The academic, social and personal welfare of our pupils is our vital concern. We are working to encourage an ordered, tolerant and caring environment in which children can safely develop their full potential as part of a loving and structured community.
The prime responsibility for monitoring this development in the Junior School lies with the Form Tutor. He or she will probably be the first point of contact for parents.

In the Senior School the focal point of pupils' lives is the four day houses: Caswells', Lambourne, Penn's and Swallow's where all pastoral, sporting and social activities are organized.

Our Houses

Caswalls’
Five distinguished brothers who attended Chigwell School in the 1820s, the most eminent being Edward, poet and famous hymn-writer.

Lambourne
Colonel Mark Lockwood, who later became Lord Lambourne, Chairman of Governors from 1893 to 1922, he was a local landowner and reformer

Penn’s
William Penn (1644-1718) was a pupil from 1653 to 1656. Well connected, he became a Quaker and renounced a promising career at Court in order to dedicate his life to propagating his vision of a tolerant and humane society in which war and conflict would play no part.

Swallow’s
Canon Richard Dawson Swallow was Headmaster from 1876 to 1911. The reputation of the School was much enhanced by Swallow, who is often described as the first headmaster of the “new regime”.