Perrott Hill History

North Perrott Manor was completed in 1876 replacing an earlier manor house damaged by fire. The Manor was home to the Hoskyns family until the outbreak of the Second World War, when children from schools in London and the Home Counties were evacuated to rural locations. One such school was Feltonfleet in Surrey, who stayed at North Perrott Manor from 1940 until 1945.

At this point, rather than returning to his family seat, Major Hoskyns decided to lease the manor house. Perrott Hill was founded in 1946 by Bill Grundy, a teacher at Feltonfleet and his wife Nora. Since then, it has served as an award-winning independent day and boarding school for girls and boys aged 2-13.

In 2021, Perrott Hill joined Stirling Education as their ‘flagship’ UK school and in 2024, Stirling Education formalised a partnership with Winchester BV. Winchester BV has primary responsibility for the investment planning and strategic support of Perrott Hill School Ltd. This means Perrott Hill no longer has charitable status but it is ‘business as usual’ in all other respects: the much-loved family ethos and character of the school has stayed the same, as has the leadership and staff team and, indeed, the board of governors who have considerable experience between them.

In January 2025, Winchester BV took a first step towards extending the Perrott Hill name with the rebranding of a school in Prague, now known as Perrott Hill Prague. In addition, the group is now known as Perrott Hill Education, which showcases everything we stand for.

Being part of this growing group of schools, provides a secure foundation for our school here in Somerset and for generations of children to come.