known) old boys of Lockers Park includes the following:

Alastair Aird (1931–2009), Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's private secretary Ronnie Aird first-class cricketer and President of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) Prince Alemayehu (1861–1879), son of the emperor of Ethiopia Timothy Bateson (1926–2009), actorObituary: Timothy Bateson, The Guardian, 8 November 2009 Prince Maurice of Battenberg, member of the Hesse aristocracy Roy Beddington, artistRuth Barden, A History of Lockers Park School (Sacombe Press, 2000, ), p.111 Anthony Berry, British Conservative politician Richard Budgett, Olympic Gold Medalist Guy Burgess (1911–1963), MI6 agent and Soviet spyStewart Purvia, Jeff Hulbert, Guy Burgess: The Spy Who Knew Everyone (Biteback Publishing, 2016, ), p.5 John Dermot Campbell (1898–1945), Ulster Unionist politician Kenneth Carlisle, Conservative politician and former Lord Commissioner of the Treasury Martin Cecil, 7th Marquess of Exeter, Anglo-Canadian peerChristopher Foster, One Heart, One Way (Foundation House, 1989, ), p.40 Paul Channon, Baron Kelvedon (1935–2007), Conservative politicianObituary: Paul Channon, The Guardian, 31 January 2007. Martin Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield (1913–1999), Queen Elizabeth II's private secretary, Provost of Eton College James Dunbar-Nasmith (1927–2023), architectObituary: James Dunbar-Nasmith, The Times, 15 April 2023 William Ehrman, British diplomat and former chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee Stuart Hampshire, philosopherStewart Purvia, Jeff Hulbert, Guy Burgess: The Spy Who Knew Everyone (Biteback Publishing, 2016, ), p.6 Basil Henriques (1890–1961), philanthropist Robert Henriques (1905–1967), writer and broadcasterRichard B Mead, Commando General: The Life of Major General Sir Robert Laycock KCMG CB DSO (Pen and Sword, 2016, ) Stanley Jackson, cricket captain of England, politician Edward James (1907–1984), poet Keith Joseph, Conservative politician Clive Loehnis, Director of GCHQBurke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 2, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 1808 Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, captain of the Indian cricket team Saif Ali Khan, Indian film actor and titular Nawab of Pataudi Robert Laycock, major-general, commando general during the Second World War Guy Mansfield, 6th Baron Sandhurst, British barrister, hereditary peer and Conservative member of the House of Lords Edwin Mayfield, British Lions rugby union forward Nathaniel Micklem, British Liberal Party politician and lawyerRuth Barden, A History of Lockers Park School (Sacombe Press, 2000, ), p.110 James Lees-Milne, architectural historianMichael Bloch, James Lees-Milne: The Life (John Murray, 2009, ), p. 17 Tom Mitford, brother of the Mitford Sisters Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, last Viceroy of India Edmund Leopold de Rothschild (1916–2009), banker and horticulturalistObituary: Edmund Leopold de Rothschild, The Independent, 7 February 2009. Leopold David de Rothschild (1927–2012), banker, musician and philanthropistObituary: Leopold David de Rothschild, The Times, 26 May 2012. James Stevenson-Hamilton, first warden of Kruger National ParkRuth Barden, A History of Lockers Park School (Sacombe Press, 2000, ), p.107 Basil Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 4th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1909–1945), Conservative politician Bryan Valentine, cricket captain of Kent Arthur Waley, orientalist and Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour Peter Watson, (1908–1956), patron of the arts Hugo Williams, poet, journalist and travel writerRuth Barden, A History of Lockers Park School (Sacombe Press, 2000, ), p.117

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External links Official site