Staff and Parents at Eagle House School, in Sandhurst, were told today (July 1) that it will change its name to Wellington College Prep.

The school’s new name reflects the increasingly close relationship between the prep school and Wellington College, which has owned Eagle House since 1968.

Wellington College and its prep school share values across many areas of school life, including curriculum development, teaching and learning, sports facilities and safeguarding.

Both schools are governed by the same board of governors, who in recent years have channelled investment into the prep school to create facilities comparable to those at the college, and more is planned.

The partnership has confirmed the Eagle House name will not disappear entirely. From September, the main building at Wellington College Prep will become ‘Eagle House’ and alumni from the prep school will continue to belong to the Old Eagle House Association. 

Head of Eagle House since 2023, Ed Venables, said: “This is an exciting new chapter in the history of our school. At a difficult time for private school education generally we continue to thrive, testament to the quality of our staff and the facilities that we offer our pupils.

"And, thanks to the ongoing support from our senior school partner, we are able to plan for a number of impressive new initiatives that will further improve our offer.

“Meanwhile, the Eagle House name and all that it stands for remain very important to the culture of our school and we will preserve it in as many ways as we can.”