Old Buckenham Hall School in Suffolk has joined forces with Rugby School Group from the start of this year
Old Buckenham Hall School, Suffolk has joined Rugby School Group from January 2026. The two schools have always enjoyed a strong relationship, with many of the co-ed prep’s pupils joining Rugby for their senior years. “We are delighted by the opportunities the merger represents for our children,” says OBH Headmaster James Large.
The merger will see Rugby School Group making a seven-figure investment in OBH’s site, facilities and infrastructure. Pupils will benefit from a range of new opportunities, both in their academic studies and co-curricular pursuits.
“In growing the Rugby School Group, our goal is not to centralise, but to support a small number of outstanding prep schools in the UK that share our goals,” says Rugby School Head Master Gareth Parker-Jones. “The merger with OBH – the pre-eminent prep school in East Anglia – is a vote of confidence in everything that the school represents – academically, pastorally and culturally – and we look forward to welcoming it into the Group.”
Old Buckenham Hall School will be the third prep school to become a member of Rugby School Group, joining Bilton Grange, with which Rugby merged in 2020, and Aysgarth School, with joined the group in 2025.
Old Buckenham Hall obh.co.uk
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