At one point the manor was held by Richard Wightwick, who co-founded Pembroke College of the University of Oxford.

[2][4] The school comprises twin parts, known as Brockhurst (boys) and Marlston House (girls).

[1] The various facilities provided by the school include 21 acres of games fields, a sports hall, a swimming pool, tennis courts, arts and design studios, Information and communications technology suite and equestrian school.

[5] Brockhurst was founded in 1884 as a boys’ boarding prep school at Church Stretton in Shropshire.

[8] Another former pupil, Arthur Leyland Harrison, played rugby union for England in the 1914 Five Nations Championship and was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions on the Zeebrugge Raid of 1918.