It was founded as a small boys' boarding school in Kent between the world wars.

[1] It moved to its present location in the Sussex countryside on the southern outskirts of East Grinstead in 1933.

Brambletye was built in 1896 by Donald Larnach, former director of the Bank of New South Wales, as his country retreat.

The Blencowe Centre won the Downland Prize for Architecture, Education, (joint winner) in 2010.

[5] The Brambletye School Trust, a registered charity,[3] created legal precedent in the UK with a value-added tax ruling.