[4] In that year Allen Carr and his wife opened a school for young boys in Croydon.

In 1885 she bought an empty property called "Elmhurst" in St Peter's Road, South Croydon, and moved the school there.

[5] The previous Principal, Henry Wickham, who purchased the school in 2009, is the husband of the author Sophie Kinsella.

[6] The current parent company is Bellevue Education International Limited, which bought the school from Wickham in October 2013.

[11] The Elmhurst curriculum incorporates the National Curriculum,[12] which is followed throughout the school at Key Stages 1 and 2 in Maths, English, Science and Technology (including Computer Studies), History, Geography, Art, Music and PE.