Until 2003 the site was the location of the North Foreland Lodge girls boarding school, founded in 1909;[2] and settled at Sherfield Manor in 1947.

[3] Until the 19th century, the manor of Sherfield upon Loddon passed between various noble families, including the Earl of Winchilsea, Marquises of Winchester and later the Dukes of Wellington.

[4] In 1926 the house was purchased by the 14th Earl of Winchilsea owing to his wife's vast inheritance that was derived from the Drexel banking dynasty.

[citation needed] The Gems Education group relaunched the site as Sherfield School in September 2004.

[7] According to a Freedom of Information Request the school withdrew from the Teacher's Pension Scheme on 31 August 2020.