Mount House School, Tavistock


Mount House was a coeducational preparatory school situated in the outskirts of Tavistock, Devon. In June 2014, the school formally merged with Kelly College to form Mount Kelly School.
The school had fifty acres, including playing fields, set on the edge of Dartmoor and including a stretch of the River Tavy.

History

Mount House School was founded in 1881 by Miss Parker and Miss Tubbs at Alton House, Tavistock Hill, Plymouth. In 1890 the school moved location to North Hill, Plymouth, moving in 1900 to larger premises at Mount House, Approach Road, Plymouth. Plymouth was heavily bombed in World War II and the school re-located to a 50-acre site at Mount Tavy in 1940. The school was considerably developed from 1955 onwards by its last 'owner headmaster' H.P. 'Tony' Wortham who made it over to a charitable trust on his retirement in 1984. The school subsequently became co-educational in 1996 with a pre-prep established for 3 to 7-year-olds.
The nearby public school Kelly College had often been a destination at age 13 for some Mount House pupils, and the two institutions merged in 2014.

Facilities

Facilities that were available at Mount House:-

Notable former pupils