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Rokeby Preparatory School

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Private schools in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon ThamesUse British English from February 2023

Rokeby School is an independent all-boys preparatory day school in Kingston upon Thames, London. Its headmaster is Jason Peck. The school offers an education from 4 to 13 years through the integration of a pre-preparatory school and a preparatory school. The pre-prep school was known as Junior Rokeby until 2008 when headmaster Jason Peck unified the schools under one name and uniform, at the same time abolishing the senior school's traditional Latin motto ("Aemulus studiorum et laborum", from Cicero meaning "the rival of pursuits and labours") in favour of a three word English one.

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Rokeby Preparatory School
George Road, London Coombe (Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames)

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Rokeby Independent Preparatory School for Boys

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KT2 7NR London, Coombe (Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames)
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