Cheam School
Cheam School is a mixed preparatory school located in Headley, in the civil parish of Ashford Hill with Headley in the English county of Hampshire. It was founded in 1645 by George Aldrich. History. The school started in Cheam, Surrey, and moved to the present site (previously a country house known as Beenham Court) on the borders of Hampshire and Berkshire, in 1934, when the Surrey area was developing from a quiet leafy village to a busy suburb. The school has occupied its present home with nearly of grounds, since then. Just before the move, Prince Philip, Duke  of Edinburgh was a pupil there. His son, Charles, Prince of Wales, was later a pupil at the school. Present day. There are four houses (known as divisions): Aldrich (yellow), Beck (green), Gilpin (red), and Tabor (blue). The school colours are red and blue. The headmaster, Martin Harris, was placed in post in 2016. Cheam educates both boys and girls between the ages of three and thirteen and takes day-pupils as well as boarders.