Holmewood House School is an IAPS independent, co-educational preparatory school for boys and girls aged 3–13, in Langton Green, near Tunbridge Wells, Kent. The building is a Decimus Burton mansion, originally called Mitchells, rebuilt in 1837 after a fire.
Notable former pupils
Sir Terence Etherton (Master of the Rolls) Tristan Gemmill (actor) Dan Stevens (actor) Hugh Skinner (actor) Shane MacGowan (musician, singer with The Pogues) Justin Chancellor (musician Tool (band)) Femi Fani-Kayode (Nigerian lawyer and politician) Andy Zaltzman (comedian) Herbert Addo (Ghanaian Premier League football coach) Haydn Keenan (Australian film director) Nana Akufo-Addo (President of Ghana) Jake Obetsebi Lamptey (Chairman, New Patriotic Party, Ghana)
Notable former staff Robert Bairamian (cricketer), was headmaster between 1959 and 1975. Sir Patrick Moore CBE (astronomer and television presenter) Bob Woolmer (cricketer)
References
External links Holmewood House School website Independent Association of Preparatory Schools website Ofsted Boarding Inspection Report - February 2009 Entry in the Good Schools Guide