All prospective pupils are required to attend an audition to determine admission, with the exception of those in the Prep School.

[3] Cone-Ripman School was then based in premises at Stratford Place in London, but following the outbreak of World War II, it was relocated to Tring in Hertfordshire, using various rented buildings.

In 1970, the school acquired the freehold of the mansion and grounds and began a redevelopment of the site, financed by the sale of unused land.

In 1993, the school purchased the former St Francis de Sales Convent for use as offsite boarding accommodation for senior pupils.

For many years, the school's president was the renowned prima ballerina assoluta, Dame Alicia Markova.

Sir William Gore, Lord Mayor of London, bought the house in 1705 and it remained in his family for two generations.

In 1786, it was sold to Sir Drummond Smith, a London banker, who refurbished the interior in Georgian style and remodelled the park in the fashion made popular by Capability Brown.

The house was used by the NM Rothschild & Sons bank during World War II before being taken over by the Arts Educational School in 1945.