{"id":896,"date":"2016-05-03T19:19:07","date_gmt":"2016-05-03T18:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/norfolkhouseschool.co.uk\/NHSWP\/?page_id=896"},"modified":"2026-10-12T15:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T14:13:08","slug":"history-of-the-school","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.norfolkhouseschool.co.uk\/nhs\/history-of-the-school\/","title":{"rendered":"History of the School"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1><span style=\"color: #004f39;\">History of the School<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_section_1 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_1 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_1 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Approaching a century of excellence...<\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Originally know as Garry House, the School was founded less than mile from its present site in Fountain Road, Edgbaston, in 1934. It moved to Norfolk Road in 1964, and was re-founded as Norfolk House in 1967.<\/p>\n<p>We have a proud record of unbroken service at the forefront of independent education in Birmingham which spans almost 100 years. Whilst we have always responded to the changing demands and challenges of society, we have never lost sight of our ethos. The process of updating and modernising is constant, but never done purely for its own sake. The School adopts the best practices of the present, and combines them with the tried and tested ones of the past.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, the School has built a well-earned reputation as one of the leading independent preparatory schools in Birmingham and the Midlands.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row_2 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_image_0 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.norfolkhouseschool.co.uk\/nhs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/History-Photo.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"659\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.norfolkhouseschool.co.uk\/nhs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/History-Photo.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.norfolkhouseschool.co.uk\/nhs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/History-Photo-980x646.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.norfolkhouseschool.co.uk\/nhs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/History-Photo-480x316.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1000px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-5772\" title=\"History Photo\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_section_2 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_3 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_testimonial_0 et_pb_testimonial et_pb_testimonial_no_image et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_testimonial_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_testimonial_description\"><div class=\"et_pb_testimonial_description_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_testimonial_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u2018Due to your supervision and all your efforts [our child] is more confident and hard-working\u2019. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_testimonial_meta\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-896","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.norfolkhouseschool.co.uk\/nhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.norfolkhouseschool.co.uk\/nhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.norfolkhouseschool.co.uk\/nhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.norfolkhouseschool.co.uk\/nhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.norfolkhouseschool.co.uk\/nhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=896"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/www.norfolkhouseschool.co.uk\/nhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6563,"href":"https:\/\/www.norfolkhouseschool.co.uk\/nhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/896\/revisions\/6563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.norfolkhouseschool.co.uk\/nhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}